Love is a Four Letter Word
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Love Is A Four Letter Word is a 26 episode drama written by Matt Ford
produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
in 2001. It was set and filmed in Newtown
, New South Wales
, following the lives of a group of friends working in a pub, and the concerns facing urban 20somethings in Australia. One of the regular features of the drama was a performance in the pub by a contemporary Australian band.
Pinky Beecroft
Pinky Beecroft is an Australian singer/songwriter/performer.He was the lead singer and song-writer of Australian band Machine Gun Fellatio. He quit the band in 2005, at which point the group split up. He is the lead singer of Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians...
produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
in 2001. It was set and filmed in Newtown
Newtown, New South Wales
Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west is located approximately four kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, straddling the local government areas of the City of Sydney and Marrickville Council in the state of New South Wales, Australia....
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, following the lives of a group of friends working in a pub, and the concerns facing urban 20somethings in Australia. One of the regular features of the drama was a performance in the pub by a contemporary Australian band.
Cast and characters
- Peter Fenton as Angus O'Neil
- Kate BeahanKate BeahanKate Beahan is an Australian film actress.Beahan was born in Perth. she appeared mostly in movies and TV series in Australia ....
as Alicia 'Albee' Barrett - Paul Barry as Paul Bannister
- Leeanna WalsmanLeeanna WalsmanLeeanna Walsman is an Australian actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Zam Wesell in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones , for playing Carly Bishop in the Australian film Looking For Alibrandi and for her starring role in the mini-series Jessica.She has been nominated for two...
as Larissa Barrett - Linal HaftLinal HaftLinal Haft, sometimes known as Lionel Haft, is a British actor.- Biography :Haft made his acting debut in an episode of Homicide as Harry Bruce in 1968. He went on to play his second role later the same year, as Adams in an episode of Contrabandits...
as Bernie O'Neil - Matt DoranMatt DoranMatthew N. Doran is an Australian actor, known for his role as "Mouse" in The Matrix.-Early life and education:Doran was born in Sydney...
as Phil 'Klaus' Kaperberg - Teresa Page as Juliette Briones
- John Molloy as Roy Williams
- Garry McDonaldGarry McDonaldGarry George McDonald, AO is an Australian stage and screen actor.-Early life and career:McDonald was born in Sydney and was educated at Cranbrook School and National Institute of Dramatic Art....
as Tom Mattingly - Annie Davis-McCubbin as Maya Fink
- Rudi Baker as Quentin Richards
- Paul TassonePaul TassonePaul Tassone is an Australian actor most known for his work as Nelson Curtis on All Saints, an Australian hospital drama. In late 2007-2008, he played a reverend who turned out to be a violent stalker as a result of a brain tumor on Home and Away...
as Eddie Bird - Damian Walshe-HowlingDamian Walshe-HowlingDamian Walshe-Howling is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Andrew "Benji" Veniamin in the Australian underworld drama, Underbelly, for which he won the Best Supporting or Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 2008 AFI Awards.-Biography:He also starred on Blue Heelers as Constable Adam...
as Dean Masselos - Joel McIlroyJoel McIlroyJoel McIlroy is an Australian actor, best known for being the second actor to take on the role of Flynn Saunders, a character of the popular soap opera Home and Away. McIlroy took over the role of Flynn in 2003 after Martin Dingle-Wall left the role in 2002.-Early years:Joel McIlroy grew up in the...
as Brent Duffy - Zoe Coyle as Melissa Duvet
- Genevieve Mooy as Evelyn Richards
Featured bands
- pre.shrunkPre.shrunkpre.shrunk is an ARIA nominated Melbourne based rock band consisting of two bass players and a drummer.-Discography:*Exhibit [A] ep *Sudden Blinding Certainty ep - Redcap Records*"Triple A Side" single - Black Yak...
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/loveis/band1.htm - Machine Gun FellatioMachine Gun FellatioMachine Gun Fellatio was an Australian alternative rock band, formed in 1997. They were well-known for their provocative on-stage antics and humorous lyrics, as well as the musical merit of their songs. Their outrage-provoking name gives some idea of the attitude that pervades the band's work...
- The Duvetshttp://www.abc.net.au/tv/loveis/band3.htm
- Stella One ElevenStella One ElevenStella One Eleven are an Australian pop/rock band formed in 1997. Based in Sydney, they have released three albums thus far, two of which have made the charts in Australia and three singles have so far made the singles charts. The band was nominated for two ARIA awards in 2001...
http://www.stella-one-eleven.com/ - Widow Jones http://www.machinegunfellatio.com
- On Inchttp://www.abc.net.au/tv/loveis/band6.htm
- Jackie Orszacky http://www.orszaczky.com
- NokturnlNoKTuRNLNokturnl is a band formed in 1996 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Sometimes called rap metal their music is hard to categorise, but their lyrics are influenced by their experience as Indigenous Australians. Nokturnl won "Band of the Year" at The Deadlys in 1998, 2000 and 2003.They...
- Hamish Cowan http://www.abc.net.au/tv/loveis/band11.htm
- Jodie Phillis http://www.abc.net.au/tv/loveis/band12.htm
- The DissociativesThe DissociativesThe Dissociatives are an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair, Australian dance producer DJ Paul Mac, and touring members Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes from Sydney electronic duo "The Presets"...
I Can't Believe It's Not Rock http://www.thedissociatives.com/news/news.htm - Bernie HayesBernie HayesBernie Hayes is an Australian singer/songwriter who has released two albums as a solo artist and written songs for other Australian artists notably "You Made Me Hard" which was the third single from the The Whitlams Love This City album....
- Luke Hanigan http://www.lo-tel.com/
- The Dumb Earth http://www.abc.net.au/tv/loveis/band19.htm
- EndorphinEndorphinEndorphins are endogenous opioid peptides that function as neurotransmitters. They are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during exercise, excitement, pain, consumption of spicy food, love and orgasm, and they resemble the opiates in their abilities to produce...
http://www.sonymusic.com.au/artists/endorphin/ - Tim FreedmanTim FreedmanTimothy "Tim" James Freedman is the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993...
http://www.thewhitlams.com/ - Sunk LotoSunk LotoSunk Loto was an alternative metal band from Queensland, Australia. The band's members were vocalist, Jason Brown, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Luke McDonald, drummer Dane Brown and Sean Van Gennip who was the bass player in the band from 1998 until 2006...
http://www.sonymusic.com.au/artists/sunkloto - Christa HughesChrista HughesChrista Hughes is an Australian singer, known for her wild on-stage antics and powerful voice.From age 15 she did gigs with her father, jazz pianist and journalist Dick Hughes...
http://www.machinegunfellatio.com - Felicity Hunter http://www.felicityhunter.com/
External links
- ABC: Love is a Four Letter Word Homepage