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Heartbreak High

TV·1995–1999·ABC·Drama·1h·Created by Michael Jenkins, Ben Gannon

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Heartbreak High is a hip and realistic series about the lives of teenage students, their families and teachers at a high school.

Heartbreak High is set in an inner city school at Sydney Beach, Hartley High, within a multi-racial area. Heartbreak High was originally a stage play which producer, Ben Gannon, turned into a successful film The Heartbreak Kid in 1993. The show captured more than 70 per cent of the youth audience in its first five weeks of broadcast in Australia.

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Alex DimitriadesAlex DimitriadesNick PoulosSalvatore CocoSalvatore CocoCosta "Con" BordinoAbi TuckerAbi TuckerJodie CooperKatherine HallidayKatherine HallidayRose MaloufEmma RocheEmma RocheDanielle Miller
Corey Page
Corey PageSteve WileyScott MajorScott MajorPeter Rivers
Despina Caldis
Despina CaldisEffie Poulos

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