Australian TV ft. Chris Corbett (PT18)




Paper Team show

Summary: Alex and Nick invite Chris Corbett (writer on Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries) to discuss the current state of Australian television and the differences in their writers' room.<br> <br> How can new writers make it in the Australian TV industry? How do Australian writers break their episodes? How does Australian experience translate to America? What are some underrated Australian shows to watch?<br> <br> The Paper Team goes down under...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> 1 - Introduction (00:20)<br> 2 - Everything you wanted to know about Australian TV writing, production and writers rooms (00:43)<br> 3 - Advice for new writers and shows to watch (50:40)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1410434/reference">Chris Corbett on IMDb</a><br> <a href="https://www.film.vic.gov.au/">Film Victoria</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Heelers">Blue Heelers</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Productions">Crawford Productions</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Brennan">Shane Brennan</a><br> <a href="http://scriptedink.com.au/">ScriptedInk</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230830214838/https://www.awg.com.au/">Australian Writers' Guild</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180321173107/https://awg.com.au/view/event/prime-time-2016/">Prime Time AWG Competition</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_(company)">Stan</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille_(TV_series)">Marseille</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtel">Foxtel</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Activity">No Activity</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Survivor">Australian Survivor</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Junge">Alexa Junge</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome#Usage_in_Australia">Tall poppy syndrome</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeod%27s_Daughters">McLeod's Daughters</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Fisher%27s_Murder_Mysteries">Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_(2016_TV_series)">Wanted</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake_(Australian_TV_series)">Rake</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_(Australian_TV_series)">Wilfred</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Kingdom_(TV_series)">Animal Kingdom</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moodys">The Moodys</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda_(TV_series)">Barracuda</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Irish">Jack Irish</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_My_Way">Love My Way</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangle_(TV_series)">Tangle</a><br> <br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>