Amanda Brotchie
Amanda Brotchie, born in Melbourne, Victoria, is an Australian director known for Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018), Mr Black (2019), Girlboss (2017), and Lowdown (2010–2012). She is also a writer, producer and linguist.
Works
Doctor Who
The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes.
Release Date: 2024-05-11
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 202
Renegade Nell
England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her superpowered sidekick, a plucky little sprite called Billy Blind, Nell realizes that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason. A reason much bigger than she could have ever imagined: to defeat a magical plot against the Queen of England.
Release Date: 2024-03-29
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 86
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Valentine's Day, 1900. Three schoolgirls and their governess mysteriously disappear in Hanging Rock, Australia, without a trace.
Release Date: 2018-05-06
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 60
Agony
Our beloved Agony Aunts and Uncles return in a six-part series covering a diverse range of topics that will get you thinking, keep you wondering and make you laugh from Flirting to God, nothing is off limits.
Release Date: 2015-04-15
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 6
The Agony of the Mind
Our Agony Aunts and Uncles are back, and this time around they're sharing their mental wellness tips and techniques for overcoming stress and challenges.
Release Date: 2014-10-09
Department: Production
Job: Co-Producer
The Agony of Modern Manners
This time our wise and witty Aunts and Uncles guide us through complex do's and don'ts of human behaviour. Whether it’s at home, in the office, online, travelling or having dinner, our team of experts show us how to behave, misbehave and what it feels like to be on the receiving end of both.
Release Date: 2014-04-02
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 6
This is Littleton
Littleton's Town Hall is the centre of activity for its community. In this 4-part Australian sketch comedy, we meet the lovable but flawed people of Littleton: council employees, councillors and a very grand Lord Mayor.
Release Date: 2014-02-20
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 4
Vote Count: 1
The Agony of Christmas
Our Agony Uncles and Aunts are back to discuss all things Christmas. If Christmas is meant to be a time for peace and love, then why does it throw so many lives into turmoil?
Release Date: 2013-12-18
Department: Production
Job: Co-Producer
The Agony of Life
No stone will be left unturned as Australia's funniest and brightest take us through the most important stages of existence - from child to adult, to creating and supporting families, to building and managing careers. And what after that? Should we sit on a hill and contemplate the wording of our epitaph, or travel the world? The good news is we don't need to worry about that because the Aunts and Uncles will be doing the worrying for us.
Release Date: 2013-02-06
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 8
Agony Aunts
Welcome to Agony Aunts, where narrator/interviewer Adam Zwar heads further down the river in his hilarious search for answers on dating, cohabitation, marriage, divorce and dating again. Will he find the answers he seeks or will he return more confused than ever? That's if he returns at all.
Release Date: 2012-05-02
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Character: Self
Episode Count: 6
Agony Uncles
Welcome to Agony Uncles - where some of Australia's funniest and wisest celebrity gents put their reputations on the line to tell you what it's really like to be single, cohabitate, marry, divorce and then be single again in the 21st century. Agony Uncles charts the do's and don'ts of picking-up, falling in love, getting your heart broken and losing a house.
Release Date: 2012-03-21
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 6
Lowdown
Lowdown shines a torch on the life of a man whose job it is to feed the public's insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. Alex Burchill, the author of the Lowdown column which appears in the once great but now ailing tabloid newspaper – the Sunday Sun. Each week Alex interviews celebrities for his column, and each week at least one of those celebrities ruins his week. Sometimes the celebrity gets drunk and punches Alex out. Sometimes the celebrity gets him arrested. Usually the celebrity sleeps with his girlfriend, Rita. It may not sound like much of a life, but it invariably leads to great copy and the readers love it. In fact, it's the only thing standing between the Sunday Sun and oblivion.
Release Date: 2010-04-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 8
Vote Count: 3