Multimedia

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Promotional Material
With thanks to Petra Yared and Lisa Mann Creative Management
Old Audio sample (2006, mp3, 2'00'', 1.83 Mb): extracts from radio advertisements read by Petra.

New Audio sample (2009, mp3, 2'15'', 4.81 Mb): extracts from radio advertisements read by Petra; includes ads contained in the old audio sample, and some more recent ones.

Old Showreel [ part one ] (Windows Media with DivX codec, 4'22'', 27.8 Mb): the first part of Petra's old showreel, containing a musical introduction and scenes from MDA, Blurred and Halifax, f.p. (the last clip contains a major spoiler).

Old Showreel [ part two ] (Windows Media with DivX codec, 4'12'', 26.3 Mb): the second part of Petra's old showreel, featuring extracts from Journey to the Center of the Earth, Sparky D Comes to Town and MDA.

2009 Showreel (Quicktime, 4'26'', 11.8 Mb): Petra's official showreel (2009 version), containing video clips from Blurred, MDA and City Homicide.

NEW!  2010 Showreel (.avi with a DivX codec, 4'23'', 16.3 Mb): Petra's official showreel (2010 version), containing video clips from Neighbours, All Saints, City Homicide and Blurred.

Sounds from Sky Trackers (1994)
Copyright ACTF (thanks to Yam for these files)
Theme from Sky Trackers (0'37''): mp3 version (stereo)
Theme from Sky Trackers (1'26''): long version (mp3)

Stick With Me (song from the final episode): mp3 version (2'25'')

Videos from Sky Trackers (1994)
Copyright ACTF (thanks to Yam for this clip)
Opening Credits (Real Media, 0'41'', 656 Kb)

Videos from Mirror Mirror (1995)
Copyright Gibson Group/Alliance Atlantis/Millennium Pictures
Extract 1 (Windows Media, 1'02'', 1.59 Mb): Jo (Petra Jared) has received a mirror from an old antiquarian. She looks at what should be her reflection and sees Louisa (Michala Banas) on the other side.

Extract 2 (Windows Media, 1'58'', 2.99 Mb): Jo looks in the mirror again and sees Louisa on the other side. They start talking to each other.

Extract 3 (Windows Media, 1'45'', 2.64 Mb): Jo goes through the mirror for the first time and realises she is in 1919.

Extract 4 (Windows Media, 1'06'', 1.70 Mb): Louisa has gone through the mirror and landed in Jo's room in 1995. Jo tries to explain to her where and in what time she is.

Extract 5 (Windows Media, 1'03'', 1.60 Mb): Jo and Tama are at the hospital, where they have visited their friends Mia and Jesse. Mia and Jesse are seriously ill because they have inhaled toxic poison contained in a drum. Jo, who has a magic mirror that allows her to go back to 1919, tries to find a solution to save her friends.

Videos from Neighbours (1996)
Copyright Grundy Television
Extract 1 (Windows Media, 1'22'', 2.07 Mb): Billy (Jesse Spencer) breaks up with Georgia (Petra Jared) because he still likes his ex-girlfriend.

Extract 2 (Windows Media, 1'43'', 2.59 Mb): Georgia tells Phil Martin (Ian Rawlings) that Billy has dumped her.

Videos from Ocean Girl (1996)
Copyright Jonathan M. Shiff Productions (thanks to Savant from Savant's Ocean Girl Site for these clips)
Extract 1 (Real Media, 1'57, 541 Kb): Neri (Marzena Godecki), Brett (Jeffrey Walker) and Cass (Brooke-Mikey Anderson) have gone on a trip to try and find a piece of the synchronium (to cut a long story short, they have to get all pieces of it to save the ocean), and end up being invited for a snack at a couple of farmers’ house. Patti (Petra Jared), the farmers’ blind daughter, arrives into the kitchen.

Extract 2 (Real Media, 2'33'', 657 Kb) – 2 parts: Neri, Brett, Cass, Patti and her parents are having an evening meal (part 1). Patti gets upset and goes to her room; Neri arrives and talks to her (part 2).

