The Code (Australian TV series)

This article is about the 2014 Australian television fictional conspiracy thriller drama series. For the 2007 Australian documentary television program broadcast on Nine Network, see The Code: Crime and Justice. For other uses, see Code (disambiguation).

The Code
GenreConspiracy thriller[1]
Created byShelley Birse
Written byShelley Birse
Directed byShawn Seet
Starring
ComposerRoger Mason
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersCarole Sklan
David Ogilvy
Greer Simpkin
ProducersShelley Birse
David Maher
David Taylor
CinematographyBruce Young
EditorDeborah Peart
Running time56 minutes
Production companiesPlaymaker Media
ABC
Original release
NetworkABC1
Release21 September 2014 (2014-09-21) –
6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)
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The Code is an Australian drama television program created and produced by Shelley Birse. Developed from a partnership between Playmaker Media and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, it premiered on ABC1 in Australia on 21 September 2014,[2] and the first season aired through 26 October 2014. Season 2 of The Code premiered on 1 September 2016,[3] and aired through 6 October 2016.

The first six-part series, set in both outback and metropolitan areas of Australia, interweaves several plot lines. The first follows brothers Ned (Dan Spielman) and Jesse Banks (Ashley Zukerman), who publish a video of a mysterious outback accident, and Hani Parande (Adele Perovic), who becomes involved with them. The second follows the accident, which sees teacher Alex Wisham (Lucy Lawless) and policeman Tim Simons (Aaron Pedersen) becoming involved in the personal affairs of accused teenager Clarence Boyd (Aaron L. McGrath). The third covers Ned's journalism office, managed by Perry Benson (Adam Garcia). The fourth chronicles the intrigues of Deputy Prime Minister Ian Bradley (David Wenham), and political staffers Randall Keats (Aden Young) and Sophie Walsh (Chelsie Preston Crayford) while the after-effects of the accident unfold.[4]

ABC in June 2015 renewed The Code for a second season, after receiving significant funding from the Australian Capital Territory's film fund, Screen ACT. The new series that commenced screening in 2016, deals with fictional brothers Ned and Jesse Banks facing deportation to the United States of America to face trial in connection with security breaches.[5] Anthony LaPaglia, Sigrid Thornton, Robyn Malcolm, and others joined the cast for the second series.[3]

  1. ^ "The Code brings the conspiracy thriller into the internet age". The Australian.
  2. ^ Harris, Amy (24 August 2013). "Channel 10's new head of breakfast television Adam Boland is a cereal offender". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b Joyce, James (20 August 2016). "First look: Canberra-spotter's guide to ABC TV's The Code season 2". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Good looks and dance have taken Adam Garcia far but his acting shines in The Code on ABC". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ^ McIlroy, Tom (2 March 2015). "Season two of The Code given ACT Government funding". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 April 2016.