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ConspiraCy 365 tells the story of a year in the life of teen fugitive, Cal Ormond as he searches for the truth behind his deadly family’s secret.

Adapted from the best-selling book series by award winning Australian author Gabrielle Lord, with over 1 million copies sold across more than 13 countries, ConspiraCy 365 is an action thriller for the whole family.

Filmed entirely on location in Victoria, Australia the series star AFI award winner Harrison Gilbertson as Cal Ormond, Marny Kennedy (The Saddle Club), Taylor Glockner, Rob Carlton (Chandon Pictures, Underbelly, Paper Giants), Julia Zemiro (Charlotte’s Web, The Wedge), Kate Kendall (Stingers), Ryan O’Kane (City Homicide) and David Whiteley.

•12 x 49 minute episodes

•12 x 3-4 minute prequel episodes

Click to view: ConspiraCy 365 Extended Trailer

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Series Synopsis

Short Synopsis

ConspiraCy 365 is the story of a year in the life of teenager Cal Ormond, who is forced to go on the run and become a fugitive as he searches for the truth behind a deadly family secret. Adapted from the best-selling novels by Australian author Gabrielle Lord, ConspiraCy 365 is a multi-platform project suited for the whole family.

Long Synopsis

At his father’s funeral, 15-year-old Cal Ormond is warned by a crazy stranger about a cryptic puzzle known as the ‘Ormond Singularity.’ Cal has 365 days to solve the mystery, or he’ll meet the same fate as his father. Immediately, events move forward at breakneck pace. Before the week is out, Cal has been accused of attempting to murder his uncle—his father’s identical twin brother—and his sister is in a coma. Who can Cal rely on? His old friend Boges, and now a new friend, mysterious Winter. But Winter’s guardian, Vulkan Sligo, turns out to be head of one of the two criminal gangs after Cal. Then there’s the Ormond Jewel, the Ormond Riddle, and the puzzle of what Cal’s father, charismatic Tom Ormond, was up to in Ireland before he was mysteriously struck down.

Cal, desperate, on the run, and dependent on the kindness of strangers, is following the trail of clues leading to the Ormond Singularity. Those he meets along the way will either help or hinder him. But will he solve the mystery before 31 December? Or will the family curse claim another victim?

The story—full of gripping, compelling elements—is huge! Gabrielle Lord’s book series, ConspiraCy 365, comprises12individualnovels.Howdoyoufitthismuch plot, this much character development, and this much action, into a 12-part television series?

Executive Producers Linda Klejus (Circa Media) and Peter Jenetsky (Movie Network Channels) came up with a groundbreaking approach: let parts of the story be told via different platforms. ConspiraCy 365 harnesses the power of multiplatform to bring the many levels or layers of the story to viewers. Hoodlum Entertainment came on board with the goal of changing the way audiences relate to television as a storytelling medium. Webisodes and additional content with unique storylines were created to tell more of the story. These were shot with the same cinematic production values as the television episodes and will be available across a variety of platforms online and via mobile phone.

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Executive Producer Linda Klejus

Network Executive Producer Peter Jenetsky

Network Executive Producer Tony Forrest

Network Executive Producer Paul Wylie

Producer Linda Klejus

Producer Ann Darrouzet

Series Story Producer Michael Brindley

Series and Multiplatform

Story Producer Mark Shirrefs

Network Script Producer Alan Hardy

Network Supervising Producer Emma Moroney

Writer (Ep 1,6) Michelle Offen

Writer (Ep 2,9) Kristen Dunphy

Writer (Ep 3) Michael Miller

Writer (Ep 4,10,12) Shanti Gudgeon

Writers (Ep 5) Kris Wyld, Michael Brindley

& Mark Shirrefs

Writer (Ep 7) Julie Lacy

Writer (Ep 8) Sam Carroll

Writer (Ep 11) Michael Miller, Michael Brindley

& Mark Shirrefs

Webisode Writer Anthony Mullins

Director (Ep 1,2,3,4) Paul Goldman

Director (Ep 5,6,7,10) Pino Amenta

Director (Ep 8,9,11,12) Steve Mann

Director of Photography László Baranyai ACS, HSC

Composer Richard Pleasance

Production Designer Otello Stolfo

Costume Designer Jo Briscoe

Multiplatform Executive Producers Tracey Robertson

Nathan Mayfield

HOODLUM ENTERTAINMENT

Multiplatform Performance Director Nicholas Verso

Based on the novels CONSPIRACY 365 by Gabrielle Lord.

Filmed entirely on location in Melbourne

and Victoria, Australia.

Key Cast + Crew

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Linda Klejus

(EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)

Circa Media is the brainchild of industry leader Linda Klejus. Linda has an extensive background in all aspectsoffilmandtelevisiondrama,havingworkedatthe ABC and the Seven Network, Southern Star, Artist Services, Granada and the Film Finance Corporation in senior production and executive roles. Circa Media is focused on bold and distinctive prime time drama andiscurrentlyproducingthe$13millionflagshipdrama series, ConspiraCy 365, for Movie Network Channels.CircaMediaisalsofinancingadiverserange of projects including The Edge, a psychological thriller set in an acute psychiatric ward, Dirk and Sammy’s Last Judgment, a post-apocalyptic comedy created by Kris Mrksa and Jason Gann (Wilfred), and another Gabrielle Lord adaptation, Gemma Lincoln PI. Linda is currently Chapter Head of the Melbourne Screen Producers Association of Australia.

Peter Jenetsky

(EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)

Peter Jenetsky has worked with some of Australia’s largest media organisations, including senior roles with Austereo and the Seven Network, and is now General Manager of Content Strategy and Marketing for Movie Network Channels. Working at the forefront of pay-TV and digital media, Peter’s responsibilities include strategic brand and content direction for the Network’s bouquet of channels which, under Peter’s seven-year strategic leadership, have grown to include a wide spectrum of channels including Movie One, Movie Two, Movie Extra, Movie Greats and more recently, Starpics 1 and 2 and FMC – Family Movie Channel. Jenetsky also oversees the marketing and advertising sales arm of the Network’s channels, services and broadcast programming. In recent years, he has overseen the expansion of the channels’ production ambitions, including the development and commissioning of The Jesters (seasons 1 and 2), Small Time Gangster and the award-winning comedy Chandon Pictures. Peter has also been responsible forentertainmentformatssuchasthefilm-makingcompetition Project Greenlight as well as the live broadcastoftheshortfilmevent,Movie Extra Tropfest.

Ann Darrouzet

(PRODUCER)

AnnDarrouzethasworkedintheAustralianfilmand television industry for over 30 years. She has worked as a creator, executive producer and producer acrossarangeofproductionsincludingfeaturefilms,documentaries and long form television. Her producing work in television has seen her adapt the work of children’s author Morris Gleitzman to produce the international hits Blabber Mouth and Stickybeak, as well as co-create and executive produce the long form series Holly’s Heroes and Snake Tales, both of which were commissioned by the Nine Network. Ann has also produced Horace & Tina and Thunderstone 1 for the Ten Network. Ann has collected a raft of awards for her many productions, including two AFIs, an International Emmy® Award, a Banff Rockie, and two A.TO.M. Awards, as well as winning the Sydney Film Festival Dendy Award and the St. Kilda Film Festival BestFilmAwardforherearlyshortfilmwork.Anniscurrently a board member of Film Victoria.

