The Time of Our Lives | |
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Starring | Claudia Karvan Justine Clarke Michelle Vergara Moore Shane Jacobson Stephen Curry William McInnes |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 16 June 2013 – 14 August 2014 |
The Time of Our Lives is an Australian television drama series which premiered on ABC TV on 10 June 2013, at 8.30pm. It is a JAHM Pictures production in association with ABC TV and Film Victoria. The producer Amanda Higgs (co-creator of The Secret Life of Us ) and principal writer Judi McCrossin (The Secret Life of Us, Tangle , The Surgeon , Beaconsfield ) were also co-creators. [1] [2]
The show follows the lives of the Tivolli clan, an Australian extended family in inner-city Melbourne. Aged in their thirties and forties, the characters are occupied with career advancement, home ownership, child-rearing and the vagaries of relationships. [3]
Aired in a time-slot that meant it competed with other Australian drama shows on commercial free-to-air channels, the series debuted with a "respectable" audience size. [4] The show was renewed for a second season on 18 October 2013. [5] The second season premiered on 26 June 2014. On 5 September 2014, it was announced that the ABC had cancelled The Time of Our Lives. [6]
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Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2014 | Logie Awards [7] | Most Outstanding Drama Series | The Time of Our Lives | Nominated |
Most Outstanding Actress | Claudia Karvan | Nominated |
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