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- 2019
- Sundance Now
- 2019
- Sundance Now
Summary Australian Prime Minister Rachel Anderson (Rachel Griffiths) selects Alex Irving (Deborah Mailman), who was in the papers for stopping a domestic violence abuser, for a vacant Senate seat in this six-part political drama. [Premiered originally in Australia on ABC on 13 Oct 2019 and in the US on Sundance Now on 17 Dec 2020]
- 2019
- Sundance Now
- 2019
- Sundance Now
Total Control
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 13, 2019
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Summary Australian Prime Minister Rachel Anderson (Rachel Griffiths) selects Alex Irving (Deborah Mailman), who was in the papers for stopping a domestic violence abuser, for a vacant Senate seat in this six-part political drama. [Premiered originally in Australia on ABC on 13 Oct 2019 and in the US on Sundance Now on 17 Dec 2020]
Top Cast
Just because a show goes in the direction of a procedural-type show doesn’t mean that it can’t be elevated by a good cast and sharp writing. After the ace performances by Millman and Griffiths, we’re looking forward to seeing what direction Total Control goes in.
Its portrait of an embattled Australian Senate, of the prime minister’s own battle for survival, all of it drama borne aloft by the electric rage that courses through the dialogue and seems never to dim.
Part of the problem, in terms of creating interesting dramatic spectacle, is that Alex is a thoroughly reasonable, rational, calm and trustworthy individual. There’s nothing wrong with exploring such characters, but in the age of Donald Trump and our own homegrown colourful personalities (such as Clive Palmer and Jacqui Lambie) truth really is stranger – and in this instance more dramatically engaging – than fiction.
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Production Company:
- Blackfella Films
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
- Create NSW
- Keshet International
- Screen Australia
- Screen Queensland
Initial Release Date: Oct 13, 2019
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 4 Wins & 14 Nominations
Logie Awards
• 4 Nominations
Australian Directors Guild Awards
• 2 Nominations