Now that Upfront displays are full, we’ve a a lot clearer view of the 2024 viewing yr.
This yr there have been a variety of revivals and reboots introduced, all of 10’s new reveals as an example are acquainted manufacturers.
Overall it was a season of “protected” bulletins, with only a few daring and dangerous concepts. These will land in a yr when the US strikes are impacting worldwide titles.
I’ve a desire for scripted Drama, so they have an inclination to function in my decisions beneath.
Having scanned the model new Australian-made titles, right here, in no explicit order, are among the titles I’m eager to take a look at…
What about you?
ABC
Ladies in Black
Following on from the movie of the identical title and drawing inspiration from the much-loved 1993 novel, Ladies In Black sees the beloved ladies from Goodes Department Store fling open their store doorways to the fabulous 60’s. The heartwarming six-part drama collection takes place in 1961, six months after the occasions of the unique story, the place amidst this backdrop of main societal shifts, the ladies embracing extra freedom and independence are compelled to confront private decisions and challenges which forged shadows over their as soon as cherished desires. A Bunya Entertainment manufacturing. Major manufacturing funding from the ABC, South Australian Film Corporation and Screen Australia. Financed with help from Screen NSW. Producers: Sophia Zachariou, Angela Littlejohn, Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey. Executive Producers: Greg Waters, Sue Milliken, Allanah Zitserman. ABC Executive Producers: Rachel Okine & Louise Smith. Distributed by ABC Commercial.
Shaun Micallef’s Unnamed Project
Shaun Micallef’s Unnamed Project will ship all the pieces its title guarantees – and extra. The ABC legend returns in 2024 in a model new present that’s positive to thrill taxpayers. “I can’t let you know an excessive amount of about what we’ll be doing” teased Micallef at a current Senate Hearing. ’Suffice to say, it is not going to function cooking, dwelling renovations, marriage, singing, sport, RBT models, canines, wilderness survival, quiz questions, information clips, inventory footage, sporting masks, border safety, wonderful races, Lego, sitting on a panel or being marooned on an island in your underwear.” An ITV Studios Australia & Giant Baby manufacturing for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Maggie Beer’s Big Mission
Spurred by the surprising findings of malnutrition from the Aged Care Royal Commission in 2021, Australian meals icon, Maggie Beer, leads an formidable social experiment to enhance the meals and eating room expertise at an aged care dwelling. Over 4 months, Maggie and a workforce of specialists will improve the menu, eating room, gardens and tradition to convey extra pleasure and wellbeing to the residents. Together they are going to overcome restricted meals budgets and work stream challenges to ship a nutritious and attractive new menu in a residential aged care dwelling in Perth, Western Australia. The foundation of all of the meals adjustments will sit round Maggie’s mantra “Make Every Mouthful Count”. This might be 78-year-old Maggie’s most formidable challenge so far and the one she would be the proudest of – if the workforce can pull it off – because it might present inspiration and a roadmap for a brand new mannequin of care in aged care throughout the nation. An Artemis Media manufacturing for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Major manufacturing funding from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen Australia in affiliation with Screenwest and Lotterywest. Series Director and Producer Laki Baker. Senior Producer Phillipa Hutchison. Executive Producer Celia Tait. ABC Commissioning Editor Julie Hanna. ABC Head of Factual Susie Jones. International Sales: ABC Commercial.
SBS / NITV
Swift Street
8 x 30 minutes
Created and directed by Tig Terera, Swift Street options an ensemble forged together with acclaimed Hollywood star Cliff Curtis (Avatar: The Way of Water, Traffic, Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw), Tanzyn Crawford (Tiny Beautiful Things, Servant), Keiynan Lonsdale (My Fake Boyfriend, Love, Simon, The Divergent Series), Eliza Matengu (Thor: Love and Thunder, Jack Irish), Bernie Van Tiel (Class of ‘07, SBS drama anthology collection Erotic Stories), and introducing Alfred ‘Alfie’ Chuol. When 21-year-old Elsie (Tanzyn Crawford) – a new-school illicit entrepreneur in her ownright – discovers that her old-school hustler father Robert (Cliff Curtis) is being hunted down by a cruel crime boss over a nasty debt, she decides to assist him, sparking the beginnings of a reconciliation and a doubtful reign as companions in crime. Swift Street is a Magpie Pictures manufacturing for SBS. Major manufacturing funding fromScreen Australia in affiliation with SBS. Financed in affiliation with VicScreen and Screen NSW. Global movie and tv studio Fifth Season (previously Endeavour Content) is dealing with worldwide gross sales.
