Headlines:
- Tegan Higginbotham turns terracotta into horror and comedy for a new Stan series.
- October 07 | tvtonight.com.au
- From fresh-faced nurse on A Country Practice to national treasure, Georgie Parker reflects on nearly 40 years in living rooms, the passage of time and why she has no plans to retire anytime soon.
- August 26 | thewest.com.au
- Streaming services are spending more than six times the amount that free-to-air networks do on Australian television drama, according to a new report from Screen Australia.
- August 19 | mumbrella.com.au
- Chris Hammer wrote the book Treasure & Dirt, but he had no idea how the TV series was going to end, and had to watch it himself.
- August 20 | www.abc.net.au
- Much-loved and trailblazing actor Deborah Mailman will be inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame on Sunday — the first of three inductees this year.
- August 15 | tvtonight.com.au
- Australian Disney+ drama The Artful Dodger has been renewed for a third and final season, with the streaming platform promising ‘more grit, bigger heists and bolder hijinks’.
- August 05 | www.screenhub.com.au
- Shortland Street has been given a lifeline, with NZ On Air committing to $2.3 million in funding for the next year, with episodes increasing from three to four nights a week... It will be the soap’s 35th year on screen.
- August 03 | www.nzherald.co.nz
- The new series takes the Wentworth story beyond prison walls and into a new world of redemption and survival. It follows a group of former inmates as they attempt to rebuild their lives on the outside.
- July 24 | tvtonight.com.au
- Netflix has unveiled Queenstown, its first locally commissioned New Zealand series, with production now underway in the South Island’s famous alpine resort.
- July 21 | www.theaureview.com
- Terence Donovan, theatre, film and television actor, has died peacefully in Melbourne at age 90.
- July 20 | televisionau.com
- A beheading in the outback kicks off this terrific six-part series, in which the greatest pleasure is not solving the crime but learning about the peculiar locals
- July 20 | www.theguardian.com
- Comedy drama, The F Ward, is the latest Australian medical show. And it’s a good one.
- July 16 | www.thenewdaily.com.au
- Kiwi actor Sir Sam Neill has died, his family has announced.
- July 13 | www.rnz.co.nz
- Sam Neill, the Northern Ireland-born, New Zealand raised actor who found fame in Australia and overseas, has died at the age of 78.
- July 13 | televisionau.com
- With a change of location to Malaysia, sources tell me production company Endemol Shine is struggling to make a reduced budget work, and the whole thing is already turning into a sh*t show.
- July 08 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Three decades since satirical news mockumentary Frontline broke into Australian lounge rooms, mercilessly skewering the ratings-obsessed world of current affairs, star Alison Whyte is still regularly approached by eager fans.
- May 24 | www.thesenior.com.au
- Ben Fordham has slammed the ABC over a deal involving TV hit Bluey and the BBC, which he claims cost the national broadcaster billions.
- May 01 | www.msn.com
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premieres:
- October
- 08 - Gnomes (Stan)
birthdays:
- September
- 1 - Taryn Marler (1988)
- 1 - Natalie Bassingthwaighte (1975)
- 1 - Melissa George (1976)
- 1 - Craig McLachlan (1965)
- 2 - Darcy Bonser (1986)
- 4 - Kevin Harrington (1959)
- 4 - Noah Taylor (1969)
- 5 - Alicia Banit (1990)
- 10 - William McInnes (1963)
- 10 - Jay Laga'aia (1963)
- 12 - Pippa Grandison (1970)
- 12 - Rachel Ward (1957)
- 12 - Hayley McElhinney (1974)
- 14 - André de Vanny (1984)
- 15 - Paula Duncan (1952)
- 16 - Mary Coustas (1964)
- 17 - Bruce Spence (1945)
- 18 - Don Hany (1975)
- 18 - Josh Quong Tart (1975)
- 18 - Nicole da Silva (1981)
- 19 - Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (1973)
- 20 - Peter Phelps (1960)
- 21 - Anthony Hayes (1977)
- 21 - David Wenham (1965)
- 25 - Robyn Nevin (1942)
- 25 - Colin Friels (1952)
- 26 - Brett Climo (1964)
- 27 - Ella Scott Lynch (1982)
- 28 - Marzena Godecki (1978)
- 28 - Sean Scully (1947)
- 28 - Matt Day (1971)
- 28 - Naomi Watts (1968)
- 29 - Mark Mitchell (1955)
- 30 - Mitchell McMahon (1981)
- 30 - Kaarin Fairfax (1959)
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