Videos from The Real Macaw (1998)
Copyright Paramount and Becker Entertainment (thanks to Starman* from the Starman* Site for these clips)
Clip 1 (Windows Media, 2'32'', 4.98 Mb): The Real Macaw tells the story of a friendship between a young teenager, Sam (Jamie Croft) and a parrot named Mac; Petra Yared plays Sam's sister Kathy (complete synopsis here). This clip contains the first half of Petra's appearances in the movie.

Clip 2 (Windows Media, 1'36'', 3.14 Mb): The Real Macaw tells the story of a friendship between a young teenager, Sam (Jamie Croft) and a parrot named Mac; Petra Yared plays Sam's sister Kathy (complete synopsis here). This clip contains the second half of Petra's appearances in the movie.

Videos from The Genie From Down Under 2 (1998)
Copyright ACTF (thanks to Yam for these clips)
Extract 1 (MPEG, 0'48'', 5.83 Mb): Penelope (Alexandra Milman) is jealous of Marcia's (Petra Yared) and Sophie's (Jacinta Stapleton) success with boys.

Extract 2 (MPEG, 0'42'', 5.14 Mb): Marcia and Sophie arrive at Penelope's because they know she is expecting Prince Umberto.

Extract 3 (MPEG, 0'26'', 3.80 Mb): Marcia and Sophie try to convince Penelope to let them take a photo of Prince Umberto.

Extract 4 (MPEG, 0'33'', 6.48 Mb): Marcia and Sophie want to take photos of a prince who doesn't want to have his picture taken.
A nice quotation by Jacinta Stapleton to illustrate this passage: "Believe me, I'll never eat a custard pie again!" (The Weekly News, June 19th, 1999)
NOTE: in this extract, the Japanese version is recorded on the left sound channel and the English version is recorded on the right sound channel. If you want to listen to only English (or Japanese), double click on the loudspeaker icon on your desktop and tune the balance.

Extract 5 (MPEG, 1'07'', 10.3 Mb): Penelope and her schoolmates have left on a school trip to the Australian outback. All the girls, except for Penelope who has made a wish to always look perfect, have turned to a primitive state.

Videos from Halifax f.p.: A Murder of Crows (1998)
Copyright Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier
Extract 1 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'09'', 8.8 Mb): After a car has crashed into a bus full of teenagers, killing three of its occupants and leaving several others injured, Jane Halifax (Rebecca Gibney) is at the hospital to offer her services as a counsellor. She meets Alicia Polk (Petra Yared), one of the occupants of the bus. They discuss her boyfriend Kevin (Cameron Nugent), who pulled several people out of the burning bus.

Extract 2 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'44'', 9.8 Mb): Alicia sings at the funeral of the three people killed in the bus accident.
Note: The person really singing here is not Petra Yared, but her co-star Alicia Gardiner, who plays Gemma and appears briefly in the extract.

Extract 3 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'59'', 6.6 Mb): Jane asks Alicia what she knows about the relationship between Glenys (the woman who was driving the car that crashed into the bus) and Evan (the bus driver).

Extract 4 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'17'', 5.8 Mb): Jane asks Alicia what she thought of Glenys, and the two women then discuss Alicia's relationship with Kevin.

Extract 5 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'35'', 9.6 Mb): Kevin has confessed to killing Glenys. Jane talks to Alicia to try to understand why he might have committed the crime.

Extract 6 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'29'', 9.6 Mb): Jane wants to make sure Alicia has not been lying to her, and also gives her the CD that Kevin had given her before trying to commit suicide.

Videos from Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Copyright USA Network and Hallmark Entertainment
Extract 1 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'30'', 13.10 Mb): Jonas (Jeremy London) has gone on a journey to the center of the earth with his uncle. He sees a mysterious girl, Ralna (Petra Yared). She runs away and he follows her.

Extract 2 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'47'', 11.4 Mb): Ralna and Jonas speak with each other for the first time.

Extract 3 (Windows Media, 2'15'', 17 Mb): Jonas has already talked to Ralna once but left her to go to a meeting with Casper, Alice’s husband. He has been looking for her since then and finally finds her.

Extract 4 (Windows Media, 1'05'', 8.7 Mb): Ralna leads Jonas into her hut and starts kissing him. When they are in bed, they are interrupted by an earthquake.

