Number and proportion of adult series and serials in various budget ranges
(2009 dollars)

2000/01–2008/09 | 1995/96–1999/00

2000/01–2008/09 : Series/serials shot July 2000 to June 2009

For series and serials shot since July 2000, Australian productions are spread across the budget ranges below $20 million (in 2009 dollars), whereas co-productions tend to be concentrated at the high end – 36 per cent had budgets over $20 million. However, the number of foreign series in the lower budget ranges has increased in the past nine years, with 69 per cent shot for less than $3 million. The lower-budget foreign series include a number of programs that were only partially shot in Australia.

Source: Screen Australia.

Notes:
Does not include series for children.
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.
1. Adjusted using the non-farm GDP deflator; base year 2008/09.
2. Productions under Australian creative control.
3. Official co-productions and other productions involving shared creative control, i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions.
4. Productions under foreign creative control with a substantial amount shot in Australia.

1995/96–1999/00 : Series/serials shot July 1995 to June 2000

Australian series and serials shot between 1995/96 and 1999/00 are spread across most budget ranges (in 2009 dollars), with 46 per cent made for budgets between $6 million and $20 million. In contrast, of the small number of co-production and foreign series made in Australia over this period, 88 per cent and 60 per cent respectively had budgets over $20 million.

Source: Screen Australia.

Notes:
Does not include series for children.
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.
1. Adjusted using the non-farm GDP deflator; base year 2008/09.
2. Productions under Australian creative control.
3. Official co-productions and other productions involving shared creative control, i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions.
4. Productions under foreign creative control with a substantial amount shot in Australia