Michael Brindley

(SERIES STORY PRODUCER)

Screenwriting since 1978, Michael Brindley graduated from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), achieving theatrical release with hisgraduationfilm,Apples. Michael then went on to work on award-winning feature Shame, which was invited to show at New York’s MOMA New Directors/New Films festival, going on to achieve worldwide distribution. Michael has worked as a television series writer and co-producer on popular series A Country Practice, a writer and script editor on the award-winning Grass Roots, and was also involved in top-rating telemovie One Way Ticket, and mini-series Half a World Away. Michael’s other credits include Associate Producer on MDA, which won an AFI Award for Best Television Drama, and Script ConsultantforAustralianfilmfundingbodiesandthe New Zealand Film Commission. Winner of the Australian Writers’ Guild Award for Script Editing in 1996, Michael has conducted screenwriting courses for the AFTRS, RMIT, La Trobe University, and Melbourne University Summer School.

Key Cast + Crew

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Mark Shirrefs

(SERIES AND MULTIPLATFORM

STORY PRODUCER)

In his 22-year career as a screenwriter, Mark has created, developed, supervised and written over 150 hours of television for series such as The Girl from Tomorrow, Spellbinder, Let the Blood Run Free, Pig’s Breakfast, The Sleepover Club and Classic Tales. Mark has won three AWGIES and his short animated filmThe Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, was nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award®.

Alan Hardy

(NETWORK SCRIPT PRODUCER)

Born in Melbourne and educated in Sydney, Alan Hardy has been behind the cameras on a vast number of Australia’s favourite television productions since 1976. Working in an array of roles including writer, script editor and producer, Alan’s credits are extensive and include Crawford Productions’ The Sullivans still Australia’s most respected television serial, All The Rivers Run, The Henderson Kids 1 and 2, and Something In The Air. He has worked extensively for the Seven Network, with credits such as Marshall Law, Headland, Home and Away, and has most recently worked as Script Department Head and Script Producer of City Homicide. Alan has won multiple AFI awards, received a BAFTA nomination and is one of Australia’s most highly regarded producers.

Emma Moroney

(SUPERVISING PRODUCER)

EmmaMoroneyliterallygrewuponafilmset.Assisting producers from the age of 14 at one of Australia’smostrespectedtelevisionandfilmproduction houses, Horizon Films, Moroney met and startedhercareerinfilmwithaninspiringmentor,Richard Franklin. Since that time, she has spent over 16 years working in all manner of productions from large scale ad campaigns to television series, including the seminal The Secret Life of Us,andfeaturefilmssuch as Phillip Noyce’s The Quiet American, where she learnt much about the 18-hour day. In recent years, Moroney has produced a number of series for FOX8 and Movie Network Channels, including large-scale live events such as Movie Extra Tropfest and Henry Rollins: Live from Melbourne. Developing and producing successful comedy series Chandon Pictures, The Jesters (seasons 1 and 2), Small Time Gangster and now ConspiraCy 365 for Movie Network Channels, Moroney is always on the hunt for the next great script, featuring the next big thing.

Paul Goldman

(DIRECTOR, EPISODES 1,2,3,4)

Paul Goldman is one of Australia’s most successful featurefilmdirectors.Hisworkincludescritically-lauded cinema classics like Suburban Mayhem, The Night We Called It a Day and Australian Rules. He is also an acclaimed television writer and director. In 2010, he made the high-rating Such Is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins for Mushroom Pictures and the Seven Network. Paul is a graduate of both NIDA and Melbourne’s Swinburne Institute of Technology Film and Television School. While still astudent,Paulshotanddirectedhisfirstofmanymusic videos, including ShiversbyNickCave’sfirstband The Boys Next Door. After graduating in 1980, Paul established a specialist music video production company, The Rich Kids. He has directed over 200 international music videos, notably the seminal Nick The Stripper video for Nick Cave’s band The Birthday Party, and for artists including Elvis Costello, INXS, Silverchair, Kylie Minogue, Nick Cave, Crowded House, Hunters and Collectors, The Go-Betweens, Missy Higgins, The Drones, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes and Kate Ceberano. Paul has also directed over 200 television commercials, winning many local and international awards for his work.

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Pino Amenta

(DIRECTOR, EPISODES 5,6,7,10)

Pino Amenta is one of Australia’s most experienced and distinguished television directors. His credits include the high-rating and Logie Award-winning Packed to the Rafters, Winners & Losers, City Homicide, Always Greener and All Saints. In the 1990s, Pino directed many of that decade’s television hits, including Blue Heelers; Good Guys, Bad Guys and Acropolis Now. Pino was instrumental in creating, producing and directing the hit sitcom All Together Now. From concept stage right through to its successful four-year run on the Nine Network, Pino directed 96 of the 100 episodes. He also directed the award-winning children’s television series Mortified, which won two AFI Awards. Marny Kennedy, who Pino discovered and cast as Taylor, won the Young Actor’s Award for her breakout performance. Pino was nominated for the AFI Best Direction in Television Award for Mortified. Over his career, Pino has directed some of Australia’s all-time classic television series like The Flying Doctors, Sons and Daughters and The Sullivans. During the 1980s, Pino directed several hugely popular mini-series: Nancy Wake, All the Rivers Run, Anzacs, My Brother Tom and Sword of Honour.

Steve Mann

(DIRECTOR, EPISODES 8,9,11,12)

Steve’s career in television spans more than 30 years and his directorial credits include some of Australia’s most popular programs, including Blue Heelers, McLeod’s Daughters, Sea Patrol and Stingers. Cutting his teeth back in the late 1970s as a cameraman on ground-breaking Australian drama Prisoner, Steve went on to direct more than 60 episodes of the series through the early 1980s, before moving on to top-rating Australian dramas Blue Heelers and Neighbours, where he directed more than 150 episodes. Steve’s experience in directing programs for a younger audience is evident in his work on The Saddle Club, Heartbreak High and Home and Away. His body of work also includes such diverse programs as Something in the Air, MDA, Paradise Beach, Water Rats and City Homicide.

László Baranyai ACS, HSC

(DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)

László Baranyai was born in Budapest, Hungary and started work as a camera assistant for the Hungarian filmproductioncompanyMafilmin1970.In1978,László was accepted into the internationally renowned Academy of Dramatic and Cinematic Art, Film and Television in Budapest. After graduating in 1982,hereturnedtoMafilmwhere,asDirectorofPhotography,heshotfeaturefilms,documentariesandmanyshortfilms,whichgarneredhimnumerousawards and established his reputation worldwide for excellence in cinematography. In 1988, he relocated to Australia. Now based in Melbourne, László has forged a body of work including television series, mini-series, documentaries, short dramas and multi-award-winningfeaturefilms.LászlóworkedasDirector of Photography on Matt Saville’s Noise, and was recognised with the Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography and an AFI Award nomination. László’s work has also been lauded by the Australian Cinematographers Society Awards, winning awards for Red Water Red and Roy Hollsdotter Live. In 1996, the Hungarian government awarded László the Tribute to Excellence, a prize established for Hungarian filmmakerslivingabroadinrecognitionoftheiroutstanding contribution to world cinema.

Richard Pleasance

(COMPOSER)

Richard Pleasance began his music career as a member of Boom Crash Opera. The band enjoyed national success:theirfirstalbumachievedgoldsalesandtheirsecond double platinum.

Since then, Richard has released two solo albums and has produced, recorded, written for and played with a diverse range of artists including Archie Roach, Paul Kelly, Augie March, Jimmy Little, Deborah Conway, Kate Ceberano and Suzanne Vega.

Richard has also composed for the television series.’ Kenny’s World, SeaChange and the telemovie Emerald Falls, for which he won a 2008 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Award. He has recently completed work on the fourth series of City Homicide for the Seven Network.

