Fighting Season

Fighting Season
GenreDrama[1]
Written byBlake Ayshford[1]
Directed by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Kylie du Fresne[1]
  • Elisa Argenzio[1]
  • Blake Ayshford[1]
Production companyGoalpost Pictures[2]
Original release
NetworkFox Showcase[1]
Release28 October 2018 (2018-10-28)

Fighting Season is a 2018 Australian television drama series that screened on Foxtel's Showcase channel. The series is a mystery involving Australian soldiers returning on leave from deployment in Afghanistan.[3] The six-part series is written by Blake Ayshford.

Cast

Main

  • Jay Ryan as Sergent Sean 'Speedo' Collins[4]
  • Ewen Leslie as Captain Edward 'Ted' Nordenfelt
  • Kate Mulvany as Captain Kim Nordenfelt
  • Sarah Armanious as Vanessa Collins
  • Marco Alosio as Private Isara'elu 'Izzy' Ulalei
  • George Pullar as Private Jarrod 'Toast' Vogel
  • Julian Maroun as Corporal Peter 'Pepsi' Aboud

Supporting

  • Kaan Guldur as Callum Collins
  • Milly Alcock as Maya Nordenfelt
  • Bella Biasi / Brooklyn Biasi as Eli Collins
  • Luca Darda as Ali Samad
  • Zack Grech as Zac Nordenfelt
  • Rhys Muldoon as Colonel Floss
  • Jay Laga'aia as Siaosi Ulalei
  • Randa Sayed as Asai Samad
  • Paul de Gelder as Corporal Travis Davis
  • Sabryna Walters as Leilani Ulalei
  • Susan Prior as Dr Linda
  • Ling-Hsueh Tang as Dian Lau

Episodes

No.Title [2]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [2]Australian viewers
1"Shooter / Hugger"UnknownBlake Ayshford28 October 2018 (2018-10-28)36,000[5]
2"A Good Soldier Makes A Bad Civilian"UnknownBlake Ayshford4 November 2018 (2018-11-04)N/A
3"The Medal"UnknownBlake Ayshford11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)N/A
4"Blood Money"UnknownBlake Ayshford18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)N/A
5"Ricochet"UnknownBlake Ayshford25 November 2018 (2018-11-25)N/A
6"Outside the Wire"UnknownBlake Ayshford2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)N/A

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Filming begins on fighting season , a Foxtel original drama". Fox Showcase. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Fighting Season". Fox Showcase. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Fighting Season: Foxtel original drama reveals its stellar cast". Foxtel. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Jay Ryan to star in Fighting Season for Foxtel | TV Tonight".
  5. ^ Knox, David (29 October 2018). "Sunday 28 October 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 November 2018.