Love My Way | |
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Genre | Soap opera Drama |
Created by | John Edwards Claudia Karvan Jacquelin Perske |
Starring | Claudia Karvan Asher Keddie Brendan Cowell Dan Wyllie Sam Worthington Max Cullen Ben Mendelsohn Lynette Curran Justine Clarke Sam Parsonson |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 30 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Kim Vecera Mike Sneesby |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Southern Star Group |
Original release | |
Network | FOX8 (Season 1) W (Season 2) Showtime (Season 3) |
Release | 22 November 2004 19 March 2007 | –
Related | |
The Secret Life of Us (2001–2005) |
Love My Way is an Australian television drama series. It won the AFI award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons (2004–2007).
Set in Sydney, Love My Way was about a group of 30-somethings dealing with the ups and downs of life. The series revolves around an extended family unit - Frankie Paige and Charlie Jackson are the separated parents of Lou, and Frankie also lives with Charlie's brother, Tom. As the series began, Charlie's new wife Julia is about to have their first child. Frankie's mother, Di and Charlie's mother, Brenda, and father, Gerry, also have a strong presence in the ongoing story, as does Julia's ex-lover Howard, who enters into a relationship with Frankie.
Produced by John Edwards and Claudia Karvan, Love My Way starred Karvan, Sam Worthington, Dan Wyllie, Asher Keddie, Brendan Cowell, and Alex Cook. As the program was made for subscription television in Australia, it contained stronger material than most Australian programs: regular swearing, drug use and sexual references.
When the series was launched, much was made of the connection between Love My Way and The Secret Life of Us: both sharing a star, as well as significant creative talent (Edwards and Perske both were involved in Secret Life, as were series writers like Tony McNamara). However, the series is not a continuation of Secret Life, although it does share some thematic concerns.
The star of the series, Claudia Karvan, is also a co-producer, along with having written for the series. Brendan Cowell, who appears as Tom, also worked as script writer for two episodes of seasons 1 and three episodes of season 2.
On first airing, the theme song originally by The Psychedelic Furs, this time covered by Magic Dirt, played over the title sequence. Some scenes were filmed on location at the infamously dangerous Cromwell Park.
The series premiered on FOX8 on 22 November 2004 during the late summer months when commercial TV is in a non-ratings period.[1] During the second season it was moved to W. Channel. In 2007, for its third season, it screened on Showtime. Foxtel has been criticised for moving the show to different channels to encourage viewing of the W. Channel and then for moving the program to Showtime which is not included in the basic package of subscription television in Australia.[2]
(Episode information retrieved from Australian Television Information Archive).[3][4][5]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Don't Tell Me Your Dreams" | Jessica Hobbs | Jacquelin Perske | 22 November 2004 |
2 | 2 | "What's In A Name" | Jessica Hobbs | Tony McNamara | 22 November 2004 |
3 | 3 | "Crazy Love" | Jessica Hobbs | Jacquelin Perske & Marissa Cooke | 29 November 2004 |
4 | 4 | "Spin Cycle" | Ian Watson | Brendan Cowell | 6 December 2004 |
5 | 5 | "Stick Sisters" | Ian Watson | Louise Fox | 13 December 2004 |
6 | 6 | "To Dance With Death" | Ian Watson | Fiona Seres | 20 December 2004 |
7 | 7 | "My Family Up A Tree" | Ian Watson | Brendan Cowell | 10 January 2005 |
8 | 8 | "A Different Planet" | Jessica Hobbs | Louise Fox | 17 January 2005 |
9 | 9 | "Only Mortal" | Jessica Hobbs | Jacquelin Perske | 24 January 2005 |
10 | 10 | "Garden Of Love" | Jessica Hobbs | Fiona Seres | 31 January 2005 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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11 | 1 | "More To Tell" | Shirley Barrett | Jacquelin Perske | 5 February 2006 |
12 | 2 | "The Christmas Thing" | Shirley Barrett | Tony McNamara | 12 February 2006 |
13 | 3 | "When Wanting Works" | Shirley Barrett | Blake Ayshford | 19 February 2006 |
14 | 4 | "No Immunity" | Garth Davis | Louise Fox | 26 February 2006 |
15 | 5 | "Old Wounds" | Garth Davis | Fiona Seres | 5 March 2006 |
16 | 6 | "I Know You" | Garth Davis | Brendan Cowell | 12 March 2006 |
17 | 7 | "Tower of Love" | Geoff Bennett | Brendan Cowell, Fiona Seres & Tony McNamara | 19 March 2006 |
18 | 8 | "Crossing The Line" | Geoff Bennett | Sarah Lambert | 26 March 2006 |
19 | 9 | "Amphibians" | Geoff Bennett | Brendan Cowell | 2 April 2006 |
20 | 10 | "One Big Happy" | Omar Madha | Tony McNamara | 9 April 2006 |
21 | 11 | "Five Minutes of Fame" | Omar Madha | Fiona Seres | 16 April 2006 |
22 | 12 | "You're Almost There" | Omar Madha | Lousie Fox & Jacquelin Perske | 23 April 2006 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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23 | 1 | "I'm The King of the Castle" | Ian Watson | Brendan Cowell | 26 February 2007 |
24 | 2 | "Cold Blooded Creatures" | Ian Watson | Tony McNamara | 26 February 2007 |
25 | 3 | "Say What You Mean" | Shirley Barrett | Fiona Seres | 5 March 2007 |
26 | 4 | "Together Apart" | Shirley Barrett | Louise Fox | 5 March 2007 |
27 | 5 | "The Cemetery Gates" | Kate Dennis | Brendan Cowell | 12 March 2007 |
28 | 6 | "Cars Without Brakes" | Kate Dennis | Tony McNamara | 12 March 2007 |
29 | 7 | "Running With Crabs" | Emma Freeman | Fiona Seres | 19 March 2007 |
30 | 8 | "And in the End" | Emma Freeman | Brendan Cowell, Tony McNamara & Fiona Seres | 19 March 2007 |
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The program has won many Australian Film Institute Awards.
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Love My Way was aired as a primetime show in the UK on Five's spin-off channel Five Life (Now Fiver). In Sweden it airs on channel 4 (TV4) on Thursday evenings and it also aired in Ireland on RTÉ Two in the early hours of Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. It is also screened in Estonia on ETV during Sunday evenings, and in New Zealand on TVNZ Channel 2 during late Monday evenings. As well, Super Channel (Canada) carries Love My Way. In Mexico is screened on Cosmopolitan. The Netherlands as well.