"Heartbreak High" is a hip, realistic series about the lives of teenage students and their families and teachers at Hartley High, an inner-city high school within a multiracial 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% of the youth audience in its first five weeks of broadcast in Australia.