Headlines:
- 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
- …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
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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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