As the co-writer with Gabrielle Carey of the coming-of-age book which inspired Bruce Beresford.s 1981 movie Puberty Blues and the Network Ten series, Kathy Lette has an almost maternal interest in the show.
The producers, Southern Star.s John Edwards and Imogen Banks, consulted with Lette on the first series and have done so again on the second season, and she.s rapt.
.The producers have been very inclusive and allowed me to read all the scripts which are fresh, funny, harrowing, heart-breaking and searingly honest about love, life, acne, orgasms, bonging-on, bad bikinis, unwanted pregnancies, hard drugs, sexually incontinent boys and the girls who occasionally end up being used as sperm spittoons,. she posted on Facebook.
Lette, who was in her teens when she co-wrote the novel, published in 1979, and who loves puns, added, .In other words, view at your own risqué..
Edwards tells If that he and Imogen also consulted with Gabrielle,...
The producers, Southern Star.s John Edwards and Imogen Banks, consulted with Lette on the first series and have done so again on the second season, and she.s rapt.
.The producers have been very inclusive and allowed me to read all the scripts which are fresh, funny, harrowing, heart-breaking and searingly honest about love, life, acne, orgasms, bonging-on, bad bikinis, unwanted pregnancies, hard drugs, sexually incontinent boys and the girls who occasionally end up being used as sperm spittoons,. she posted on Facebook.
Lette, who was in her teens when she co-wrote the novel, published in 1979, and who loves puns, added, .In other words, view at your own risqué..
Edwards tells If that he and Imogen also consulted with Gabrielle,...
- 11/28/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Puberty Blues: 925,000 debut
The debut of Cronulla period drama Puberty Blues rated 925,000 for Ten last night in one of the most competitive Wednesday nights of the ratings year.
The remake of the 1979 Australian novel by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette was the second most watched show in the key advertising demographics of 18-49, 16-39 and 25-54 – behind Nine’s Big Brother, which rated 1.131m in total viewers.
Big Brother was down around 500,000 viewers on its debut on Monday.Puberty Blues , produced by Southern Star, aired from 8.36pm to 9.36pm, peaking with 1.06m
Meanwhile, the series final of The Amazing Race Australia, which ran from 7.30pm to 9pm on Seven, rated 976,000.
The series return of The Farmer Wants A Wife on Nine which aired from 8-9pm pulled in 909,000.
Puberty Blues ran after The Shire, which rated just 502,000, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam.
Following Puberty Blues was...
The debut of Cronulla period drama Puberty Blues rated 925,000 for Ten last night in one of the most competitive Wednesday nights of the ratings year.
The remake of the 1979 Australian novel by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette was the second most watched show in the key advertising demographics of 18-49, 16-39 and 25-54 – behind Nine’s Big Brother, which rated 1.131m in total viewers.
Big Brother was down around 500,000 viewers on its debut on Monday.Puberty Blues , produced by Southern Star, aired from 8.36pm to 9.36pm, peaking with 1.06m
Meanwhile, the series final of The Amazing Race Australia, which ran from 7.30pm to 9pm on Seven, rated 976,000.
The series return of The Farmer Wants A Wife on Nine which aired from 8-9pm pulled in 909,000.
Puberty Blues ran after The Shire, which rated just 502,000, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam.
Following Puberty Blues was...
- 8/15/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Network Ten has taken a word of mouth building approach to its major new drama series, releasing the first episode of Puberty Blues on Facebook in advance of it airing next Wednesday.
The Cronulla period drama is a remake of the iconic 1979 Australian novel by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette.
Mumbrella understands that Ten is so far the only major Australian network to take this approach which it also adopted for the first episode of the most recent series of Offspring. Facebook fans of Puberty Blues can watch the entire 43 minute 51second first episode online through Network Ten’s Facebook app.
The show has been made by Southern Star. The cast includes Claudia Karvan, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Susie Porter, Dan Wyllie, Susan Prior and Rodger Corser.
The Cronulla period drama is a remake of the iconic 1979 Australian novel by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette.
Mumbrella understands that Ten is so far the only major Australian network to take this approach which it also adopted for the first episode of the most recent series of Offspring. Facebook fans of Puberty Blues can watch the entire 43 minute 51second first episode online through Network Ten’s Facebook app.
The show has been made by Southern Star. The cast includes Claudia Karvan, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Susie Porter, Dan Wyllie, Susan Prior and Rodger Corser.
