Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High is an Australian television programme created by Michael Jenkins and Ben Gannon that ran from 1994 to 1996 on Network Ten and 1997 to 1999 on the ABC, for seven series. It was also partially funded from 1996 by BBC2, with some episodes airing in the UK ahead of their Australian release. The drama has been described as more gritty and fast-paced than many of its contemporaries, and follows the lives of students and staff at a multicultural Sydney high school.
| Heartbreak High | |
|---|---|
Title card | |
| Genre | Soap opera Teen drama |
| Created by | Michael Jenkins Ben Gannon |
| Theme music composer | Todd Hunter |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 210 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Michael Jenkins Ben Gannon |
| Producer | Chris Roache |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | Gannon Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Network Ten (1994–1996) ABC TV (1997–1999) |
| Release | 27 February 1994 – 29 November 1999 |
| Related | |
| The Heartbreak Kid | |
The first five series were set at the fictional Hartley High and filmed in Maroubra Bay High School in Maroubra, New South Wales in the Eastern Suburbs. Series six and seven were set at the fictional Hartley Heights, and filmed in Warriewood in the Northern Beaches.
The show is a spin-off of the 1993 Australian feature film The Heartbreak Kid, which also featured Alex Dimitriades, Nico Lathouris, Doris Younane, Scott Major and Katherine Halliday as early versions of their Heartbreak High characters.
In 2020, Netflix produced a reboot, created by Hannah Carroll Chapman, which aired in September 2022.