Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story | |
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Genre | Bio Drama |
Written by |
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Directed by | Kevin Carlin |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Jo Porter |
Production company | FremantleMedia Australia |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network |
Release | 12 February 19 February 2017 | –
Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story is a two-part Australian miniseries based on Australian actor and comedian Paul Hogan which premiered on 12 February and concluded on 19 February 2017. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The story of Paul Hogan is that of almost accidental supernova of raw comedic talent exploding onto the entertainment scene of first Australia and then the world. How a married-at-eighteen blue-collar worker with five kids went on talent contest New Faces as a dare from his work-mates and ended up completely wowing the audience and opening the door to completely unanticipated new life. [5]
The series was announced in November 2015 with filming expected to be filmed in 2016, [6] in December 2015, it was announced casting was underway and Kevin Carlin would direct the series with Keith Thompson and Marieke Hardy as lead writers. [7] [8] In May 2016, the cast for the series was announced with actor Josh Lawson taking on the role of Paul Hogan. [9] Production for the series first began in May 2016 with filming taking place in Brisbane, the series is being funded by Screen Queensland. [10]
Episode | Air date | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) |
Nightly rank |
Consolidated Viewers (millions) |
Adjusted rank |
Source |
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"Part 1" | 12 February 2017 | Sunday 8:30pm | 0.837 | #6 | 0.973 | #5 | [12] [13] |
"Part 2" | 19 February 2017 | 0.839 | #6 | 0.960 | #4 | [14] [15] |
Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story | |
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Genre | Bio Drama |
Written by |
|
Directed by | Kevin Carlin |
Starring |
|
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Jo Porter |
Production company | FremantleMedia Australia |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network |
Release | 12 February 19 February 2017 | –
Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story is a two-part Australian miniseries based on Australian actor and comedian Paul Hogan which premiered on 12 February and concluded on 19 February 2017. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The story of Paul Hogan is that of almost accidental supernova of raw comedic talent exploding onto the entertainment scene of first Australia and then the world. How a married-at-eighteen blue-collar worker with five kids went on talent contest New Faces as a dare from his work-mates and ended up completely wowing the audience and opening the door to completely unanticipated new life. [5]
The series was announced in November 2015 with filming expected to be filmed in 2016, [6] in December 2015, it was announced casting was underway and Kevin Carlin would direct the series with Keith Thompson and Marieke Hardy as lead writers. [7] [8] In May 2016, the cast for the series was announced with actor Josh Lawson taking on the role of Paul Hogan. [9] Production for the series first began in May 2016 with filming taking place in Brisbane, the series is being funded by Screen Queensland. [10]
Episode | Air date | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) |
Nightly rank |
Consolidated Viewers (millions) |
Adjusted rank |
Source |
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"Part 1" | 12 February 2017 | Sunday 8:30pm | 0.837 | #6 | 0.973 | #5 | [12] [13] |
"Part 2" | 19 February 2017 | 0.839 | #6 | 0.960 | #4 | [14] [15] |