Adrienne Pickering
HouseofBondtellstherags-to-riches-to-ragstaleofcontroversialbusinesstycoonAlanBondfromthe1960stothe1990s.Itfollowsthestoryofacheeky,knockaboutTenPoundPomwhofoughthiswayfromthebackalleysofFremantletobecometherichestmaninAustraliaandoneofthecountry’sgreatestsportingheroes.Bondywasamanwithaninsatiableappetitefortheexcessesoflife:women,fame,money,crimeandeverythingbetween.ButBond’sego,greedandambitionsawhimoverreachbeyondallmeasureuntilhisempirecollapsed,leavinghimasthecountry’sgreatestvillainwiththebiggesteverbankruptcy.HouseofBondisthestoryofthemanwhodefinedthe1980sbydreamingbigandrewritingtherulebookasaheroandavillain.WrittenbyAnonymousB
Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as rake Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister. The show airs in the United States on DirecTV’s Audience Network. The second season began on 6 September 2012. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has also renewed the show for a third season
Each episode entails Greene defending a different client.
The Fox Network in the USA has commissioned an American version of Rake, starring Greg Kinnear as the lead character, renamed Keegan Deane for American audiences.
A man who finds the body of a young boy quickly becomes the prime murder suspect, putting his life and his family at risk.
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son’s elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions — some that have already occurred and others that are about to — that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.