- Tripping Over
Infobox Television
show_name = Tripping Over
caption = "Tripping Over" intertitle
genre = Drama
creator = Andrew Knight
Andrea DenholmMike Bullen
director = Sam Miller
Ian Watson
starring =Kathryn Drysdale Abe Forsythe Daniel MacPherson Alexandra Moen Leon Ockenden
composer = Shane O'Mara
country =Australia /United Kingdom
num_episodes = 6
executive_producer = Andrew Knight
Mike Bullen
producer = Andrea Denholm
Sue SeearyTim Whitby
company = Corner Stone Films
Five
runtime = 45 min.
channel =Channel Ten (Aus)
Five (UK)
first_aired =25 October –29 November 2006 (Aus)30 October
last_aired =4 December 2006 (UK)
imdb_id = 0775403"Tripping Over" is a British/
Australia n six-part drama series. Its first episode aired onNetwork Ten inAustralia onOctober 25 2006 , and in theUnited Kingdom on Five onOctober 30 2006 . In the UK "Tripping Over" is repeated onFive Life .The show is about three friends in
London and two friends inSydney , neither group knows each other but their parents do. They both take flights to each other's countries, and the two groups meet at the stop-over inBangkok , where a tragic event changes their lives.The series then follows the two groups of friends as they continue on their trips to each other's countries and back home. The program focuses on the major life changes that occur during the mid-twenties, and how choices made here can affect a person's life for many years to come.
Cast
*
Alexandra Moen (Tamsin)
*Daniel MacPherson (Ned Frost)
*Abe Forsythe (Nic Kirkh)
*Leon Ockenden (Callum)
*Kathryn Drysdale (Lizzie)
*Oliver Chris (Sam)
*Rebecca Gibney (Lydia)
*Lisa McCune (Annabel)
*Paul McGann (Jeremy Frost)
*Brooke Satchwell (Felicity)
*Ramon Tikaram (Jim/Robbie)
*Nicholas Bell (James Frost)
*Jacek Koman (Magnus)Production
*Conceived in 2003 by Andrew Knight and Andrea Denholm, who discussed the idea with
Mike Bullen while on a camping trip. Knight and Denholm wanted to make a series about the difference between backpacking in 1976 and 2006.cite news|first= Melinda|last= Houston|title= Mission almost impossible|url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/mission-almost-impossible/2006/10/19/1160851064797.html|work=The Age |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=2006-10-22 |accessdate= 2008-07-10]
*Filmed from 8 May to 11 August 2006. [cite news|title= Production report|url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15943742_ITM|work= Encore Magazine|publisher=Reed Business Information |date=2006-05-01 |accessdate= 2008-07-11]References
External links
* [http://www.five.tv/programmes/drama/trippingover/ "Tripping Over"] at
five.tv
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=720402;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 "Tripping Over"] at the National Film and Sound Archive
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