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Lockie Leonard (TV series)

{{Short description|Australian children's television series}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

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| theme_music_composer = Jebediah

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  • Kylie du Fresne
  • Tony Tilse

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| location = Albany, Western Australia

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| runtime = 26 minutes

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| channel = Nine Network{{Cite web|url=http://aso.gov.au/titles/series/lockie-leonard/|title = Lockie Leonard on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online}}

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Lockie Leonard is an Australian children's television series that was adapted from the Lockie Leonard books by Tim Winton. Filmed in Albany, Western Australia, the series premiere was on the Nine Network on 19 June 2007.

Lockie Leonard was produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia and is distributed by the Australian Children's Television Foundation.[http://www.actf.com.au/distribution/lockieleonard.htm Live Action Series] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903164512/http://www.actf.com.au/distribution/lockieleonard.htm |date=3 September 2007 }} ACTF – Lockie Leonard[[http://www.goalpostpictures.com Goalpost Pictures * Independent Film Production] - Lockie Leonard The theme song "Worlds Away" was performed by Jebediah.

Lockie Leonard first premiered in the UK on Jetix, airing from April 14, 2007,{{cite web|url=https://kidscreen.com/2007/03/28/jetix-20070328/|title=Jetix UK looks for laughs with Grossology and Lockie|publisher=kidscreen.com|accessdate=22 December 2022}} but would later premiere on 27 September 2008 as part of the children's Saturday morning programme TMi which airs from 09:00 to 10:30 on BBC Two. It ran for the first 12 episodes then continued to air on CBBC Channel.

The show won the 2008 TV Week Logie Award for Best Children's Series, and star Sean Keenan (Lockie) was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent. It won the 2007 AFI award for Best Children's Drama Series. The series was also nominated for the 2007 BAFTA Awards for Best International Children's Drama Series.

Origin

The first TV series was adapted from the Lockie Leonard books, written by multi-award-winning West Australian author, Tim Winton. The three books in the series are Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo; Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster; and Lockie Leonard, Legend. All books were distributed by Puffin International.

Overview

=Series one=

The premise of the series is the same as the book series from which it is derived. Lockie Leonard is a surf rat who moves with his family to Angelus, a small coastal town in Western Australia. Lockie has to deal with starting high school in a new town with no friends and a house that is in danger of sinking into a swamp. After Lockie "nuts himself smacko in the goolies" (has an accident in which his surfboard strikes him in his "tricky bits"—testicles) in the surf on his second day in town, Lockie meets a headbanger named Egg, and the two eventually become best friends. Earlier that day, while enrolling at his new school, Lockie falls in love for the first time with Vicki Streeton, the smartest and richest girl in the entire school, whose father also happens to be the mayor of Angelus. The first series is spread over Lockie's first year spent in Angelus with his family.[http://www.australiantelevision.net/lockieleonard/index.html Australian Television – Lockie Leonard] Later in the series, Lockie finds turmoil with relationships, with him getting together with Vicki Streeton, breaking up, getting back together, breaking up. He also struggles with home life, with his mother, Joy hospitalised with depression.

===Series two===

The second series follows Lockie Leonard's second year in Angelus, middle of nowhere, where Lockie must cope with new situations. Vicki leaves to go to boarding school, and Lockie makes friends with new girl Mel, to whom he is initially assigned "buddy duty". His best friend Egg decides to make a new best friend in school bully, Curtis, and begins dating Vicki's friend Sasha. Lockie's brother Phillip enters Angelus High a year early owing to his impressive intelligence, and discovers a new friend or two along the way. Meanwhile, poetry-loving Sarge must deal with the new constable at the police station, and Joy decides to get out of the house and set up a new radio station, Radio Angelus.

