Heartbreak High
| Heartbreak High | |
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| Written by | Elizabeth Coleman Philip Dalkin |
| Directed by | Dan Burstall Mandy Smith |
| Theme music composer | Todd Hunter |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 210 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Gannon Television |
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| Original network |
Network Ten (1994-1996) ABC TV (1997-1999) |
| Picture format | 4:3 (PAL) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 27 February 1994 – 29 November 1999 |
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| Related shows | The Heartbreak Kid |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Heartbreak High was a popular Australian television programme that ran for six years, through seven seasons from 1994 to 1999 on both Network Ten and ABC. The programme dealt with the students of the fictional Hartley High (replaced by Hartley Heights from season 5 onwards), a tough high school in a multiracial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries. It was a spin-off of the 1993 Australian feature film The Heartbreak Kid which had featured Alex Dimitriades and Claudia Karvan. However, in later series the show shifted emphasis away from the school setting and the Poulos family to the students' homes and hangout - the Shark Pool.
The programme was transmitted by Network Ten between 1994 and 1996, and by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1997 and 1999. It also was successful in sales internationally and was broadcast in over twenty countries in Asia, Europe, North and South America. After the sixth series the Australian Broadcasting Corporation axed the show as selling another series to foreign TV stations proved increasingly difficult. The BBC had no interest in buying an additional series; due to scheduling delays a backlog of episodes had built up, and the programme was forced to wrap up production.
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Series 1 was released in Australia as a DVD Box Set by Umbrella Entertainment on 5 October 2011. This DVD set is region free and will play globally featuring original 4:3 Full Frame and 2.0 English Dolby Digital Sound. The series 2 DVD Box Set was released by Umbrella Entertainment on 7 March 2012. The series 3 DVD Box Set was released by Umbrella Entertainment on 6 June 2012 and is currently available to order. Series 1 of the show has also been released on two DVD sets in Germany in the dubbed German version with no English audio track. This DVD is the official release for Germany.
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