Chris Corbett knows a thing or two about Australian television. Not only has the Murrumbeena-based screenwriter penned more than 50 hours’ worth, but he’s also dabbled in the spectrum of genres. From police drama (Blue Heelers) to medical drama (All Saints), legal drama (Newton’s Law) to family drama (Neighbours), Corbett, it seems, can write it all.
But reaching this point was not the result of any methodical calculation. In Corbett’s words, ‘there was absolutely no plan’.