Heartbreak High

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Heartbreak High
Opening Title Screen
Written by	Elizabeth Coleman Philip Dalkin
Directed by	Dan Burstall Mandy Smith
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	210
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	Gannon Television
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	1 April 1994 – 1 November 1999
Status	Ended

Heartbreak High was an Australian television series, dealing with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries. It was a spin-off of the 1993 Australian feature film The Heartbreak Kid which had featured Alex Dimitriades and Claudia Karvan. However, in later seasons the show shifted emphasis away from the school setting and the Poulos Family to the students' homes and hangout - the Shark Pool.

The series was transmitted by the Ten Network between 1994 and 1996, and by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1997 and 1999. It was also shown in the United Kingdom for several years on BBC Two, as the BBC were co-funding production of the series. It has also been shown in Europe, being very successful in Albania, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, the Republic of Macedonia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland (as of 2007, the series is airing on TVP1 every weekday, currently in its fifth season), Russia, Serbia (with great success in its initial run), and Slovenia. The show was also a success in India and Israel. It had a relative success in Spain and France, and now is normally programmed in summer.

After the sixth season the Australian Broadcasting Corporation axed the show as selling another season to foreign TV stations proved increasingly difficult. The BBC had no interest in buying an additional season; due to scheduling delays a backlog of episodes had built up, and the show was forced to wrap up production. Heartbreak High still enjoys a devoted fan base.

Australia's new free-to-air kids channel ABC3 will begin screening the original series from 8.30pm Friday, December 4th.

Australian Football international Tim Cahill once appeared as an extra.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Season 1

Regular Cast

Recurring Cast

[edit] Season 2

Regular Cast

Recurring Cast

[edit] Season 3

• Ian Bliss - Andrew Bell, a science teacher

[edit] Season 4

• Rupert Reid - Declan Costello
• Tara Jakszewicz - Anastasia "Stassy" Sumich
• Sebastian Goldspink - Charles "Charlie" Byrd
• Deni Gordon - Rhonda "Ronnie" Brooks
• Diane Craig - June Dyson, the school principal
• Simon Baker-Denny - Tom Summers, a teacher

[edit] Season 5

Drazic (Callan Mulvey) and Anita (Lara Cox)

• Rebecca Smart - Melanie Black
• Rel Hunt - Ryan Scheppers
• Lara Cox - Anita Scheppers
• Callan Mulvey - Bogdan Drazic
• Nina Liu - Mai Hem (real name: Stephanie Tan)
• Jim Holt - Tony Black, Melanie's father
• Tina Bursill - Hilary Scheppers, Anita and Ryan's mother
• Nathalie Roy - Sarah Livingstone
• Peter Sumner - Les Bailey, the school principal
• Putu Winchester - Dennis Klinsmann
• Jeremy Lindsay Taylor - Kurt Peterson
• Marcel Bracks - Lee Delaine
• Fleur Beaupert - Nikki Ruark

[edit] Season 6

• Lara Cox - Anita Scheppers
• Rel Hunt - Ryan Scheppers
• Callan Mulvey - Bogdan Drazic
• Putu Winchester - Dennis Klinsmann
• Marcel Bracks - Lee Delaine
• Leeanna Walsman - Jet
• Andrea Moor - Di Barnett
• Mario Gamma - D'espo
• Morna Seres - Jill Delaine, Lee's mother
• John Walton - Nat Delaine, Lee's father
• Katherine Hicks - Tess Mason
• Daniel Evans - Ric
• Mark Owen-Taylor - Tim Mason
• John Gregg - Alan Carson, the school principal
• Elena Carapetis - Jackie Kassis, teacher
• Luke Jacobz - Zac Croft
• Danny Raco - Marco "Marc" Vialli
• Jeremy Lindsay Taylor - Kurt Peterson
• Bianca Nacson - Gemma "Gem" Whitely
• Tasneem Roc - Thania Saya
• Rose Byrne - Carly Whitely, Gem's sister

[edit] DVD

Season 1 of the show has been released on two DVD sets in Germany in the dubbed German version with no English audio track. This DVD is not an official release. Despite overwhelming public demand, there is still no info on an official international release as yet. [1].

[edit] International

Heartbreak High was broadcast in the following countries:

• In Australia on ABC public television.
• In Belgium on Flemish public television VRT.
• In Britain on BBC 2.
• In Canada on Showcase.
• In the Czech Republic on SuperMax and later on TV Nova as Škola zlomených srdcí.
• In Estonia on Kanal 2 as Koolide kool
• In France on France 2 as Hartley, cœurs à vif
• In Germany on ZDF (Episodes 1-52) and Sat.1 (Episodes 1-160)
• In Greece on Skai and New channel in 1997.
• In Hungary on MTV1 (Magyar Televízió - Hungarian Television), and is currently aired on m2 as Szívtipró gimi.
• In Iceland on RÚV as Fjör á Fjölbraut.
• In Israel on Channel 1 (Israel) as Tichon Ha'Levavot Ha'Shvurim (תיכון הלבבות השבורים).
• In Lithuania on LRT (Lietuvos Televizija) as Neramioji Gimnazija.
• In the Republic of Macedonia on A1 as Uchilishte skrsheni srca".
• In Mexico on Azteca 13 as "Aprendiendo a vivir".
• In The Netherlands on Nederland 3.
• In Norway on TV2.
• In Peru on TNP as "Aprendiendo a vivir".
• In Poland on TVP 1 as Szkoła złamanych serc, re-runs were broadcast by TVN, and again in 2007 on TVP1.
• In Portugal on RTP1 as "Amores e Rebeldia"
• In Serbia оn 3K RTS as Nestašne godine (Mischievous Years) and again on Art TV and various regional TV stations.
• In Spain on TVE as Los Rompecorazones.
• In The United States of America on Encore WAM.

[edit] External links

• The Heartbreak High Site
• Encyclopedia of Television
• IMDB page
• Anne's Heartbreak High fansite
• Mina's Heartbreak High fansite
• Scott Major's official website
• Heartbreak High at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Heartbreak High pics site
• Heartbreak High Polish unofficial forum