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Airdate: The Fall
Irish crime thriller The Fall will air on UKTV in October. The 5 part series stars Gillian Anderson (The X Files), Jamie Dornan (Once Upon A Time), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) and John Lynch...
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BBC dramas “No delay from the UK”
Last night at the Foxtel Upfronts much was made of the new BBC deal for Drama, Comedy and Factual. There was more detail on the titles that will premiere on Foxtel, on the unnamed channel due to launch...
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BBC First channel to launch on Foxtel in August
BBC Worldwide has announced its new premium drama and comedy channel on Foxtel will be known as BBC First. Boasting the best British scripted content “first, fast and uninterrupted”, BBC First is a new...
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Programmer’s Wrap 2014: SBS
TV Tonight launches its annual Programmer’s Wrap today beginning with its first interview with Peter Andrews as Head of Network Programming for SBS. Formerly Network Program Manager at TEN Melbourne...
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Curtain up on BBC First
Three Musketeers, Peaky Blinders, The Politician’s Husband and Banished are amongst new first-run dramas set to screen on new Pay TV channel BBC First. The titles were revealed at an industry launch...
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Top of the Lake nominated in BAFTA Awards
Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake has been nominated for a BAFTA Award -but it will have to compete with Broadchurch in the Drama series category. Broadchurch and Channel 4 drama Southcliffe dominate the...
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Lips sealed on more Rake
Last week was lucky enough to I host a forum at the Sydney Writer’s Festival with three television writers: Peter Duncan (Rake), Steven McGregor (Redfern Now) and A.M. Homes (The L Word). It was...
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BBC First to launch on August 3rd
New subscription channel BBC First will launch on Foxtel at 9.30am on Sunday 3rd August, with a binge “box set” session of all 10 episodes of The Musketeers. It will be followed by a preview of the...
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BBC First to the rescue
On Sunday BBC First launches in Australia, the first territory in the world to view the channel, comprising premium comedy and drama from the British broadcaster. Launching with an impressive library...
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Airdate: The Fall
Acclaimed Irish series The Fall will have its Free to Air premiere on SBS later this month. Starring Gillian Anderson (The X Files, Great Expectations), and Jamie Dornan (50 Shades of Grey, Once Upon a...
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Big shows in the home stretch
We now have airdates for the last batch of big local titles from Seven, Nine and TEN for the ratings year, as networks look to fill out the last 7 weeks of the ratings year. Seven’s The Big Adventure...
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Bogan comedy beats reality Geeks and Housemates
A little faith is restored in scripted comedy with ABC’s Upper Middle Bogan outranking the lure of reality equivalents in both Beauty and the Geek and Big Brother -for the second week in a row....
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Solid ratings week for Seven
Last week was a convincing win by Seven after several weeks of tight finishes. Network: Seven: 32.4 Nine: 26.4 ABC: 18.7 TEN: 17.6 SBS: 4.9 As Daylight Saving takes hold, there were only six shows...
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Check out this extraordinary trailer of BBC dramas, with Benedict Cumberbatch referencing Shakespeare’s “All the world’s a stage” for ‘A Lifetime of BBC Drama.’ Admittedly it includes some titles that...
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Under a million but soap still buoyant
Another night under a million viewers saw Home and Away as the top entertainment show of the night, just ahead of Dancing with the Stars. Both helped Seven to take victory for the fourth night this...
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Returning: The Fall
Pay TV viewers are in for a treat this month when BBC First channel begins the anticipated second series of The Fall express from the UK. This will broadcast just an hour after the UK transmission,...
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US dramas top Timeshifted shows
Scripted US shows may not top the TV ratings in Overnight figures, but they continue to dominate what we are viewing via our PVRs. US shows comprised 14 of the top 20 titles in the last full week of...
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Seven dips, Nine take Thursday.
It was another night under the magic million, and for Seven it was a night under 900,000, as viewing slides towards the end of the week. Nine network won Thursday with 28.3% then Seven 26.4%, TEN...
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Stan adds BBC titles
Fairfax and Nine video streaming service Stan has announced a deal with BBC Worldwide. From its launch early next year it will feature library dramas such as Sherlock, Ripper Street, Orphan Black, Top...
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Labyrinth
UK miniseries Labyrinth may be so titled for its elaborate storyline set across two time periods of modern-day and Middle Ages France -but it’s also a labyrinthine plot for the viewer to keep up. This...
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