Extract 5 (Windows Media, 2'00'', 16.4 Mb): After the earthquake, Jonas tells Ralna that he has a fiancée.

Extract 6 (Windows Media, 2'04'', 30.2 Mb): Jonas is back from the Soroid compound where he, Theodore, Casper and McNiff went to save Alice, who had been abducted by the creatures. Jonas is wounded, but Ralna takes care of him. They discuss the situation.

Extract 7 (Windows Media, 1'14'', 18.1 Mb): Ralna continues nursing Jonas.

Videos from BeastMaster (2001)
Copyright Alliance Atlantis / Coote Hayes Productions (thanks to Starman* from the Starman* Site for these clips)
Clip 1 (Windows Media, 0'54'', 1.75 Mb): Dar, the BeastMaster (Daniel Goddard), is trying to rescue a little monkey but he is attacked by Alima (Petra Yared).

Clip 2 (Windows Media, 0'44'', 1.45 Mb): Alima is arguing with her brother Mika (Charles Cousens) because he is destroying the forest and their ancestors' land.

Clip 3 (Windows Media, 0'57'' , 1.97 Mb): Alima, her brother Mika (Charles Cousens) and Dar, the BeastMaster are planning to cross a bog, which appears to have grown.

Clip 4 (Windows Media, 1'01'', 2.00 Mb): Alima is leading the way as she, her brother Mika and Dar, the BeastMaster, are crossing the bog, which appears to have grown.

Clip 5 (Windows Media, 1'06'', 2.16 Mb): Dar has managed to find a new land for Alima and her people. In this extract, Alima shows him the home of the birds Dar is looking for.

Petra Yared on The Panel
Copyright Channel Ten
Interview (sound, Real Media, 6'45'', 826 Kb)
Interview (video, Real Media, 6'50'', 5.06 Mb)

Videos from MDA (2002-2003)
Copyright ABC Television (thanks to Starman* from the Starman* Site for these clips)
Clip 1 (Windows Media, 0'48'', 1.58 Mb) - from episode 1.08, 'Bowels, Bosch and the Whole Damn Thing': Layla (Petra Yared) tells Bill 'Happy' Henderson (Shane Bourne) how she sympathizes with a woman who has a disabled child, even though the latter has sued a doctor represented by MDA.

Clip 2 (Windows Media, 1'03'', 2.07 Mb) - from episode 1.11, 'Break it Gently': Jamie Lawless (Angus Grant) tells Layla a joke about a doctor and a lawyer that she might use in the speech she is about to give in front of a group of medical students.

Clip 3 (Windows Media, 1'07'', 2.20 Mb) - from episode 1.11, 'Break it Gently': Layla has just given a speech in front of a group of medical students. Jamie (Angus Grant) asks her if she would like a drink. Then, Layla meets Sam (Matthew Le Nevez) for the first time.

Clip 4 (Windows Media, 0'46'', 1.51 Mb) - from episode 1.11, 'Break it Gently': Layla sees that the place where she gave her speech is a mess; Sam offers to help her clean it.

Clip 5 (Windows Media, 0'52'', 1.72 Mb) - from episode 1.12, 'Minder Games': Happy tells Layla about his problems with his son.

Clip 6 (Windows Media, 0'58'', 1.91 Mb) - from episode 1.13, 'Human Error': Layla and her boyfriend Sam talk about the Baha'i's approach to sex.

Clip 7 (Windows Media, 0'52'', 1.70 Mb) - from episode 1.16, 'Rites of Passage': Sam is about to go to Vietnam and shares his fears with his girlfriend Layla.

Clip 8 (Windows Media, 2'16'', 4.46 Mb) - from episode 1.16, 'Rites of Passage': Layla gives her boyfriend Sam, who is about to leave for Vietnam, a guide and a Baha'i prayer book.

Clip 9 (Windows Media, 0'57'', 1.89 Mb) - from episode 1.16, 'Rites of Passage': Layla explains to her boyfriend Sam that her beliefs are important to her but that she cares about him as well.

Clip 10 (Windows Media, 0'52'', 1.71 Mb) - from episode 1.22, 'Divine Intervention': Layla writes an email to her ex-boyfriend Sam, who has just left her for another woman.