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Otello Stolfo

(PRODUCTION DESIGNER)

In 1972, when Otello Stolfo graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a Fellowship Diploma in Interior Design, he had no idea that 30 years into the future, he would be one of Australia’s most sought-after production designers, working in bothfilmandtelevision.Telhasheadedproductiondesign for some of Australia’s best-known television drama series over the past four decades, from Bell Bird, The Sullivans, Cop Shop, All the Rivers Run, The Flying Doctors, Neighbours, Halifax F.P and Good Guys, Bad Guys, to the more recent City Homicide, The Librarians, Small Time Gangster and Stephen King’s Nightmares & Dreamscapes, to name a few. Tel’s work can be seen in both Australian and internationalfeaturefilms,includingSpikeJonze’sWhere the Wild Things Are, Jackie Chan’s The Nice Guy and the soon to be released 6 Plots, directed byLeighSheehan.Outsidefilmandtelevision,Tel’s career has featured projects as diverse as designing the Mascots Pavilion for the Sydney 2000 Olympics to redesigning interior spaces for a range of organisations.

Jo Briscoe

(COSTUME DESIGNER)

Jo Briscoe is a production and costume designer who has recently worked as Production Designer on series one of Woodley for the ABC, and The Late Session for SBS; Art Director for series three of The Librarians; and Costume DesignerontheshortfilmPolly and Me,aswellasonnumerousshortfilms,music videos and commercials. Jo holds a Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design from Pennsylvania State University. She has also designed extensively for live performance companies, including Sydney TheatreCompany,CompanyBBelvoir,Griffin,Oz Opera, Legs on the Wall and ATYP (Australian Theatre for Young People), with shows that have toured both nationally and internationally.

Tracey Robertson and

Nathan Mayfield –

HOODLUM ENTERTAINMENT

(MULTIPLATFORM EXECUTIVE

PRODUCERS)

Hoodlum Entertainment was formed by entrepreneurs andfilmmakersTraceyRobertsonandNathanMayfieldin1999andhasbecomeagroundbreakingEmmy® Award-winning multiplatform production company. Hoodlum specialises in creating high-quality entertainment content designed to engage fans acrosstelevision,film,online,mobileandemergingmedia platforms for worldwide distribution.

Hoodlum has built an impressive portfolio of work for today’s leading broadcast networks in North America, the U.K. and Australia, creating award-winning work for Lost, Spooks, Salt and many more. They have over 25 major projects under their belt including innovative work with brands and advertisers.

Hoodlum has garnered a number of the industry’s top awards including a Primetime Emmy® for Lost and an International Emmy® for Primeval, as well as two BAFTA Awards, a Global Media Award, and the Broadcast Digital Channel Award. They have been nominated for three International Digital Emmy® Awards and two more BAFTA Awards.

Hoodlum’s current success story is SLiDE—a ground-breaking multiplatform series created for FOX8. Hoodlum has capitalised on its skills in television storytelling, expertise in multiplatform, and its evolution into technology to create a business that is primed to produce compelling experiences, regardless of how audiences choose to watch, play and share.

Gabrielle Lord

(AUTHOR – CONSPIRACY 365 NOVELS)

Gabrielle Lord survived being ‘razed’ by the nuns, acquiring an education in the process, and after working in many different areas—sales, teaching, brick-cleaning, peach-picking and packing, and in thePublicServiceasanemploymentofficer—startedwriting seriously aged 30.

Herfirsttwomanuscriptsendedupcompostingthetomatoes at her market garden—another attempt to make a living—but the third one, Fortress, was picked upinternationallyandmadeintoafeaturefilmstarringRachel Ward. A later novel, Whipping Boy, was made intoatelemoviestarringSigridThornton.Thefilm-rights money, along with her daughter leaving school, allowed Gabrielle to resign. Instead of getting up at 4.30 a.m. and writing for several hours before heading off for work, she could write full-time and lead a more ‘normal’ writer’s life—hanging around with scientists and detectives, badgering forensic anthropologists and doing work experience with a busy private security business—and, of course, writing.

Gabrielle has now written 15 adult novels, with Death by Beauty coming out in 2012, and 14 novels for young adults. Following this mammoth endeavour, she already has plans for another two adult novels and two more for young adults.

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Production NotesIn2010,ScholasticAustraliapublishedthefirstinaseries of young adult novels written by award-winning authorGabrielleLord—‘Australia’sfirstladyofcrime’—based around a year in the life of 15-year-old Callum Ormond. In the series, ConspiraCy 365, Cal’s father has just died in strange circumstances and Cal is warned that he will meet a similar fate unless he is able to solve a puzzling mystery dating back to Elizabethan times.

The books, released in monthly instalments, went on to sell in excess of 500,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand. The fast-paced action, the relatable young protagonist, the thrilling puzzle to be solved and the cliff-hanger at the end of each book kept young readers coming back for more.

Linda Klejus, Executive Producer of ConspiraCy 365, recognised the potential of Gabrielle’s concept for television. “When Gabrielle started describing the books to me, I immediately knew that it would make a fantastic TV series. So I’d already commenced optioning the books before they were published. Gabrielle sent me the synopses of the stories and I could see they were exciting—lots of life-threatening jeopardy and action.”

Gabrielle Lord has published more than 20 books, to great critical acclaim and commercial success. Over a long career, Gabrielle has honed her talent for telling compelling mysteries, and has seen several of her booksadaptedforfilmortelevision—mostmemorably,the terrifying 1982 big-screen release of Fortress.

When she heard that the ConspiraCy 365 series was to be made for television, Gabrielle was ecstatic. Afeaturefilm,shesays,“wouldnothavedonejusticeto it. Whereas this way it is faithfully reproducing the episodic structure of what I’ve written, so I’m absolutely delighted. From what I’ve seen, it’s just terrific.”

The stroke of genius, story-wise, is the centering of this modern-day narrative around an ancient puzzle: the Ormond Singularity. The concept is based, incredibly, on an old secret from within Gabrielle’s own family. Gabrielle tells the tale: “I was looking for a big secret, because I knew Cal would have to be chasing something amazing to sustain 12 books over a whole year. I lucked onto a rumour about Elizabeth I and a relative of mine: Black Tom Butler, the Tenth Earl of Ormond. So I went to Ireland and enquired further about this rumour, and found that it was quite widely believed in certain parts of Ireland. I went to see the Keeper of Rare Books at Trinity College, Dublin… and I can’t really say more because it will give the story away to those who haven’t read it, but it’s about Good Queen Bess, and she was obviously very, very fond of Black Tom.”

The next phase of bringing ConspiraCy 365 tothesmallscreenwastofindanetworkthatwouldbesupportive of the level of innovation that Linda Klejus knew would be necessary to do the story justice. As it turned out, Movie Network Channels was looking for a television event, targeted at a family audience. It was after a big-budget, action-oriented show with high production values and innovative storytelling that could comfortably sit alongside its predominate movie schedule. Next on board were Emmy® Award-winning multiplatform production company Hoodlum Entertainment, whose brief was to bring a level of ‘active storytelling’ to the audience across multiple platforms. Viewers can experience the story on television, and they can enrich that experience by engaging with the story online, in the form of webisodes, vlogs, behind-the-scenes material and additional character information.

As writer Mark Shirrefs explains, the online content is much more than rehashing information that viewers are perfectly capable of working out themselves. “One of the really nice things about it is that you get a chance to deal with characters in unexpected ways, like with Winter. She’s the main young female character and she has a very interesting story of her own, and we don’t really get a chance to develop that on screen, but we actually get a chance to do much more with her via her vlogs.” And unlike traditional television ‘add-on’ material, ConspiraCy 365 features broadcast-quality online content, with unique storylines.

