Sydney, 11th April 2005 – Beyond is pleased to announce that four of its titles have been nominated for Australia’s television industry awards – the 2005 Logie Awards.
SMALL CLAIMS (3 x 100 minute) and THROUGH MY EYES (2 x 2 hour) were each nominated for Most Outstanding Miniseries/Telemovie.
SMALL CLAIMS (produced by RB Films) sees internationally successful actresses Rebecca Gibney and Claudia Karvan team up in a series of mystery-thrillers featuring murder, mayhem and motherhood. THROUGH MY EYES (produced by Liberty and Beyond) is a big budget event drama telling the story of the infamous disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru (Ayer’s Rock) in 1980 and stars Miranda Otto (Lord of the Rings), Paul Mercurio (Strictly Ballroom) and John McArdle (Brookside, Merseybeat, The Bill, Peak Practice, Cracker, Kavanagh QC).
STINGERS (192 x 1 hour) produced by Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier, is Beyond’s longest running drama series which reveals the shadowy world of undercover cops, has been nominated in the Silver Logie category for Most Outstanding Drama Series.
SMALL CLAIMS (Rebecca Gibney) and THROUGH MY EYES (Miranda Otto) were also nominated in the Silver Logie category for Most Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
Critically acclaimed medical documentary CHILDREN AT THE EDGE: CHLOE’S STORY (1 x 1 hour) produced by Electric Pictures has been nominated for Most Outstanding Documentary Series.
Fiona Crago, General Manager of Beyond Distribution commented “We are proud to represent programs of such calibre and congratulate their respective producers on the nominations. We have built a reputation for representing titles that are recognised for their high production values and we will continue to bring award winning titles to an international audience”.
The Logie Awards will be announced in Melbourne, Australia on 1st May 2005.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2004/5, Beyond is a leading independent distributor of world-class television programs, with offices in Dublin, Sydney, London and Washington. Beyond Distribution's name is synonymous with programmes of mass appeal to television audiences worldwide. Its current international sales catalogue comprises over 5,000 hours of top quality and multi-award winning programming, produced both by Beyond Productions, its production joint ventures and independent producers.
Beyond Distribution distributes programming from a growing roster of high-profile producers and broadcasters including Dorling Kindersley, UKTV, Pax TV, BBC, ABC Australia, Pilot Film & Television Productions, Beyond Productions, Greenstone Pictures, Top Shelf Productions, Chapman Pictures, Network Ten Australia and the Seven Network Australia. The Beyond catalogue covers a broad spectrum of genres including documentary, natural history, science, drama, children's entertainment, adventure, information and magazine programming.
For further information please contact:
Katie Johnson
T: +61 2 9437 2097
katie_johnson@beyond.com.au
or
Rhiannon Haughee
T: + 61 2 9437 2098
rhiannon_haughee@beyond.com.au
published: Friday, April 15, 2005 
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