Peter is a Melbourne writer who writes about film and television for The Age's Green Guide and Metro Magazine, as well as writing scripts for Neighbours.
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Originally published as my Telly Watch column in Crikey.com.au, 24 January 2008. You have probably heard that, like The Office, Kath & Kim is to be Americanised. I know it has its fans, and I know many of them...
Originally published in The Age Green Guide, 24 January 2008. Satisfaction has a lot going for it. The unqualified support of Foxtel, a heap of money to spend and terrifyingly regular nudity. So why is it not very good?...
Originally published as my Telly Watch column in Crikey.com.au, 7 December 2007. Many watching the premiere of Satisfaction (8.30pm, Wednesdays on Showcase), Foxtel’s high-concept drama set in an upmarket city brothel, would have got their money’s worth in the...
Originally published as my Telly Watch column in Crikey.com.au, 22 November 2007. Conflict is drama. Anyone who’s ever read a screenwriting book or been to a seminar knows that. But what is conflict? Not arguments between characters. Not troubles...
Originally published as my Telly Watch column in Crikey.com.au, 15 November 2007. I love soap opera. I have no shame about it and nor should I. But there’s a familiar formula to most television writing about soap: make a...