Awesome story, compelling characters, dedicated producers, $13 million budget, multiplatform technology—all the ingredients were in place to brew up a heady television experience. The adaptation process was ready to begin. Producer Ann Darrouzet says, “Television is a fast and furious medium, and one element you’ve got to have is a great script. The process of scripting on ConspiraCy 365 has been huge!”

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Circa Media

Circa Media is the brainchild of industry leader Linda Klejus.

LindaKlejushasanextensivebackgroundinallaspectsoffilmandtelevisiondramahavingworkedattheABCand the Seven Network, Southern Star, Artist Services, Granada and the Film Finance Corporation in senior production and executive roles.

CircaMediaisfocusedonboldanddistinctiveprimetimedrama.Our$13milliondollarflagshipdramaseriesConspiraCy 365 has screened throughout 2012 on the Movie Network Channels. Alongside the series, Circa Media has undertaken a $1 million multi-platform strategy to reward the dedicated fans for their commitment with a deep and immersive viewing experience.

CircaMediaiscurrentlyfinancingadiverserangeofprojectsincludinganotherGabrielleLordadaptation,Phoenix; about a female private investigator, Winter (the sequel to ConspiraCy 365); The Edge, a 12 x 1 hour medical thriller set in an acute psychiatric ward about a psychiatrist, his patients, and their demons; The Murder Book, a 13 x 1 hour prime time cold crime drama series, The Facemaker, a 4 x 1 hour mini series set during WW1 about iconic Australian artist Tim Roberts, and Dirk and Sammy’s Last Judgement – a post-apocalyptic narrative comedy created by Kris Mrksa (Wilfred, The Slap, Devil’s Dust, Underbelly).

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Multiplatform

Experience

The ConspiraCy 365 website along with theofficialseriesFacebookpageandYouTubechannelcomprise the key components of the series substantial multiplatform initiative.

Designed to complement and deepen the on air experience, exclusive video content, images, gameplay and social activities are available to complement each episode premiere. Fans are encouraged to engage in activities to unlock the rewards, which consist of exclusive preview content and prizes.

All video content has been written by the series writers andshotbymainunit,representingasignificantinvestment in content made exclusively for online. Content includes; video logs from the series central character Cal Ormond; Case File 365, preview content; user generated content and character dossiers.

The multiplatform initiative also includes an iPhone, iPad and iTouch application, which replicates a fans experience on the website and allows them to interact with other fans through chat and the ability to ‘check in’ whilst watching the series. Click to view

www.conspiracy365.tv www.facebook.com/conspiracy365 www.youtube.com/conspiracy365 Multiplatform Experience Trailer

Casefile 365

A 12 part webseries supporting the on air storyline, CaseFile 365 speaks to audiences directly to provide necessary background information. Hosted by a big ConspiraCy 365 fan – Bardy McKinnon dissects each episode, delving into the characters, clues and scenarios of the show. Bardy is a passionate eccentric devoted to helping Cal and communicating with other C365 fans.

Multiplatform Experience includes:

• ConspiraCy 365 iPhone and iPad App

• ConspiraCy 365 central destination website www.conspiracy365.tv

• ConspiraCy 365 Social Pages (posts GEO locked to individual destinations)

• ConspiraCy 365 Social Copy (pre-written posts – no community management)

• ConspiraCy 365 multiplatform video content:

o Winter’s Dossier - 12 x 1-2 minutes

o Cal’s VLOG - 12 x 1-2 minutes

o Behind The Scenes - 2 x 4 - 5 minutes

o News Reports - 12 x 1 - 2 minutes

o Prequel webseries - 12 x 3 - 4 minutes

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SHORT SYNOPSIS:

At his father’s funeral, 15-year-old Cal Ormond is warned about the Ormond Singularity, a deadly family mystery that kills those who seek it. Can Cal survive the next 365 days and solve the mystery?

LONG SYNOPSIS:

At his father’s funeral, 15-year-old Cal Ormond is warned about the Ormond Singularity, a deadly family mystery that kills those who seek it. Can Cal survive the next 365 days and solve the mystery?

After returning from Tom’s funeral, the Ormond family discovers their home has been burgled. Is it simply bad luck or something more? Cal soon realises nothing is coincidental after his uncle Rafe is shot and his younger sister Gabbi is knocked unconscious in a home attack. What is the Ormond Singularity? Why is it worth killing for?

With the police believing Cal assaulted his uncle and sister, he has no choice but to run. He needs to clear hisnameandfindoutwhattheSingularityis.

334 days to go…

SHORT SYNOPSIS:

Cal is living on the streets, wanted for a crime he didn’t commit. As he continues to work on the clues to the Ormond Singularity, a mysterious girl, Winter, saves him from certain death. But can Cal trust her?

LONG SYNOPSIS:

Cal Ormond is living on the streets, wanted for a crime he didn’t commit. As he continues to work on the clues to the Ormond Singularity, a mysterious girl, Winter, saves him from certain death. But can Cal really trust her?

Boges warns Cal to stay away from Winter. Her guardian is Vulkan Sligo, after all. But when Winter recognises the Angel from one of Tom’s cryptic drawings, Cal is forced to take a chance and follow her lead.

After catching sight of a boy who looks exactly like him, Cal starts to wonder if being on the run is making him lose the plot. But what if it’s not? Could Cal have a double out there?

306 days to go…

JANUARY FEBRUARYEpisode

Synopses

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SHORT SYNOPSIS:

Cal enlists the help of safe-cracking recluse, Repro, to break into Oriana’s house and steal the Ormond Riddle. But his moment of triumph is short-lived when he realises a key piece of the Riddle is missing.

LONG SYNOPSIS:

Cal enlists the help of safe-cracking recluse, Repro, to break into Oriana’s house and steal the Ormond Riddle. But his moment of glory is short-lived when he realises a key piece of the Riddle is missing.

Sligo and Oriana aren’t the only people on Cal’s trail. Detective McGrath is using all his resources to catch the ‘psycho kid’. When one of McGrath’s men stumbles upon Cal’s hideout, Cal resorts to desperate measures to escape.

Boges’s suspicion of Winter increases, and Cal is forced to try and ease the tension between them. But Cal knows Boges has a point: how do Oriana and Sligo seemtofindCalateveryturn?CouldWinterbeadouble agent?

275 days to go…

SHORT SYNOPSIS:

Cal battles to outrun Jake and Kelvin as they pursue him over rough terrain. His mission to get to Uncle Bart’s is sidelined after he discovers Gabbi’s life support is about to be switched off.

LONG SYNOPSIS:

Cal battles to outrun Jake and Kelvin as they pursue him over rough terrain. Cal’s mission to get to Uncle Bart’s is sidelined after he discovers Gabbi’s life support is about to be switched off.

Cal needs to get back to the city and fast. An unusual opportunity presents itself when retiree Melba Snipe spies Cal and offers him a lift in her boot. Will Cal take the risk and trust her?

Desperate not to lose his sister, Cal sneaks into the hospital and pleads with Gabbi to wake up. But McGrath is on the move and Cal doesn’t have much time before he catches up with him.

245 days to go…

MARCH APRIL

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SHORT SYNOPSIS:

Cal wakes up imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital. Boges and Winter put their differences aside in a bid to bust Cal out and get him to his great-uncle Bart’s. Does Bart hold the key to the Singularity?

