Headlines:
- Seminal writer, producer Jock Blair who produced classic Australian dramas Homicide and The Sullivans has died.
- may 28 | tvtonight.com.au
- It's arguably one of Australia's most popular television series ever. And on Tuesday, Foxtel announced that prison drama Wentworth was returning for its eighth season on Tuesday, July 28.
- may 25 | www.dailymail.co.uk
- ABC is not expecting to resume Drama production until towards the end of the year as it navigates new protocols which impact on filming, and it awaits the return of international actors.
- may 20 | tvtonight.com.au
- Screen Australia has announced three feature films, four television series, a children’s series and two online projects that will share in $8.5 million of production funding.
- april 20 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Australia’s commercial television networks are in trouble. Not simply because of the coronavirus but because they failed to develop effective strategies to counter the arrival of Netflix and other ‘streaming’ platforms — something anticipated long before it happened.
- april 20 | www.themandarin.com.au
- I [John Edwards] produced huge hit shows like Police Rescue, The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way. But they only exist because of local content quotas
- april 20 | www.theguardian.com
- In an effort to support local TV, the Australian government has suspended all kids content quotas for broadcasters until the end of 2020... The shift isn’t sitting well with kids TV producers...
- april 16 | kidscreen.com
- Mystery Road star Aaron Pedersen first appeared as surly lone ranger Detective Jay Swan in two movies helmed by creator Ivan Sen... Jay’s back for more in a new town packed with old troubles when the first episode of season two of Mystery Road premieres on the ABC this Sunday
- april 15 | thenewdaily.com.au
- Informer 3838 begins as these things always do: with the words "the following is based on actual events." This is the story of Nicola Gobbo, who is, in her own words, or at least in the words of the actress playing her, the most notorious police informer in Australian legal history.
- april 17 | www.theage.com.au
- Former Deniliquin resident and now romance author Jessica Everingham, who is now based in Queensland, is teaming up with New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hauck to launch The McLeod’s Daughters Podcast.
- april 14 | www.denipt.com.au
- The Nine Network has ordered a fifth season of Easy Tiger’s medical drama Doctor Doctor, a rare commission with much of the country in virtual lockdown.
- april 01 | www.if.com.au
- All-time great performances from Richard Roxburgh and Tony Martin make this 1995 miniseries a masterpiece of the true-blue gangster genre
- march 28 | www.theguardian.com
- 1990s teen drama Heartbreak High is in development for a reboot. TV Tonight can reveal Fremantle is working with the format owners to ready the series for a comeback.
- march 12 | tvtonight.com.au
- The ABC's drama output has been lacking for the better part of the past decade, but a trio of recent shows is a timely reminder that serious intent is rewarded.
- march 03 | www.theage.com.au
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airdates:
- May
- 31 - Operation Buffalo (ABC)
birthdays:
- May
- 2 - Anna McGahan (1988)
- 3 - Richard Sutherland (1971)
- 5 - Dieter Brummer (1976)
- 6 - Alan Dale (1947)
- 6 - Gina Riley (1961)
- 7 - Justin Melvey (1969)
- 10 - Rachel Gordon (1976)
- 11 - Anita Hegh (1972)
- 11 - Justin Rosniak (1977)
- 12 - Glenn Robbins (1956)
- 12 - Anthony Brandon Wong (1965)
- 14 - Cate Blanchett (1969)
- 14 - Ada Nicodemou (1977)
- 15 - John Orcsik (1945)
- 16 - Celia Ireland (1966)
- 19 - Claudia Karvan (1972)
- 21 - Brett Tucker (1972)
- 21 - Josephine Mitchell (1965)
- 21 - Inge Hornstra (1974)
- 21 - Belinda Bromilow (1975)
- 22 - Gary Sweet (1957)
- 24 - Brian Wenzel (1929)
- 25 - Kick Gurry (1978)
- 26 - Marieke Hardy (1976)
- 26 - Rachael Blake (1971)
- 26 - Jolene Anderson (1980)
- 27 - Sara Wiseman (1972)
- 28 - Kylie Minogue (1968)
- 29 - Louise Siversen (1958)
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