Marking Time

Marking Time is an Australian television mini-series, consisting of 2 two-hour episodes. It first aired on 9 and 10 of November, 2003, on ABC-TV. Directed by Cherie Nolan and written by John Doyle, it was the first mainstream television/film project to address the issue of the Australian government's anti-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 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 this mini-series were actually shot at Singleton, New South Wales, in the Hunter Valley.

Cast

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• Abe Forsythe - Hal Fleming
  
• Geoff Morrell - Geoff Fleming
  
• Elena Carapetis - Gemma
  
• Bojana Novakovic - Randa
  
• Matthew Le Nevez - Bullet Sheather
  
• Abbie Cornish - Tracey
  
• Katie Wall - Belinda
  
• Gyton Grantley - Shane Sheather
  
• Scott Swalwell - Jamie
  
• Lech Mackiewicz - Hassan
  
• Graeme Blundel - Ralph Dare
  
• Anthony Simcoe - Scott Seaton
  
• Brian Meegan - Ross Ferguson
  
• Matthew Lilley - Todd Paynter
  
• Barbara Morton - Marie Stockard
  
• Ian Bliss - Col Bryant
  
• Paul Pantano - Remus Migotso
  
• Thea Gumbert - Katey
  
• Arianthe Galani - Mrs. Spiro
  
• Sharin Contini - Constable Welch
  
• Dave Rondo - Cos
  
• Rhonda Doyle - Aunt Holly
  
• Ben Tate - Troy
  
• Adam Cahill - Troy's mate
  
• Sueyan Cox - Aunty Sarah
  
• Andrew Harris - Salesman
  
• Cecil Parkee - Billy Chan
  
• Shauna Jensen - Wedding Singer