- 8/8/2012
- by Cathie McGinn
- Encore Magazine
This article originally appeared in If Magazine #147 (June-July 2011). Puberty Blues will premiere on Network Ten later this month.
When a collection of producers and writers read the 1979 book Puberty Blues with a view to turning it into a television series, even those who had read it years before were struck by how the teenagers at the heart of the story acted without self-reflection.
.As the father of a teenage girl I was shocked and most of us were,. says head writer Tony McNamara of the behaviour depicted in the book. .It is funny, entertaining but also shocking because of the casual brutality of the world. Now people are self-obsessed and analytical. Then they accepted the circumstances of life and threw themselves into it..
The strength of the protagonists in this 30-year-old portrait of youth, sex and surf is also very evident, he adds. .Now we think people aren.t resilient,...
When a collection of producers and writers read the 1979 book Puberty Blues with a view to turning it into a television series, even those who had read it years before were struck by how the teenagers at the heart of the story acted without self-reflection.
.As the father of a teenage girl I was shocked and most of us were,. says head writer Tony McNamara of the behaviour depicted in the book. .It is funny, entertaining but also shocking because of the casual brutality of the world. Now people are self-obsessed and analytical. Then they accepted the circumstances of life and threw themselves into it..
The strength of the protagonists in this 30-year-old portrait of youth, sex and surf is also very evident, he adds. .Now we think people aren.t resilient,...
- 8/6/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Ten has revealed a big name cast for its Cronulla period drama Puberty Blues.
Many of the actors have worked with the Southern Star production team on previous shows. The producers of the series – which will go beyond the book Puberty Blues and potentially leave the door open for ten to do further series – will be Imogen Banks and John Edwards. Filming for the current series of Offspring has just wrapped.
The cast includes Claudia Karvan (The Secret Life of us, Love My Way, Spirited), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, Underbelly), Susie Porter (Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, East West 101), Dan Wyllie (Love my Way, Animal Kingdom), Susan Prior (All Saints, Animal Kingdom), Rodger Corser (Rush, Underbelly, Spirited), Ashleigh Cummings (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Tomorrow When the War Began), Brenna Harding (Packed to the Rafters, My Place), Sean Keenan, Ed Oxenbould, Charlotte Best, Katie Wall,...
Many of the actors have worked with the Southern Star production team on previous shows. The producers of the series – which will go beyond the book Puberty Blues and potentially leave the door open for ten to do further series – will be Imogen Banks and John Edwards. Filming for the current series of Offspring has just wrapped.
The cast includes Claudia Karvan (The Secret Life of us, Love My Way, Spirited), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, Underbelly), Susie Porter (Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, East West 101), Dan Wyllie (Love my Way, Animal Kingdom), Susan Prior (All Saints, Animal Kingdom), Rodger Corser (Rush, Underbelly, Spirited), Ashleigh Cummings (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Tomorrow When the War Began), Brenna Harding (Packed to the Rafters, My Place), Sean Keenan, Ed Oxenbould, Charlotte Best, Katie Wall,...
- 4/1/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Channel Ten has announced a string of new, locally-produced programs for 2011 and 2012.
Looking to capture a youth market, chief programming officer David Mott said, “We are firmly focused on dominating in 18-49.”
Local light programming includes the much rumoured morning show to compete with Today and Sunrise. Simply called Breakfast, the program will be c0-hosted by 7Pm Project‘s Andrew Rochford. “Breakfast radio has taught me a great deal about how people want to start their day,” said Rochford. “They want the facts, but they want them in a light and entertaining way.” The show will run from 6am to 9am followed by a one hour news bulliten before The Circle begins at 11am.
Young Talent Time, the ’80s favourite that launched Danni Minogue, Tina Arena and Debbie Byrne will return in 2012. Co-produced by the show’s original creator, Johnny Young, it will be hosted by Rob Mills with a restructured,...
Looking to capture a youth market, chief programming officer David Mott said, “We are firmly focused on dominating in 18-49.”
Local light programming includes the much rumoured morning show to compete with Today and Sunrise. Simply called Breakfast, the program will be c0-hosted by 7Pm Project‘s Andrew Rochford. “Breakfast radio has taught me a great deal about how people want to start their day,” said Rochford. “They want the facts, but they want them in a light and entertaining way.” The show will run from 6am to 9am followed by a one hour news bulliten before The Circle begins at 11am.
Young Talent Time, the ’80s favourite that launched Danni Minogue, Tina Arena and Debbie Byrne will return in 2012. Co-produced by the show’s original creator, Johnny Young, it will be hosted by Rob Mills with a restructured,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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