Australia’s most reluctant Hollywood triumph, Hannah Gadsby, has capped off a meteoric 18 month ride, securing the Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for Netflix Original production, 'Nanette'.
Installed as ABC head of comedy in July, Todd Abbott will start evaluating the development materials of the comedy projects that received support under the $5 million Fresh Start Fund this week – and next week he hopes to greenlight development on several projects that he’s already been evaluating.
The screen industry needs to stop cutting writers' fees and to do a lot better in providing career paths for writers, according to Guesswork Television MD Kevin Whyte.
Featuring Wil Anderson, Cal Wilson, Nazeem Hussain, Dave Hughes, Zoe Coombs Marr, Tommy Little, Geraldine Hickey, Dilruk Jayasinha, Steph Tisdell, Aaron Chen, Sam Campbell, Michelle Brasier, Nath Valvo, Tom Ballard, Randy Feltface, Claire Hooper, Becky Lucas, Sam Taunton, Nikki Britton, Demi Lardner & Tom Walker, along with exciting emerging talents Lauren Bonner, Oliver Twist, Blake Freeman and Bec Charlwood.
The second season of Sarah Kendall's comedy Frayed is currently filming in Sydney for the ABC/Sky Studios UK, with Hamish Michael, Jane Hall and Emma Harvie joining the cast.
Commissioned to celebrate the 90th year of the ABC, 'The ABC Of' is a six-part interview series hosted by David Wenham that revisits the pasts of prominent Australians through moments drawn from the vast ABC archives.
Created by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, 'Deadloch' picks up with a man turning up dead on a beach in the once sleepy titular Tasmanian seaside town.
Amazon Prime Video Australia will release 10 stand-up comedy specials from 10 Australian comedians: Tom Gleeson, Judith Lucy, Celia Pacquola, Tommy Little, Lano & Woodley, Anne Edmonds, Zoe Coombs Marr, Tom Walker, Dilruk Jayasinha and Alice Fraser.