Documentaries examining the aftermath of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, Australia’s frontier conflicts and race and identity through the prism of former AFL star Adam Goodes are being funded by Screen Australia in one of the final funding rounds overseen by Liz Stevens.
Rove McManus, Dave O’Neil, Troy Kinne, Rhys Darby, Stephen Curry and Harley Breen are among the stars of eight pilots which will premiere on Network Ten next month, while women are all but overlooked.
SBS has commissioned a factual series which will look for Australia’s brightest child and a two-part documentary which will strive to break down the stigma around mental health.
Network Ten has ordered a contemporary mystery-drama series that will follow the exploits of a female private investigator.
There are a sprinkling of women in the casts of the eight shows which will premiere on Network Ten’s Pilot Week later this month.
Stephen Curry is playing the curmudgeonly lead character who moves in with his daughter and her boyfriend in Mr. Black, a sitcom commissioned by Network Ten.
Social media lit up with the Sunday night premieres of CJZ’s Skit Happens and Disgrace! on Network Ten, kicking off the network’s innovative Pilot Week initiative.
Many screen producers are dismayed that Screen Australia has rejected their case to deny funding for BBC Studios' productions in Australia or to invest in local remakes of international formats.