Tricky Business
Inter title Card
Written byGreg Haddrick
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersDes Monaghan
Greg Haddrick
Jo Rooney
Andy Ryan
Production locationsWollongong, Sydney
Running time42 minutes
Production companiesScreen Australia
Screentime
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release14 May (2012-05-14) –
25 July 2012 (2012-07-25)

Tricky Business is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Nine Network on 14 May 2012.[1] Filmed in and around Wollongong and Sydney, the program is produced by Screentime with the assistance of Screen Australia.[2] The Nine Network ordered 13 episodes.[3] The series premiered in New Zealand on 4 September 2012 on TV3.

Synopsis

This drama series focuses on a family that runs a debt collection business.[4] Jim and Claire retired debt collectors leave their business in the hands of their eldest daughter Kate, who also runs the business with her partner Rick, her younger sister Lily and family friend Chad. Kate receives an out of the blue proposal from Rick, leaving her to say no, and soon be caught up in a new romance with rival debt collector Matt.

Cast

Season 1 regular cast list from the pilot episode.

Actor Character
Gigi Edgley Kate Christie
Antony Starr Matt Sloane
Lincoln Lewis Chad Henderson
Kip Gamblin Rick Taylor
Sophie Hensser Lily Christie
Odessa Young Emma Christie
Debra Byrne Claire Christie
Shane Bourne Jim Christie

Recurring cast

Actor Character
Rebecca Doyle Brooke Goodman
Russell Kiefel Hugh Goodman
Dena Kaplan Minnesota Smith
Sandy Winton Marcus Woodward[5]
Hugo Johnstone-Burt Alex Rudan[6]

Ratings

The first episode of Tricky Business was due to air at 9:30pm on 14 May 2012, however, The Voice Australia ran over its time slot by 12 minutes.[7] Michael Bodey from The Australian reported Tricky Business was tempered by The Voice's lead-in.[7] It lost almost one million viewers in the first five minutes and averaged between 700–900,000 for the last half-hour of its broadcast.[7] Overall, the episode pulled in an average of 1.16 million viewers.[7]

Episode Title Original airdate Viewers Nightly
Rank 		Weekly
Rank
1
1-01 		"Bad Debts in Wollongong" 14 May 2012 1.16m[8] 7 26
2
1-02 		"Somebody That I Used To Know" 21 May 2012 0.94[9] 12 50
3
1-03 		"Secrets and Lies" 28 May 2012 0.69[10] 16 82
4
1-04 		"Facing The Music" 4 June 2012 0.76[11] 15 70
5
1-05 		"Love Bites" 11 June 2012 1.09m[12] 8 31
6
1-06 		"Opportunity Knocks" 17 June 2012 0.87[13] 8 59
7
1-07 		"Mothercraft" 18 June 2012 1.36m[14] 4 14
8
1-08 		"Secret Girls' Business" 25 June 2012 0.71[15] 17 84
9
1-09 		"Space and Time" 2 July 2012 0.55[16] Below 20 153
10
1-10 		"Skyrockets in Flight" 11 July 2012 0.31[17] Below 20 NA
11
1-11 		"Who Wants To Be An Albatross" 18 July 2012 0.29[18] Below 20 NA
12
1-12 		"Bad Hair Day" 25 July 2012 0.31[19] Below 20 "Equilibrium"
13
1-13 		NA 25 July 2012 0.22[19] Below 20 NA

Home media

On 26 July 2012, Ezy DVD Australia released information of Tricky Business.[20] The DVD will be released on 16 August 2012, in a 3 disc set, with special features including;

No international release has been confirmed at this stage.

See also

References

  1. ^ Duck, Siobhan (15 May 2012). "Karise a standout on The Voice, Tricky Business looks expensive". Herald Sun. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. ^ Knox, David (22 November 2011). "More cast for Tricky Business". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. ^ Knox, David (13 May 2012). "Tricky Business". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. ^ Hassall, Greg (10 November 2011). "Networking". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Sandy Wilton". IMDb.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  6. ^ Idato, Michael (1 March 2012). "Networking". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d Bodey, Michael (15 May 2012). "The Voice and Tricky Business help Nine". The Australian. News Limited. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  8. ^ Knox, David (15 May 2012). "Monday 14 May 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  9. ^ Knox, David (22 May 2012). "Monday 21 May 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  10. ^ Knox, David (29 May 2012). "Monday 28 May 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  11. ^ Knox, David (5 June 2012). "Monday 4 June 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  12. ^ Knox, David (12 June 2012). "Monday 11 June 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  13. ^ Knox, David (18 June 2012). "Sunday 17 June 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  14. ^ Knox, David (19 June 2012). "Monday 18 June 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  15. ^ Knox, David (26 June 2012). "Monday 25 June 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  16. ^ Knox, David (3 July 2012). "Monday 2 July 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  17. ^ Knox, David (12 July 2012). "MasterChef thumps Australia's Got Talent, The Voice (US)". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  18. ^ Knox, David (19 July 2012). "Seven, TEN score as Nine slips further". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  19. ^ a b Knox, David (26 July 2012). "2.19m for MasterChef as TEN wins first night of 2012". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  20. ^ "Tricky Business: Season 1 (DVD)". EzyDVD. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

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