Offspring (TV series)
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Offspring title card
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| 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 – 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. 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.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.
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. 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. Production for the series began on 25 April 2016 and filmed through to June 2016. Series 6 premiered at 8.30 PM on 29 June 2016.
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.
On 4 November 2016, the series was renewed for a seventh season set to air in 2017.
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.
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