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*The Cut*
The Cut
Genre	Drama
Created by	John Misto
Written by	John Misto
Directed by	Mandy Smith; Karl Zwicky;
Starring	John Wood; Matt Passmore
Composers	Paul Berton; Stewart D'Arrietta;
Country of origin	Australia
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Miranda Dear; Amanda Higgs;
Producer	Tom Blacket
Production locations	Sydney, New South Wales
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Blacket Television Production
Original release
Network	ABC1
Release	23 February –; 30 March 2009

The Cut, written by John Misto, is an Australian television drama series which screened in 2009 on ABC1. The series comprises six one-hour episodes and stars John Wood.

Synopsis

The Cut is the story of Bill Telford, a colourful sporting identity (player/manager/agent), who has fallen on his feet in the past decade as Australian professional sports have boomed. Bill is injured in a bomb attack in Bangkok. His estranged son, Andrew, is reluctantly persuaded by his mother to return to Sydney and run the business until Bill recovers. Andrew uncovers financial disaster and must confront several skeletons in the closet.^[1]

Cast

John Wood as 'Wild' Bill Telford
Matt Passmore as Andrew Telford
Ben Oxenbould as Danny
Julieanne Newbould as Roz Telford
Eloise Oxer as Naomi
Diarmid Heidenreich as Jason Kerslake
Ria Vandervis as Vanessa Stewart
Kelly Butler as Sandy Haffner
Paul Barry as Karl
Ian Roberts as Sports Beat Anchor
John McNeil as Stan
Bill Young as Ray
Matthew Walker
Simmone Jade Mackinnon as Dominova Blaine
Alan David Lee as Jimmy Bartlett

Episode list

Episode information retrieved from the Australian Television Archive here

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers (millions)
1	"A Little Bit of Beef"	Mandy Smith	John Misto	23 February 2009 (2009-02-23)	0.562
2	"The Best Sex I Ever Had"	Mandy Smith	John Misto	2 March 2009 (2009-03-02)	0.479
3	"Picking The Seam"	Mandy Smith	John Misto	9 March 2009 (2009-03-09)	0.399
4	"Pursed Lips"	Karl Zwicky	John Misto	16 March 2009 (2009-03-16)	0.381
5	"A Falcon’s Tail"	Karl Zwicky	John Misto	23 March 2009 (2009-03-23)	0.452
6	"Brain Snap"	Karl Zwicky	John Misto	30 March 2009 (2009-03-30)	0.314

Production

The Cut was first announced in February 2008^[2] and was filmed in June/July 2008.^[3]

References

^ TV Tonight: ABC1 / ABC2: redefining television
^ Knox, David (6 February 2008). "John Wood makes The Cut with ABC1". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
^ Knox, David (25 June 2008). "John Wood makes The Cut at ABC". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2008.

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[1] TV Tonight: ABC1 / ABC2: redefining television

[ABC1-2] Knox, David (6 February 2008). "John Wood makes The Cut with ABC1". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2008.

[3] Knox, David (25 June 2008). "John Wood makes The Cut at ABC". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2008.

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