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Australian writer and executive (born 1950)

Bevan Lee
BornBevan John Lee
(1950-11-07) 7 November 1950 (age 74)
Western Australia, Australia
Occupations
  • Writer
  • producer
  • actor
  • teacher
Years active1978–present
Known forFull list

Bevan John Lee OAM (born 7 November 1950) is an Australian writer and executive best known for creating the TV dramas All Saints, Packed to the Rafters, Winners & Losers and A Place to Call Home.

Career

Lee was an actor before turning to writing, working his way up to be script producer of the TV serial Sons and Daughters. He also rewrote the first episode of Home and Away, a show which he has script produced at various stages over the years. Lee was network script executive at Channel Nine for eight years in the 1990s before returning to Channel Seven, where he took part in the creation and development of such series as All Saints, Always Greener, Marshall Law and headLand, forming a notable creative partnership with Seven's head of network drama John Holmes. He also created 2012's A Place to Call Home, and the 2020 series Between Two Worlds for Seven.

Personal life

Lee is gay and in 2007 he was nominated as one of the 25 most influential lesbian and gay people in Australia by online digital media site SameSame.

Filmography

Television

The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Title Year Credited as Network Notes
Creator Writer
Secret Valley 1980 No Yes (1) ABC
Sons and Daughters 1982–87 No Yes (118) Seven Network Script editor (1982: 171 episodes)
Prisoner 1985–86 No Yes (8) Network 10 Story editor (1985–86; 70 episodes)
Storyline (1985–86; 41 episodes)
A Country Practice 1986 No Yes (1) Seven Network
Home and Away 1988–2011 No Yes (30) Seven Network Writer (1988–2008)
Story editor (1988-89: 118 episodes)
Script producer (1989–2011)
Family and Friends 1990 No Yes Nine Network Unknown episodes
The Flying Doctors 1991 No Yes (5) Nine Network Story editor (7 episodes)
The Adventures of Skippy 1992–93 No Yes (5) Nine Network
Ship to Shore 1993 No No ABC Producer (2 episodes)
Spellbinder 1995 No No Nine Network Script consultant
Halifax f.p. 1995–96 No No Nine Network Script executive (4 episodes)
All Saints 1998–2009 Yes Yes (4) Seven Network
Always Greener 2001–03 Yes Yes (1) Seven Network
Marshall Law 2002–03 Yes No Seven Network
headLand 2005–06 Yes Yes (1) Seven Network
Packed to the Rafters 2008–13 Yes No Seven Network
Winners & Losers 2011–16 Yes Yes (3) Seven Network Producer (1 episode)
A Place to Call Home 2013–18 Yes Yes (26) Seven Network Script producer (2013–14; 18 episodes)
Between Two Worlds 2020 Yes Yes (4) Seven Network
Back to the Rafters 2021 Yes Yes (3) Amazon Prime Video

Acting credits

Film

Title Year Role Notes
The Bucks Party 1978 Short film
Harlequin 1980 Mr. Robinson
Touch and Go 1980 Fisherman

Television

Title Year Role Notes
Falcon Island 1981 Vim Van Dorn

References

  1. Sally Jackson, 'More winners than losers in this duo's resume', The Australian March 21, 2011
  2. David Knox, 'Seven reveals 2012 highlights' TV Tonight September 22, 2011
  3. Bevan Lee's Between Two Worlds shows how the other half lives
  4. Danny Corvini 'Bevan Lee' Same Same Archived February 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Bevan Lee, 'Home and Away - the Script Process' Back to the Bay website

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