LONG SYNOPSIS:

Cal wakes up imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital. Boges and Winter put their differences aside in a bid to bust Cal out and get him to his great-uncle Bart’s. Does Bart hold the key to the Singularity?

In the mental institution, Cal is told his name is Ben Galloway. Cal is disorientated and confused–maybe he isn’t who he thinks he is. If Winter and Boges are going to get Cal out, they’ll have to snap him out of his medicated haze.

Calfindshisgreat-uncleBart,anoldtimerwhoissceptical about the Singularity and Cal. However, when Cal and Bart discover a shared passion for planes, Cal warms to a man he barely knows and Bart reveals key information to solving the Singularity. But with Oriana’s and Sligo’s men in pursuit, these Ormonds may not have as much time as they think.

214 days to go…

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The stakes are raised when small-town cops hunt down Cal after his narrow escape in Uncle Bart’s plane. Cracks start to appear in Cal and Boges’s friendship as Cal pushes on with a plan to steal the Ormond Jewel.

LONG SYNOPSIS:

The stakes are raised when small-town cops hunt down Cal after his narrow escape in Uncle Bart’s plane. Cracks start to appear in Cal and Boges’s friendship as Cal pushes on with a plan to steal the Ormond Jewel.

Every cop within a 50 km radius is looking for Cal. Can he get back to the city undetected? A look at a picture of the Ormond Jewel delivers a surprising revelation for Winter—she’s seen it before and she knows who has it.

Boges continues to struggle with Cal’s risk-taking, especially after Cal contacts a fellow street kid, Griff, in a bid to get fast cash. Meanwhile, Winter reveals the tragic truth behind why her birthday will never be a celebration.

184 days to go…

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SHORT SYNOPSIS:

The double key code still stumps Cal. He travels to a secluded convent to ask his aunt Millicent what she knows about the mystery. Can Cal get a woman who hasn’t spoken in 14 years to reveal her secrets?

LONG SYNOPSIS:

The double key code still stumps Cal. He travels to a secluded convent to ask his great-aunt Millicent what she knows about the mystery. Can Cal get a woman who hasn’t spoken in 14 years to reveal her secrets?

Cal looks through Millicent’s belongings and discovers letters from Piers Ormond, his great-great-grandfather. The letters reveal what Cal suspected: the two missing lines of the Riddle are the key to the Singularity.

Cal chases down the Ormond family solicitor, Sheldrake Rathbone, in a bid to get Piers Ormond’s will. But not all legal eagles are honest and upstanding. Cal’s desperation for answers may be his undoing. Is this the end for the ‘psycho kid’?

153 days to go…

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Cal, in police custody, is confronted by an unforgiving Detective McGrath. Gabbi wakes from her coma and Oriana uses her as leverage to get Cal. But even the best laid plans can go wrong.

LONG SYNOPSIS:

Cal, in police custody, is confronted by an unforgiving McGrath. Gabbi wakes from her coma and Oriana uses her as leverage to get Cal and his resources. But even the best laid plans can go wrong.

Cal, no longer a naïve teen, gets past the police and breaks out of hospital. He’s helped by a stranger, Nelson Sharkey, a private investigator in the right place at the right time.

Cal is given a dream 16th birthday present: he learns that Gabbi has woken up from her coma. But just as he gets his sister back, she is taken away again, this time by Oriana. Cal loves Gabbi and will do anything to get herback,evensacrificehimself.

122 days to go…

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SHORT SYNOPSIS:

Boges, struggling with Gabbi’s near death at the river, pulls out of the game. Gabbi notices Emily acting strangely. Cal pushes to steal back what Oriana took from him. Is his lucky streak about to end?

LONG SYNOPSIS:

Boges, struggling with Gabbi’s near death at the river, pulls out of the game. Gabbi notices Emily is acting strangely. Cal pushes to steal back what Oriana took from him. Is his lucky streak about to end?

After Gabbi’s kidnapping and near drowning, Boges decides he’s had enough. Cal is dismayed, but is side-tracked by seeing the boy who looks exactly like him. Cal follows him home with startling results.

Cal and Winter unlock the mystery behind the Singularity. This is bigger than Cal could have ever imagined. They need Boges’s help to bug Oriana’s houseandfindwhereshe’skeepingtheclues.ButCalgets caught and Oriana orders her boys to dispose of Cal permanently.

92 days to go…

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Cal wakes in the forest very much alive. Why did Kelvin spare his life? And what are the numbers written on Cal’s arm? Cal, Boges and Winter hatch a plan to get rid of one of their foes for good.

LONG SYNOPSIS:

Cal wakes in the forest very much alive. Why did Kelvin spare his life? And what are the numbers written on Cal’s arm? Cal, Boges and Winter hatch a plan to get rid of one of their foes for good.

Cal makes his way back to Winter’s place. With Boges back on board, they now have a chance to get back everything Oriana took. Meanwhile, Sligo gets in touch with Oriana and asks her join him in going after Cal. But they have no idea that a little birdy is listening to their conversation. Will Oriana’s ego be her undoing?

Cal, Winter and Boges are on a mission to expose their enemies. But sometimes the truth can be as unfavourableasalie.WhenWinterfindsherfather’swill, she gets closer to uncovering what happened between Sligo and her parents. And it isn’t what she expects.

61 days to go…

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER

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SHORT SYNOPSIS:

A dying man confesses that he kidnapped Cal and his twinRyan15yearsagoandCalfinallygetsRyantoacceptthedifficulttruth.WinterconfrontsSligoanddiscovers the truth about her parents’ death.

LONG SYNOPSIS:

A dying man confesses he kidnapped Cal and his twinRyan15yearsagoandCalfinallygetsRyantoacceptthedifficulttruth.WinterconfrontsSligoanddiscovers what really happened to her parents.

After narrowly evading the police yet again, Cal asks Nelson for help. He wants a meeting with Murray ‘Toe Cutter’ Durham, a hardened criminal who he suspects knows something about the Ormond Singularity. But Toe Cutter’s connection to Cal is more personal than he can possibly imagine.

RyanfinallyacceptsthatheandCalarebrothers.Andwhile Rafe confesses the reason behind his rift with Tom, Winter shows Sligo her true colours. What will a hard man like Vulkan Sligo do after his heart has been broken?

31 days to go…

SHORT SYNOPSIS:

With only days left before the Singularity runs out, Cal,Boges,WinterandNelsonflytoIreland.Cantheycrackthecodeandfindthetreasure?WillCalcomplete his father’s legacy before the clock strikes 12?

LONG SYNOPSIS:

With only days left before the Singularity runs out, Cal,Boges,WinterandNelsonflytoIreland.Cantheycrackthecodeandfindthetreasure?WillCalcomplete his father’s legacy before the clock strikes 12?

Professor Brinsley helps Cal and the team uncover the last two lines of the Riddle. This is it. They know what the next step is—and hopefully it will lead them to the Singularity! Sligo, Bruno and Rafe have also hit Irish soil. The clock is ticking. Will they catch up with Cal? Will Cal claim the Singularity in time?

As true intentions and buried secrets rise to the surface, Cal, Boges and Winter will soon discover what they’re made of. Who will be the last one standing?

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What is

the Ormond

Singularity?

Queen Elizabeth I’s last will and testament contained a codicil known as the ‘Ormond Singularity’ granting the heirs of the Tenth Earl of Ormond a royal inheritance.

The inheritance is made up of two parts.

Thefirstisarighttolandsandatitle—theEarlofOrmond.

The second part is a fortune in gold and jewels.

