Seven Deadly Sins (miniseries)

Seven Deadly Sins is a 1993 Australian television anthology series examining the dark side of human nature in seven episodes: "Lust", "Pride", "Wrath", "Sloth", "Greed", "Envy", and "Gluttony"—the seven deadly sins.

Cast

 * Hugo Weaving ("Lust") as Lust
 * Victoria Longley ("Lust") as Deirdre
 * Colin Friels ("Pride") as Robert Pascoe
 * Elizabeth Alexander ("Pride") as Jill Pascoe
 * Steve Bisley ("Sloth") as Meadowvale Supervisor
 * Vince Colosimo ("Sloth") as Sloth
 * Robyn Nevin ("Sloth") as Margot
 * Gosia Dobrowolska ("Greed")
 * Caroline Gillmer ("Greed") as Rachel
 * Kim Gyngell ("Greed") as William
 * Marshall Napier ("Greed") as Tom
 * Pamela Rabe ("Greed") as Greed
 * Genevieve Lemon ("Envy") as Envy
 * Belinda McClory ("Envy")
 * Gia Carides ("Gluttony")
 * Richard Roxburgh and Lynne McGranger ("Gluttony") as Gluttony
 * Frank Gallacher as Elliott
 * Anni Finsterer
 * Betty Lucas

Production
Seven Deadly Sins was pitched to Penny Chapman, then head of drama at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, by script editor Barbara Masel. Her idea was to create a series of stories that would "let the moral compass spin". Masel was also interested in encouraging the audience to identify with behaviour they would not normally condone and "that all of the characters in each episode should manifest the sin". With Chapman on board and Bob Weis appointed as series producer, Masel found writers. When outlines and drafts were completed, the directors were brought on board. P. J. Hogan ("Sloth") and Alison Maclean ("Greed") were selected as directors before their international careers had taken off, while Gale Edwards ("Pride") had until then had only ever directed for the theatre. The series was broadcast at 9.30pm because of the language used. The series rated well, pulling the biggest audience ever for an ABC drama program in that time slot.

Soundtrack
A soundtrack was released by ABC Music and produced by Martin Armiger. It features vocals from multi-platinum/ARIA Award winning artists Paul Kelly, Renée Geyer, Vika Bull and Deborah Conway with arrangements by Derek Williams. The album peaked at number 71 on the ARIA Charts.

Geyer's version of "Crazy" was released as the lead single. "He Can't Decide" was released as the second and final single in 1993.