Small Claims (telemovie)
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Small Claims is a series of Australia
n television
movies starring Rebecca Gibney
and Claudia Karvan
, which first aired on Network Ten
in 2004. The series was co-production with subscription television and was also broadcast on the Foxtel
, Austar
, and Optus Television
Subscription Television services. The series was written by husband and wife team Keith Thompson and Kaye Bendle.
A mystery series about two young mums, a police officer and a lawyer, who become a formidable pair of sleuths. Their cases reveal a world of murder, greed and passion that lurks in the suburbs.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
movies starring Rebecca Gibney
Rebecca Gibney
Rebecca Catherine Gibney is a New Zealand born Australian actress.-Biography:Gibney was born the youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington. She has said she wasn't so much funny as a "bit odd" as a child. "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family...
and Claudia Karvan
Claudia Karvan
Claudia Karvan is an Australian actress popular for her roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way. She is also a producer and writer on Love My Way. She currently stars in the drama series Spirited...
, which first aired on Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
in 2004. The series was co-production with subscription television and was also broadcast on the Foxtel
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....
, Austar
Austar
Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones...
, and Optus Television
Optus Television
Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus.-History:Its immediate predecessor was Optus Vision, a joint venture between, Optus and Continental Cablevision with small shareholdings by media companies Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and Seven...
Subscription Television services. The series was written by husband and wife team Keith Thompson and Kaye Bendle.
A mystery series about two young mums, a police officer and a lawyer, who become a formidable pair of sleuths. Their cases reveal a world of murder, greed and passion that lurks in the suburbs.
Regular Cast
- Rebecca GibneyRebecca GibneyRebecca Catherine Gibney is a New Zealand born Australian actress.-Biography:Gibney was born the youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington. She has said she wasn't so much funny as a "bit odd" as a child. "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family...
as Chrissy Hindmarsh - Claudia KarvanClaudia KarvanClaudia Karvan is an Australian actress popular for her roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way. She is also a producer and writer on Love My Way. She currently stars in the drama series Spirited...
as Jo Collins - David Roberts as Peter Hindmarsh
- Paul Barry (actor) as Greg Collins
- Carol BurnsCarol Burns.Carol Burns is an Australian actor. She has worked in film, television and theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom.-Career highlights:...
as Pamela - Gyton GrantleyGyton GrantleyGyton Grantley is a Logie Award and AFI Award-winning Australian actor, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show Underbelly, for which he was nominated for both Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most...
as Detective Senior Constable Brett - Wayne Blair as Detective Senior Constable Lacey
- Tamara Garforth as Gemma Hindmarsh
- Jordan Brooking as Andy Hindmarsh
- Jack Corcoran as Ryan Collins
Small Claims: The Meeting
- Robert MammoneRobert MammoneRobert Mammone is an Australian actor who has many television and film credits.-Filmography:* Sons and Daughters * All the Way * Embassy * The Crossing...
as Todd Fehlers - Freya StaffordFreya StaffordFreya Stafford is an Australian actress who has appeared in the television programs Head Start and White Collar Blue as central characters.-Early and personal life:Stafford was born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania...
as Melinda Fehlers - Natasha BeaumontNatasha BeaumontNatasha Elisabeth Beaumont is an actress.Beaumont was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She grew up in Kuala Lumpur, attended boarding school in Sydney and moved at age 20 to attend Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia. She initially studied set and costume design but changed to acting...
as Ginny - Brandon Burke as Detective Superintendent Brian Stone
- Tina BursillTina BursillTina Bursill is an Australian actress usually seen on television playing sophisticated and coolly self-reliant women such as Louise Carter in Skyways. Det. Sgt...
as Rhonda - Rebecca Massey as Clare Santarini
- Jillian O'Dowd as Sally
- Simon WestawaySimon WestawaySimon Westaway is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television series, films and theatre productions. He is most remembered as portraying Domenic "Mick" Gatto in the crime series Underbelly. He currently hosts Channel Seven's Surf Patrol. He has three children: Jackson, Bella and Ruben...
as Vaughan - Tania Yuki as Yayoi
Small Claims: The Wedding
- Alyssa McClelland as Kiara Duffy
- Deborah KennedyDeborah KennedyDeborah Kennedy is an Australian actress recognised for several television and film roles, and for her appearance in an advertisement.Kennedy began her acting career on the stage, with the Marian Street Theatre, Killara, appearing in The Trojan Woman and Macbeth...
as Trudy Duffy - Roy BillingRoy BillingRoy Billing is a New Zealand television actor, now based in Sydney, Australia.-Career:Billing has starred in many television shows and had main roles on Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Dossa and Joe and Hell Has Harbour Views...
as Ron Duffy - Brooke SatchwellBrooke SatchwellBrooke Kerith Satchwell is an Australian actress, model, and environmental spokesperson.-Early life:The first of two children of Andrew Satchwell, a real estate agent and Jane Satchwell, a school teacher. Satchwell has lived on the Mornington Peninsula for most of her life...
as Imogen - Michael DormanMichael DormanMichael Dorman is a New Zealand actor based in Australia, best known for his work on the television series, The Secret Life of Us and his supporting work in such acclaimed films as Suburban Mayhem and West.-Filmography:...
as Sean - Matt Zeremes as Dominic
- Victoria ThaineVictoria ThaineVictoria Thaine is an Australian television and film actress and former playwright.- Filmography :* Wilfred * The Loved Ones * Rain Shadow * Gone * 48 Shades...
as Tori - Rupert ReidRupert ReidRupert Reid is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Declan on the Australian TV show Heartbreak High and later, Constable Jack Lawson on the Australian TV show Blue Heelers from 1999 to 2001.- Filmography :...
as David - Rupert Cox as Det. Allan Pope
- Clementine Bendle-Thompson as Holly
Small Claims: The Reunion
- Lisa ChappellLisa ChappellLisa Irene Chappell is an actress and musician from Auckland, New Zealand. She is best known for playing Claire McLeod on the Nine Network drama series McLeod's Daughters.-Early life and career:...
as Louise Page - Simon BurkeSimon BurkeSimon Burke is an Australian actor. Burke began his acting career as a 13 year-old in the Australian film, The Devil's Playground for which he was awarded Best Actor at the 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards....
as Jon - Alison WhyteAlison WhyteAlison Whyte is a Tasmanian-born Australian actress best known for her role on the Australian television series Frontline and Satisfaction....
as Pip - Maggie DenceMaggie DenceMaggie Dence is an Australian actress who after high profile television comedy work became better known for several soap opera roles....
as Roma - Peter PhelpsPeter PhelpsPeter Phelps is an Australian actor, singer and writer. He is notable for his role of Peter Church in the television drama, Stingers and Trevor Cole, in Baywatch...
as Paul Loyd - Emma Booth (actress)Emma Booth (actress)Emma Booth is an Australian model-turned-actress. From Perth in Western Australia, the former teen model and TV star played a significant role in the 2007 film Introducing the Dwights, opposite Brenda Blethyn.-TV and Movies Career :...
as Annie - Steve Vidler as Ross Page
- Daisy BettsDaisy BettsDaisy Betts is an Australian actress, who starred in Out of the Blue and Persons Unknown. She will be in the upcoming movie Caught Inside, directed by Adam Blaiklock and starring Ben Oxenbould, Sam Lyndon, Simon Lyndon, Leeanna Walsman, Harry Cook, and Peter Phelps....
as Amber