De serie speelt zich af rond de fictieve Arcadia Waters Council nabij Sydney, en was in de eerste plaats een satirische kijk op de machinaties van het lokale bestuur. Het is geschreven door Geoffrey Atherden.

Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.

The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government. It was written by Geoffrey Atherden.

Part of the series was filmed in the inner west Sydney suburb of Concord. Many external shots of Arcadia waters Council chambers used Concord Council Chambers as a setting and as was other various locations around Concord, particularly in the shopping centre and cafes in Majors Bay Road. Beach scenes were filmed at Mona Vale, New South Wales on Sydney's northern beaches, while the location "Cemetery Point" was filmed at the Mona Vale headland reserve.