Onlythefirst-bornmaleofeachgenerationhastheopportunity to inherit the lands and title but anyone can steal thefortune…iftheycanfindit!Thegoldandjewelshavebeen hidden for centuries; the Ormond Jewel and Riddle hold the clues to their location. Together they form a double key code; however, the curse of the Singularity has defeated everyone who has ever tried to solve the mystery.

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Callum / Ryan Ormond

Harrison Gilbertson

Tom Ormond

David Whiteley

Gabbi Ormond

Mietta White

CAL & FRIENDSCAL’S FAMILY

Bogdan “Boges” Michalko

Taylor Glockner

Uncle Rafe

David Whiteley

Emily Ormond

Kate KendallWinter Frey

Marny Kennedy

Cal’s

World...

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Vulkan Sligo

Rob CarltonOriana de la Force

Julia Zemiro

Kelvin

Andrew Curry

Bruno

Sachin Joab

Yuri

Aaron Jakubenko Jake

James Sorensen

Chasing

Cal...

SLIGO’S GANG

ORIANA’S

GANG

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Repro Syd Brisbane

Nelson Sharkey Damien Richardson

Eric Blair Dion Mills

Jennifer Smith Tanya Burne

Melba Snipe Julia Blake

Lachlan Bryce Hardy

Belinda Scott Pia Miller

Griff Justin Holborow

Uncle Bart Gerard Kennedy

Great Aunt Millicent Beverly Dunn

Sister Jerome Penne Hackforth-Jones

Spike Josh Futcher

Dr Glasser Shane Nagle

Gilda Laura Pike

Dr Theophilus Brinsley Lawrence Mooney

Rathbone Nicholas Bell

Vernon Fletcher Humphrys

Barry Rick Tonna

Mrs Fitzgerald Joan Sydney

Nurse Lisa Hemsworth

Murray ‘Toe Cutter’ Durham Vince Gill

Cal Meets...

THE POLICE

Detective Ferrara

Debbie Zukerman

Detective McGrath

Ryan O’Kane

Chasing

Cal...

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Cal had always been a happy-go-lucky kid—likeable and attractive, with lots of friends, male and female alike. Until recently he was just an ordinary teenager juggling school and friends, but when we meet Cal his father has just died in mysterious circumstances. When his uncle and little sister are attacked, Cal becomes the prime suspect. Cal’s quest is not just to complete the task his father began and solve the mystery of the Ormond Singularity, but also to redeem himself in his father’s eyes and bring the family back together again.

Harrison Gilbertson is CAL ORMOND

One of Australia’s most sought-after young actors, Harrison Gilbertson made his stage debut at age six, playing Sorrow in the opera Madama Butterfly with the State Opera of South Australia. In 2000 he appeared in the Adelaide Festival Opera production of Writing to Vermeer, under the direction of Peter Greenaway.

Harrison, whose mature screen presence belies his years, has played pivotalrolesinseveralAustralianfilms.HeplayedGreggyinPaulGoldman’s highly acclaimed Australian Rules, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002. In Ana Kokkinos’s Blessed he played troubled teenager Daniel alongside Miranda Otto, Deborra-Lee Furness and Frances O’Connor. His moving performance as young sapper Frank TiffininJeremySims’sWorldWarIdramaBeneath Hill 60 won him the 2010 AFI Young Actor Award. In 2008, he played the lead role, alongside Academy Award® winner Geena Davis, in the critically acclaimed coming-of-age comedy/drama Accidents Happen.

Harrison’s performance as Billy Conway in Accidents Happen brought himtotheattentionofagentsinLosAngeles.In2009,hefilmedtheleadrole of Emmett alongside Academy Award® winner Jennifer Connelly and Academy Award® nominee Ed Harris in What’s Wrong with Virginia, produced by Gus Van Sant and directed by Academy Award® winnerDustinLanceBlack.Thefilmisslatedforreleaseinlate2011.

Boges (Bogdan Michalko) is Cal’s best friend. He’s tall and good-looking, but unlike Cal, is shy and self-effacing. He lacksCal’seasyconfidence.Atschool,Bogesisn’tpopularand is even a bit of a joke, something that isn’t helped by being a ‘brain’.

But Boges is much stronger and braver than he realises, and for Cal, Boges’s help is invaluable to his survival.

Taylor Glockner is BOGES

Even though Taylor is a relative newcomer, he is being touted as one of Australia’s most promising young actors. After graduating from Brisbane’s Film & Television Studio International, Taylor scored the role to play Boges in the television series ConspiraCy 365. Thanks to hisperformancesinshortfilmsInvade and Loco, Taylor has been dubbed one of Australia’s hottest new talents, particularly in the eyes of teenage girls.

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Winter was orphaned on her 10th birthday, when her wealthy parents were killed in a car ‘accident’. After their death, she became the ward of criminal hard-man Vulkan Sligo. Winter’s tough but enigmatic manner hides the fact that she’s desperately lonely and intensely self-protective, striving to maintain her sense of identity. Winter is highly intelligent, curious and well-read—she’s far more sophisticated than Cal and Boges. She lives in relative luxury with Sligo, but she despises him, suspecting him of having murdered her parents and cheated her out of her inheritance.

Marny Kennedy is WINTER

MarnyKennedywonherfirstAFIAwardattheageof13,forher standout lead performance as Taylor Fry in internationally acclaimed 2006 television series Mortified. She went on to star as Veronica DiAngelo in the top-rating children’s series The Saddle Club, which aired in the U.S., Canada, and across Europe, as well as in Australia. Marny, a trained singer and dancer, also featured on the soundtrack for the series.

In 2010, Marny played one of three lead roles in the teen series A gURL’s wURLd, an Australia-Germany-Singapore co-production for Southern Star, shot on location in Sydney, Singapore and Germany.

OthercreditsincludeaguestroleintheseasontwofinaleoftheTen Network drama Rush,andtheleadintherecentshortfilmGolden Girl, directed by Grant Scicluna for Film Victoria.

Winter Frey

Sligo, aged around 40 is a colourful criminal identity who is now trying to add a veneer of respectability, culture and philanthropy to his public persona. He grew up poor on a Housing Commission estate with Oriana and Kelvin, andstartedoutwithnothingbutfistsandmuscle.Afterastretchinjail,herealised he was more than just a bully and standover man—he had cunning and street smarts. His sights are set high and his murky past paradoxically adds a frisson of glamour to his image. Sligo is Winter’s guardian. After stealing her parents’ money by arranging for their deaths, he decided to adopt 10-year-old Winter, for whom he always had a genuinely caring attachment.Winter’shumanisinginfluencehasmadeSligowanttobeabetter man.

Rob Carlton is SLIGO

RobCarlton,oneofAustralia’smostrespectedfilmandtelevisionactors,hasappeared in many of Australia’s best-known television shows, portraying reallifefiguresKerryPackerintheSouthernStar/ABCproductionPaper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, and crooked cop Neville ‘Scully’ Scullion in Underbelly III – The Golden Mile. He starred in the Working Dog comedy series The Hollowmen, with Rob Sitch and Santo Cilauro, made a guest appearance on Thank God You’re Here and has just completed shooting a role in Working Dog’s latestfeaturefilm,Any Questions for Ben?

Since he began his career at the age of 14, Rob has appearedinover15featurefilms,mostrecentlyinPJ Hogan’s Mental and in Strange Bedfellows with Australian comedy icon Paul Hogan. Rob wrote, co-directedandstarredintheshortfilmCarmichael & Shane, which won Tropfest 2006. Rob also won the award for Best Male Actor.

