Offspring (TV series)

Offspring
Offspring title card
Genre	Comedy-drama
Created by	Debra Oswald John Edwards Imogen Banks
Starring	Asher Keddie Kat Stewart Don Hany Deborah Mailman Eddie Perfect Linda Cropper Richard Davies Matthew Le Nevez Lachy Hulme John Waters Jane Harber Ido Drent Ben Barrington Patrick Brammall
Narrated by	Asher Keddie
Theme music composer	Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
Opening theme	"When We Swam"
Composer(s)	John Lee
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	75 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rick Maier Rory Callaghan
Producer(s)	John Edwards Imogen Banks
Location(s)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Camera setup	Nicholas Owens
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Endemol Australia (Then branded as Southern Star Entertainment)
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) (2016- )
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	15 August 2010 (2010-08-15) – present
External links
Website

Offspring is an Australian television drama/comedy series which premiered on Network Ten on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred on 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family and friends, as they navigate the chaos of modern life. It is filmed in Melbourne's inner north.^[1] The show mixes conventional narrative drama and comedy with flashbacks, graphic animation and fantasy sequences.

Debra Oswald wrote the series with John Edwards and Imogen Banks producing with Southern Star Entertainment.^[2][3] Offspring was originally conceived as a two-hour telemovie for Ten, but was spun off into a 13 episodes series after television executives were impressed by the quality of the telemovie. The second season began on 16 May 2011, with a double episode premiere.

Offspring was renewed for its fourth and fifth seasons on 12 July 2012.^[4]

On 3 October 2014, John Edwards confirmed that Offspring would not return for a sixth series in 2015, due to Ten's cost-cutting measures in its production division.^[5] On 30 August 2015, the Herald Sun reported that a sixth season of Offspring would be made - returning after a two-year hiatus.

On 20 September 2015, Ten confirmed that Offspring would return for a sixth season in 2016.^[6] Production for the series began on 25 April 2016 and filmed through to June 2016.^[7][8] Series 6 premiered at 8.30 PM on 29 June 2016.^[9]

Most of the cast returned, although John Waters, who plays Darcy Proudman, is one exception. Two new cast members, Underbelly: Razor's cast-member T. J. Power as lawyer Will Bowen and Love My Way star Dan Wyllie as Dr Angus Freeman.^[10]

On 4 November, the series was renewed for a seventh season set to air in 2017.^[11]

Cast

Main

Current supporting cast

• Alicia Gardiner as Kim Akerholt (Series 1–present)
• Garry McDonald as Phillip Noonan (Series 3–present)
• Celia Pacquola as Ange Navarro (Series 4–present)
• Lawrence Leung as Elvis Kwan (Series 4–present)
• Cate Wolfe as Jess (Series 5–present)
• Maude Davey as Dr. Nadine Samir-Noonan (Series 2, 4–present)

Past supporting cast

• Clare Bowditch as Rosanna Harding (Series 3–5)
• Kate Jenkinson as Kate Reid (Series 2–4, 5)
• Christopher Morris as Brendan Wright (Series 1, 5)
• Caren Pistorius as Eloise Ward (Series 4)
• Kevin Hofbauer as Joseph Green (Series 4)
• David Roberts as Phil D'Arabont (Series 2, 4, 5, 6)
• Kate Atkinson as Renee (Series 1–3)
• Kick Gurry as Adam (Series 3)
• Dan Spielman as Andrew Holland (Series 2-3)
• Jay Ryan as Fraser King (Series 2)
• Tina Bursill as Marilyn Holland (Series 2)
• Leah de Niese as Odile (Series 1–2)
• Marta Kaczmarek as Sonja (Series 1)
• Kate Box as Alice Havel (Series 1)
• John Wood as Gareth (Series 1)
• Damon Herriman as Boyd Carlisle (Series 1)

Production

The series is filmed in Melbourne's inner-north around the suburb of Fitzroy and is produced by John Edwards and Imogen Banks who also co-produce Tangle. John Edwards was responsible for such successes as Police Rescue, The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way, and Dangerous - also produced with Imogen Banks, and has more recently been producing Rush for Seriously Ten.

Offspring: The Nurses

A web series titled Offspring: The Nurses began in 2010 on the official Offspring website.^[12] It follows nurses Kim (Alicia Gardiner) and Zara (Jane Harber) from the original series and also stars Benedict Hardie, Julia Grace, Laura Gilham, Carl Nilsson Polias, Jodie Sheehy and Matthew Heyward as fellow staff members of the Hospital. Some cast members from the original series have also starred as well.

A second web series follows Zara (Jane Harber) and this time Justina Noble as Nurse Tyra. Series 2 also starred Benedict Hardie, Harry Milas, Josh Price, Natalie Kaplan, Sonja Kowanjko and Kate Hopkins. While Richard Davies and Lachy Hulme also made guest appearances.

Awards and nominations

Australian Film Institute Awards

TV Week Logie Awards

Equity Ensemble Awards

Series Viewership

Episodes

DVD releases

International distribution

Country	Channel	Year	Notes
Australia	Network Ten	2010
Brazil	GNT	2012
Ireland	RTÉ One	2012	Sundays
Israel	HOT VOD, HOT3	2012
Netherlands	TLC Netherlands	2011	July
New Zealand	TV One	2010	Sundays 8:30pm[23]
Norway	TLC	2011
Finland	YLE TV2	2013	Mondays 22:05 hrs.
Portugal	AXN White	2011	Portuguese title: Descobrindo Nina
Russia	TLC	2011	Sundays
Spain	Sony Entertainment Television	2011	Spanish title: Descubriendo a Nina
Sweden	TLC	2011	Thursdays at 9:00pm

References

External links

• Offspring at the Internet Movie Database