Marking Time was an Australian television mini-series, consisting of four one-hour episodes. It first aired on 9 and 10 November 2003 on ABC-TV. Directed by Cherie Nowlan and written by John Doyle, it was the first mainstream television/film project to address the issue of the Australian government's refugee policy, a topic it approaches by chronicling the emotional journey of one young man during his year off after graduation, in his fictional rural home-town of Brackley, Australia. The storyline of Marking Time was inspired by the real-life experiences of Afghan refugees and their hosts in the rural town of Young, New South Wales; however much of the outdoor scenes of the series were actually shot at Singleton, New South Wales, in the Hunter Region.
DirectorCherie Nowlan
WriterJohn Doyle
Episode 1
Nov 9, 2003
A 19-year-old Australian has a fateful encounter with an Afghan refugee in his hometown in rural New South Wales.
Episode 2
Nov 9, 2003
Hal falls in love with Randa, but the world around them is about to get much more complicated.
Episode 3
Nov 10, 2003
Hal decides to introduce Randa to the Brackley crowd, but their reaction is not what he anticipated.
Episode 4
Nov 10, 2003
Hal and Randa are forbidden from seeing each other in the wake of 9/11. Hal devises a plan as Randa deals with the threat of deportation.
