The ABC has announced the premiere of the ground-breaking factual series The Assembly on Tuesday, 20 August at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. Mentored by one of Australia’s most renowned interviewers, Leigh Sales, The Assembly follows autistic journalism students as they interview Australia’s biggest names including legendary actor Sam Neill, beloved radio and television personality Hamish Blake, Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, award-winning singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem, … [Read more...] about Expect the unexpected as ABC series “The Assembly” premieres in August
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Penny Smallacombe joins Blackfella Films as head of scripted
Blackfella Films have announced that the highly regarded drama executive Penny Smallacombe has joined the company as Head of Scripted. A member of the Maramanindji people, from the Northern Territory, Penny was, for six years, Head of the First Nations Department at Screen Australia, overseeing a large slate of successful film and television projects including Total Control, Spear, She Who Must Be Loved, Sweet Country, We Don’t Need a Map, Grace Beside Me, Mystery Road, Sweet As, We Are Still … [Read more...] about Penny Smallacombe joins Blackfella Films as head of scripted
ABC Commercial delivers fresh new drama
Australia - From the producers of internationally successful drama series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Every Cloud Productions, Newton’s Law enjoyed critical and ratings success on its recent Australian debut on ABC TV, and has been the number one non-children’s performer YTD on ABC’s VOD platform, iview. ‘It’s incredibly encouraging that Australian audiences and critics have been quick to embrace this brand new drama-comedy series. With a creative team that has an exceptional pedigree in … [Read more...] about ABC Commercial delivers fresh new drama
Second year of Art Bites
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason announced that Art Bites, a joint initiative between ABC TV and Screen Australia, will return for a second year. Art Bites is a rare opportunity for four emerging Australian filmmaking teams to create a 6 x 5-minute documentary web series about an art subject of their choosing, to premiere on the ABC Arts channel on iview. This initiative is designed to unearth up-and-coming creatives with an original and compelling idea for a documentary series that will … [Read more...] about Second year of Art Bites
Award-winning series on ABC
Sydney, Australia- Sticky Pictures’ Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane will premiere on ABC TV from 14 October. The six-part musical comedy series is the first live-action prime time series for Australia’s very own Sticky Pictures in association with ABC TV, Film Victoria and Screen Australia. High-res image for media use attached Fresh off the back of a highly acclaimed ABC iview launch and having recently been featured in Neil Patrick Harris’ Gala at the Just For … [Read more...] about Award-winning series on ABC
“ANZAC Girls”: Rising Sun Pictures Goes to War
Adelaide, South Australia — ANZAC Girls, a 6-part mini-series produced by Screentime, a Banijay Group company, for ABC-TV, was a rare television project for Adelaide visual effects studio Rising Sun Pictures (RSP), better known for its work on Hollywood blockbusters such as X-Men: Days of Future Past, Gravity, and The Great Gatsby. The first episode premiered on Australian TV on Sunday, 10 August with exceptional ratings around Australia and much critical acclaim. Based on Peter … [Read more...] about “ANZAC Girls”: Rising Sun Pictures Goes to War