Clip 11 (Windows Media, 0'43'', 1.41 Mb) - from episode 2.03, 'Precious Little': Layla tells Happy how much she has enjoyed working for MDA.

Clip 12 (Windows Media, 0'33'', 1.07 Mb) - from episode 2.16, 'Caveat Medicus': Happy tells Layla about his problems with his wife and son.

Clip 13 (Windows Media, 1'55'', 3.79 Mb) - from episode 2.20, 'Without Prejudice': Layla's grandmother is seriously ill and in a coma, so the young woman has decided to let her go. However, the doctor tells Layla she needs a supreme court rule to do stop her grandmother's medical treatment.

Clip 14 (Windows Media, 1'04'', 2.09 Mb) - from episode 2.20, 'Without Prejudice': Layla talks to Giles about taking legal action that might help her stop her grandmother's medical treatment.

Videos from City Homicide (2007)
Copyright Channel Seven
Clip 1 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'53'', 7.80 Mb): The homicide squad are investigating the death of a man who used to belong to a 'victims of crime' organisation. DSCs Jennifer Mapplethorpe (Nadine Garner) and Simon Joyner (Daniel MacPherson) talk to one of the organisation's representatives, Michelle Johnson (Petra Yared).

Clip 2 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'29'', 5.29 Mb): Michelle Johnson is questioned by the police regarding her possible involvement in the disappearance of the man who raped her some years before.

Videos from All Saints (2008)
Copyright Channel Seven
Clip 1 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'15'', 13.5 Mb): Charlotte (Tammy MacIntosh) thinks that Rhiannon (Petra Yared) has feelings for Bart (Andrew Supanz), and tries to explain to her that this may not be appropriate under the circumstances.

Clip 2 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'25'', 14.3 Mb): Rhiannon apologizes to Charlotte for her earlier reaction, and reveals why she is not interested in Bart.

Clip 3 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 2'24'', 15.5 Mb): Rhiannon tries to console Charlotte, who is feeling down because of a patient. Rhiannon misreads Charlotte's behaviour and kisses her.

Clip 4 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 2'11'', 14.0 Mb): Rhiannon is upset after her awkward moment with Charlotte. Gabrielle (Virginia Gay) asks her what is wrong.

Videos from City Homicide (2010)
Copyright Channel Seven
Clip 1 (avi with DivX codec, 2'00'', 19.4 Mb): The homicide squad are investigating the death of a man who, with the help of an accomplice, violently killed a mother and attacked her two daughters twenty years before. Detectives Allie Kingston (Nadia Townsend) and Rhys Levitt (Ryan O'Kane) question the younger daughter, Megan Chisholm-Walsh (Petra Yared), in relation to the murder of her family's assailant.

Clip 2 (avi with with DivX codec, 1'42'', 16.4 Mb): The homicide squad discover that Megan has lied about her whereabouts at the time of the murder and search her house.

Clip 3 (avi with with DivX codec, 1'47'', 14.4 Mb): Megan tells the police why she lied to them about going to Sydney.

Videos from Neighbours (2007-2008)
Copyright Fremantle Media
Clip 1 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'40'', 5.53 Mb) - from episode 5355: Marco (Jesse Rosenfeld) introduces his love interest Carmella (Natalie Blair) to his sister Mia (Petra Yared).

Clip 2 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'55'', 7.73 Mb) - from episode 5355: Carmella introduces Mia to her sister Rosie (Natalie Saleeba), and the three young women discuss Carmella's pregnancy.

Clip 3 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'34'', 12.5 Mb) - from episode 5356: Mia questions the reasons behind Carmella's interest in Marco, and tells her that he is still in love with his ex-wife Marissa.

Clip 4 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'34'', 6 Mb) - from episode 5357: Marco asks Mia what she said to Carmella to upset her.

Clip 5 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'55'', 6.9 Mb) - from episode 5383: Mia arrives at Carmella's place and meets Carmella's ex-boyfriend Oliver (David Hoflin) for the first time.

Clip 6 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'59'', 6.2 Mb) - from episode 5383: Mia runs into Oliver again at the General Store.

