The problem with trying to do high concept ideas in Australia is they don’t pull it off. That’s probably why 2 of the main actors are NZ and the other 2 are British. Still the whole world feels cheap. I also reckon Bevan has written the whole outline of the series and where plot lines happen but outsourced the rest of the script to I assume newbie writers or soap writers?
Does Bevan still write for Home and Away … I assume not?
Nothing to do with the concept.
Hermione Norris is the only British import really. Philip Quast is an Aussie actor who has worked in the UK. Dalip Sondhi grew up in the UK but now lives in Australia. Aaron Jeffery and Sara Wiseman were born in New Zealand but live or have lived in Australia. It depends on where their roles are and have previously appeared in many other Australian shows.
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Philip is an Aussie (unless you are referring to someone else along with Hermione). 
Plus Sara worked with Bevan on APTCH, so it’s no surprise (as she’s said in interviews) she jumped at the opportunity to work with him again.
Regardless of the mixed reviews the show has gotten, my guess is if the actors weren’t satisfied with his work (the more established ones here) they wouldn’t have signed onto the project.
The only character I can’t stand on the damn show is Georgia (in two minds whether or not that is only because of the character or the way the actress is playing the role too).
ETA: Speaking of Sara, I’m waiting to see if Seven holds off One Lane Bridge until next year or decide to air it this year (since it got picked up for another series in NZ).
Don’t agree, there are plenty of examples of high concept Australian dramas that have been brilliant in their own ways.
The problem is that Seven’s drama department is so small that everything they produce looks and feels the same. They need to invest in creative talent.
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That’s very sad for Australian drama.
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Ouch. I think they should really just ride it out. It’s only on hour of 6 hours of primetime
It does more long term harm then good
7 days ago they were calling it the next generation of classic Australia drama. Now they’re like “we have no faith it it”
It destroys trust
What will they replace it with
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It was mentioned in the Seven Schedule, but the Anita Cobby special has been moved to Sunday night now to air before BTW.
Bumped to 10pm by a news repeat
Ouch indeed
They launch 1 drama a year and it’s gone in 2 weeks
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They should just get it out of the way and air it every night next week at 8:30.
What hope does Seven give for RFDS which just commenced filming in Broken Hill this week?
About the same as the SeaChange reboot?
They should have at least tried it on another night before banishing it to 10pm. Tuesdays are a wasteland right now.
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Yep, but at the end of the day it was an average product. Its a failed format.
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Should have had Back to the Rafters airing exclusively on 7 and Prime having rights after it aired on FTA. Kind of like ABC (Australia) stuff like Glitch airing only on FTA then a year later on Netflix.
For some reason though the RF Doctors thing was coming to 9 lol.
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Prime are the ones putting up the money for Rafters to get some attention (and local subscribers). The production cost is much higher per episode than Seven would have been in a position to pay.
In cases like Glitch, there is a big difference between commissioning a show, and buying the content already created.
Hopefully with the sale of Seven Studios, the network will broaden it’s commissioning of local drama if the content quota’s are reinstated.
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Has the 3rd episode actually aired yet? I assumed it was on last Sunday yet still only Episodes 1 & 2 on 7 Plus.
Agree that it felt very slow to get going, but if’s only a short run I might try to watch the whole thing.
Episode 3 is next Sunday now at 10pm
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At the sexy new time
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It’s like when an embattled coach/manager of a sports team has the “full confidence” of the board - the confidence exists until it doesn’t. In this case, 7 had faith in the drama until it turned up to be a ratings flop
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