Documentaries investigating Australia.s war in Afghanistan, the fight against the country.s ice epidemic and the state of the heath and school systems will screen on the ABC next year.
The comedy slate includes two series starring Utopia.s Luke McGregor and six pilots, with viewers voting to determine which pilot goes to a series.
The ABC also confirmed its flagship channel will be available to live-stream on iview from December and that it plans to broadcast all content in HD from next June.
ABC director of TV Richard Finlayson said at the upfronts launch: .As the national broadcaster we will continue our commitment to Australian content, delivering a high-quality, deep and diverse slate..
The factual slate includes Essential Media and Entertainment.s Afghanistan: Inside Australia.s War, which chronicles the raw experiences of Australia.s longest war, from private soldiers to prime ministers, written and directed by Victoria Pitt...
The comedy slate includes two series starring Utopia.s Luke McGregor and six pilots, with viewers voting to determine which pilot goes to a series.
The ABC also confirmed its flagship channel will be available to live-stream on iview from December and that it plans to broadcast all content in HD from next June.
ABC director of TV Richard Finlayson said at the upfronts launch: .As the national broadcaster we will continue our commitment to Australian content, delivering a high-quality, deep and diverse slate..
The factual slate includes Essential Media and Entertainment.s Afghanistan: Inside Australia.s War, which chronicles the raw experiences of Australia.s longest war, from private soldiers to prime ministers, written and directed by Victoria Pitt...
- 11/24/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Dave Eastgate, Lawrence Leung and Stephanie Son in Maximum Choppage.
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Head of ABC TV comedy Rick Kalowski has commissioned a stand-alone pilot, a prototype he intends to test for further pilots, and he.s developing a sitcom to be filmed in front of a studio audience.
In a further break from the traditional approach to comedy, Kalowski is developing several shows that are each built around an established performer-writer. All that is in addition to eight series which are either in production or post.
The stand-alone pilot deals with an unusual subject- mental illness. Details of that sitcom are under wraps but Kowalski tells If he.s looking for other projects that are suitable material for pilots.
The studio-based comedy could be the ABC.s first since Mother and Son, the Geoffrey Atherden-created classic which ran until 1994. The show is being developed with writer . producer Marieke Hardy and would...
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Head of ABC TV comedy Rick Kalowski has commissioned a stand-alone pilot, a prototype he intends to test for further pilots, and he.s developing a sitcom to be filmed in front of a studio audience.
In a further break from the traditional approach to comedy, Kalowski is developing several shows that are each built around an established performer-writer. All that is in addition to eight series which are either in production or post.
The stand-alone pilot deals with an unusual subject- mental illness. Details of that sitcom are under wraps but Kowalski tells If he.s looking for other projects that are suitable material for pilots.
The studio-based comedy could be the ABC.s first since Mother and Son, the Geoffrey Atherden-created classic which ran until 1994. The show is being developed with writer . producer Marieke Hardy and would...
- 5/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The ABC is looking to commission a second series of It.s a Date, the narrative comedy created by Peter Helliar.
Brendan Dahill, Head of Programming for ABC1 and ABC2, rates It.s a Date and Upper Middle Bogan as the broadcaster.s stand-out comedy hits of last year. The shows aired back-to-back on Thursday nights.
Gristmill Productions. Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler are producing another eight episodes of Upper Middle Bogan.
Dahill says he is talking to the producers of It.s a Date, Princess Pictures, about a second series. The show explores the tension, expectation and complication of finding true love, with each episode following two self-contained dates as they head toward desire or disaster.
It had an all-star cast including Asher Keddie, Kate Ritchie, John Wood, Lisa McCune, Stephen Curry, Sibylla Budd, Shane Jacobson, Sophie Lowe, Nadine Garner, Pia Miranda and Helliar.
Helliar was lead writer with a team of Phil Lloyd,...
Brendan Dahill, Head of Programming for ABC1 and ABC2, rates It.s a Date and Upper Middle Bogan as the broadcaster.s stand-out comedy hits of last year. The shows aired back-to-back on Thursday nights.
Gristmill Productions. Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler are producing another eight episodes of Upper Middle Bogan.
Dahill says he is talking to the producers of It.s a Date, Princess Pictures, about a second series. The show explores the tension, expectation and complication of finding true love, with each episode following two self-contained dates as they head toward desire or disaster.
It had an all-star cast including Asher Keddie, Kate Ritchie, John Wood, Lisa McCune, Stephen Curry, Sibylla Budd, Shane Jacobson, Sophie Lowe, Nadine Garner, Pia Miranda and Helliar.
