Recovery (TV series)
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| Genre | Music |
| Created by | Paul Clarke, Bruce Kane |
| Developed by | Paul Clarke, Bruce Kane |
| Written by | Angus Sampson |
| Directed by | Janet Argall (Sydney), Joe Murray (Melbourne) |
| Presented by | Dylan Lewis |
| Starring | Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Jane Gazzo, Tamara Rewse, Jodie J.Hill, Vince Perry |
| Theme music composer | Iggy Pop |
| Opening theme | Lust For Life |
| Ending theme | band play-out |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Paul Clarke |
| Location(s) | Melbourne |
| Camera setup | various |
| Running time | 3 hours |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | 4x3 |
| Audio format | 2 chan stereo |
| Original release | 20 April 1996 – 29 April 2000 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Recovery was a music and youth-oriented television series that was broadcast by ABC TV in Australia. The show was aired each Saturday morning from 9am to 12pm, following the overnight video clip program, Rage, and was broadcast from 20 April 1996 to 29 April 2000. Recovery was produced "live-to-air" from ABC's Ripponlea studios in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Each episode featured a mix of live performances, music videos, other youth-relevant pop culture segments and comedy sketches.
Recovery was primarily hosted by Dylan Lewis, although in the earlier episodes produced in Sydney, the hosting and segment introduction duties were shared with others, such as Sarah Macdonald. Once production moved to Melbourne, the show was co-hosted by Tamara Rewse, who was replaced by Jane Gazzo, and was shot entirely before a live studio audience.
Film reviews were presented by Leigh Whannell, who expressed an appreciation of the horror genre and later co-created the Saw horror film franchise. Vince Perry judged home made versions of popular films that would be submitted weekly by viewers in a segment called Cinema Amateur. Pheona Donohoe of the Scenestar organisation presented the all-ages gig report and DJ J'Nett presented the electronic dance music segment. Actor/comedian Angus Sampson was also a regular co-host, although mainly under the guise of his mysterious alter-ego, "The Enforcer". This format would last until November 1998, whereupon Gazzo moved to the United Kingdom (UK), while Lewis pursued other interests, including his band The Brown Hornet.
In 2011, Whannell wrote the following in regard to the producer of the show, Bruce Kane:
The producer of the show, Bruce Kane, is still the hippest ‘adult’ I’ve ever met in my life... He wore a suit to work everyday, no matter what the weather. Not a business suit, mind you - a dapper number of the type worn by guys who go drinking with Nick Cave in darkened Berlin bars. His tobacco soaked speaking voice relayed stories of his musician past with a perfect Robert Mitchum mumble. Whenever he cast his eye over me, one of his eyebrows stayed raised in a state of permanent bemusement at my blabbering. I had entire conversations with him in which he said nothing and yet I still walked away somehow satisfied that all of my questions had been answered... I will forever be grateful to Bruce for giving me a job on ‘Recovery’. I would never have given me a job, but he did.
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