Marking Time

Marking Time
GenreDrama
Created byJohn Doyle
StarringAbe Forsythe
Bojana Novakovic
Geoff Morrell
Elena Carapetis
Country of originAustralia
Production
ProducersJohn Edwards
Jo Rooney
Running time230 min
Production companySouthern Star Group
Original release
Release9 November 2003 (2003-11-09)
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Marking Time was an Australian television mini-series, consisting of four one-hour episodes. It first aired on 9 and 10 November 2003 on ABC-TV. Directed by Cherie Nowlan and written by John Doyle, it was the first mainstream television/film project to address the issue of the Government of Australia' refugee policy, a topic it approaches by chronicling the emotional journey of one young man during his year off after graduation, in his fictional rural home-town of Brackley, Australia.

The storyline of Marking Time was inspired by the real-life experiences of Afghan refugees and their hosts in the rural town of Young; however much of the outdoor scenes of the series were actually shot at Singleton.