 Selected to be part of a course run by Alan Bateman to identify the ABC's next generation of Executive Producers – one of eight of the hundreds who applied nationally – she topped the course.Fellow attendees included Kris Noble, later Director of Drama, Nine Network and EP of Big Brother; Graham Thorburn, formerly Head of Film and Television, Australian Film, Television and Radio School; Helena Harris, who, with Graeme-Evans, later co-created "Hi-5" and Ric Pellizari, long-time producer of "Blue Heelers" in its glory days and later, EP of "Neighbours".In 1983, Graeme-Evans moved to Sydney to direct episodes of ABC-TV music drama series "Sweet and Sour" (1984) produced by Jan Chapman.