Tricky Business (Australian TV series)

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Tricky Business
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Written by Greg Haddrick
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersDes Monaghan
Greg Haddrick
Jo Rooney
Andy Ryan
Production locations Wollongong, Sydney
Running time42 minutes
Production companies Screen Australia
Screentime
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release14 May (2012-05-14) –
25 July 2012 (2012-07-25)

Tricky Business is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Nine Network on 14 May 2012. [1] Filmed in and around Wollongong and Sydney, the program is produced by Screentime with the assistance of Screen Australia. [2] The Nine Network ordered 13 episodes. [3] The series premiered in New Zealand on 4 September 2012 on TV3.

Contents

Synopsis

This drama series focuses on a family that runs a debt collection business. [4] Jim and Claire retired debt collectors leave their business in the hands of their eldest daughter Kate, who also runs the business with her partner Rick, her younger sister Lily and family friend Chad. Kate receives an out of the blue proposal from Rick, leaving her to say no, and soon be caught up in a new romance with rival debt collector Matt.

Cast

Season 1 regular cast list from the pilot episode.

ActorCharacter
Gigi Edgley Kate Christie
Antony Starr Matt Sloane
Lincoln Lewis Chad Henderson
Kip Gamblin Rick Taylor
Sophie Hensser Lily Christie
Odessa Young Emma Christie
Debra Byrne Claire Christie
Shane Bourne Jim Christie

Recurring cast

ActorCharacter
Rebecca DoyleBrooke Goodman
Russell Kiefel Hugh Goodman
Dena Kaplan Minnesota Smith
Sandy Winton Marcus Woodward [5]
Hugo Johnstone-Burt Alex Rudan [6]

Ratings

The first episode of Tricky Business was due to air at 9:30pm on 14 May 2012, however, The Voice Australia ran over its time slot by 12 minutes. [7] Michael Bodey from The Australian reported Tricky Business was tempered by The Voice's lead-in. [7] It lost almost one million viewers in the first five minutes and averaged between 700–900,000 for the last half-hour of its broadcast. [7] Overall, the episode pulled in an average of 1.16 million viewers. [7]

EpisodeTitleOriginal airdateViewersNightly
Rank		Weekly
Rank
1
1-01		"Bad Debts in Wollongong"14 May 20121.16m [8] 726
2
1-02		"Somebody That I Used To Know"21 May 20120.94 [9] 1250
3
1-03		"Secrets and Lies"28 May 20120.69 [10] 1682
4
1-04		"Facing The Music"4 June 20120.76 [11] 1570
5
1-05		"Love Bites"11 June 20121.09m [12] 831
6
1-06		"Opportunity Knocks"17 June 20120.87 [13] 859
7
1-07		"Mothercraft"18 June 20121.36m [14] 414
8
1-08		"Secret Girls' Business"25 June 20120.71 [15] 1784
9
1-09		"Space and Time"2 July 20120.55 [16] Below 20153
10
1-10		"Skyrockets in Flight"11 July 20120.31 [17] Below 20NA
11
1-11		"Who Wants To Be An Albatross"18 July 20120.29 [18] Below 20NA
12
1-12		"Bad Hair Day"25 July 20120.31 [19] Below 20"Equilibrium"
13
1-13		NA25 July 20120.22 [19] Below 20NA

Home media

On 26 July 2012, Ezy DVD Australia released information of Tricky Business. [20] The DVD will be released on 16 August 2012, in a 3 disc set, with special features including;

No international release has been confirmed at this stage.

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