Australia’s favourite detective Miss Phryne Fisher is back for a third season of puzzling cases in Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. This ABC favourite, starring Essie Davis as Fisher, returns on May 8th, and this season sees Phryne and DI Jack Robinson (Nathan Page) exploring the possibility of a relationship. We’ll also meet Phryne’s father, Baron…
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Anzac Day is this Saturday and ABC are broadcasting an extensive look at all the marches and commemorations. Including services from Turkey and France, the schedule is as follows The local Anzac Day marches are at: NSW 9.00am – 12.30pm ACT 10.30am – 12.30pm (National Ceremony) VIC 9.00am – 12.30pm TAS 10.30am – 12.30pm QLD 9.30am…
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– Words by Simon Anicich In exciting news for fans of Aunty, the ABC has announced the launch of a new current affairs program, Australia Wide. The weekly show will air Saturday nights at 9.30pm AEDT, with an encore performance 10.30am AEDT airing on ABC Sunday mornings. The show aims to look at things that effect all Australians,…
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Hello Asia! Editor Johnny Au chats with actor Anthony Brandon Wong about his character “Le Bok” on ABC’s Maximum Choppage, his work as an actor as well as an acting coach and his passion for all things food! You may (or may not) have seen him as “Ghost” in The Matrix sequels but his character…
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Following the success of their iview comedy binge, which racked up over 2.6 million views across the summer period, the ABC is proud to announce Binge on the Best Australian Drama, set to kick off on April 1st. Throughout the month, you can look forward to watching some of the best Aussie drama the ABC has to offer….
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ABC kicks off another big year of original Aussie drama with the family drama series, Hiding, created, co-produced and written by Matt Ford and directed by Shawn Seet, Tori Garrett and Grant Brown. After a botched drug deal, Troy Quigg (James Stewart) must take his family into Witness Protection in exchange for giving evidence against…
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A new six-part drama series, Glitch, tells the discovery of 6 people who have inexplicably risen from the dead in perfect health. Although without any memory of their identities, it’s not long before the links to why they have risen start to show. Written and produced by the team from Matchbox Pictures (The Slap, Old…
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ABC TV recently announced that Emmy award-winner Guy Pearce is set to return as Jack Irish in the six-part, highly acclaimed political thriller, The Code for its second series, after receiving critical acclaim in its first, which screened earlier this year. Head of ABC Fiction, Carole Sklan, said, “We are delighted to be partnering again with…
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It will be a sad goodbye to a very long-running Australian program as At the Movies with beloved film critics Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton bring their 28-year show to a close. From SBS to ABC, they have been the most trusted and most respected of film critics and so their final episode is guaranteed…
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After a scary few months that saw ABC TV almost being axed, the network are back on top following a relieving announcement last week. ABC will again welcome in 2015 with a four-hour entertainment extravaganza to celebrate NEW YEAR’S EVE when we join with the City of Sydney to bring the world-renowned fireworks to audiences…
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This week the world’s eyes are on Australia, as Brisbane hosts the G20. The event is bringing together an unprecedented assembly of world leaders on Australian soil including US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, German…
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Next Monday 10th of November on ABC, 9:35pm (AEDT), Tony Jones, will be joined with a panel of strong-minded people across all disciplines of politics, science and public affairs: Baroness Susan Greenfield who is a British neuroscientist that believes technology is altering our brains; Environmental Minister, Greg Hunt, who is overseeing the rollout of Direct…
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The Chaser team are back this year, with their upcoming 8-part series The Chaser’s Media Circus starting on Wednesday October 15 on the ABC. The ABC has pre-emptively apologised for the series by releasing a statement to the press. Below are some of the highlights: “Looking forward a few weeks, we’ll definitely have to admit that in…
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