Blue Water High

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Blue Water High
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Blue Water High opening title card
Format Children's TV Drama
Directed by Marcus Cole
Ralph Strasser
Ian Watson
Chris Martin-Jones
Starring Series 1
Sophie Luck (series 1 & 2)
Tahyna Tozzi
Kate Bell (Series 1 & 3)
Mara Scherzinger
Khan Chittenden
Adam Saunders
Christopher Foy
Series 2
Gabrielle Scollay
Lesley Mitchell
Taryn Marler
James Sorensen
Ryan Corr
Trent Dalzell
Martin Lynes
Liz Burch
Series 3
Cariba Heine
Kain O'Keeffe
Lachlan Buchanan
Eka Darville
Amy Beckwith
Rebecca Breeds
Craig Horner
Theme music composer Liam Finn
Opening theme "Aiming for Your Head" by Betchadupa
Country of origin  Australia
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 78
Production
Executive producer(s) Noel Price
Claire Henderson (Series 1 & 2)
Angelika Paetow (Series 1)
Tim Brooke-Hunt (Series 3)
Producer(s) Dennis Kiely
Noel Price
Editor(s) Simon Martin
Patrick Stewart
Michael J. Hagan
Cinematography Russell Bacon
Brendan Lavelle
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Southern Star Entertainment
ABC1
Broadcast
Original channel ABC1
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run 11 May 2005 – 25 September 2008
External links
Website

Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries. Each season follows the lives of a young group of students at Solar Blue, a high-performance surf academy where several lucky 16-year-olds are selected for a 12-month-long surfing program on Sydney's northern beaches.

The first two series were screened in 2005 and 2006 and the producers did not intend to create a third series. However, due to popular demand by fans, they relented and made one more series with only Kate Bell returning in a main role. Series three ended with the closure of Solar Blue, indicating that the show would most likely not continue.


Contents

[edit] Plot summary

[edit] Series One

The first series consisted of twenty-six episodes. It starred Adam Saunders as Heath, the relaxed joker who struggles with school; Tahyna Tozzi as Perri, resident glamour queen from the Gold Coast; Sophie Luck as Fly, the youngest; Kate Bell as Bec, the local; Khan Chittenden as Edge, the aggressive and competitive teenager; Chris Foy as Matt, the generic 'smart guy' and Mara Scherzinger as Anna, a famous German Kiteboarder. At the end of the year, two of them (one girl and one boy) get a wild card spot on the pro-circuit tour. The first series was released on DVD in 4 volumes, though fans are strongly urging for a complete re-release featuring the entire season in one package as was later done with Series Two. Sophie Luck won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor for her role in the series. The winners for series one were Fly and Edge.

[edit] Series Two

Filming of a second series began in early January 2006 in Sydney, Australia, with a revised cast, which included Sophie Luck who was back as Fly, Adam Saunders as Heath, who leaves in episode six and Trent Dalzell as Corey, Ryan Corr as Eric, Lesley Mitchell as Brooke, Taryn Marler as Rachel, Gabrielle Scollay as Amy, and James Sorensen as Mike. It premiered on 28 June 2006. Sophie Luck, Adam Saunders, Kate Bell, Chris Foy, Tahyna Tozzi, Nadine Garner and Khan Chittenden have all reappeared in the second series in various episodes. The winners of Series Two were Brooke and Eric.

The complete second series was released on DVD in Australia on 1 October 2007.[1]

[edit] Series Three

The third series began filming in October 2007. Kate Bell returns as Bec for series three and is joined by Craig Horner as Garry. The new Solar Blue pupils are Guy (Kain O'Keeffe), Charley (Lachlan Buchanan), Adam (Eka Darville), Bridget (Cariba Heine), Loren (Amy Beckwith) and Cassie (Rebecca Breeds). Series Three began screening on Rollercoaster on 3 April 2008.

