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| camera = Nicholas Owens
| runtime = 45 minutes
| company = [[Endemol Australia]] (Then branded as Southern Star Entertainment) (series 1–5)<br/>[[Endemol Shine Australia]] (series 6–7)
| network = [[Network 10|Network Ten]]
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]])<br/>[[1080i]] ([[high-definition television|HDTV]]) (2016-2017)
| audio_format = Stereo
| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|08|15|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2017|08|30|df=y}}
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* [[Kate Atkinson (actress)|Kate Atkinson]] as Renee (Series 1–3)
* [[Kick Gurry]] as Adam (Series 3)
* [[Dan Spielman]] as Andrew Holland (Series 2-32–3)
* Emma Griffin as Tammy (Series 2)
* [[Jay Ryan (actor)|Jay Ryan]] as Fraser King (Series 2)
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* [[John Wood (actor, born 1946)|John Wood]] as Gareth (Series 1)
* [[Damon Herriman]] as Boyd Carlisle (Series 1)
* [[Matilda Brown]]
* [[Georgina Naidu]] as Linda Mason (Series 6)
* [[Danielle Carter (actress)|Danielle Carter]] as Margot Lee (Series 7)
 
==Production==
[[Debra Oswald]] wrote the series with [[John Edwards (producer)|John Edwards]] and Imogen Banks producing with [[Endemol Australia|Southern Star Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/02/offspring-springs-into-series.html |title=Offspring springs into series |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=TV Tonight |access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> ''Offspring'' was originally conceived as a two-hour [[telemovie]] for Ten, but was spun off into a 13 -episode series after television executives were impressed by the quality of the telemovie. The second season began on 16 May 2011 with a double episode premiere.
 
On 3 October 2014, shortly after the fifth series finale aired, [[John Edwards (producer)|John Edwards]] confirmed that ''Offspring'' would not return for a sixth series due to Ten's cost-cutting measures in its production division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/03/offspring-cancelled-asher-keddie-plays-beloved-character-for-the-last-time|title=Offspring cancelled: Asher Keddie has played beloved character for last time|date=3 October 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> In 2015, the series was picked up for another series, with production commencing on 25 April 2016 and running through to June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/offspring-to-film-from-april-25.html|title=Offspring to film from April 25|date=15 April 2016|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref> Most of the original cast returned alongside new cast members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/tv/offspring-in-production-without-key-star/ar-BBsrLpL?ocid=spartanntp|title='Offspring' in production without key star|website=[[MSN]]|date=30 April 2016|agency=Australian Associated Press|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> The seventh series filmed in Melbourne from March 2017<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/television/asher-keddie-and-kat-stewart-are-back-as-filming-begins-on-offspring-season-7/news-story/5efec0e46996554d410dd0ba4efe4cee|title=Asher Keddie and Kat Stewart are back as filming begins on Offspring season 7|date=23 March 2017|publisher=heraldsun.co.au|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> and premiered on 28 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/television/channel-10-announces-when-season-seven-of-offspring-will-start/news-story/aebb103ecf063e02180767397adfa046|title=Channel 10 announces when season seven of Offspring will start
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/tv/offspring-in-production-without-key-star/ar-BBsrLpL?ocid=spartanntp|title='Offspring' in production without key star|website=[[MSN]]|date=30 April 2016|agency=Australian Associated Press|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> The seventh series filmed in Melbourne from March 2017<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/television/asher-keddie-and-kat-stewart-are-back-as-filming-begins-on-offspring-season-7/news-story/5efec0e46996554d410dd0ba4efe4cee|title=Asher Keddie and Kat Stewart are back as filming begins on Offspring season 7|date=23 March 2017|publisher=heraldsun.co.au|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> and premiered on 28 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/television/channel-10-announces-when-season-seven-of-offspring-will-start/news-story/aebb103ecf063e02180767397adfa046|title=Channel 10 announces when season seven of Offspring will start
|date=11 June 2017|publisher=Herald Sun|access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref>
 
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==International distribution==
''Offspring'' has been broadcast in several countries, including [[New Zealand]], where it was screened since 2010 on [[TV One (New Zealand)|TV One]] Sundays at 8:30pm.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10702178">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10702178 |title=New season TV: Offspring |date=27 January 2011 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=1 November 2011}}</ref> In 2012, it appeared on the [[GNT]] network in [[Brazil]] and both [[Hot (Israel)|HOT VOD]] and [[HOT3]] in [[Israel]], while it was included on [[Netflix]] in the [[United States]] in 2017.<ref name="Netflix">{{cite web| url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80118289| title=Offspring| publisher=[[Netflix]]| access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>
Many countries in [[Europe]] aired the series, where inIn 2011 it was picked up by [[Sony Pictures Television|Sony Entertainment Television]] in [[Spain]], under the title "Descubriendo a Nina", [[AXN White]] in [[Portugal]], as "Descobrindo Nina", and by the [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] network for [[Norway]], [[Netherlands]] in July, [[Russia]], screening on Sundays, and [[Sweden]], where it was aired on Thursdays at 9:00pm, while in 2012, it debuted on [[RTÉ One]] and iswas available on in [[Ireland]] in a late Sunday night time slot, 2013 on [[YLE TV2]] in [[Finland]] Mondays at 10:05pm, and additionally, it appeared in the [[United Kingdom]] on Netflix in 2017.<ref name="Netflix" />
 
Many countries in [[Europe]] aired the series, where in 2011 it was picked up by [[Sony Pictures Television|Sony Entertainment Television]] in [[Spain]], under the title "Descubriendo a Nina", [[AXN White]] in [[Portugal]], as "Descobrindo Nina", and by the [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] network for [[Norway]], [[Netherlands]] in July, [[Russia]], screening on Sundays, and [[Sweden]], where it was aired on Thursdays at 9:00pm, while in 2012, it debuted on [[RTÉ One]] and is available on in [[Ireland]] in a late Sunday night time slot, 2013 on [[YLE TV2]] in [[Finland]] Mondays at 10:05pm, and additionally, it appeared in the [[United Kingdom]] on Netflix in 2017.<ref name="Netflix" />
 
==References==
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