Marking Time was an Australian television mini-series, consisting of four one-hour episodes. It first aired on 9 and 10 November 2003 on ABC-TV. Directed by Cherie Nowlan and written by John Doyle, it was the first mainstream television/film project to address the issue of the Australian government's refugee policy, a topic it approaches by chronicling the emotional journey of one young man during his year off after graduation, in his fictional rural home-town of Brackley, Australia. The storyline of Marking Time was inspired by the real-life experiences of Afghan refugees and their hosts in the rural town of Young, New South Wales; however much of the outdoor scenes of the series were actually shot at Singleton, New South Wales, in the Hunter Region.
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| First Air Date: | 2003-11-09 |
| Last Air Date: | 2003-11-10 |
| Number of Episodes: | 4 |
| Number of Seasons: | 1 |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Status: | Ended |
| Networks: | $ABC TV |
| Casts: | Abe Forsythe, Geoff Morrell, Elena Carapetis, Bojana Novaković, Matthew Le Nevez, Abbie Cornish, Katie Wall, Gyton Grantley, Scott Swalwell, Lech Mackiewicz, Graeme Blundell |
