Grass Roots

Grass Roots

:"For the American rock band, see" The Grass Roots. "For other meanings, see Grass roots (disambiguation)."

"Grass Roots" is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.

The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council (LGA) near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government. It was written by Geoffrey Atherden.

Main cast

*Col Dunkley - (Geoff Morrell)
*Liz Murray - (Zoe Carides)
*Harry Bond - (John Clayton)
*Karin Schumaker - (Rhondda Findleton)
*Biddy Marchant - (Sophie Heathcote) (2000), (Jodie Dry) (2003)
*Helen Mansoufis - (Sacha Horler) (2000- 2 episodes in 2003)
*Greg Dominelli - (Rhys Muldoon)
*George Hasnakov - (Chris Haywood)
*Gordon Mahon - (Michael Craig)
*Salwah Mandinkis - (Sandy Gore)
*Derek Garner - (Matthew Newton) (2000)
*Emily Bell - (Lucy Bell) (2003)
*Irene Cheung - (Pauline Chan) (2000), (Theresa Wong) (2003)
*Fran Smith - (Melissa Jaffer) (2000), (Kerry Walker) (2003)
*Victor Trujillo - (Nicholas Papademetriou)
*Janice Corniglio - (Judi Farr)
*Julie Dunkley - (Tara Morice)
*Ava Strick - (Mary Coustas) (2003)
*Morgan Bartok - (John Gregg)
*Marilyn Hennessy - (Tammy MacIntosh) (2000)
*Warwick Marchant - (Peter Kowitz)

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/grassroots/ Official website]


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