Awards

=Series 1=

  • Award for Best Children's Drama 2007
  • Award for Best Children's Television series 2007
  • Sean Keenan won the Young Actor Award in 2007
  • TV Week Logie Award for Best Children's Television series 2008

=Series 2=

  • Award nomination Best Children's Television Drama 2010
  • Award nomination Lead Actor (Corey McKernan) 2010
  • Award nomination Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (Rhys Muldoon) 2010

Cast

=Main=

=Recurring and guest=

  • Melanie Lyons (as Melanie Munt) as Lisa (Series 1)
  • Mike Dorsey as Pop
  • Alice Dale as Nan
  • Jorden Silver as Curtis
  • Tiarna Clarke as Dorothy 'Dot' Cook (Series 1)
  • Trevor Jamieson as Rev. Eggleston
  • Della Rae Morrison as Mrs. Eggleston (Series 1)
  • Richard Mellick as Mayor Barry Streeton
  • Christie Sistrunk as Mrs. Sally Streeton
  • Mitchell Page as Colin 'Monster' Streeton (Series 1)
  • James Beck as Josh Woodpond (Series 2)
  • Laura Fairclough as Melanie 'Mel' Lamb (Series 2)
  • Verity Gorman as Sasha Thompson-Baxter
  • Nicholas Rechichi as Joe Ramir (Series 2)
  • Cameron Findlay as Boof (Series 1)
  • Ewen Leslie as John East (Series 1)
  • Karli-Rae Grogan as Heidi (Series 1)
  • Chanel Marriott as Kirstina (Series 2)

Episodes

=Series one=

(Episode information retrieved from Australian Television Information Archive).{{cite web|url=http://australiantelevision.net/lockieleonard/series1.html|title=Episode Guide: Lockie Leonard - season 1 - Episodes 1-13|publisher=australiantelevision.net|accessdate=7 August 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://australiantelevision.net/lockieleonard/series1a.html|title=Episode Guide: Lockie Leonard - season 2 - Episodes 14-26|publisher=australiantelevision.net|accessdate=7 August 2019}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = The Human Torpedo

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|19|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Tony Tilse

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Stormy Mondays

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|20|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Tony Tilse

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Lockie Chickens Out

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|21|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Tony Tilse

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = To Cheat or Not to Cheat

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|26|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Tony Tilse

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Cyril

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|27|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Tony Tilse

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = A Water Feature

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|28|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Tony Tilse

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Match of the Day

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|3|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Wayne Blair

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson & James Bogle

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = The Details

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|4|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Wayne Blair

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = Weird Genes

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|5|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Wayne Blair

| WrittenBy = David Ogilvy

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = Miracles

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|10|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Roger Hodgman

| WrittenBy = David Ogilvy & Ken Kelso

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = X Marks the Dot

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|11|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = James Bogle

| WrittenBy = Michael Miller

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| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = Dog Days

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|12|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Roger Hodgman

| WrittenBy = Shelley Birse

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = It's Not You, It's Me

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|17|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = James Bogle

| WrittenBy = Matt Ford

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| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = Pure Poetry

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|18|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = James Bogle

| WrittenBy = Sarah Rossetti

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| Title = The Ladder of Love

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|19|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Peter Templeman

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| Title = Brothers

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|24|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Roger Hodgman

| WrittenBy = Leeanne Innes

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| Title = Swamp Rat

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|25|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Peter Templeman

| WrittenBy = Drew Proffitt

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| Title = Face the Fear

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|26|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Peter Templeman

| WrittenBy = Shelley Birse

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| EpisodeNumber2 = 19

| Title = Lockie Takes the Cake

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|31|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = James Bogle

| WrittenBy = Matt Ford

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| EpisodeNumber2 = 20

| Title = The Clock's Ticking

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|1|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Roger Hodgman

| WrittenBy = Matt Ford

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 21

| Title = Zig Zag Hill

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|2|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = James Bogle

| WrittenBy = David Ogilvy

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 22

| Title = Angels and Monsters

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|7|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = James Bogle

| WrittenBy = Michael Miller

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 23

| Title = Boredom Busters

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|8|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Roger Hodgman

| WrittenBy = Shelley Birse

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 24

| Title = Barry Goes Pop

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|9|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Roger Hodgman

| WrittenBy = Michael Miller

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 25

| Title = The Domino Effect

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|14|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Roger Hodgman

