Based on the iconic novel puberty blues by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, the series will move beyond the original pages and explore the mis adve. Debbie vickers is the daughter of martin vickers and judy vickers with a little brother david. The year is 1977 and teenagers debbie and sue fantasise about joining the greenhills gang who rule the local beach. Towards season 2, he and debbie develop feelings for one another and soon make it official by having their first kiss down at the pipes. Set during the late 1970s, the s eries revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing through the. Debbie and gary have grown wilder and freeer than ever. Sheila chapman the original movie premiered in 1980 i think. The rules are tough, initiation essential and approval by the top chicks and spunks is all that counts. Sue has taken up surfing and gary has become something of a leader. He later starts dating debbie and it continues into season 2. Sean keenan interview for puberty blues season 2 popsugar. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 8 on vimeo. Oct 04, 2012 puberty blues is a subtle, impressive example of what i was trying to come to grips with. Ss is dedicated to the simpsons and host to thousands of free tv show episode scripts and screencaps, cartoon framegrabs and movie scripts.
Garys mum yvonne has also been awoken by an affair with the counsellor graham, but we havent seen the last of her husband ferris. Copy of gary and debbie falling in love puberty blues. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing through the coming of age process. With the help of you, puberty blues season 3 could become a reality. A clip i made of the movie pubety blues that focuses on the relationship between debbie and garry. Ashleigh cummings as debbie vickers, sean keenan as. Debbie and sue are desperate to get in with the cool kids, and they eventually manage it by being a bit naughty and a bit mean, and mostly by catching the eye of the boys. It was adapted into film in 1981 by bruce beresford and was made into a tv series in 2012 the novel and film focus on the two main characters, teenagers debbie vickers and sue knight, as they try and get in with the cool crowd, the green hills gang. With brenna harding, ashleigh cummings, sean keenan, charlotte best.
It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. With nell schofield, jad capelja, jeffrey rhoe, tony hughes. Puberty blues tv series 20122014 changes the movie. Gary and debbie went through a rough patch when he cheated on her when she was at boarding school they later made up but at the end of season 2 it is unclear if they are still together. Books similar to puberty blues meet your next favorite book. Puberty blues is an australian cultclassic and its the book that parents give to their children when they become a teenager to dissuade them from experimenting with drugs and sex.
Puberty blues is a television series based on the book by. Meanwhile, judys world is shaken over annies death and what appears to be martins infidelity. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady celebs, kylie minogue and germaine greer. Mar 12, 2014 like many of his fellow young costars, sean keenan was relatively unknown when he landed the role of gary hennessy on puberty blues in 2012, but he quickly became a fan favourite after delivering. Gary and debbie are growing closer, too, but his father ferris is distraught when his affair folds. First published in 1979 in australia by two 18yearolds, it was a scandal, since it was about sex and drugs and if you count pat boone rock n roll. Puberty blues 2012 s01e05 episode 5 episode script. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue. The film is based on the 1979 novel puberty blues, by gabrielle carey and kathy lette, which is a protofeminist teen novel about two yearold girls from the lower middle class sutherland shire in sydney.
Deborahdebbie vickers is a character on channel tens puberty blues. Puberty blues is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. Debbie starts off as an innocent young girl, living a conventional lifestyle at home and. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley. I just felt that is was so well written, and quite thought provoking. May 11, 2011 puberty blues follows the lives of two sunburnt 16 yearold best friends, raised in the beach city of cronulla in the sutherland shire of south sydney.
Awkward moment gary hennessy encounters his mums new man going commando in the kitchen. Puberty blues is the biography which launched kathy lettes writing career and made her famous. Jan 30, 20 puberty blues is incredibly widely read and known, with most australians being familiar with either the film, the book or both. New hit series puberty blues wednesday nights at 8. Puberty blues 2012 daniel krige as chippy the cop on puberty blues izzy. Copy of gary and debbie falling in love puberty blues youtube. In october 2012, ten renewed puberty blues for a second season, which began airing on 5 march 2014.
