Headlines:
- When Bridget Fair, CEO of Free TV Australia, appeared before Senators at the Inquiry into Australian Content on Broadcast, Radio and Streaming Services in Sydney last week there was no deviation from the commercial broadcasters' long held position that children's television quotas should be scrapped.
- august 09 | www.if.com.au
- After more than a decade in the wilderness, accident-prone outback legend Russell Coight returns to our screens on Sunday, August 5 for more All Aussie Adventures.
- august 02 | thewest.com.au
- Network Ten has ordered a contemporary mystery-drama series that will follow the exploits of a female private investigator. My Life is Murder will star Lucy Lawless as Alexa Crowe, a fearless PI who solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.
- august 01 | www.if.com.au
- Sitting in a Melbourne café waiting to speak to an industry veteran, I'm struck by the figure outside the window striding towards me. It is actor Terry Norris, 88, who has a decided spring in his step as he heads for his latest press interview.
- july 30 | tvtonight.com.au
- In one way, the three characters for which Nicole da Silva is best known could not be more different... But from the outside, there are also clear threads running through all three fictional women: a feistiness, a fighting spirit and a complexity that for a long time has been all too rare in female characters in Australasian television. And that's no accident.
- july 26 | www.stuff.co.nz
- Seven has announced a spin-off of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries to centre around the niece of Phryne Fisher. Ms. Fisher's MODern Murder Mysteries will be 4 telemovies set in Melbourne in the 1960s
- july 26 | tvtonight.com.au
- TV and radio star Jane Kennedy has spoken up about the 'very jarring' gender discrepancy in Network Ten's upcoming 'pilot week' line-up.
- july 23 | www.theage.com.au
- Musician, comedian and actor Tim Minchin will star in a new television series being filmed in South Australia and Western Australia about two misfits trying to get an upright piano from one side of the country to the other.
- july 23 | indaily.com.au
- Gristmill's Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler are Back in Very Small Business with their gooey, chewy secret: You can be sweet and sharp at the same time.
- july 19 | www.artshub.com.au
- Screen Australia has revealed its highest one-off investment in adult TV drama, in which it will provide more than $17m in funding for six films, 10 television series and seven online productions.
- july 18 | mumbrella.com.au
- Matchbox Pictures co-founder Tony Ayres has launched his own TV drama and film production company with the backing of Matchbox and NBCUniversal International Studios.
- july 17 | www.if.com.au
- Kim Knight discovers how the road to sci-fi success began in a cul-de-sac.
- july 14 | www.nzherald.co.nz
- The future of Australia's hugely successful drama series Wentworth is up in the air, with Foxtel admitting it has no immediate plans to film another season.
- july 16 | thenewdaily.com.au
- Fans have reacted angrily to rumours Foxtel has axed its popular Logies-winning prison series Wentworth.
- july 16 | www.smh.com.au
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airdates:
- August
- 14 - 800 Words (7)
- 15 - Bite Club (9)
- 19 - Rake (ABC)
- September
- 05 - Back In Very Small Business (ABC)
birthdays:
- August
- 1 - Les Hill (1973)
- 2 - Sam Worthington (1976)
- 4 - Jamie Croft (1981)
- 5 - John Jarratt (1951)
- 6 - Melissa George (1976)
- 7 - Sophie Lee (1968)
- 7 - Serge Lazareff (1944)
- 7 - Graeme Blundell (1945)
- 9 - Eric Bana (1968)
- 10 - Alan Cinis (1960)
- 11 - Chris Hemsworth (1983)
- 12 - Christopher Stollery (1965)
- 14 - Kate Ritchie (1978)
- 15 - Vince Poletto (1972)
- 15 - Rel Hunt (1974)
- 15 - Brooke Anderson (1981)
- 15 - Jacek Koman (1956)
- 16 - Brendan Cowell (1976)
- 17 - Noni Hazlehurst (1953)
- 17 - Shane Briant (1946)
- 17 - Shane Porteous (1942)
- 18 - Brooke Harmon (1985)
- 19 - Tammin Sursok (1983)
- 20 - Rebecca Croft (1978)
- 20 - John Noble (1948)
- 21 - Peter Weir (1944)
- 21 - Roger Oakley (1943)
- 21 - Anne-Louise Lambert (1955)
- 22 - Shane Withington (1958)
- 23 - Rowena Wallace (1947)
- 24 - Rachael Carpani (1980)
- 25 - Aaron Jeffery (1970)
- 25 - Keegan Joyce (1989)
- 29 - Jay Ryan (1981)
- 30 - Kimberley Joseph (1973)
- 31 - Jack Thompson (1940)
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