Marking Time

Overview

Marking Time was an Australian television mini-series, consisting of four one-hour episodes. It first aired on 9 and 10 November 2003 on ABC-TV. Directed by Cherie Nowlan and written by John Doyle, it was the first mainstream television/film project to address the issue of the Australian government's refugee policy, a topic it approaches by chronicling the emotional journey of one young man during his year off after graduation, in his fictional rural home-town of Brackley, Australia. The storyline of Marking Time was inspired by the real-life experiences of Afghan refugees and their hosts in the rural town of Young, New South Wales; however much of the outdoor scenes of the series were actually shot at Singleton, New South Wales, in the Hunter Region.

Cast

Abe Forsythe

Hal Fleming

Geoff Morrell

Geoff Fleming

Elena Carapetis

Gemma

Bojana Novaković

Randa

Matthew Le Nevez

Bullet Sheather

Abbie Cornish

Tracey

Katie Wall

Belinda

Gyton Grantley

Shane Sheather

Scott Swalwell

Jamie

Lech Mackiewicz

Hassan

Graeme Blundell

Ralph Dare