Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story
| Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Bio Drama |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Kevin Carlin |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jo Porter |
| Production company | FremantleMedia Australia |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 12 February – 19 February 2017 |
Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story is a two-part Australian miniseries based on Australian actor and comedian Paul Hogan which premiered on 12 February and concluded on 19 February 2017.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
The story of Paul Hogan is that of almost accidental supernova of raw comedic talent exploding onto the entertainment scene of first Australia and then the world. How a married-at-eighteen blue-collar worker with five kids went on talent contest New Faces as a dare from his work-mates and ended up completely wowing the audience and opening the door to completely unanticipated new life.[5]
Production
The series was announced in November 2015 with filming expected to be filmed in 2016,[6] in December 2015, it was announced casting was underway and Kevin Carlin would direct the series with Keith Thompson and Marieke Hardy as lead writers.[7][8] In May 2016, the cast for the series was announced with actor Josh Lawson taking on the role of Paul Hogan.[9] Production for the series first began in May 2016 with filming taking place in Brisbane, the series is being funded by Screen Queensland.[10]
Cast
- Josh Lawson as Paul Hogan[11]
- Sean Keenan as Young Paul[11]
- Justine Clarke as Noelene Hogan[11]
- Marny Kennedy as Young Noelene[11]
- Ryan Corr as John Cornell[11]
- Laura Gordon as Linda Kozlowski[11]
- Nikki Osborne as Delvene Delaney[11]
- Bernard Curry as Mike Willesee
- Piéra Forde as Loren Hogan
- Lydia Mocerino as Jenny Hogan
- Chris Bartholomew as Wal
- Cameron Caulfield as Clag Hogan
- Vanessa Buckley as Alice
- Connor Zegenhagen as Michael
- John Adam
- Rupert Reid
Reception
Viewership
| Episode | Air date | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) |
Nightly rank |
Consolidated Viewers (millions) |
Adjusted rank |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Part 1" | 12 February 2017 | Sunday 8:30pm | 0.837 | #6 | 0.973 | #5 | [12][13] |
| "Part 2" | 19 February 2017 | 0.839 | #6 | 0.960 | #4 | [14][15] |
References
- ^ "Josh Lawson is Paul Hogan in Fremantle-Seven miniseries Hoges". if.com.au. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Hoges cast films at South Bank in Brisbane for Channel 7 Paul Hogan biopic". Courier Mail. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Seven Upfronts 2017". TV Tonight. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Hoges Airdate Revealed". fremantlemedia. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "In Production". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Seven also developing Hogan, Olivia dramas". TV Tonight. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Casting underway for Seven's Paul Hogan drama". TV Tonight. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Paul Hogan telemovie gets the greenlight and taxpayer funding for Channel Seven". News.com.au. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Paul Hogan miniseries: cast announced for biopic about Crocodile Dundee star". The Guardian. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Hoges begins shooting in Queensland". Brisbane Times. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Say G'day to the cast of Hoges". Yahoo! 7. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (13 February 2017). "Sunday 12 February 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (26 February 2017). "Timeshifted: Sunday 12 February 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (20 February 2017). "Sunday 19 February 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (4 March 2017). "Timeshifted: Sunday 19 February 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 March 2017.