Starring Craig McLachlan and Nadine Garner, season five will launch later in the year on ABC and iview and will conclude with a movie-length finale.
Brisbane's Hoodlum Entertainment and ABC Studios International will co-produce 'Harrow', a new crime drama for the ABC.
The ABC and Create NSW have launched a $100,000 development initiative to sniff out character-driven, half-hour dramas.
Margot Robbie and Brett Hedblom from LuckyChap, Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield from Hoodlum, ABC Studios International's Keli Lee, and Sally Riley from the ABC are the EPs on the 10-part project.
Corrie Chen, Kris Wyld, Catriona McKenzie, Imogen Banks and Nicole Coventry are among the 10 NSW-based filmmaker teams which will participate in the next stage of a half-hour drama series development partnership between Create NSW and the ABC.
Marcus Graham and Shari Sebbens will be among the ensemble cast of Matchbox Pictures and For Pete’s Sake Productions 30-episode serial drama 'The Heights', which started production today in Perth for the ABC.
“Now our screens show more Indigenous characters – cops, lawyers, parents, kids and superheroes. They resonate because they are created by and with Indigenous Australians. What we see now is a great start that we have to build upon.”
Leading the ABC's drama slate in 2019 is Blackfella Films' 'Black B*tch', starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths, with the broadcaster reconfirming its commitment to Australian stories and diversity at its upfronts yesterday.