The winners are Bridget and Adam, but Bridget decides to go to university instead of joining the Pro Circuit, so Loren gets the wild card after Cassie literally 'draws the short straw' (as they both have the same number of points in the final surf-off so they decide who gets the wild card this way). In the last episode, Simmo makes a surprise return as one of the three judges in what is described as 'one of the best finals Solar Blue has seen', saving the day as he pulls 'not a rabbit out of a hat, but an elephant', ensuring that the winners of the final surf-off still get a wild card invitation.[1]

[edit] Cast

[edit] Series one

Series 1 Cast of Blue Water High - Edge Heath Matt Fly Bec Perri and Anna

[edit] Series two

Series 2 cast of Blue Water High - Eric Mike Corey Brooke Amy and Rachel

[edit] Series Three

Series 3 cast of Blue Water High - Adam Guy Charley Bridget Cassie Loren

Plus Old Cast at End

[edit] List of episodes

[edit] Series One (May–November 2005)

  1. The Contenders
  2. Winners and Losers
  3. Trouble in Paradise
  4. Fly Takes a Dive
  5. Anna Loses Her Way
  6. Mukundan Wipes Out
  7. Friends in Need
  8. Brothers and Sisters
  9. Sharks In The Mind
  10. Timing Is Everything
  11. Out Of Control
  12. Dreams and Dramas
  13. Life On The Line
  14. Bad Boy Heath
  15. Joker's Wild
  16. It's Hard to be Normal
  17. Perri Lies Low
  18. Winning Isn't Everything
  19. Right Dance, Wrong Partner
  20. Big Wave Fears
  21. The Kiss
  22. Behind The Scenes
  23. Tough Choices
  24. The Band Plays On
  25. Suspicious Minds
  26. And The Winner Is

[edit] Series Two (June–December 2006), Series Three (April–October 2008)

Episodes of season 2 & 3 were not named, but were numbered from 1 to 26.

[edit] Overseas Broadcasting

[edit] Africa

In South Africa, Blue Water High was aired twice a week on Go on the local satellite system, DSTV. Then after DSTV added more MNET channels, Blue Water High started airing every weekday at 19h30 on Magic World 112 since 1 July 2010, currently airing at 18h00 on 112-Magic World!

[edit] Europe

In Germany, the series is called Blue Water High, die Surf-Akademie (which means "Blue Water High, the Surf Academy") and is broadcast on KiKa (a children's channel). In Ireland Blue Water High is broadcast on RTE2 as part of The Den and in Spain, the show is broadcast on La 2 and ClanTVE. In France it is broadcast on Filles TV as "Blue Water High: Surf Academy". In Norway the show airs on TV2 Zebra. Portugal fans will now be able to watch this series as SIC bought the first season, and it will air from Monday to Friday at 5pm. It will also start airing on RTL 8 in the Netherlands from 2009. In Portugal it started on summer 2009 and it was named "mar azul" which means "blue sea" and broadcast on SIC. In December, it started again on SIC K. In the UK it is broadcast on PopGirl.

[edit] North America

"Blue Water High" is broadcast on the internet in North America where it is shown on The WB, which was resurrected by the Warner Bros. television arm as a website in 2008.[2]

[edit] Oceania

In Australia, the country of its origin, Blue Water High currently airs once everyday afternoons on ABC3 and Nickelodeon once every Sunday night. In New Zealand, Blue Water High currently airs once every Saturday afternoon on TV2.

[edit] South America

In the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, the show is titled Blue Water High, Escuela del Surf, which translates as "Blue Water High, Surf Academy", and is broadcast on Boomerang Latin America. In Brazil, it is broadcast by Boomerang Brazil under the title Galera do Surfe (The Surf Crowd). In Falkland Islands, Blue Water High was aired on Falkland Islands Television Service Tuesdays to Friday at 15:00 and Saturday at 11:30.

[edit] International Broadcasts

Country Channel Year
 Italy Italia 1 2006–2010
 Mexico Boomerang 2005-
 New Zealand TV2 2007 -
 Australia ABC TV 2005 - 2011
 Sweden SVT 2007 -
 Poland ZigZap 2007 -
 Germany KiKa 2007 -
 Ireland RTE2 2007 -
 Spain La 2 Neox and Clan TVE 2007 -2010
 France Filles TV 2007 -
 Norway TV2 Zebra 2007 -
 Portugal SIC and SIC K 2009 -
 Netherlands RTL 8 2009 -
 Brazil Boomerang Brazil 2009 -
 British Virgin Islands Falkland Islands Television Service 2009 -
 South Africa Go 2009 -
 South Africa Magic World 112 2010 -
 Great Britain Pop Girl 2011 -
 Belgium Ketnet

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/03/gallery-blue-water-high.html Pictures and information on the 2008 series of blue water high
  2. ^ http://thewb.com/shows/blue-water-high/ Blue Water High Streaming episodes on theWB

[edit] External links

Television Programming of Southern Star Group
Children's and family television programming
Prime-time drama
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