The Wayne Manifesto | |
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Genre | Family, Children, Comedy |
Written by | David McRobbie |
Directed by | Paul Maloney Sophie Turkiewicz Ian Watson Denny Lawrence David Cameron Steve Mann |
Starring |
Jeffrey Walker Simon James Remi Broadway Brooke Harmon Cassandra Magrath |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Peter Jackson |
Producer(s) | Alan Hardy |
Location(s) | Brisbane, Australia |
Editor(s) | Simon James |
Running time | 25 min. |
Production company(s) | Burberry Productions |
Distributor | Southern Star Sales |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | 4.3 PAL |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 2 June – 7 July 1997 |
The Wayne Manifesto is an Australian children's television series that aired on the ABC in 1997. Based on the children's books by David McRobbie, it is centred on the life 12-year-old Wayne Wilson, showing the world both as the way he would like it and the way it really is. Filmed in Brisbane, Australia, it aired most weekdays in the afternoon at 5pm on the ABC from 1997 to 1998 and at 4.30pm in 1999. It has also aired on the BBC in the UK and was broadcast from 1998 to 2005.
Village Roadshow released the following VHS tapes in 1997 containing two episodes each: