Recovery (TV series)

Recovery
The cast of Recovery in 1997
Genre	Music
Created by	Paul Clarke, Bruce Kane
Developed by	Paul Clarke, Bruce Kane
Presented by	Dylan Lewis
Theme music composer	Iggy Pop
Opening theme	Lust For Life
Ending theme	band play-out
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Paul Clarke
Location(s)	Melbourne
Camera setup	various
Running time	6 years
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Picture format	4x3
Audio format	2 chan stereo
Original run	20 April 1996 – 29 April 2000
External links
Website

Recovery was a music and youth interests television series broadcast by ABC TV in Australia. It was aired each Saturday morning from 9:00am to 12:00pm following Rage. It aired from 20 April 1996 to its last show on 29 April 2000. The produced live to air from ABC's Ripponlea studios on Saturday mornings, featured a mix of live performances, video clips and other pop culture of interest to a teenage audience.

It was primarily hosted by Dylan Lewis, although in the earlier episodes produced in Sydney, the hosting and segment introduction duties were shared with others such as Sarah MacDonald (journalist). Once production moved to Melbourne, the show was co-hosted by Tamara Rewse then Jane Gazzo and was shot entirely before a live studio audience. Film reviews were presented by Leigh Whannell, who appeared to have a penchant for horror. Pheona Donohoe of scenestar presented the all-ages gig report, and DJ J'Nett presented the electronic dance music segment. Actor/comedian Angus Sampson was also a regular co-host, although mainly under the guise of his mysterious alter-ego The Enforcer. This format would last until November 1998. Gazzo then moved to the UK whilst Lewis left to pursue further interests, including his band The Brown Hornet.

As a result of many attempts by ABC TV to cut production costs, Recovery would then change its format at least three times until it was finally axed in April 2000. At the beginning of its 1999 season, it was shot live in a house in suburban Melbourne, with Sampson as the main host. This format ultimately proved unsuccessful and was discontinued after only a few episodes. During its final months on air, Recovery switched its focus entirely on to electronic music.

Shortly afterwards, Lewis and Sampson both returned to appear in The 10:30 Slot. The show was similar in format to Recovery, with a more adult-oriented approach. The show ran from 1999-2000.

Recovery often made references to Monkey. Recovery's audience favoured the series to such a degree that they began airing Monkey regularly during their show. When Recovery was put on hiatus during the non-ratings season, it was replaced with three hours of Monkey.

In 2006, jtv was launched as a successor programme.

However, Rage has re-broadcast episodes of Recovery in each year since early 2004, to make up for the lack of video clips from the ABC at that time.

External links

• Recovery
• Recovery at TV.com

Darren McErlain was interviewed as "Steve Vizard" by Dylan Lewis in May 1998 on ABC-TV