SEASON ONE

ABOUT

Come inside the private homes and lives of some of Australia’s most famous and influential families as they reveal – for the first time on television – the private history behind the public face.

The seven families showcased in the series span the rich diversity of high profile Australian figureheads including: The Barnes, The Waterhouses, Bob Jane, The Hemmes, The Mundines, The Garretts, and Australia’s wealthiest and arguably most influential family of all, The Lowys.

6 x 30 minutes

MEET THE FAMILIES

The Lowys
Pillars of the business and Jewish community, Frank Lowy and his family reveal a deep and painful wound that has haunted them for nearly 70 years in the first of a series on Australia's richest and most powerful families.
The Janes
Bob Jane's name and face is one of Australia's most famous brands, but the cost of this fame and the lifestyle it brought, has been significant.
The Mundines
Australia's most high profile Aboriginal family, the Mundines, have the fight of their lives on their hands, stemming from land that was once a source of power and pride.
The Barnes
A modern day love story about the woman who helped shape the family behind rock'n'roll legend Jimmy Barnes.
The Waterhouses
The racing industry would never have been the same without the Waterhouses whose survival against the odds, to their fourth generation of bookmaking has amazed their critics.
The Hemmes
The Hemmes family behind the hugely successful House of Merivale and Mr John fashion name show their real colours behind the glamorous and flashy facade and enormous wealth.

PRESS QUOTES

“An extraordinary series that goes to the domestic core of some of Australia’s most prominent families… Few of our documentary filmmakers are as adept at eliminating any false hypotheses about their subjects, narrowing the emotional target and zeroing in on it… It makes you think that so ofter on Tv real people are so much interesting than fictional ones…You sit there and winder at how the families allowed such access”
-Graham Blundell, The Australian

CREDITS

Executive Producer
Laurie Critchley

Written and Directed by
Belinda Mason
Jane Manning
Greg Swanborough
Laurie Crithcley
Aviva Ziegler
Tristan Miall

Editors
Melanie Sandford ASC
John Pleffer ASC
Andrew Arestides ASC

Director of Photography
Paul Costello ACS
Scott Barnett
David Maggiore
Cameron Davies

Composer
Damian Deboos-Smith
Guy Gross
Damian & Indiana Summers

Sound Recordist
Tony Robson
Glenn Finnan
Laurie Chlandra


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