| WrittenBy = Leeanne Innes

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| EpisodeNumber2 = 26

| Title = Joy... to the World

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|15|df=y}}

| DirectedBy = Roger Hodgman

| WrittenBy = Keith Thompson

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = 0048BA

}}

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=Series two=

  1. "New and Improved"
  2. "The X Factor"
  3. "Bubble Trouble"
  4. "Pick a Winner"
  5. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1581520/ "Life Map"]
  6. "Total Eclipse"
  7. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1581529/ "The Silence of the Frogs"]
  8. "The Information Age"
  9. "Time and Tide"
  10. "It Happens..."
  11. "Snake Hide Oil"
  12. "The Big Questions"
  13. "The Party"
  14. "Enter the Mermaid"
  15. "A Head of the Team"
  16. "Cure for Stings"
  17. "A Musical Moment"
  18. "Laugh with the Leonards"
  19. "Aliens in Angelus"
  20. "Buried Treasure"
  21. "Second Best in Show"
  22. "I, Monster"
  23. "Trixie Wants to Party"
  24. "Not So Perfect Storm"
  25. "Crimes of the Heartless"
  26. "Legend"

Second series

The second series of Lockie Leonard was filmed in 2009 and screened in Australia on the Nine Network and WIN in 2010. The cast list remained unchanged, with new and original stories formulated by the show's writers. The new series follows a more mature Lockie's adventures and is once again set in Albany, Western Australia.Surf's up for Lockie Leonard Series 2 in Albany. [http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Lists/Statements/DispForm.aspx?ID=132137 Lockie Leonard Season 2 Completion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727235749/http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Lists/Statements/DispForm.aspx?ID=132137 |date=27 July 2011 }} The episode guide was announced online on 6 December 2009, on the Australian Television website.[http://australiantelevision.net/lockieleonard/series2.html Australian Television : Lockie Leonard]

The second series first screened on 17 May 2010 on Nickelodeon New Zealand, and the Nine Network in Australia on 21 August 2010, continuing weekly.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/08/returning-lockie-leonard.html |title=Returning: Lockie Leonard |author=David knox |date=12 August 2010 |publisher=TV-Tonight.com.au |accessdate=12 August 2010}} In the United States, the series began airing on 21 June 2010 on Disney XD at 9:30am. In Latin America, the series premiered on Wednesday, 2 June 2010 on Boomerang. In the United Kingdom, it began airing Monday 2 August 2010 and continued daily (except on Fridays) on the CBBC channel at 11:30am.

DVD release

A DVD box set of the first series of Lockie Leonard was released in Australia in mid-August 2008, and the UK on 19 July 2010, with the second series scheduled for release in Australia on 2 March 2011 by Universal Studios, and later in 2011 by Revelation Films for the UK.

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DVD

! Release date

Lockie Leonard: The Complete Series 1

| August 2008 (Australia), July 2010 (United Kingdom)

Lockie Leonard: Series 2, Part 1

| March 2011 (Australia), December 2011 (United Kingdom)

Lockie Leonard: Series 2, Part 2

| December 2011 (Australia), March 2012 (United Kingdom)

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.lockieleonardtv.com/ Lockie Leonard website]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – official website - [https://web.archive.org/web/20100818013512/http://www.myspace.com/lockieleonard web archive of this site]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100918180344/http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/lockieleonard/ Lockie Leonard Channel Nine] – official Channel Nine site
  • {{IMDb title|id=0875149|title=Lockie Leonard}}
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlOjQXLAQXw Lockie Leonard] series 1 trailer on YouTube
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MO7oQaM7go Lockie Leonard] series 2 trailer on YouTube
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007112747/http://www.revfilms.co.uk/kids-family-dvd/269-lockie-leonard-series-1.html Lockie Leonard Series One] from Revelation Films

Category:2007 Australian television series debuts

Category:2010 Australian television series endings

Category:Australian comedy-drama television series

Category:Australian teen drama television series

Category:BBC children's television shows

Category:Nine Network original programming

Category:Australian television series about teenagers

Category:Television shows set in Western Australia