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The Secret Life Of Us
Format	Drama
Created by	John Edwards; Amanda Higgs
Starring	Claudia Karvan; Samuel Johnson; Deborah Mailman; Abi Tucker; Joel Edgerton; Sibylla Budd; David Tredinnick; Spencer McLaren; Damian De Montemas
Country of origin	Australia;
No. of episodes	86
Production
Running time	60 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Network Ten
Original run	16 July 2001 – 28 December 2005

The Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star Entertainment and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK. Initially co-funded by the two networks, Channel 4 pulled out after the third series and the fourth series was not aired in the UK. It has been shown in other countries such as New Zealand (TV3), Ireland (RTÉ Two), Canada (PrideVision), the Netherlands (Yorin), France (Canal Plus), Norway (NRK), Serbia (TV Avala) and Israel (Channel 2).

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The show revolves around a group of friends in their mid twenties to early thirties who live in a St Kilda apartment building (the actual block is Belvedere Flats on the Esplanade). Their interaction with one another, relationships with other friends and romantic interests, along with their personal and career development, are featured.

Initially, the series was immensely popular in Australia, and had a devoted cult following in the UK. The show's ratings began to dwindle following the departure of several main characters and the introduction of new characters. The third series featured a particularly high character turnover with many original characters leaving the show during this period while their replacements failed to last out the series. The fourth series concluded with only two of the original characters - barkeeper Simon (Tredinnick) and uni-student Kelly (Mailman) - still on board, after the key character of writer Evan (Johnson) departed early in that season.

Production ended abruptly in 2004 after the fourth series had been completed. The show was cancelled after the first three episodes of the fourth series had aired in Australia to disastrously low ratings. The program was removed from its prime-time timeslot and the final, unscreened, episodes from that season were broadcast with little publicity in late 2005.

All four series of the show are available on DVD in Australia and series 2-3 are also available now in the UK, with the fourth series release date is unknown. The title music is Death Defy by Melbourne band Motor Ace.

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List of Australian television series

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