Conspiracy 365
Conspiracy 365 is a 12-part Australian television miniseries based on the novels written by Gabrielle Lord. Produced by Circa Media for Family Movie Channel, the series screened from January 2012. It also began screening on ABC3 in January 2014.
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Circa Media |
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| Original network | FMC |
| Original release | 14 January – 1 December 2012 |
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The series is based on a series of books written by Gabrielle Lord. It follows the adventures of Callum Ormond, a 15-year-old who is forced to become a fugitive as he searches for the truth behind the death of a family member.[1] The book series is in 17 installments, telling the story from January to December, and then Boges's story (Revenge) following the twelfth installment and Winter's story (Malice) following Callum's and then Callum's story again in a 3 book mini-series (Black Ops).
The television series screens in 12 forty minute to one-hour episodes throughout the year, one episode each month. It is supported by an interactive website with games, puzzles, photographs, behind the scene photographs and information, messages and videos from the characters.
The series airs exclusively to FMC on the first Saturday of every month in 2012, and the following day the episode is available to download on iTunes or rent from BigPond Movies. Previous episodes are already available for download or rent online. Viewers can sign up to iTunes for a complete season pass download to own all 12 episodes.
The series was shot in blocks of 4 episodes with a different director for each set: Paul Goldman for the first block, Pino Amenta for the second block, and Steve Mann for the third block. The Director of Photography is Laszlo Baranyai ACS HSC and the Production Design is by Tel Stolfo. The Story Producers are Michael Brindley and Mark Shirreffs. The series is written by Sam Carroll, Kristen Dunphy, Shanti Gudgeon, Julie Lacy, Michael Miller, Michelle Offen, and Kris Wyld, accompanied by the novels written by Gabrielle Lord.
Cast
- Harrison Gilbertson as Callum "Cal" Ormond[2][3]
- Taylor Glockner as Boges
- Marny Kennedy as Winter Frey
- David Whiteley as Rafe Ormond and Tom Ormond
- Julia Zemiro as Oriana de la Force
- Rob Carlton as Vulkan Sligo
- Kate Kendall as Emily Ormond
- Ryan O'Kane as Detective Dorian McGrath
- Debbie Zukerman as Detective Ferrara
- Aaron Jakubenko as Yuri and Zombie
- Sachin Joab as Bruno
- Dion Mills as Eric Blair
- Andrew Curry as Kelvin
- James Sorensen as Jake
- Damien Richardson as Nelson Sharkey
List of episodes
(Episode information retrieved from Australian Television Information Archive).[4][5]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "January" | Paul Goldman | Michelle Offen | 14 January 2012 |
| 2 | "February" | Paul Goldman | Kristen Dunphy | 4 February 2012 |
| 3 | "March" | Paul Goldman | Michael Miller | 3 March 2012 |
| 4 | "April" | Paul Goldman | Michael Miller | 7 April 2012 |
| 5 | "May" | Pino Amenta | Mark Shirrefs | 5 May 2012 |
| 6 | "June" | Pino Amenta | Michelle Offen | 2 June 2012 |
| 7 | "July" | Pino Amenta | Julie Lacy | 7 July 2012 |
| 8 | "August" | Steve Mann | Sam Carroll | 4 August 2012 |
| 9 | "September" | Steve Mann | Sam Carroll | 1 September 2012 |
| 10 | "October" | Pino Amenta | Shanti Gudgeon | 6 October 2012 |
| 11 | "November" | Steve Mann | Michael Miller, Michael Brindley & Mark Shirrefs | 3 November 2012 |
| 12 | "December" | Steve Mann | Shanti Gudgeon | 1 December 2012 |
There is one episode for each month of the year. At the end of each month Callum is placed in a dangerous situation which provides suspense until the next episode.
See also
References
- Knox, David (20 June 2011). "Big-budget family drama Conspiracy 365 begins filming". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- Lee, Hannah (20 June 2011). "Conspiracy 365 pay-TV series begins production". Inside Film magazine. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- Sobolewski, Helene; Iannella, Antimo (21 June 2011). "Our lad lands major television role". AdelaideNow. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- "Episode Guide: Conspiracy 365 - Eps 1-6". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- "Episode Guide: Conspiracy 365 - Eps 7-12". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 5 August 2019.