Supernova (TV series)

infobox television
show_name = Supernova


caption = Rob Brydon (centre) as Dr Paul Hamilton
format = Sitcom
runtime = approx. 30 minutes (per episode)
creator = Harry Cripps
Matt Lipsey
starring = Rob Brydon
Kat Stewart
Damon Hunter
country = UK
AUS
network = BBC
first_aired = 20th October, 2005
last_aired =
num_episodes = 12 |

Supernova is a British comedy television programme produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton (Rob Brydon), a British astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and disliked girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian Observatory, deep in the Australian outback. The comedy centres around his difficulties adjusting to life in the outback and his eccentric fellow astronomers. The first series was released in the UK and Australia in October 2005 and consisted of six 30-minute episodes. The second series began airing on the 3rd August 2006 in the UK.

The exterior scenes were shot at Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia. The observatory itself is a CGI creation, according to the DVD commentary, and only a partial doorway was constructed on site for filming purposes.

Plot

During the series, Paul grapples with, amongst others, his attraction to his colleague Dr Rachel Mann (who is engaged to an astronaut), the arrival of his girlfriend at the observatory, and a bout of fatalism that comes on when he creates a simulation of how the Universe will end.

Tagline: "Making light of dark matter."

Cast and crew

Harry Cripps - Writer
Matt Lipsey - Director
Rob Brydon - Dr Paul Hamilton
Hollie Andrew - Dr Jude Wardlaw
Tim Draxl - Professor Mike French
Damion Hunter - Bill
Peter Kowitz - Max Talbot
Kris McQuade - Professor Pip Cartwright
Kat Stewart - Dr Rachel Mann

Recurring

Deborah Thomson - Ruth
Morgan O'Neill - Chad

Episode list

eries 1

#The Black Holes
#God, Are You Out There?
#When You Wish Upon A Star
#Venus Rising
#Unity
#Where Men Are Men

eries 2

#Wild Oats
#How's Your Father?
#Big Red
#Perseverance
#Something Wicked This Way Comes
#May The Best Man Win

External links

* [http://www.uktv.com.au/programmes/show.asp?id=190 Official Australian site (UKTV)]
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* [http://www.sitcom.co.uk/supernova/index.shtml British Sitcom Guide guide to Supernova]
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