Paradise Beach

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Australian TV series or program

Paradise Beach
Series one opening (1993).
Genre	Soap opera Drama
Created by	Rick Maier Wayne Doyle Bevan Lee
Directed by	Stephen Mann Brian McDuffie Sean Nash Viktors Ritelis Leigh Spence Graham Thorburn
Opening theme	"Under The Sun" by Russell Morris
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	260[1]
Production
Executive producers	Graham Burke Greg Coote Nick McMahon Kris Noble
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Genesis Entertainment
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	31 May 1993 (1993-05-31) – 8 July 1994 (1994-07-08)

Paradise Beach is an Australian

Veteran Australian producer Jock Blair was the driving force behind Paradise Beach, with Nick McMahon as Executive Producer, and the first episodes of the soap were aimed at the American audience. Australian actress Tiffany Lamb used an American accent in her role as Lisa Whitman, and her opening storyline revolved around her childhood sweetheart Cooper Hart (played by Olivia Newton-John's then-husband Matt Lattanzi). Also appearing from the start were Robert Coleby (Chopper Squad, The Young Doctors) as Tom Barsby, and another familiar face was Andrew McKaige (Sons and Daughters, Prisoner) as Tom's younger brother Nick.

The rest of the original cast consisted of unknown actors all in their first acting roles. These included Ingo Rademacher, now famous for his separate roles in American series Titans and General Hospital. Here, he played Sean Hayden. His on-screen sister Tori, was played by Megan Connolly. The actress died on 6 September 2001 of a drug overdose, following short stints in Breakers and Home and Away. Finally, Raelee Hill was cast as scheming Loretta Taylor, Jaason Simmons was cast as bronzed lifeguard Harry Tait, Manu Bennett (credited as Jon Bennett) was cast as Kirk Barsby, son of Tom and his sister Cassie was played by Kimberley Joseph.

Retooling

When Paradise Beach was taken off the air in America, all traces of Americanism were removed and the producers concentrated on making the series work in its homeland and Europe. Matt Lattanzi departed, but not before Olivia Newton-John made a brief cameo, beaming down from the entrance of an aeroplane. Further additions to the cast included more experienced actors from other soaps including

Paradise Beach was parodied extensively on the ABC's Late Show, where it was mocked for its poor acting, formulaic plots and characterizations, characters dancing every time rock-and-roll music was played, and that it was effectively an infomercial for the various properties of Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. Movie World, which the skit characters would point out in a fourth wall break mentioning its shooting location.

Cast

References

External links

• Paradise Beach at
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