Marking Time (series)
- User score: 6
- Production country: Australia
- Production companies: Southern Star, Australian Film Commission
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 11/9/2003
- Release date of last episode: 11/10/2003
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 4
- Run time: 60 min.
Series description
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.
