Bed of Roses (TV series)
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Intertitle for Bed of Roses
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| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
| Created by | Jutta Goetze Elizabeth Coleman |
| Developed by | ABC Drama Department |
| Starring |
Kerry Armstrong Julia Blake Hanna Mangan-Lawrence |
| Theme music composer |
Ross Wilson Eris O'Brien John Pullicino |
| Composer(s) | Niko Schäuble |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Miranda Dear Amanda Higgs |
| Producer(s) | Mark Ruse Stephen Luby |
| Location(s) | South Gippsland, Australia |
| Editor(s) | Steven Robinson ASE |
| Running time | 50 min |
| Production company(s) | Southern Star Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC1 |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 10 May 2008 – 26 February 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | SeaChange |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Bed of Roses is an Australian comedy drama television series which first screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from 10 May 2008. It stars Kerry Armstrong (SeaChange and Lantana) and was created by Jutta Goetze and Elizabeth Coleman; produced by Mark Ruse (Kath & Kim, The Games) and Stephen Luby (Crackerjack).
Bed of Roses is about Louisa Atherton (Kerry Armstrong) handling her life after she discovers her husband has died in the arms of another woman, leaving her broke. She returns to her home town of Rainbow's End to live with her feisty mother, Minna (Julia Blake). Rainbow's End is in a 'growth corridor' with neighbouring town of Indigo. Besides problems with Minna, Louisa encounters trouble with her teenage daughter Holly (Hanna Mangan-Lawrence) and local residents. Louisa has few financial assets except "Mary Kelly's Shack" she inherited from her father. Louisa decides to demolish the shack and build a new house to sell. Holly has taken the death of her father very hard and insists on carrying around his ashes. Louisa's irresponsible driving results in numerous traffic offences, which she can ill afford.
The first season contained six 50-minute episodes, with the $5 million production being shot over nine weeks, mostly in the South Gippsland towns of Foster and Meeniyan, it has taken six years from its initial conception to final screening. It has distinct overtones of Armstrong's previous ABC-TV series SeaChange.Bed of Roses aired on Saturday night on ABC at 7:30 pm, leading into The Bill at 8:30 pm.
The ABC ordered 8 episodes for season two, up from 6 episodes for season one. Bud Tingwell and Philip Quast have joined the cast for the second season. Season two of Bed of Roses was filmed over five months in regional Victoria (South Gippsland), Melbourne and in the ABC TV studios, Ripponlea.
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