Seven Types of Ambiguity (TV series)

Seven Types of Ambiguity is an Australian television drama series on the ABC first screened on 13 April 2017.^[2] The six-part series is based on Seven Types of Ambiguity, a 2003 novel by Australian writer Elliot Perlman.

Seven Types of Ambiguity
Based on	Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman
Written by	Jacquelin Perske Jonathan Gavin Marieke Hardy
Story by	Elliot Perlman
Directed by	Glendyn Ivin Ana Kokkinos Matthew Saville
Starring	Alex Dimitriades Leeanna Walsman Xavier Samuel Andrea Demetriades Hugo Weaving
Theme music composer	Stephen Rae Jonathan Wilson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Tony Ayres
Producer	Amanda Higgs
Production locations	Melbourne, Australia
Cinematography	Bonnie Elliot
Editors	Rodrigo Balart Anne Carter Ken Sollows
Running time	55 minutes[1]
Production company	Matchbox Pictures
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	13 April (2017-04-13) – 18 May 2017 (2017-05-18)

The series is produced by Tony Ayres and Amanda Higgs and written by Jacquelin Perske, Jonathan Gavin and Marieke Hardy. It is directed by Glendyn Ivin, Ana Kokkinos and Matthew Saville.^[3] Despite being announced to premiere in 2016, it was later delayed to air in 2017.^[4]

Cast

• Alex Dimitriades as Joe Marin
• Leeanna Walsman as Anna Marin
• Xavier Samuel as Simon Heywood
• Andrea Demetriades as Angela
• Hugo Weaving as Dr Alex Klima
• Anthony Hayes as Mitch
• Susie Porter as Gina Serkin
• Sarah Peirse as Detective Staszic
• Tony Briggs as Detective Threlfall
• Harrison Molloy as Sam Marin
• Nicholas Bell as Gorman
• Janet Andrewartha as Kathleen
• Jacek Koman as Gideon

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Australia viewers
1	"Joe"[5]	Glendyn Ivin	Jacquelin Perske	13 April 2017 (2017-04-13)	502,000[5]
2	"Alex"[6]	Glendyn Ivin	Jacquelin Perske	20 April 2017 (2017-04-20)	437,000[6]
3	"Angela"[7]	Matthew Saville	Marieke Hardy	27 April 2017 (2017-04-27)	397,000[7]
4	"Mitch"[8]	Matthew Saville	Jonathan Gavin	4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)	341,000[9]
5	"Gina"[10]	Ana Kokkinos	Jacquelin Perske	11 May 2017 (2017-05-11)	355,000[11]
6	"Anna"[12]	Ana Kokkinos	Jacquelin Perske	18 May 2017 (2017-05-18)	355,000[13]

Arabic adaptation

In June 2024, it was announced that beIN Media Group’s TOD was developing their own version of the six-part ABC series – Australian series, Seven Types of Ambiguity the acclaimed novel by Australian author Elliot Perlman, with Sally Wally along, with their production company, S Productions in partnership with NBCUniversal Formats. The series was greenlit for a ten-episodes of first season, beIN Media Group’s TOD S Productions collaborate on their first drama series: titled “Mirage” or alternately (“Sarab”). The Arabic series premiered on the streaming platform TOD on January 7, 2025.^[14]