Rob’s successful television production company, Shadowfax TV, produced two series of the award-winning comedy Chandon Pictures, seen on Movie Extra and the ABC in Australia. He co-directed the project and also takes creator, writer and acting credits in the series. Chandon Pictures now plays in over 15 territories around the world, including the U.S. and U.K. As a writer, Rob won an AWGIE Award for Chandon Pictures.

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Orianaisacolourful,high-profilecriminallawyer,famousfordefendingnotorious criminals against very serious charges for very high fees. She grew up in poverty with her brother Kelvin, and Vulkan Sligo. Like Sligo, she was determined to claw her way up the ladder. Sex, lies and blackmailwerehercurrency.She’sbrilliant,aggressiveandflamboyantin a high fashion way and loves all the attention this gets her. In private, she’s given to terrifying icy rages that can reduce grown men, like her lover Jake or younger brother Kelvin, to blubbering wrecks. At some point on her journey, she changed her name to Oriana—a term the Elizabethans used to refer to their queen—because she is obsessed with Elizabeth I, and believes she is descended from royalty. This obsession is what has led her to the Ormond Singularity and Cal.

Julia Zemiro is ORIANA

The popular host of SBS’s Rockwiz moved to Australia at two and a half, later attending school and university in Sydney before moving

to Melbourne to attend the Victorian College of the Arts. Upon graduation, she found work touring with Bell Shakespeare Company andfeaturedinshortfilms,winningtheTropfestBestActressAward in both 1997 and 2000.

Julia trained extensively in Theatresports, which comes as no surprise to fans of her improvisational wit on Thank God You’re Here. She has played lead roles on stage at MTC and the Malthouse and has gone on to win a further legion of fans as a commentator for the SBS broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Julia’s extensive television credits include Talking ‘Bout My Generation, Good News Week, Totally Full Frontal and as winner of Australia’s Brainiest TV Star. She has toured Australia and Edinburgh with Spontaneous Broadway, the improvised musical. She is delighted to be playing Oriana de la Force.

Oriana de la Force

As Tom Ormond, Cal’s father, died in a hospice a week before the action begins, he isonlyseeninflashbacks.Hewasasuccessfuljournalist—acharismatic,dynamicand impulsive man—which made his slow death all the more painful for his wife and children. Tom and Emily had a good marriage, but both carried the wound of their lost baby son Samuel (who reappears as Ryan), Cal’s identical twin. Before Tom’s death, he was researching a story in Ireland on Australian families with Irish heritage. At this time he discovered the centuries-old family puzzle known as the Ormond Singularity, and became obsessed with solving it. Before his death, he used all the family’s money, unbeknownst to Emily, to buy the Ormond Jewel.

Uncle RafeRafe, 45, is the identical twin of his minutes-older brother Tom. Where Tom is a good-looking and popular man, Rafe is curiously off-putting and there’s something quite cold about him. He’s quiet, withdrawn, humourless and self-absorbed, though he puts on a public front, seeming honest, decent and caring. Rafe is an architect, the solitary nature of the job suiting his personality, and he has a secret hobby pursuing botany, with a particular interest in toxic plants. He’s a pessimist, where Tom was an optimist. Rafe has always been in love with Tom’s wife Emily. Now that Tom is dead, and Cal has gone on the run, Rafe relishes the chance to step in and help Emily get back on her feet.

David Whiteley is

UNCLE RAFE and TOM ORMOND

David Whiteley most recently appeared in the feature films Killer Elite, alongside Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert DeNiro; the soon to be released Australian sci-fi feature Crawlspace; and the arthouse feature Exit. His other screen appearances include the U.S. fantasy/adventure series Beastmaster, as well as Ponderosa, The Man from Snowy River and a number of Australian television programs such as City Homicide, Stingers and The Hollowmen.

David has also appeared in numerous stage productions at Red Stitch Actors Theatre—of which he is artistic director and a founding member—including Rabbit Hole, Bug, and the award-winning productions Howie the Rookie, Red Sky Morning and Harvest.

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Cal’s little sister, Gabbi, is eight years old. She’s a bubbly, smart, imaginative tomboy who adores her big brother and always forgives his moods and rejections. Gabbi is still numb from her father’s death. Tom was her hero and she really can’t believe she’ll never see him again, but his absence makes her need Cal all the more.

Mietta White is GABBI

Miettawasjustfiveyearsoldwhensheblewthejudgesawaywithhersolosonganddanceroutinesonthefirstseasonof Australia’s Got Talent,landingheraplaceinthegrandfinal.Mietta’sothertelevision credits include a guest appearance in City Homicide for theSevenNetworkandhershortfilmcreditsincludetheleadinI’m The Lion, directed by Bill Irving, and Jelly, directed by Althea Jones. Commercial experience includes Target, Axa, WorkSafe and the infamous ‘gay dad’ Freedom Furniture television commercial. Mietta has been dancing and singing from a very young age and is exceptional in jazz, tap and ballet, gaining a high distinction grade for her RAD Grade 2 ballet exam. She has also been studying drama and musical theatre at Centrestage Performing Arts School. Now almost nine, Mietta is thrilled to be playing the role of Gabbi in ConspiraCy 365.

Gabbi Ormond

Emily,anarchitect,isinherlate30s.Inflashbacksweseethestrong,warm, vivacious woman Emily used to be before Tom’s illness and death. She and Tom were seen as the perfect couple, made for each other. Emily is still haunted by the kidnapping (and presumed death) of one of her twin sons 15 years earlier. When Rafe and Gabbi are attacked, Emily has littlechoicebuttobelievethedamningDNAandfingerprintevidence,and descends into a fog of grief and confusion.

Kate Kendall is EMILY

Multi-award-winning Kate Kendall has had an extensive career in theatre,televisionandfilm,thoughsheisprobablybestknowninAustralia for her ongoing role as Detective Angie Piper in the Nine Network hit television series Stingers. Her most recent television work includes the U.S. television series The Starter Wife, the ABC black comedy The Librarians and the U.S. drama series The Pacific. More recently, Kate has had guest roles in popular Australian series such as Ten Network drama Rush and the Seven Network’s City Homicide.

Kate’s formidable slate of theatrical work includes productions such as The Red and the Black, Next to Normal, Dust, Chicago, Miss Julie, Into the Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Secret of Salvador Dali, The Vagina Monologues and Art & Soul. In 2010, Kate played the leading role of Ulrike Meinhof in the Melbourne International Arts Festival production of the controversial performance artwork Richter/Meinhof-Opera.

In 2004, Kate was nominated for Most Outstanding Actress in a Television Series at the Logie Awards for her work in the television series Stingers. In 2007, she was nominated for Best Solo Performance in the Green Room Awards’ for her work on The Lover.

Kate’sfilmworkincludesKing of the Mountain, On the Beach andmorerecently,theleadingroleofKatherineinthefilm

Belladonna.In2009,shefilmedthefeaturefilmMatching Jack with Richard Roxburgh. In 2011, she shot Dee McLachlan’s (The Jammed) controversial spoof Eliminated.

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Sligo’s chief enforcer/attack dog. Ex-con. Smarter than your average thug. A rev-head, Bruno drives a black Subaru WRX. Bruno met Sligo in jail 10 years ago when he was put away for a long stretch after a string of violent armed robberies. Bruno commands respect from the people around him—including Sligo. And as long as that continues, Bruno’s loyalty will never waver. But like a dog, the inner mongrel is always there and if Bruno isn’t happy with the way he’s being treated, he has no qualms about biting the hand that’s feeding him. Bruno is suspicious of Winter and can’t understand why Sligo can’t see through her. He treats her with ironic ‘respect’.

