Headlines:
- 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
- …Bluey has become one of the world’s most-watched television series, winning over children and parents alike with its warmth, humour and unmistakable Aussie spirit. Through the clever and inspired work of sound designer Dan Brumm, the series brings the everyday beauty of Australian life to audiences worldwide through sound…
- April 28 | www.cxnetwork.com.au
- John Kim has joined Hunter Page-Lochard and Kate Stewart in Australian TV drama Fortitude Valley. The Cruel Intentions actor, who is set to star in 2027 pic Voltron, will play Gavin Chang, a Detective Senior Constable seconded to an operation to solve two cold-case murders.
- March 31 | deadline.com
- The ABC has released a first look and premiere date for Bad Company, a sharp backstage satire comedy following a theatre company on the brink and the two women pulling it in completely opposite directions.
- March 27 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Ido Drent says moving from acting into the property sector was about moving away from a "disempowering" industry.
- March 26 | www.stuff.co.nz
- 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
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premieres:
- May
- 27 - Bust Up (Sky Open/NEON [NZ])
- June
- 04 - Two Years Later (Paramount+)
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)
- 6 - Geoffrey Rush (1951)
- 8 - Bruce Gyngell (1929)
- 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 - Andy Anderson (1947)
- 18 - Grant Bowler (1968)
- 19 - Ivar Kants (1949)
- 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)
- 31 - Christian Byers (1993)
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