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Tripping Over
Tripping Over intertitle
GenreDrama
Created byAndrew Knight
Andrea Denholm
Mike Bullen
Directed bySam Miller
Ian Watson
StarringKathryn Drysdale
Abe Forsythe
Daniel MacPherson
Alexandra Moen
Leon Ockenden
ComposerShane O'Mara
Country of originAustralia
United Kingdom
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersAndrew Knight
Mike Bullen
ProducersAndrea Denholm
Sue Seeary
Tim Whitby
Running time45 min.
Production companyCorner Stone Films
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten (Australia)
Channel 5 (UK)
Release25 October – 29 November (Australia)
30 October –
4 December 2006 (UK)

Tripping Over is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK Tripping Over is repeated on Five Life.

The show is about three friends in London and two friends in Sydney, neither group knows each other but their parents do. They both take flights to each other's countries, and the two groups meet at the stop-over in Bangkok, where a tragic event changes their lives.

The series then follows the two groups of friends as they continue on their trips to each other's countries and back home. The programme focuses on the major life changes that occur during the mid-twenties, and how choices made here can affect a person's life for many years to come.

Summary

Five young people converge for a one night stop-over in Bangkok. Whether it was destined or just a stuff up, what happens there binds them together and profoundly alter the direction of their lives. The series follows the group, both together and separately as they travel to each other's countries or return home ­ some to reinvent themselves, others to find themselves. Woven through their stories are the lives of an older, but not necessarily wiser generation—still living the mistakes of their own twenties. Only one thing is certain, whatever your age, everything looks different from 11,000 miles away.

Cast

Production

  • Conceived in 2003 by Andrew Knight and Andrea Denholm, who discussed the idea with Mike Bullen while on a weekend trip. Knight and Denholm wanted to make a series about the difference between backpacking in 1976 and 2006.[1]
  • Filmed from 8 May to 11 August 2006.[2]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byAustralian air date
1"Episode 1"Sam MillerAndrew Knight
Andrea Denholm		October 25, 2006 (AUS)
October 30, 2006 (UK)
2"Episode 2"Sam MillerAndrew Knight
Matt King		November 01, 2006 (AUS)
November 06, 2006(UK)
3"Episode 3"Sam MillerAndrea Denholm
Anna Funder
Andrew Knight		November 08, 2006 (AUS)
November 13, 2006(UK)
4"Episode 4"Ian WatsonAndrea Denholm
Andrew Knight		November 15, 2006 (AUS)
November 20, 2006(UK)
5"Episode 5"Ian WatsonAndrew KnightNovember 22, 2006 (AUS)
November 27, 2006(UK)
6"Episode 6"Ian WatsonAndrew KnightNovember 29, 2006 (AUS)
December 4, 2006(UK)

References

  1. ^ Houston, Melinda (22 October 2006). "Mission almost impossible". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Production report". Encore Magazine. Reed Business Information. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2008.


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