7.8 /10 1 Votes
7.9/10 TV Country of origin Australia No. of series 7 Final episode date 29 November 1999 | 7.8/10 IMDb Original language(s) English First episode date 27 February 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by Elizabeth ColemanPhilip Dalkin Directed by Dan BurstallMandy Smith Cast Similar Blue Water High, Dance Academy, Clueless (TV series) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heartbreak High was a popular Australian television programme that ran for six years, through seven seasons from 1994 to 1999 on both Network Ten and ABC. The programme dealt with the students of the fictional Hartley High (replaced by Hartley Heights from season 5 onwards), a tough high school in a multiracial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries. It was a spin-off of the 1993 Australian feature film The Heartbreak Kid which had featured Alex Dimitriades and Claudia Karvan. However, in later series the show shifted emphasis away from the school setting and the Poulos family to the students' homes and hangout - the Shark Pool.
Contents
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- Transmission
- Series 1 1994 episodes 1 38
- Series 2 1995 episodes 39 52
- Series 3 1995 episodes 53 65
- Series 4 1996 episodes 66 91
- Series 5 1997 episodes 92 130
- Series 6 1998 episodes 131 170
- Series 7 1999 episodes 171 210
- DVD Release
- International
- References
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Transmission
The programme was transmitted by Network Ten between 1994 and 1996, and by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1997 and 1999. It also was successful in sales internationally and was broadcast in over twenty countries in Asia, Europe, North and South America. After the sixth series the Australian Broadcasting Corporation axed the show as selling another series to foreign TV stations proved increasingly difficult. The BBC had no interest in buying an additional series; due to scheduling delays a backlog of episodes had built up, and the programme was forced to wrap up production.
Series 1 (1994, episodes 1-38)
Regular Cast
Additions
Series 2 (1995, episodes 39-52)
Regular Cast
Dante Richards Student, love interest with Katarina
Additions
Series 3 (1995, episodes 53-65)
Regular Cast
Additions
Series 4 (1996, episodes 66-91)
Regular Cast
Additions
Series 5 (1997, episodes 92-130)
Regular Cast
Additions
Series 6 (1998, episodes 131-170)
Regular Cast
Additions
Series 7 (1999, episodes 171-210)
Regular Cast
Additions
DVD Release
Series 1 was released in Australia as a DVD Box Set by Umbrella Entertainment on 5 October 2011. This DVD set is region free and will play globally featuring original 4:3 Full Frame and 2.0 English Dolby Digital Sound. The series 2 DVD Box Set was released by Umbrella Entertainment on 7 March 2012. The series 3 DVD Box Set was released by Umbrella Entertainment on 6 June 2012 and is currently available to order. Series 1 of the show has also been released on two DVD sets in Germany in the dubbed German version with no English audio track. This DVD is the official release for Germany.
Umbrella have no current plans to release the rest of the series, as quoted on their Facebook page, due to 'music licensing issues'.
International
Heartbreak High was broadcast in the following countries: