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Crownies is an Australian television drama series which was originally broadcast on ABC1 from 14 July until 1 December 2011. The series revolves around a group of solicitors fresh from law school, working with Crown Prosecutors, who are the prosecutor in the legal system of New South Wales, working for the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
It is written by Greg Haddrick, Jane Allen, Kylie Needham, Tamara Asmar, Blake Ayshford, Chris Hawkshaw, Justine Gillmer, Pete McTighe, Stuart Page & Sam Miekle. It is directed by Tony Tilse, Chris Noonan, Cherie Nowlan, Grant Brown, Lynn Hegarty, Garth Maxwell and Jet Wilkinson.
On 24 January 2011, Greg Hassall from The Sydney Morning Herald announced the casting of Todd Lasance, Hamish Michael, Marta Dusseldorp and Jerome Ehlers.
Although the series has never been shown in the UK, it is available to view on the STV Player, the video on demand service owned by STV, the ITV affiliate in North and Central Scotland.
Cast
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Recurring
Guests
Episodes
Spin-off
Before the series finale of Crownies had broadcast, ABC1 Channel Controller Brendan Dahill revealed that he sought the creation of a spin-off and singled out Dusseldorp and Michael for their portrayals. He believed that there were many successful aspects of Crownies to build on and expressed his surprise that the show was not as popular as he had envisioned. On 20 August 2012, ABC TV confirmed that it had commissioned an "8-part legal and political thriller" titled Janet King. The spin-off went into production in early 2013 and featured various cast members from Crownies. The first episode aired on 27 February 2014.
Home media
Crownies was initially released on region 4 DVD in two separate parts. The first eleven episodes were released on 6 October 2011. The remaining episodes were released on 1 December 2011. The two box-sets were later released for region 2.
Reception
Critical analysis
Doug Anderson from The Sydney Morning Herald liked the show for the cast, "fresh" writing and good relationship between character. He believed anyone with intelligence could relate to the show. He praised the character of Tatum Novak for being the modern girl and branded the rest as fairly conventional characters, with personal issues blended in with cases. But his colleague Craig Mathieson criticised the show stating "The show is struggling to find an even tone and at various times it's flirtatiously sexy, coolly cynical and blazingly emotional. The problem is that these diverse moods jarringly occur one after the other. It's somewhat messy."
Awards and nominations
Equity Awards 29 March 2012 Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Crownies Logie Award 15 April 2012 Most Outstanding New Talent Hamish Michael Australian Directors' Guild Awards 11 May 2012 Best Direction in a TV Drama Series Jet Wilkinson
External links
Categories: 2010s Australian Drama Television Series, 2011 Australian Television Series Debuts, 2011 Australian Television Series Endings, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Original Programming, Australian Legal Television Series, Australian Lgbtq-related Television Shows, Australian English-language Television Shows, Lesbian-related Television Shows, Television Series About Prosecutors, Television Series By Screentime, Television Shows Set In New South Wales
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