East West 101

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East West 101
Genre	Drama
Created by	Steve Knapman Kris Wyld
Directed by	Peter Andrikidis
Starring	Don Hany William McInnes Susie Porter Aaron Fa'aoso Daniela Farinacci Renee Lim
Composer(s)	Guy Gross
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Steve Knapman Kris Wyld
Broadcast
Original channel	SBS TV
Original run	6 December 2007 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

East West 101 is an Australian drama series that began on SBS at 8.30 pm AEDT on Thursday 6 December 2007. The series was produced and created by Steven Knapman & Kris Wyld, the team behind other drama series such as Wildside and White Collar Blue.

East West 101 is set around the Major Crime Squad in metropolitan Sydney. It is based upon the experiences of actual detectives in a crime unit in Sydney's western suburbs.^[1] Crime Consultants are Hany Elbatoory, Nick Bingham and Pito Sefo.^[2] It is filmed on location, in Sydney suburbs such as Auburn, Lidcombe, Redfern and Chinatown.

The first series centered around two detectives, Zane Malik (Don Hany), a Muslim and Ray Crowley (William McInnes), an Anglo-Australian, who are pitted against each other in a struggle for respect. They try to balance work with their own cultural and religious beliefs, which results in tension between cultures, egos and workmates.^[3] The cast also includes Susie Porter as Inspector Patricia Wright, Aaron Fa'aoso as Detective Sonny Koa, Daniela Farinacci as Detective Helen Callas and Renee Lim as Jung Lim. Rahman Malik, is played by Taffy (Toffeek) Hany, the real life father of Don Hany.^[4]

The series was made by SBS with the Film Finance Corporation of Australia and the New South Wales Film and Television Office. It has been sold to Israel and other countries in the Middle East. A second season has been ordered.^[5]

1 Cast
2 Episodes
- 2.1 Season One (2007-2008)
- 2.2 Season Two (2008)
3 Awards
- 3.1 Awards Nominated
4 References

[edit] Cast

Don Hany as Detective Zane Malik
William McInnes as Detective Sergeant Ray Crowley (2007-2008)
Susie Porter as Inspector Patricia Wright
Aaron Fa'aoso as Detective Sonny Koa
Daniela Farinacci as Detective Helen Callas
Renee Lim as Constable Jung Lim

with

Tasneem Roc as Amina Malik
Irini Pappas as Mariam Malik
Taffy Hany as Rahman Malik
George Fayed as Amir Malik
Lucy Abroon as Yasmeen Malik

[edit] Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired	Viewer Average	DVD release date
	1	6	2007 – 2008	331,300^[6]	14 February 2008
	2	7	2008	TBA	TBA

[edit] Season One (2007-2008)

Series #	Episode #	Title	Written by	Directed by	Viewers	Original airdate
1	1	The Enemy Within	Kristen Dunphy	Peter Andrikidis	358,000^[7]	6 December 2007
2	2	Death at the Station	Kris Wyld	Peter Andrikidis	307,000^[8]	13 December 2007
3	3	Islander Sacrifice	Michael Miller	Peter Andrikidis	354,000^[9]	20 December 2007
4	4	Hunt for the Killer	Kris Mrksa	Peter Andrikidis	297,100^[10]	27 December 2007
5	5	Haunted by the Past	Michelle Offen with Sherine Salama	Peter Andrikidis	324,700^[11]	3 January 2008
6	6	The Hand of Friendship	Kristen Dunphy	Peter Andrikidis	347,000^[12]	10 January 2008