Heartbreak High: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Heartbreak High is a hip and realistic series about the lives of teenage students, their families and teachers at a high school.

Heartbreak High is set in an inner city school at Sydney Beach, Hartley High, within a multi-racial area. Heartbreak High was originally a stage play which producer, Ben Gannon, turned into a successful film The Heartbreak Kid in 1993. The show captured more than 70 per cent of the youth audience in its first five weeks of broadcast in Australia.

Series details

• Title: Heartbreak High
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1995-02-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 1999-05-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3992

Cast and credited roles

• Alex Dimitriades — Nick Poulos
• Salvatore Coco — Costa "Con" Bordino
• Abi Tucker — Jodie Cooper
• Katherine Halliday — Rose Malouf
• Emma Roche — Danielle Miller
• Corey Page — Steve Wiley
• Scott Major — Peter Rivers
• Despina Caldis — Effie Poulos
• Nico Lathouris — George Poulos
• Stephen O'Rourke — Jim Deloraine
• Doris Younane — Yola Fatoush
• Tony Martin — Bill Southgate

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1995-02-11; final listed air date 1995-10-28; episode order: 38.
• Season 2: premiered 1995-11-04; final listed air date 1996-02-03; episode order: 14.
• Season 3: premiered 1996-02-10; final listed air date 1996-05-04; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 1996-05-11; final listed air date 1996-11-02; episode order: 26.
• Season 5: premiered 1997-02-01; final listed air date 1997-10-25; episode order: 39.
• Season 6: premiered 1997-11-01; final listed air date 1998-08-01; episode order: 40.
• Season 7: premiered 1998-08-08; final listed air date 1999-05-08; episode order: 40.

Source and licence

Adapted from Heartbreak High on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.