Headlines:
- Nearly 30 projects will share in $975,000 of story development funding from Screen Australia, including a television series inspired by the 1999 film Two Hands from director Gregor Jordan, and a family feature film from the producers of Bluey.
- july 26 | www.if.com.au
- Actor Dieter Brummer, best known as Shane Parrish in Home & Away, has died aged just 45.
- july 26 | tvtonight.com.au
- Fresh faces lead the cast of the ABC and Fremantle Australia’s children’s comedy-drama The PM’s Daughter, now shooting in Canberra.
- july 05 | www.if.com.au
- As his latest work, The Bureau of Magical Things, debuts, seasoned Kid's TV producer fears for the future.
- july 08 | tvtonight.com.au
- When Mr Inbetween comes to an end in a fortnight’s time... a much-loved (and highly successful) chapter in Australian drama will come to a close.
- july 02 | www.screenhub.com.au
- TVNZ is promoting William Shatner as one of the guest stars on the next season of My Life is Murder, which will premiere after the Tokyo Olympics.
- july 01 | www.screenscribe.net
- After winning the Gold Logie in 2017, Johnson quit acting to focus on charity work; getting back on the bike hasn’t been as easy as he thought it would be.
- june 9 | www.theage.com.au
- Nine and producers Easy Tiger have confirmed Doctor Doctor is wrapping with its fifth season. There are just two more episodes in the much-loved rural drama starring Rodger Corser as bad boy, Dr. Hugh Knight.
- june 10 | tvtonight.com.au
- The latest Miss Fisher franchise is crafted with care and style to spare. It's got a 60s sleuth you want to hang out with
- june 04 | www.screenhub.com.au
- The Northern Territory is set to welcome another children’s television series, with NITV commissioning Barrumbi Kids.
- june 03 | www.if.com.au
- Prolific veteran actor John Gregg, whose career spans 6 decades across stage & screen has died, aged 82.
- june 01 | tvtonight.com.au
- Actor Lorrae Desmond, a two-time Logie winning matriarch of Australian showbiz, has died at the age of 91. Desmond is best known for her role of nurse Shirley Gilroy, appearing on Seven’s A Country Practice from its 1981 inception until 1992.
- may 23 | www.smh.com.au
- Gold Logie winner Lorrae Desmond has died aged 91 after a short battle with illness
- may 23 | tvblackbox.com.au
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premieres:
- August
- 09 - My Life is Murder s2 (TVNZ1)
- 15 - One Lane Bridge s2 (TVNZ1)
- 15 - The Newsreader (ABC)
- 24 - Wentworth (Fox Showcase)
birthdays:
- July
- 1 - Nick Giannopoulos (1963)
- 2 - Andrew Curry (1972)
- 2 - Grant Dodwell (1952)
- 3 - Jane Allsop (1975)
- 4 - Ben Tari (1972)
- 4 - Scott Major (1975)
- 4 - Ray Meagher (1944)
- 5 - Stephanie McIntosh (1985)
- 5 - Kip Gamblin (1975)
- 8 - Ian McFadyen (1948)
- 10 - Danielle Horvat (1991)
- 10 - Jeffrey Walker (1982)
- 14 - Kristy Wright (1978)
- 14 - John Wood (1946)
- 14 - Deborah Mailman (1972)
- 14 - Joy Smithers (1963)
- 17 - Matthew Holmes (1976)
- 18 - Shaun Micallef (1962)
- 18 - Grant Bowler (1968)
- 19 - Ivar Kants (1949)
- 23 - Bert Newton (1938)
- 24 - Chris Haywood (1948)
- 24 - Rose Byrne (1979)
- 25 - Christopher Gabardi (1969)
- 26 - Madeleine West (1979)
- 26 - Abe Forsythe (1981)
- 26 - Jonny Pasvolsky (1972)
- 27 - George Kapiniaris (1962)
- 27 - Jeremy Callaghan (1967)
- 27 - Ewen Leslie (1980)
- 27 - Indiana Evans (1990)
- 28 - Rachel Blakely (1968)
- 30 - Simon Baker (1969)
- 30 - Philip Quast (1957)
- 31 - Brittany Byrnes (1987)
- 31 - Ernie Dingo (1956)
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