Chandon Pictures was an Australia

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n comedy television series that premiered on Movie Extra

Movie Network

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 on 10 November 2007 and ended on 7 May 2009.

The series featured sixteen episodes and was a spin-off from a Tropfest

Tropfest

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 short film produced by Rob Carlton and Alex Weinress. It followed the misadventures of a struggling video production company called 'Chandon Pictures.'
Rob Carlton

Rob Carlton

Rob Carlton is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in the comedy series Chandon Pictures. He also had starring roles in the comedy satire The Hollowmen and the children's television series Ocean Star....

, who plays the main character, is the younger cousin of Brian Carlton

Brian Carlton

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, The Spoonman

The Spoonman

The Spoonman was an Australian late night talk back show hosted by radio personality Brian Carlton. Carlton used the alias "The Spoonman" on the show, which was syndicated on the Triple M network across Australia...

 talkback host on the Austereo Triple M network. This was revealed when The Spoonman interviewed Rob.

On 10 July 2008, it was announced that the series had won a second season and it had sold format rights to its distributor Lionsgate.

The first season premiered in the UK on Dave on 19 February 2009 in a 10pm slot. It was also aired in the US on the Sundance Channel.

Guest cast

• Graeme Blundell
  Graeme Blundell
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• Angus Sampson
  Angus Sampson
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• Peter Phelps
  Peter Phelps
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• Justine Clarke
  Justine Clarke
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• Ed Kavalee
  Ed Kavalee
  Edward Robert Kavalee is an Australian actor and radio host. He is currently co-host of a comedy program on the Nine Network, The Joy of Sets, with Tony Martin....
  
  
• Lachy Hulme
  Lachy Hulme
  Lachy Hulme is an Australian-born actor and screenwriter. He wrote the feature film Men With Guns, and co-wrote Let's Get Skase, a comedy-adventure, which Hulme starred in....
  
  

Season 1 (2007)

#	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original Air Date

Season 2 (2009)

#	Title	Director(s)[A]	Writer(s)[B]	Original Air Date

^  Directors - Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress

• B ^ Writer - Rob Carlton