Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door is a two-part Australian miniseries about music legend Peter Allen that screened on the Seven Network in 2015.
Plot synopsis
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door tells the story of how Peter Allen rose from New South Wales to the Hollywood Hills and ends up becoming part of American royalty along the way.
Cast
Joel Jackson as Peter Allen
Ky Baldwin as Young Peter Allen (Peter Woolnough) Sara West as Liza Minnelli Rebecca Gibney as Marion Woolnough (Allen's mother) Sigrid Thornton as Judy Garland Henri Szeps as Dee Anthony Nick Farnell as Dick Woolnough Andrew Lees as Gregory Connell Rob Mills as Chris Bell Elise McCann as Lynne Woolnough (Allen's sister) Christie Whelan Browne as Olivia Newton-John
Production
Filming of the miniseries took place in early 2015. It is written by Stephen MacLean, Michael Miller and Justin Monjo, and directed by Shawn Seet.
Awards
Ratings
Chart impact
Following the screening of episode one, Allen's 2006 album "The Ultimate Peter Allen" re-entered the ARIA Albums Chart at number 24, thus surpassing its 2006 peak of 50. Likewise, the song "I Still Call Australia Home" re-entered the ARIA singles chart at number 60, surpassing its previous peak of 72 achieved in June 1982.
Following the screening of episode 2, "The Ultimate Peter Allen" rose to another new peak of 18, whilst the song "Tenterfield Saddler" made its ARIA singles chart debut at number 53.