Headlines:
- SBS is set to premiere a new Australian drama, Homebodies, later this month, centring on a trans man forced to confront his past when he returns to his regional hometown.
- March 02 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Legendary actress Lorraine Bayly, best known for The Sullivans, Carson's Law and Play School, has died.
- February 28 | tvtonight.com.au
- ABC has announced a new live action Bananas in Pyjamas series to be produced in South Australia by Windmill Production Company
- February 18 | tvtonight.com.au
- The Australian production landscape shifted significantly today following the news that Universal International Studios will close the doors at Matchbox Pictures. After 18 years of defining high-end Australian drama, the prolific production house ceases operations after an extensive evaluation by its parent company.
- February 17 | www.mediaweek.com.au
- In Sunny Nights, the two American leads play fish out of water when a business visit turns into an encounter with Sydney's crime world.
- December 26 | www.screenhub.com.au
- Writer / director Amanda Brotchie, whose credits include Lowdown, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack and the recently-launched Riot Women, has died. Husband and frequent collaborator, actor / writer Adam Zwar, has confirmed she passed away after a long battle with cancer.
- December 19 | tvtonight.com.au
- Rachael Carpani, best known from the long-running outback drama McLeod’s Daughters, has died at age 45.
- December 15 | televisionau.com
- Renowned Australian actor Anna Torv will lead the ABC’s new six-part crime drama Dustfall, a tense and atmospheric series that explores justice, deception, and dark secrets in a small coastal town.
- November 21 | tvblackbox.com.au
- The ABC has kicked off production on its new crime drama Treasure & Dirt, with filming now underway across South Australia and promising a major boost for the state’s screen sector.
- November 21 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Hunter Page-Lochard is on a mission for First Nations storytelling to find international appeal.
- November 11 | tvtonight.com.au
- New Zealand writer and director John Banas has died, his daughter Michala Banas has announced with an emotional post on Instagram.
- November 04 | www.stuff.co.nz
- A broadly appealing drama, with inclusion, high stakes, outback vistas, ratings and critical acclaim. No wonder Ian Meadows is so happy.
- October 21 | tvtonight.com.au
- Anna Friel and Ioane Sa’ula star as hospital interns whose careers are on life support in a new medical dramedy.
- October 15 | tvtonight.com.au
- Aussies Michala Banas and Brett Tucker -who both featured in McLeod’s Daughters– are reuniting for a new eight-part New Zealand crime drama Blue Murder Motel.
- October 09 | tvtonight.com.au
- Netflix has landed Australian supernatural drama series Playing Gracie Darling. The streamer’s agreement with distributor Sony Pictures Television (SPT) covers the U.S., Latin America, numerous territories in EMEA such as Spain and the Nordics, and across Asia, including India, South East Asia, Japan and Korea.
- September 29 | deadline.com
- The stunts are big, the backdrop is vast and the characters wear their hearts on their uniforms ...just how Emma Hamilton likes RFDS.
- September 29 | tvtonight.com.au
- Funny women Anne Edmonds and Kitty Flanagan will match wits in a new ABC comedy that takes viewers behind the scenes of an iconic theatre company on the brink of bankruptcy.
- September 25 | www.thenewdaily.com.au
- Following NZ On Air’s announcement, TVNZ and South Pacific Pictures have praised the funding agency for helping to ensure Shortland Street’s survival while they develop a commercial “digital first” model for its future.
- August 01 | www.screenscribe.net
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premieres:
- March
- 20 - Deadloch S2 (Prime Video)
- 25 - Heartbreak High S3 (Netflix)
- 28 - Homebodies (SBS)
birthdays:
- March
- 2 - Tempany Deckert (1978)
- 2 - Belinda Giblin (1950)
- 2 - Ben Oxenbould (1969)
- 3 - Carla Bonner (1973)
- 4 - Steve Bastoni (1966)
- 5 - Hanna Mangan Lawrence (1991)
- 6 - Lara Cox (1978)
- 6 - Yael Stone (1985)
- 7 - Cameron Daddo (1965)
- 8 - Ari Mattes (1982)
- 8 - Alexandra Davies (1977)
- 8 - Matt Nable (1972)
- 10 - Beth Buchanan (1972)
- 11 - Demi Harman (1993)
- 11 - Simone Buchanan (1968)
- 13 - Gillian Alexy (1986)
- 15 - Val Lehman (1943)
- 15 - Tom Budge (1982)
- 15 - Robyn Malcolm (1965)
- 17 - Rob Sitch (1962)
- 18 - Hamish Michael (1980)
- 19 - Simmone Mackinnon (1973)
- 23 - Peter Mochrie (1959)
- 23 - Clayton Watson (1977)
- 24 - Brian Vriends (1964)
- 24 - Keisha Castle-Hughes (1990)
- 25 - Peter O'Brien (1960)
- 26 - Luke Ford (1981)
- 27 - Corey Page (1971)
- 30 - Debbie Byrne (1957)
- 30 - Matt Doran (1976)
- 30 - Alan Fletcher (1957)
- 31 - Paul Mercurio (1963)
- 31 - Damon Herriman (1970)
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