A Place to Call Home | |
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Genre: | Period drama |
Created by: | Bevan Lee |
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Composer(s): | Michael Yezerski |
Country of Origin: | Australia |
Original language(s): | English |
No. of series: | 2 |
No. of episodes: | 23 (List of Episodes) |
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Producer(s): | Chris Martin-Jones |
Location(s): | Camelot (Ash Park) (34° 2'15.09"S 150°42'22.30"E) Camden (New South Wales) and Southern Highlands (New South Wales) (Inverness) |
Cinematography: | John Stokes |
Running time: | 42–45 minutes |
Production company(s): | Seven Network |
Distributor: | Seven Network |
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Original release: | 28 April 2013 – present |
A Place to Call Home is an Australian television drama series that debuted on the Seven Network on Sunday 28 April 2013. Set in Country New South Wales in the period following World War II, it follows Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorp), who has returned to Australia after twenty years abroad to start a new life and ends up clashing with wealthy matriarch Elizabeth Bligh (Noni Hazlehurst). The main cast also consists of Brett Climo (George Bligh), Craig Hall (Dr. Jack Duncan), David Berry (James Bligh), Abby Earl (Anna Bligh), Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (Olivia Bligh), Aldo Mignone (Gino Poletti) and Frankie J. Holden (Roy Briggs) It was created by Bevan Lee and has been described as a "compelling melodrama about love and loss set against the social change of the 1950s".
Contents
- 1 Production
- 2 Broadcast
- 3 Cast/Characters
- 4 Crew
- 4.1 Writers
- 4.2 Directors
- 5 Episodes
Production[]
Development forA Place to Call Homebegan after Bevan Lee completed his "domestic trilogy" (Always Greener, Packed to the RaftersandWinners & Losers). He took inspiration from film director Douglas Sirk's 1950's films such asWritten on the Wind(1956) andAll That Heaven Allows(1955). Lee toldThe Agethat he wanted to create a romance-driven melodrama based in the 1950s because people's lives in the present are "relatively bland". He said: "At the end of the day, conflict is drama and we live in relatively conflict-free society. I had to go to a place where there was pain and damage and hurt; after the war there was." The script is co-written by Lee and Trent Atkinson.
Noni Hazlehurst (Elizabeth Bligh) was the first cast member to be announced for A Place to Call Home, on 18 June 2012. Marta Dusseldorp (Sarah Adams), Brett Climo (George Bligh) and Frankie J. Holden (Roy Briggs) were announced a month later, with Dusseldorp leading the overall cast. Newcomers David Berry (James Bligh), Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (Olivia Bligh), Abby Earl (Anna Bligh) and Aldo Mignone (Gino Poletti), made up the rest of the main cast.
A Place to Call Homeis set in both the fictional estate Ash Park and the town of Inverness in country New South Wales. Camden and the Southern Highlands in New South Wales serves as the backdrop for Inverness.Ash Parkis actually Camelot, a heritage-listed property located at Kirkham, on the outskirts of Camden. Filming for the first series began on 9 July 2012 and concluded on 12 December 2012. Series one was shot on a Sony F65 camera, becoming the first Australian television production to do so.
In June 2013, Erin McWhirter fromTV Weekannounced thatA Place to Call Homehad been renewed for another season. Abby Earl told McWhirter, "We're locked in pre-production in August and then we start filming in September, so there's plenty of time for me to get back in Anna's shoes." The second season started on 11 May 2014 and concluded on 13 July 2014.
TV Weekconfirmed that a third season had been commissioned. However, one month later, the magazine reported that Channel Seven had passed on the option to renew the series and had recently told the cast and crew they wouldn't be required for a third season.
On 15 October 2014, it was announced that Foxtel had finalised a deal with Channel Seven that would see a third series written by Bevan Lee, produced by Seven Productions, but aired on Foxtel. On 25 October 2014, The Daily Telegraph announced thatA Place to Call Homewas renewed for another two seasons and would return in late 2015, airing on Foxtel channel, SoHo. It was also announced that all the original cast & crew members would return.
On 16 August 2015 it was announced via the official Facebook page that Season 3 would premiere on Sunday 27 September 2015 at 8:30pm on the Foxtel channel, SoHo.
Broadcast[]
- For the people, see List of Episodes.
