Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story
GenreBio Drama
Written by
  • Keith Thompson
  • Marieke Hardy
Directed byKevin Carlin
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerJo Porter
Production companyFremantleMedia Australia
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release12 February (2017-02-12) –
19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)

Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story is a two-part Australian miniseries based on Australian actor and comedian Paul Hogan which premiered on 12 February and concluded on 19 February 2017.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

The story of Paul Hogan is that of almost accidental supernova of raw comedic talent exploding onto the entertainment scene of first Australia and then the world. How a married-at-eighteen blue-collar worker with five kids went on talent contest New Faces as a dare from his work-mates and ended up completely wowing the audience and opening the door to completely unanticipated new life.[5]

Production

The series was announced in November 2015 with filming expected to be filmed in 2016,[6] in December 2015, it was announced casting was underway and Kevin Carlin would direct the series with Keith Thompson and Marieke Hardy as lead writers.[7][8] In May 2016, the cast for the series was announced with actor Josh Lawson taking on the role of Paul Hogan.[9] Production for the series first began in May 2016 with filming taking place in Brisbane, the series is being funded by Screen Queensland.[10]

Cast

Reception

Viewership

Episode Air date Timeslot Viewers
(millions)		 Nightly
rank		 Consolidated Viewers
(millions)		 Adjusted
rank		 Source
"Part 1" 12 February 2017 Sunday 8:30pm 0.837 #6 0.973 #5 [12][13]
"Part 2" 19 February 2017 0.839 #6 0.960 #4 [14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Josh Lawson is Paul Hogan in Fremantle-Seven miniseries Hoges". if.com.au. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hoges cast films at South Bank in Brisbane for Channel 7 Paul Hogan biopic". Courier Mail. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Seven Upfronts 2017". TV Tonight. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hoges Airdate Revealed". fremantlemedia. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "In Production". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Seven also developing Hogan, Olivia dramas". TV Tonight. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Casting underway for Seven's Paul Hogan drama". TV Tonight. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Paul Hogan telemovie gets the greenlight and taxpayer funding for Channel Seven". News.com.au. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Paul Hogan miniseries: cast announced for biopic about Crocodile Dundee star". The Guardian. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Hoges begins shooting in Queensland". Brisbane Times. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Say G'day to the cast of Hoges". Yahoo! 7. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Knox, David (13 February 2017). "Sunday 12 February 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  13. ↑ Knox, David (26 February 2017). "Timeshifted: Sunday 12 February 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. ↑ Knox, David (20 February 2017). "Sunday 19 February 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  15. ↑ Knox, David (4 March 2017). "Timeshifted: Sunday 19 February 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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