Helliar was lead writer with a team of Phil Lloyd,...
- 2/19/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Matchbox Pictures has produced a reality show about a group of young, pampered and immature adults who are forced to live together in a house and fend for themselves on a basic weekly budget, for the Seven network.
Young, Lazy & Driving Us Crazy is based on the Sony format Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum (which screened on the UK's BBC 3, produced by Monkey Kingdom).
The 10 contestants were recruited from Nsw, Queensland and Victoria after an Australia--wide casting call. The show was shot in Bondi, hosted by Lawrence Mooney. The winner gets a $20,000 trust fund and the respect of his or her parents.
.We pitched it to Seven knowing that World's Strictest Parents had worked well for them, particularly co-viewing with parents and teens,. said co-executive producer Susie Jones, Matchbox Pictures factual entertainment development executive.
The co-executive producer was Emily Griggs (The Farmer Wants a Wife, When Love Comes to...
Young, Lazy & Driving Us Crazy is based on the Sony format Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum (which screened on the UK's BBC 3, produced by Monkey Kingdom).
The 10 contestants were recruited from Nsw, Queensland and Victoria after an Australia--wide casting call. The show was shot in Bondi, hosted by Lawrence Mooney. The winner gets a $20,000 trust fund and the respect of his or her parents.
.We pitched it to Seven knowing that World's Strictest Parents had worked well for them, particularly co-viewing with parents and teens,. said co-executive producer Susie Jones, Matchbox Pictures factual entertainment development executive.
The co-executive producer was Emily Griggs (The Farmer Wants a Wife, When Love Comes to...
- 1/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Adam Zwar returns to ABC1 with his agony aunts and uncles giving advice on Wednesday February 6 from 9pm.
The new series The Agony of Life is a light entertainment series which continues on from his two series of last year with life advice from comedians and media personalities.
Produced by Zwar and Nicole Minchin for High Wire Films production, the 8-part series is also written, directed and narrated by Zwar.
The aunts and uncles offering advice include Yumi Stynes, Mirka Mora, Dave Thornton, Sam Pang, Myf Warhurst, Waleed Aly and Lawrence Mooney.
The episodes will cover the cycle of life childhood, teenager years, plus 20s and 30s, family career, retirement and deathbed revelations.
Agony Aunts has been nominated for Best Light Entertainment Comedy Series, at the forthcoming Aacta Awards.
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The new series The Agony of Life is a light entertainment series which continues on from his two series of last year with life advice from comedians and media personalities.
Produced by Zwar and Nicole Minchin for High Wire Films production, the 8-part series is also written, directed and narrated by Zwar.
The aunts and uncles offering advice include Yumi Stynes, Mirka Mora, Dave Thornton, Sam Pang, Myf Warhurst, Waleed Aly and Lawrence Mooney.
The episodes will cover the cycle of life childhood, teenager years, plus 20s and 30s, family career, retirement and deathbed revelations.
Agony Aunts has been nominated for Best Light Entertainment Comedy Series, at the forthcoming Aacta Awards.
The post ABC sets date for Adam Zwar’s The Agony of Life appeared first on mUmBRELLA.
- 1/8/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Production has begun today on a new ABC sketch comedy series from comedian Sam Simmons, a former Triple J presenter and finalist of Edinburgh Comedy Festival’s top award in 2011.
Called Problems, there will be four initial episodes with the series slated for late 2012.
The production company behind the show is Guesswork Television, the production arm of Token Group, one of the main talent management firm for comedy in Australia.
Kevin Whyte, Ep for Problems and MD for Token Group, told Encore: “Each episode will have a story arc from Sam and built around that will be characters and sketches, some in Sam’s ‘world’ and others in a world of their own. It will be set in the suburbs but is not a riff on suburban life, Australia is the suburbs and their cream brick endlessness provide a great backdrop for our odd little world.”
Trent O’Donnell, a...
Called Problems, there will be four initial episodes with the series slated for late 2012.
The production company behind the show is Guesswork Television, the production arm of Token Group, one of the main talent management firm for comedy in Australia.
Kevin Whyte, Ep for Problems and MD for Token Group, told Encore: “Each episode will have a story arc from Sam and built around that will be characters and sketches, some in Sam’s ‘world’ and others in a world of their own. It will be set in the suburbs but is not a riff on suburban life, Australia is the suburbs and their cream brick endlessness provide a great backdrop for our odd little world.”
Trent O’Donnell, a...
- 9/30/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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