When Seven Network revealed its new television series lineup for 2012, A Place to Call Home was mentioned alongside other titles. Seven Network's Angus Ross said that it would potentially premiere in late 2012, but wouldn't rush the show to air by a certain date unless "casting and other elements" were right. The first series of A Place to Call Home consisted of thirteen episodes. The pilot episode was originally broadcast on 28 April 2013, in the 8:30 pm time slot (previously occupied by Downton Abbey).
Cast/Characters[]
For the most part, only the main cast and guest stars are included unless a co-star had a significant part in the show. Main cast listed in order they are credited, after that the list goes by number of appearances.
Crew[]
Writers[]
Directors[]
Episodes[]
Season No. | Series No. | Title | Written by | Directed by | Air date | Australian viewers |
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1 | 1 | "The Prodigal Daughter" | Trent Atkinson & Bevan Lee | Roger Hodgman | April 28, 2013 | 1.930 |
2 | 2 | "The Welcome Mat" | Trent Atkinson | Lynn-Maree Danzey | May 5, 2013 | 1.539 |
3 | 3 | "Truth Will Out" | Trent Atkinson | Lynn-Maree Danzey | May 12, 2013 | 1.447 |
4 | 4 | "The Mona Lisa Smile" | Trent Atkinson | Mark Joffe | May 19, 2013 | 1.377 |
5 | 5 | "Day of Atonement" | Rick Held | Mark Joffe | May 26, 2013 | 1.434 |
6 | 6 | "That's Amore" | Lynn Hegarty | Hamilton Budd | June 2, 2013 | 1.457 |
7 | 7 | "Boom!" | Lynn Hegarty | Tony Morphett | June 9, 2013 | 1.322 |
8 | 8 | "Worlds Apart" | Sarah Walker | Lynn-Maree Danzey | June 16, 2013 | 1.467 |
9 | 9 | "Cane Toad" | Trent Atkinson | Lynn-Maree Danzey | June 23, 2013 | 1.407 |
10 | 10 | "Lest We Forget" | Bevan Lee | Ian Barry | June 30, 2013 | 1.448 |
11 | 11 | "True to Your Heart" | Rick Held | Ian Barry | July 7, 2013 | 1.385 |
12 | 12 | "New Beginning" | Hamilton Budd | Mark Joffe | July 14, 2013 | 1.452 |
13 | 13 | "Secret Love" | Bevan Lee & Tony Morphett | Mark Joffe | July 21, 2013 | 1.494 |
1 | 14 | "No Secrets, Ever" | Trent Atkinson | Mark Joffe | May 11, 2014 | 1.092 |
2 | 15 | "I Believe" | Tony Morphett | Mark Joffe | May 18, 2014 | 1.041 |
3 | 16 | "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" | Rick Held | Lynn-Maree Danzey | May 25, 2014 | 1.159 |
4 | 17 | "What Your Heart Says" | Hamilton Budd | Lynn-Maree Danzey | June 1, 2014 | 1.213 |
5 | 18 | "The Ghosts of Christmas Past" | Brooke Wilson | Lynn Hegarty | June 8, 2014 | 1.137 |
6 | 19 | "Auld Lang Syne" | Bevan Lee | Lynn Hegarty | June 15, 2014 | 1.186 |
7 | 20 | "No Other Love" | Bevan Lee | Mark Joffe | June 22, 2014 | 1.182 |
8 | 21 | "Answer Me, My Love" | Trent Atkinson | Mark Joffe | June 22, 2014 | 1.150 |
9 | 22 | "I Do, I Do" | Hamilton Budd | Lynn-Maree Danzey | July 6, 2014 | 1.210 |
10 | 23 | "Unforgettable" | Bevan Lee & Kim Wilson | Lynn-Maree Danzey | July 13, 2014 | 1.302 |
1 | 24 | "The Things We Do for Love" | Ian Barry | September 27, 2015 | ||
2 | 25 | "L'Chaim, to Life" | Giula Sandler | Ian Barry | 2015 | |
3 | 26 | "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" | Katherine Thomson | Lynn-Maree Danzey | 2015 | |
4 | 27 | "Too Old to Dream" | Deborah Parsons | Lynn-Maree Danzey | 2015 | |
5 | 28 | "Living in the Shadow" | Kim Wilson | Shirley Barrett | 2015 | |
6 | 29 | "In the Heat of the Night" | Sarah Lambert | Shirley Barrett | 2015 | |
7 | 30 | "Sins of the Father" | John Ridley | Chris-Martin Jones | 2015 | |
8 | 31 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Giula Sandler | Chris-Martin Jones | 2015 |