The Circuit | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by |
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Written by |
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Directed by | |
Starring | Aaron Pedersen Kelton Pell Tammy Clarkson Marta Kaczmarek Bill McCluskey Gary Sweet |
Composer | David Bridie |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
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Running time | 53 minutes |
Production company | Media World Pictures |
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Network | SBS |
Release | 8 July 2007 – 5 January 2010 |
The Circuit is an Australian television drama series, starring Aaron Pedersen and Gary Sweet. The first season aired in 2007 and the second in December 2009 to January 2010.
The series centres on Aboriginal solicitor Drew Ellis, who joins the district to work at the Kimberley Circuit Court.
The six-part first season screened on SBS TV, premiering on 8 July 2007 at 9:30 pm, and concluding on 12 August 2007. Season 2 aired from 1 December 2009 through 5 January 2010, ending the series.[ citation needed ]
Filmed mainly in Broome, Western Australia and surrounding areas, the show had a budget of more than $4 million, and 1,000 local Aboriginal extras were employed for the production.[ citation needed ]
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 6 | 8 July 2007 | 12 August 2007 | |
2 | 6 | 1 December 2009 | 5 January 2010 |
Episode information was retrieved from Australian Television Information Archive and IMDb. [1] [2] [3] [4]
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "It’s a Long Way Home" | Catriona McKenzie | Kelly Lefever | 8 July 2007 |
2 | 2 | "In Country" | Richard Frankland | Dot West | 15 July 2007 |
3 | 3 | "Deeper Water" | Catriona McKenzie | Mitch Torres | 22 July 2007 |
4 | 4 | "Stairway to the Moon" | Steve Jodrell | Beck Cole | 29 July 2007 |
5 | 5 | "You Always Hurt the Ones You Love" | Catriona McKenzie | Kelly Lefever | 5 August 2007 |
6 | 6 | "Home Is Where the Past Is" | Richard Frankland | Kelly Lefever | 12 August 2007 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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7 | 1 | "Sorry Business" | Steve Jodrell | Kelly Lefever | 1 December 2009 |
8 | 2 | "Reading the Signs" | Steve Jodrell | Dot West | 8 December 2009 |
9 | 3 | "The Fallout" | Steve Jodrell | Mitch Torres | 15 December 2009 |
10 | 4 | "The Devil You Know" | James Bogle | Kelly Lefever | 22 December 2009 |
11 | 5 | "Of Mice and Men" | James Bogle | Wayne Blair | 29 December 2009 |
12 | 6 | "Swings and Roundabouts" | Aaron Pedersen | Kelly Lefever | 5 January 2010 |
The show and cast won and were nominated in several categories at the 2007 AFI Awards, including: [5]
It also won the following awards:
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