Crownies

Crownies
Genre	Legal drama Dramedy
Starring	Todd Lasance Hamish Michael Ella Scott Lynch Andrea Demetriades Indiana Evans Marta Dusseldorp
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22 (Series 1: 2011) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carole Sklan Des Monaghan Greg Haddrick
Producer(s)	Karl Zwicky Jane Allen Lisa Scott
Production company(s)	Screentime
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC1
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	14 July 2011 – present
External links
Website

Crownies is an Australian television dramedy series that first screened on ABC1 in 2011.^[1] The series revolves around a group of solicitors fresh from law school, working with Crown Prosecutors or 'Crownies' who are the public prosecutors in the legal system of Australia, working for the Office of the Department of Public Prosecution. The series is filmed in Sydney, New South Wales, and according to many areas of the city mentioned in the show (eg Annandale), the story is set in Sydney.

The series will run for 22 weeks, with a one hour instalment every Thursday night. It is written by Greg Haddrick, Jane Allen, Kylie Needham, Tamara Asmar, Blake Ayshford, Chris Hawkshaw, Justine Gillmer, Pete McTighe, Stuart Page & Sam Miekle. It is directed by Tony Tilse, Chris Noonan, Cherie Nowlan, Grant Brown, Lynn Hegarty, Garth Maxwell and Jet Wilkinson.

Cast

• Todd Lasance as Ben McMahon: A generally lazy lawyer who often gets others to do his work. His father is a high profile lawyer and his grandfather was a policeman. After his grandfather was beaten and left for dead, he was not able to rightly identify the suspect.

• Hamish Michael as Richard Stirling: A genuinely nice guy whose witnesses often fail to show up in court, much to the annoyance of the judge. After finally getting the person who was renting his house to move out, the ceiling collapsed and he was compelled to move in with Tatum and her boyfriend Conrad. To keep Conrad from being jealous, Tatum insisted the Richard pretend to be gay. He originally came from New Zealand.

• Ella Scott Lynch as Erin O'Shaughnessy: A young lawyer whose problems with alcohol often find her in trouble - usually with men. While drunk, she slept with a reporter who stole a confidential brief from the office of the DPP, while on another occasion she slept with Ben McMahon. Always regrets the consequences, but appears to do nothing to change her behaviour. She had a crush on Rhys, kissed him once, but when she realises that his wife is pregnant, refuses to go any further.

• Andrea Demetriades as Lina Badir: A non-practicing Muslim, she is a dedicated lawyer who is in an ongoing (but secret) relationship with policeman Andy Campbell.

• Indiana Evans as Tatum Novak: Her father was a notorious gangster - although will not hear a bad word said against him. She is often more pre-occupied with planning her wedding than in the law.

• Jeanette Cronin as Tracey Samuels: The office manager. She loves her pet finch (named Atticus after the main character in To Kill A Mockingbird). She is a practicing Catholic. At times she comes across as hard and uncaring.

• Marta Dusseldorp as Janet King: Although not stated, she appears to be the second in charge at the DPP. She is in an ongoing lesbian relationship and is expecting twins. The pregnancy has put strain on her relationship, however both parties are looking forward to the birth.

• Lewis Fitz-Gerald as David Sinclair: The head of the DPP. He is often caught between the need for justice, the public appearance of justice, and the politics of justice.

• Jerome Ehlers as Rhys Kowalski: An outside lawyer brought into the DPP to try certain cases. His pregnant wife is also a lawyer, but they are having marriage problems and seeing a counsellor.

• Chantelle Jamieson as Julie Rousseau: A Judge's Associate who sometimes dates Ben.

• Peter Kowitz as Tony Gillies: A hard bitten, even embittered, lawyer who still gets drunk on the anniversary of the date he lost a particularly brutal case. He is a realist, and seeks to give the young, idealist lawyers an understanding not so much of what is "right", but what is "best" in the circumstances.

• Christopher Morris as Andy Campbell: A police detective and Lina's secret boyfriend. He often gets fed up with lawyers who botch the cases that the police have worked hard to bring them.

• Daniel Lissing as Conrad De Groot: Tatum's fiance. He was very suspicious of Richard until Tatum mentioned that he was gay. Conrad is now happy for Richard to live in their unit and has, on occasion, sought to find Richard a date.

Episodes

Main article: List of Crownies episodes

References

1. ^ http://blogs.abc.net.au/abc_tv/