Dirt Game

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).

For the 2007 video game, see Colin McRae: Dirt.
Dirt Game
GenreDrama
Created byMichael Harvey
Written byMichael Harvey
Directed by
  • Brendan Maher
  • Grant Brown
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes36 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Miranda Dear
  • Amanda Higgs
Producers
  • David Taft
  • Michael Harvey
Running time60 minutes
Production companyA Harvey Taft Production
Release
Original networkABC
Original release19 April (2009-04-19) –
24 May 2009 (2009-05-24)

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

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateAus. viewers
(millions)
1"A Land Down Under"Brendan MaherMichael Harvey19 April 2009 (2009-04-19)0.769[2]
2"Green and Gold"Grant BrownMichael Harvey26 April 2009 (2009-04-26)0.606[2]
3"Silent Night"Brendan MaherMichael Harvey3 May 2009 (2009-05-03)0.526[2]
4"Boab Dreaming"Grant BrownMichael Harvey10 May 2009 (2009-05-10)0.566[2]
5"Down Among the Dead Men"Brendan MaherMichael Harvey17 May 2009 (2009-05-17)0.517[2]
6"Reckoning"Grant BrownMichael Harvey24 May 2009 (2009-05-24)0.574[2]

See also

References
  1. Knox, David (14 July 2008). "ABC gets Dirty with new drama". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
  2. "Dirt Game: episode guide". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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