Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story Explained

Genre:Bio Drama
Director:Kevin Carlin
Country:Australia
Language:English
Executive Producer:Jo Porter
Company:FremantleMedia Australia
Channel:Seven Network

Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story is a two-part Australian miniseries based on Australian actor and comedian Paul Hogan which premiered on 12 February and concluded on 19 February 2017.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Plot

The story of Paul Hogan is that of almost accidental supernova of raw comedic talent exploding onto the entertainment scene of first Australia and then the world. How a married-at-eighteen blue-collar worker with five kids went on talent contest New Faces as a dare from his work-mates and ended up completely wowing the audience and opening the door to completely unanticipated new life.[5]

Production

The series was announced in November 2015 with filming expected to be filmed in 2016,[6] in December 2015, it was announced casting was underway and Kevin Carlin would direct the series with Keith Thompson and Marieke Hardy as lead writers.[7] [8] In May 2016, the cast for the series was announced with actor Josh Lawson taking on the role of Paul Hogan.[9] Production for the series first began in May 2016 with filming taking place in Brisbane, the series is being funded by Screen Queensland.[10]

Cast

Reception

Viewership

Air dateTimeslotNightly
rank		Consolidated Viewers
Adjusted
rank		Source
"Part 1"12 February 2017Sunday 8:30pm0.837
  1. 6
0.973
  1. 5
[12] [13]
"Part 2"19 February 20170.839
  1. 6
0.960
  1. 4
[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Josh Lawson is Paul Hogan in Fremantle-Seven miniseries Hoges. if.com.au. 17 October 2015. 30 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Hoges cast films at South Bank in Brisbane for Channel 7 Paul Hogan biopic. Courier Mail. 17 October 2015. 2 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Seven Upfronts 2017. TV Tonight. 27 October 2015. 26 October 2016.
  4. Web site: Hoges Airdate Revealed. fremantlemedia. 9 February 2017. 1 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081044/https://www.fremantlemedia.com.au/news/paul-hogan-story-airdate-revealed. 11 February 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: In Production. Australiantelevision.net. 17 October 2015.
  6. Web site: Seven also developing Hogan, Olivia dramas. TV Tonight. 17 October 2015. 17 November 2015.
  7. Web site: Casting underway for Seven's Paul Hogan drama. TV Tonight. 17 October 2015. 9 December 2015.
  8. Web site: Paul Hogan telemovie gets the greenlight and taxpayer funding for Channel Seven. News.com.au. 17 October 2015. 5 December 2015.
  9. Web site: Paul Hogan miniseries: cast announced for biopic about Crocodile Dundee star. The Guardian. 17 October 2015. 30 May 2016.
  10. Web site: Hoges begins shooting in Queensland. Brisbane Times. 17 October 2015. 26 May 2016.
  11. Web site: Say G'day to the cast of Hoges. Yahoo! 7. 17 October 2016. 29 May 2016.
  12. Web site: Knox. David. Sunday 12 February 2017. TV Tonight. 13 February 2017. 13 February 2017.
  13. Web site: Knox. David. Timeshifted: Sunday 12 February 2017. TV Tonight. 26 February 2017. 26 February 2017.
  14. Web site: Knox. David. Sunday 19 February 2017. TV Tonight. 20 February 2017. 20 February 2017.
  15. Web site: Knox. David. Timeshifted: Sunday 19 February 2017. TV Tonight. 4 March 2017. 5 March 2017.

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