Craig Graham is an Australian television producer and author of children's books. Craig has produced shows including, The Great Outdoors, Border Security, RPA and Once Upon A Time In Cabramatta. [1]

Work

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Craig started his television career in 1994 working for Nine Network Australia. [citation needed]

He produced the The Great Outdoors (2001-2003) for the Seven Network.[2] The Great Outdoors was a presenter-driven lifestyle series about the best places to travel in Australia and overseas. In 2009, Seven Network cancelled the show stating there was no room for it.[3]. Craig subsequently developed and produced the break out hit[peacock prose] series Border Security.[4] This is a program that shows the work of the officers of Australian Customs Service, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship as they enforce Australian customs, quarantine, immigration and finance laws. It is broadcast on the Seven Network. In 2010, the show featured Australian soldiers in Afghanistan. [5]

In 2002, Craig wrote The Possum Thief with Dr Harry Cooper, published by Pan MacMillan Australia.[6] The Possum Thief [6][7] is a fictional picture story book for young children. This book led to the trilogy The Adventures of Dr Harry and Scarlet.

In 2005, Craig was appointed Executive Producer, Nine Network Australia.[citation needed] He produced shows including Crime and Justice[8] , Fire 000[9] , Customs and RPA[10] . In 2009, Craig formed Fredbird Entertainment, an independent production company, to produce factual, lifestyle and reality programming.[citation needed] His more recent work includes, Contract Killers, Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta[11] [12], (the first episode attracted 620,000 viewers[13] ; and Zumbo (TV series), an Australian observational documentary television series following patissier Adriano Zumbo at his Balmain kitchen[9] .

References

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  1. ^ "Magistrates to star in new series". Sydney Morning Herald. January 23, 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. ^ Media, Fairfax. "Channel Surfing Safari". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2003.
  3. ^ Christie, Joel. "Great Outdoors Canned". Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  4. ^ Kalina, Paul. "Not plane sailing". The Age. Retrieved 7 October 2004.
  5. ^ Vickery, Colin. "Australian Soldiers in Afghanistan". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  6. ^ a b Graham, Craig (2003). The Possum Thief. Australia: Pan MacMillan. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-330-36416-4.
  7. ^ "The Possum Thief". United Kingdom: www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2012.[unreliable source]
  8. ^ Channel Nine TV. "The Code: Crime and Justice". Channel Nine TV Show. The Throng.[unreliable source]
  9. ^ a b Knox, David. "Fire 000 / Search and Rescue". Channel Nine TV Show. TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 April 2008. Cite error: The named reference "Knox" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ Innes, William. "Magistrates to star in new series". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
  11. ^ MacFarlane, John. "SBS launches Television Production Trainee Scheme". SBS. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  12. ^ Anderson, Doug. "Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  13. ^ Brook, Stephen. "Cabramatta a big hit for SBS". The Australian. Retrieved 9 January 2012.


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