Breakers (TV series)

Breakers
Title screen for 1999
GenreSoap opera
Drama
StarringHelen O'Connor
Richard Healy
John Atkinson
Jason Crewes
James Stewart
Ada Nicodemou
Paul Pantano
Heath Bergerson
Ben Tate
Louise Crawford
Simon Munro
Don Hany
Angela Keep
Emily Perry
Simone Robertson
Julie Haseler
Ling Hsueh Tang
Jean-Marc Russ
Shae Potter
Emma Kenny
Samantha Kenny
Opening themeMike Perjanik
ComposerJohn Ertler
Country of originAustralia
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes430
Production
Executive producerDes Monaghan
Running time25 mins
Production companyScreentime
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten
Release2 February 1998 (1998-02-02) –
3 November 1999 (1999-11-03)
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Breakers is an Australian television series that aired on Network Ten from 2 February 1998 to 3 November 1999, producing 430 episodes.

The series revolves around the Breakers building situated near Bondi Beach, and the lives of the people who work and live there. The building houses three businesses, BMS (Breaker's Modelling School), a modelling agency run by Paul Simmons, The Breaker, a local newspaper run by Eve, Paul's ex-wife, and Kate's Café , run by Kate Markham, Eve's sister, along with a drop-in centre for homeless teenagers, Against The Tide, run by Steve Giordano.

Australian Senator Karen Synon considered the depiction of Lucy Hill, in a lesbian relationship to be "inappropriate" given the program's afternoon timeslot, and requested the Australian Broadcasting Authority investigate if the show had breached broadcasting guidelines. The ABA told The Daily Telegraph that the storyline was "normal" and the show's PG rating was appropriate for the timeslot.[1]

  1. ^ Mercado, Andrew (2004). Super Aussie soaps: behind the scenes of Australia's best loved TV shows. Sydney: Pluto Press. pp. 349–350. ISBN 1-86403-191-3.