Clip 7 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'41'', 5.8 Mb) - from episode 5386: Mia and Oliver discuss Marco's relationship with his ex-wife Marissa.

Clip 8 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'40'', 3.3 Mb) - from episode 5394: Mia is surprised by her brother Marco's projects with Carmella.

Clip 9 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'05'', 4.0 Mb) - from episode 5394: Mia goes to Lassiter's to talk to Oliver. They discuss Marco and Carmella's plans.

Clip 10 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'57'', 4.61 Mb) - from episode 5394: Mia tries to persuade Marco to come and work for the family business again.

Clip 11 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'20'', 9.35 Mb) - from episode 5394: Marco tells Mia why he broke up with his ex-wife Marissa.

Clip 12 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'22'', 7.63 Mb) - from episode 5395: Marco and Mia discuss why he broke up with his ex-wife Marissa.

Clip 13 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'51'', 6.38 Mb) - from episode 5395: Mia tells Oliver that Marco is not hiding anything from Carmella.

Clip 14 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'39'', 2.87 Mb) - from episode 5396: Oliver runs into Mia at Charlie's and asks her why she is no longer concerned about Marco's relationship with Carmella.

Clip 15 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'45'', 2.54 Mb) - from episode 5397: Oliver and Mia are having a drink together, but he can't stop talking about Marco.

Clip 16 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'20'', 8.06 Mb) - from episode 5397: Mia buys Oliver a drink and asks him why he has just been going through her mobile phone.

Clip 17 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'52'', 5.32 Mb) - from episode 5397: Mia meets Oliver at Charlie's and finds out he has lured her there under false pretenses.

Clip 18 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 0'46'', 3.50 Mb) - from episode 5397: Oliver and Mia have slept together and are in a hotel room at Lassiter's.

Videos from All Saints (2008)
Copyright Channel Seven
Clip 1 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'15'', 13.5 Mb): Charlotte (Tammy MacIntosh) thinks that Rhiannon (Petra Yared) has feelings for Bart (Andrew Supanz), and tries to explain to her that this may not be appropriate under the circumstances.

Clip 2 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 1'25'', 14.3 Mb): Rhiannon apologizes to Charlotte for her earlier reaction, and reveals why she is not interested in Bart.

Clip 3 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 2'24'', 15.5 Mb): Rhiannon tries to console Charlotte, who is feeling down because of a patient. Rhiannon misreads Charlotte's behaviour and kisses her.

Clip 4 (Windows Media with DivX codec, 2'11'', 14.0 Mb): Rhiannon is upset after her awkward moment with Charlotte. Gabrielle (Virginia Gay) asks her what is wrong.

Videos from Cops LAC (2010)
Copyright Channel Nine
Clip 1 (avi with DivX codec, 0'25'', 4.19 Mb): Sam (Kate Ritchie) and Rhys (Martin Dingle-Wall) are investigating the murder of vet Shane Jenkins. They arrive at a swingers' party hosted by Marielle (Petra Yared) and her husband (Don Halbert).

Clip 2 (avi with DivX codec, 1'04'', 10.4 Mb): Marielle and her husband tell Sam and Rhys that Shane Jenkins used to attend their parties.

Clip 3 (avi with DivX codec, 0'45'', 7.39 Mb): Shane Jenkins's girlfriend arrives at Marielle's house; the two women start arguing.

Videos from City Homicide (2010)
Copyright Channel Seven
Clip 1 (avi with DivX codec, 2'00'', 19.4 Mb): The homicide squad are investigating the death of a man who, with the help of an accomplice, violently killed a mother and attacked her two daughters twenty years before. Detectives Allie Kingston (Nadia Townsend) and Rhys Levitt (Ryan O'Kane) question the younger daughter, Megan Chisholm-Walsh (Petra Yared), in relation to the murder of her family's assailant.

Clip 2 (avi with with DivX codec, 1'42'', 16.4 Mb): The homicide squad discover that Megan has lied about her whereabouts at the time of the murder and search her house.

Clip 3 (avi with with DivX codec, 1'47'', 14.4 Mb): Megan tells the police why she lied to them about going to Sydney.