My Place (TV series)

My Place
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GenreChildren's drama
Directed byCatriona McKenzie, Michael James Rowland, Jessica Hobbs, Samantha Lang, Shawn Seet
StarringSusie Porter
Dan Wyllie
Sacha Horler
Country of originAustralia
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setupsingle-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companyMatchbox Pictures
Original release
NetworkABC3
Release4 December 2009 (2009-12-04) –
18 September 2011 (2011-09-18)
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My Place is an Australian children's television drama series based on the award-winning picture book of the same name by Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins. The series first screened on ABC3 on weeknights at 8pm from 4 December 2009[1] and aired in the United States on Vibrant TV Network.

My Place is produced by Penny Chapman and directed by Jessica Hobbs, Samantha Lang, Catriona McKenzie, Michael James Rowland and Shawn Seet. The series was accompanied by an interactive website for children that allowed them to explore the house that is the series' main setting.[2] It won the 2010 Logie Award for Best Children's Program.[3]

On 23 March 2010 Screen Australia announced they approved funding for a second series which would focus on the lives of children and their families from the time period of 1878 to before the White Settlement.[4] The first of thirteen episodes aired on 26 June 2011.[5]

  1. ^ "ABC3 announces new Aussie kids shows". TV Tonight.
  2. ^ "Top cast for My Place, ABC children's drama". TV Tonight.
  3. ^ "Full list of 2010 Logie Award Winners". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. ^ "My Place wins second season". TV Tonight.
  5. ^ "Cameras roll on more My Place". TV Tonight.