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Duration: 2 series, 6 x 30 mins Channel: BBC2 First Screened: Tuesday 11th October 2005 |
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Executive Producers: For Hartwood Films: Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue For Fox World Australia: David Maher, David Taylor Written by: Harry Cripps Directed by: Matt Lipsey For UK TV: Tony Iffland For BBC TV: Mark Freeland |
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British comedian Rob Brydon (Marion and Geoff, Human Remains, The Keith Barrett Show) stars with some of Australia's finest ensemble actors in the cast of the comedy series Supernova, the first original Australian-UK comedy co-production to come out of Australia, co-produced by Fox World Australia and Hartswood Films, written by Harry Cripps and directed by Matt Lipsey. The series revolves around Dr Paul Hamilton (Rob Brydon), a promising British astronomer who leaves his boring job, nagging girlfriend, neurotic cat ... in fact his whole humdrum life to take on a research position at the Royal Australian Observatory. From rainy London to the scorching red heart of Australia, Paul and his new, oddball colleagues set out to unravel the mysteries of the Universe. The key Australian cast joining Rob Brydon in Supernova include Kris McQuade, Kat Stewart and Tim Draxl. Starring: Rob Brydon, Kat Stewart, Hollie Andrew, Tim Draxl, Kris McQuade, Peter Kowitz, Damion Hunter A Hartswood Films and Fox World Australia co-production. |
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"Rob Brydon continues to shine as Paul Hamilton in this offbeat Outback number... The script cleverly deflates stereotypes, so you can't see (most of) the gags coming, making a very refreshing change.****" (TV Times)
"The joy of Harry Cripps' inventive and funny script is that it was continually surprising us... Charmingly played by Rob Brydon, this disaster-prone innocent abroad was first seen on the couch in the office of the sexy Dr Rachel Mann... Arriving at [the Australian National Observatory], he found a gallery of characters in the outback who would be caricatures if they too were not full of unexpected details... Dr Hamilton's dream was just a nightmare waiting to happen. All those laughs and a serious point too." (Daily Telegraph) "***** This galaxy-gazing offering stars the mighty Rob Brydon...[who], as always, adds that tiny touch of comic sparkle." (Nuts) "**** The great Rob Brydon stars in this new sitcom... Huge fun, and refreshingly lacking in smugness." (Heat) "A terrific effort from Brydon... just watching [his] deft comic touch is a joy." (Radio Times) More Press Comments |
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Writer: Simon Nye
Press Pack: Supernova Series 2 Downloadable PDF
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