Breakers (TV series)

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Breakers
Title screen
Format	Soap Drama
Starring	Helen O'Connor Richard Healy John Atkinson Jason Crewes James Stewart Ada Nicodemou Preben Warren Paul Pantano Heath Bergerson Ben Tate Louise Crawford Simon Munro Don Hany Angela Keep Emily Perry Simone Robertson Julie Haseler Ling Hsueh Tang Jean-Marc Russ
Opening theme	Mike Perjanik
Composer(s)	John Ertler
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	430
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Gould
Running time	25 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	Network Ten
Original run	February 2, 1998 – November 3, 1999
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Breakers is an Australian television series made by the Network Ten between 1998 and 1999. It was shown in Ireland on TV3 and City Channel. It was also screened on BBC1 in the United Kingdom and TV4 in New Zealand.

[edit] Premise

The series revolves around The Breakers building situated near Bondi Beach, and the lives of the people who work and live there. The building houses three businesses all run by the same family. Breaker's Modelling School is run by Paul Simmons, The Breaker, a local newspaper is run by Eve, Paul's ex-wife, and Kate's Cafe, run by Kate Markham, Eve's sister. During its short run the series dealt with some controversial story lines and was not afraid to confront contentious issues, such as homosexuality and teenage suicide. Unusually, the program aired outside of prime-time; each episode was aired mid afternoon each weekday and then repeated late that night.

It was Breakers' somewhat edgy reputation coupled with low ratings that eventually led to the series being cancelled.