Dirt Game

*Dirt Game*
Dirt Game
Genre	Drama
Created by	Michael Harvey
Written by	Michael Harvey
Directed by	Brendan Maher; Grant Brown;
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	36 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Miranda Dear; Amanda Higgs;
Producers	David Taft; Michael Harvey;
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	A Harvey Taft Production
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	19 April –; 24 May 2009

Dirt Game is an Australian drama television series that screened on the ABC. It was a six-part series that was announced in July 2008.^[1] It premiered on 19 April 2009 and finished on 25 May 2009. It stars Joel Edgerton (Secret Life of Us and Dangerous) and Freya Stafford (White Collar Blue).

Plot[]

Dirt Game is set in a company in the mining industry with boardroom backstabbing, growing safety and environmental issues, financial pressures and employee unrest. Brian Jardine (Gerald Lepkowski) is a British oil executive and Megan Kerr (Freya Stafford) is an Australian geologist who have been given six months to turn the company’s fortunes around. Their strongly committed specialist team is made up of engineer Max Mees (Shane Connor), ex-unionist Shane Bevic (Joel Edgerton) and former environmentalist Caz Cohen (Katie Wall).

Production[]

The series contains six 50-minute episodes is shot on location in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. It was written by Michael Harvey and produced by David Taft and Michael Harvey. It is directed by Brendan Maher and Grant Brown.

Cast[]

Joel Edgerton as Shane Bevic
Freya Stafford as Megan Kerr
Gerald Lepkowski as Brian Jardine
Shane Connor as Max Mees
Katie Wall as Caz Cohen
Nicholas Bell as Nigel Hay
as Iain Blair
Lucy Bell as Tess Jardine
as Simon Cato
George Whaley as Tim Royce
Don Hany as Dion Pesci

Episodes[]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers (millions)
1	"A Land Down Under"	Brendan Maher	Michael Harvey	19 April 2009 (2009-04-19)	0.769^[2]
2	"Green and Gold"	Grant Brown	Michael Harvey	26 April 2009 (2009-04-26)	0.606^[2]
3	"Silent Night"	Brendan Maher	Michael Harvey	3 May 2009 (2009-05-03)	0.526^[2]
4	"Boab Dreaming"	Grant Brown	Michael Harvey	10 May 2009 (2009-05-10)	0.566^[2]
5	"Down Among the Dead Men"	Brendan Maher	Michael Harvey	17 May 2009 (2009-05-17)	0.517^[2]
6	"Reckoning"	Grant Brown	Michael Harvey	24 May 2009 (2009-05-24)	0.574^[2]

References[]

^ Knox, David (14 July 2008). "ABC gets Dirty with new drama". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Dirt Game: episode guide". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[1] Knox, David (14 July 2008). "ABC gets Dirty with new drama". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 14 July 2008.

[DGEG-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Dirt Game: episode guide". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

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