Grass Roots (TV series)
| Grass Roots | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Geoffrey Atherden |
| Starring |
Geoff Morrell Zoe Carides John Clayton Rhondda Findleton Sacha Horler Rhys Muldoon |
| Country of origin | Australian |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | 1 June 2000 – 2003 |
Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.
Synopsis
The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council (LGA) near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government. It was written by Geoffrey Atherden.
Production
Part of the series was filmed in the inner west Sydney suburb of Concord. Many external shots of Arcadia waters Council chambers used Concord Council Chambers as a setting and as was other various locations around Concord, particularly in the shopping centre and cafes in Majors Bay Road. Beach scenes were filmed at Mona Vale, New South Wales on Sydney's northern beaches, while the location "Cemetery Point" was filmed at the Mona Vale headland reserve.[1]
Main cast
- Col Dunkley - (Geoff Morrell)
- Liz Murray - (Zoe Carides)
- Harry Bond - (John Clayton)
- Karin Schumaker - (Rhondda Findleton)
- Biddy Marchant - (Sophie Heathcote) (2000), (Jodie Dry) (2003)
- Helen Mansoufis - (Sacha Horler) (2000- 2 episodes in 2003)
- Greg Dominelli - (Rhys Muldoon)
- George Hasnakov - (Chris Haywood)
- Gordon Mahon - (Michael Craig)
- Salwah Mandinkis - (Sandy Gore)
- Derek Garner - (Matthew Newton) (2000)
- Emily Bell - (Lucy Bell) (2003)
- Irene Cheung - (Pauline Chan) (2000), (Theresa Wong) (2003)
- Fran Smith - (Melissa Jaffer) (2000), (Kerry Walker) (2003)
- Victor Trujillo - (Nicholas Papademetriou)
- Janice Corniglio - (Judi Farr)
- Julie Dunkley - (Tara Morice)
- Ava Strick - (Mary Coustas) (2003)
- Morgan Bartok - (John Gregg)
- Marilyn Hennessy - (Tammy MacIntosh) (2000)
- Warwick Marchant - (Peter Kowitz)
- Justin Thyer - Alan Cinis
- Max Werring - Mitchell Butel
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