- I just never believed it was over. I just kept saying to Jo (Porter, Fremantle Director of Scripted), 'We've set this up.' At the end of season four, (Series Producer) Pino Amenta and I went in to Foxtel and we wanted to pitch 4 more seasons. It was always in our mind that there were 8 seasons. I came up with an idea for 100 episodes. We put a birthday cake on the pitch document - the first Foxtel drama series that's gone to 100.
- We have managed to maintain such a high standard on the show because we have the time to really do that development work, which is so important. I think a lot of shows fall over because they get shortchanged in development. That process is really rushed. The key to making a quality show is development time.
- was living in the States when Prisoner was on air in Australia so I'd never seen it. It had just completely passed me by. When I got this gig I deliberately didn't watch it, because I didn't want to be influenced by it. (Writer) Pete McTighe is the external hard drive of all things Prisoner. So whenever we really need somebody I ask Pete, 'Is there a heritage character that could fulfill this character function? I have the best of both worlds.
- We look at the entire season and what that might encompass: what the big story pillars are going to be... what the big character arcs are going to be for all our core characters. We look at that on a big whiteboard and break it all down, in not much detail. Just big story movement and character movements. So we get a sense of the patchwork quilt across the entire season.
- We work a little bit differently from most shows in that we do pretty much everything together.
- I'm very happy that we were able to conclude the series in an organic way that we could plan for and that enabled us to go out with a bang..
- Lou Kelly is a pivotal character who gave us a fresh and complex antagonist who could change up the dynamic and polarise the women.
- We were fortunate to secure the amazing Kate Box and Pino [Amenta, series producer] and I felt from our first meeting that she would be perfect for our show and the character.
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