ABC TV has confirmed new series of Janet King, Rake, Jack Irish, The Code and The Doctor Blake Mysteries.
Claudia Karvan nd Marcus Graham have signed to star alongside Guy Pearce in the next installment of Jack Irish.
Based in the US for the past three years, Kieran Darcy-Smith had not seen the Jack Irish telepics when he was offered the gig as set-up director of the spin-off series starring Guy Pearce as a former criminal lawyer turned private investigator.
Newcomers Elias Anton and Ben Kindon are playing the leads in Barracuda, the 4-part Matchbox Pictures drama for ABC directed by Rob Connolly.
In between film work last year, Knight wrote new seasons of Rake and Jack Irish simultaneously, a process he calls, unsurprisingly, "a blur".
SBS’s Sunshine will attract viewers as an edge-of-the-seat crime thriller which introduces fresh faces and provides insights into a little-known community.
The ABC expects to spend $119 million on commissioning content from independent producers in the 2017-18 financial year, a significant uplift from the prior year’s $95 million.
As a regular in the ABC’s 'Rake' since the second series, Damien Garvey has a ready explanation as to why the fifth series is the last.