For UK-based Australian actor Claude Scott-Mitchell, starring in 'Hotel Portofino' was a chance to turn her hand to an interesting character - one contending with the social expectations placed on women early last century.
Australian drama may be nurtured at the public broadcasters but pay TV will push the envelope with the genre in 2022, Foxtel executive director of television Brian Walsh says.
"It's been a really tough year. It's nice to sit back and watch a show that feels good; makes you laugh a little bit, makes you cry a little bit."
SBS director of TV and online content Marshall Heald will leave the broadcaster next year to join Foxtel as executive director of entertainment.
Premiering on Binge on Boxing Day, six-part romantic drama 'Love Me' follows three different family members as they experience modern love at distinct times of their lives.
Brendan Cowell, Pallavi Sharda, Ngali Shaw, Catherine Van-Davies, Bishanyia Vincent and Damien Strouthos will star as jurors in Foxtel's courtroom drama 'The Twelve'.
Sam Neill will return to Australian drama for the first time in more than a decade as part of Foxtel crime drama The Twelve, which begins production next week.
"It will be in history, in terms of what it did for the industry' showcasing all those amazing female actors."