Headlines:
- Parent Up follows siblings Yu Na and Min Park who want more excitement in their ordinary lives but end up getting way more than they bargained for in a high-stakes secret mission. Yu Na and Min don’t realise just how crazy things can become once they discover that their once unremarkable parents are actually international spies on a mission.
- april 07 | tvtonight.com.au
- Comedian Kitty Flanagan is the co-writer, co-editor and star of Fisk, in which she plays a down-on-her-luck lawyer who takes a job at a shabby suburban law firm dealing with wills and probate.
- march 13 | www.theage.com.au
- ABC in the US has ordered a pilot based on Australian drama Total Control, with NBCUniversal-owned Universal Television and Keshet Studios attached. The remake, known as Dark Horse, is being written by William Jehu Garroutte and has Jessica Goldberg (The Path) attached as showrunner.
- march 09 | tbivision.com
- Amazing Grace, by the writers of Offspring, Playing for Keeps and Love Child, brings a sense of connection, and plenty of dramatic twists
- february 27 | www.smh.com.au
- The hit drama series, which filmed its first season in New Zealand, is Queensland-bound thanks to the Qld Government’s Production Attraction Strategy and is expected to inject $28 million into the state and create around 150 jobs.
- february 27 | tvtonight.com.au
- Both series will go into production this year and join MaveriX, Itch Season 2 and Hardball Season 2 on ABC ME’s action-packed slate of narrative drama.
- february 26 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Filming will commence this month on a new Netflix Australia 10-episode teen surfing drama, Surviving Summer.
- february 17 | tvblackbox.com.au
- There has been official confirmation this morning the next series of Channel 10’s Australian Survivor will film in Queensland in the North-West town of Cloncurry.
- february 11 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Acclaimed Australian producer Jonathan M. Shiff provided insights on making compelling live-action tween content in his TV Kids Festival creative keynote.
- february 05 | worldscreen.com
- An Underbelly-style injunction banning the airing of an ABC series featuring the Russell Street bombing could be on the cards as convicted bomber faces fresh charges.
- february 04 | thenewdaily.com.au
- Two feature films, three television dramas, one children’s series, and one online project share in $5.9 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
- february 02 | www.mediaweek.com.au
- The writer of Australia’s new must-watch drama on how her teenage experiences formed the backbone of her latest work.
- january 30 | www.couriermail.com.au
- After eight years away from our screens, we have finally been given a first look into the slightly older Rafter family in the Packed to the Rafters reboot.
- january 17 | thewest.com.au
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premieres:
- April
- 02 - Wakefield (ABC iView)
- 18 - Wakefield (ABC)
- ?? - Doctor Doctor (Nine)
birthdays:
- April
- 1 - Lachy Hulme (1971)
- 1 - Kym Wilson (1973)
- 1 - Fletcher Humphrys (1976)
- 2 - Toni Scanlan (1956)
- 3 - Shane Connor (1959)
- 3 - Ben Mendelsohn (1969)
- 4 - Hugo Weaving (1960)
- 4 - Jessica Napier (1979)
- 5 - Simon Chilvers (1939)
- 7 - Russell Crowe (1964)
- 9 - Peta Toppano (1952)
- 12 - Magda Szubanski (1961)
- 12 - Jared Turner (1978)
- 13 - Judy Nunn (1945)
- 15 - Kim Gyngell (1952)
- 16 - David Lyons (1976)
- 19 - Gillian Jones (1947)
- 20 - Elspeth Ballantyne (1939)
- 22 - John Waters (1948)
- 22 - Salvator Coco (1975)
- 23 - Elaine Smith (1962)
- 23 - Judy Davis (1955)
- 24 - Rian McLean (1984)
- 24 - Nicole Gulasekharam (1991)
- 25 - Daniel MacPherson (1980)
- 26 - Michael Dorman (1981)
- 27 - Erik Thomson (1967)
- 29 - Firass Dirani (1984)
- 29 - Max Cullen (1940)
- 30 - Pamela Rabe (1959)
- 30 - Blair McDonough (1981)
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