Out of The Blue

– Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's South..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
25 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Out of the Blue (2006)

Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its second channel BBC Two from 19 May 2008. The BBC eventually decided not to commission a second series, and the final episode aired on 29 January 2009. The rights to show the first series in Australia were purchased by Network Ten, while in the UK, Channel 5 has picked up the repeat rights to Out of the Blue, and began airing all 130 episodes on digital sister channel Fiver in February 2009.

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Out of the Blue (2006) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Oct 2006

Language:

English

Director:

Robert Sarkies

Writer:

Bill O'Brien (book), Robert Sarkies, Graeme Tetley

Main Actors:

Karl Urban, Matthew Sunderland, Lois Lawn, Simon Ferry

Plot:

Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13-14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside village. It came in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped in the village for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and underarmed local policeman risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. By dawn 13 people lay dead. This is a true story.

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations.

Production:

IFC First Take

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
Metacritic:
70%