Sachin Joab is BRUNO

Sachin Joab was born in Melbourne and graduated from the National Theatre Drama School in 2008. As an actor, he has been involved in film,televisionandstageproductions,andisalsoacontemporarydancer and an R&B singer.

OverrecentyearsSachinhasspentasignificantamountoftimeintheU.S.,winningrolesinindependentfilms.Healsoundertookfurther acting study in New York. His vocal diversity has enabled him to perform in a wide variety of roles using various foreign accents including American, Indian, English and South African.

Coming from an intensely athletic upbringing, Sachin has also studied human movement, which assisted him in the physicality of stage roles such as the rough-and-tumble Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and the twisted body of Shakespeare’s Richard III.

SachinhasappearedinAustralianfeaturefilmsincludingMy Year Without Sex, Big Mamma’s Boy and the soon to be released Who Wants to be a Terrorist, and in television shows City Homicide, Rush and Neighbours.

Bruno

Detective

McGrath

A dogged, dedicated senior detective in charge of the manhunt for ‘teen fugitive’, Cal Ormond. Rigid and authoritarian, McGrath’s blind spot is his obsession with wayward, violent teenagers, due to his having been a victim of teen violence in his past. Nevertheless, he is unfailingly courteous to Emily and kind to Gabbi, and genuinely feels for them both.

Ryan O’Kane is DETECTIVE McGRATH

After completing a B.A. in Psychology at Otago University, Ryan’s intention to study medicine was interrupted by his passion for acting. He enrolled in drama school, but found his studies yet again put on hold when he won one of the lead roles in the TVNZ drama The Insiders Guide to Love.Hissuccessinthisroleledtofurtherfilmandtelevisionwork, including roles in New Zealand cop-show-with-a-twist The Hothouse and award-winning feature Out of the Blue.

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Formerly Oriana’s younger personal trainer, now her lover and thug.He’sastrong,well-definedspecimenwhorarelyspeaks,butconstantly needles and puts down Kelvin. Close-cropped hair, tatts and is ripped under his clothes, but more is a gym rat on steroids than a genuine body builder.

James Sorensen is JAKE

James is best known for his work on Neighbours, joining the cast in 2007 in the role of Declan Napier. His character became hugely popular with fans, and as Declan fell in love, married, became a father and then a widower, viewers experienced the highs and lows alongside him.

After four years on Australia’s longest running drama, James left to pursue a career in the army. This stint was unfortunately short-lived due to injury. James’s work on ConspiraCy 365 marks his return to Australian television.

James made his professional acting debut as a teenager in the featurefilmHating Alison Ashley, opposite Delta Goodrem. Soon after, he scored a main role in the teen hit Blue Water High, for Southern Star and the ABC, which amassed him a strong fan base. Other television credits include Showtime’s Satisfaction and Wicked Science for Jonathan M. Shiff productions. James is a strong sportsman and a talented photographer whose work is regularly exhibited. Currently, he is studying nursing and running his own personal training business inbetweenfilmingcommitments.

Jake

KelvinisOriana’syoungerbrotherandaflashdresser,donningheeledsnakeskincowboy boots. Kelvin is just a little soft and not bright enough for what Oriana requires of him. He has often been in trouble with the police, although he has no serious convictions (Oriana grudgingly gets him off). Kelvin has a gambling problem, which has put him in debt to Bruno. Treated like an idiot and a burden by Oriana, he is nevertheless eager to please her or to prove he’s as clever as she is. The tracking device implanted in Cal’s shoulder is his idea, but he has intermittent problems in making it work. Kelvin is the most interesting of the muscle boys: he has a conscience.

Andrew Curry is KELVIN

AndrewCurryhasbeeninvolvedintheAustralianfilmandtelevisionindustry for over 20 years as an actor, writer, director and producer. Andrew grew up in a family of accomplished entertainers, and has appeared in many top-rating television shows, including The Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, The Games, and Neighbours. In the early 2000s, he co-hosted the Ten Network entertainment news program Premiere, and has written and performed in sketch comedy shows like Flipside and Let Loose Live. Andrew then moved on to feature roles in well-loved Australian television dramas such as City Homicide, Satisfaction, Rush and the highly anticipated TV1 crime drama, Killing Time.

Andrewhasappearedinseveralfeaturefilms,includingThe Merchant of Fairness, Mick Molloy’s BoyTown and Simon Wincer’s soon to be released The Cup. In 2002, Andrew played the lead role opposite Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell in the acclaimed sci-fifeatureThe Inside Story.

He has moved into production in the past few years, and has written,directedandproducedmanyshortfilms,televisioncommercials, music video clips, corporate videos and documentaries through his production company, iCandy Productions.

Most of 2010 was dedicated to a Film Victoria-funded shortfilm,Spider Walk, and also saw him producing a documentary on animal cruelty in India, a number of short films,andfindingtimeforhiswonderfulwifeandkids.

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Nelson Sharkey

In his 40s, this ex-cop (although not for the reasons he gives Cal) is now a private investigator. Tossed out of the police for corruption and intimidation, he would never want old associate McGrath to know he is involved. He helps Cal, Boges and Winter out of generous altruism and always happens to be in the right place at the right time.

Damien Richardson is NELSON SHARKEY

Damien Richardson, one of the most respected Australian actors, graduated from the VCA School of Drama in 1991.

Damien started out in theatre writing and performing in shows such as “In The Belly of the Whale”, and his one man show “Hysteria”. Damien has appeared in other well known plays such as “Legacy” and “Slam Dunk” both by Jack Hibberd, in David Williamsons’

“Face to Face” for Playbox, and most recently in “The Water Carriers” at the MTC.

In 2004 Damien was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor, AFI Awards, for his exceptional portrayal of Ken

in “Secret Life Of Us”. This was followed by lead guest roles in Stingers, Blue Heelers and McLeods Daughters. We also saw him as one of the three brothers with Guy Pearce & Joel Edgerton in “The Hard Word” and in a co-lead role alongside Marcus Graham in the feature“JoshJarman”.Hisotherfeaturefilmcreditsinclude “Rogue”, “Noise” and “The Jammed”, as well as in the lead role of Daniel in the US feature “Torn” alongside Costas Mandylor. Between 2007-2011, Damien was a regular (Matt Ryan) in Channel 7’s top rating series, City Homicide.

In2012,Damienstarredinafeaturefilm “Fatal Honeymoon” with Harvey Keitel and wrote, directed and performed in his play “Lockup”.

Eric Blair

Eric is in his 40s, a photojournalist who accompanied Tom Ormond to Ireland and almost died from a ‘mysterious virus’. Previously a neat, cheerful and organised man, and a trusted colleague of Tom’s, he is now diminished and fearful, and his memory is bad as a result of the virus. Initially, in his crazed state, he warns Cal of the curse of the Ormond Singularity; later in the series, he recovers and helps Cal as much as he can out of loyalty to Tom.

Dion Mills is ERIC BLAIR

Dion Mills’s physically electrifying performances on stage have made him one of Australia’s most sought-after stage actors. After training at NIDA, Dion took on the recurring role of deadly hitman, Conrad, in season 6 of Stingers, before returning tohisfirstloveoftheatre.In2003,hejoinedRedStitchActors Theatre, one of Australia’s leading independent theatre companies. He has appeared in many and varied roles, to great critical acclaim. In 2010, he played the part of Sir Ranulph Fiennes opposite Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro in Killer Elite.

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