I was a little bit older when i read this book and so i feel like i didnt get as much from it if i had read it at 15 or 16 but nevertheless, i consumed this book. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took. Written by gabrielle carey and kathy lette, the feminist teen novel chronicles the lives of two yearold girls from sydneys sutherland shire who join the greenhill gang surfers in an attempt to gain popularity. Channel 10 left us hanging with the end of puberty blues season 2. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was sydney in the 70s see more at. Actress claudia karvan says the new season of puberty blues is. Twentyseven year old man hasnt reached puberty the doctors duration. The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney. As teenagers debbie and sue grow wilder in the second series of puberty blues. See more ideas about blue tv show, sean keenan and blue aesthetic. Puberty blues tells the story of two girls debbie and sue, of innocence lost and experience gained against the backdrop of australia in the seventies. Puberty blues a television adaptation of the 1979 australian novel of the same name. Debbie takes her new boarding school friend to cronulla for garys birthday party.
Judys world is rocked following annies death and what looks like martins. Debbie is unaware of the growing strain in her parents relationship, but gary is acutely aware of his. Worlds collide when debbie brings her new boarding school friend back to cronulla for garys birthday party. Truth masquerades as fiction as kathy lette and gabrielle carey portray themselves, at thirteen years of age, as deb and sue in a tell all account of being a teenager in sydneys beachside suburbs during the 1970s. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing through the coming. Truth masquerades as fiction as kathy lette and gabrielle carey portray themselves, at thirteen years of age, as deb and sue in a tell all account of being a teenager in. While debbie and sue fight to keep their friendship alive, they remain blissfully unaware of their parents tangled emotional lives. Puberty blues by kathy lette and gabrielle carey gabrielle carey is often unfairly referred to as the other writer of puberty blues first published in 1979, overshadowed by the effusive kathy lette, who has written a series of laughoutloud best sellers. Music is state of graceful mourning by died pretty.
While he and debbie are still going strong, sue is still in want of a boyfriend, and cheryl is in want of an abortion. Gary and debbie went through a rough patch when he cheated on her when she was at boarding school they later made up but at. In the late 1970s, debbie and sue are inseparable teenage girls. Theyre having the time of their lives, hanging out on cronulla beach with the greenhills gang, but theres been a power shift. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten. Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online. Its 1977 and joinedatthehip teenagers debbie and sue are having the time of their lives, hanging out on cronulla beach and fantasising about getting into the greenhills gang, the bronzed surfers and their chicks who rule the beach. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took more. Aug 15, 2012 it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was sydney in the 70s see more at. Gary hennessey puberty blues wiki fandom powered by wikia. A television adaptation of the 1979 australian novel of the same name. The gang, the surf on the beach make up their real world.
I remember reading the book in high school when it was a compulsory part of the literature curriculum and in time its become an important protofeminist work. Puberty blues series 2 episode 8 5 years ago debbie is finally back in cronulla from boarding school but cant seem to settle back in. Puberty blues, which is based on the book of the same name and set in. The show focuses on the lives of two teen girls dealing with their lives in the 1970s. Their high school ambition to be a part of the popular surfy chick gang, and if you werent a surfy chick you were nobody. Puberty blues 1981 was based on the book of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, a pair of reallife sydney teens who wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym the salami. The seventies are coming to an end and sue, debbie and gary have grown wilder and.
Puberty blues is about young people and the irrelevance of home, school and adults to their lives. I am male and a senior citizen, but i enjoyed the channel 10 tv drama of puberty blues so much ashleigh cummings was just wonderful as debbie that i wanted to read the book. Puberty blues is a 1979 novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette. See more ideas about sean keenan, blue tv show and me against the world. The hunt ref brenna harding as sue in puberty blues ramblings of a cinematographer alitabuffalo. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012. In season 1 he dated vicki until she cheated on him and the broke up. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford.
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