Four Years
8 x 30 minutes
Four Years is a narrative of a married couple looking for one another once more after beingseparated for 4 years. In the spirit of Normal People, the collection explores love, craving and miscommunication. Achingly highly effective, Four Years follows the turbulent marriage oftwo younger Indian lovers, Sridevi and Yash, by three timelines, instructed by twin views. Full of romance and the need to search out somebody you as soon as cherished once more, this ground-breaking Australian collection makes use of the Hindi and English languages interchangeably. Created and written by Indian-Australian author Mithila Gupta (Bump S1&2, The Unlisted, The Heights, Five Bedrooms and Doctor Doctor). Four Years might be produced by award-winning Easy Tiger Productions (Colin From Accounts, The Twelve) for SBS. Major manufacturing funding from Screen Australia and Screen NSW in affiliation with SBS.
Journey Home: David Gulpilil
1 x 90 minutes
David Gulpilil, a Yolŋu man of the Mandhalpuyngu clan, was one in all Australia’s mostoutstanding Indigenous actors. Since his 1971 debut in Nicholas Roeg’s movie ‘Walkabout’ he mesmerised audiences, showing in over eighteen movies. With a profession spanning over 50 years, Gulpilil’s contribution to the Australian movie business is an element ofthe historical past of each the Australian cinema and its illustration of Indigenous Australians. This is the story of David Gulpilil’s journey dwelling after his passing in 2021, again to his birthplace, the centrepiece of which is his Bäpurru ceremony in Marayuwu close to the Arafura Swamp and the distant group of Ramingining, Eastern Arnhem Land within the Northern Territory of Australia. This is a uncommon perception into a robust ceremony of renewal and regeneration and is instructed utterly from the Yolŋu perspective, from the angle of his household. This exceptional occasion, marking Gulpilil’s return to the earth, the completion of his lifecycle, attracts a direct line between the modern world of worldwide fame and 60,000 years of Indigenous tradition. Journey Home is a Brindle Films manufacturing for NITV. Principal manufacturing funding from Screen Australia in affiliation with Screen Territory and VicScreen. Local distribution by Madman Entertainment. Developed with help of Screen Australia, VicScreen and Screen Territory.
Seven
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
A uncommon perception into how hitmaker and trailblazer Michael Gudinski impressed the soundtrack of a nation and revolutionised the Australian music business, Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story follows his relentless pursuit of success over 5 a long time as he launches Mushroom Records and the careers of numerous artists, promotes legendary worldwide acts, and takes Australian music to the world. Featuring unique interviews with among the world’s most influential artists, extraordinary uncommon footage, and an electrifying soundtrack, this documentary reveals the person behind the music and the unstoppable power that was Michael Gudinski. Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story is a Mushroom Studios manufacturing.
Nine
Human Error
Inspired by precise occasions, 9Network’s new drama collection, Human Error, follows Detective Holly O’Rourke and her murder workforce as a seemingly open-and-shut homicide investigation threatens to destroy her profession, her household, and her religion in justice. As she scrambles to redeem her private {and professional} popularity, O’Rourke and her workforce uncover a felony conspiracy that may change their lives eternally. From the inventive skills behind Underbelly, Bump, Offspring and Love My Way, Human Error is government produced by John Edwards and Dan Edwards with producers Greg Haddrick and Samantha Winston, alongside The Age’s legendary crime reporter and podcaster John Sylvester (Underbelly) as story guide. Cast to be introduced quickly. Human Error is a Roadshow Rough Diamond manufacturing for the 9Network with main manufacturing funding from Screen Australia in affiliation with Nine. Financed with help from VicScreen. International distribution might be dealt with by ITV Studios.
Blood On The Tracks: The Platform Killer
When a prepare commuter is discovered lifeless throughout peak hour, police suspect suicide. But when Detective Kate Fletcher finds hyperlinks to an ‘unintended’ demise at a suburban station, she suspects one thing way more sinister within the 9Network’s new crime thriller, Blood On The Tracks – the Platform Killer. Despite stress to drop her investigation, Fletcher uncovers an internet of connections to different deaths on the rail community. Her investigation takes her from town underground to outback freight strains, however is she ready for what she’ll uncover? And is Fletcher herself within the killer’s sights? Blood On The Tracks – the Platform Killer is produced by Easy Tiger and Anton for the 9Network.
10 / Paramount
Paper Dolls (Dec 3)
Dust off your velour tracksuits as a result of Paper Dolls is about to premiere on Paramount+ on December 7. This charming eight-part drama explores the meteoric rise and tumultuous fall of Harlow, a fictional girl-group born of the world of actuality tv. Featuring a blinding forged of rising expertise, Paper Dolls guarantees a nostalgic journey into the world of Y2K popular culture whereas providing a revealing exploration of the much less glamorous features of fame.
Fake
If you like an exhilarating drama, the upcoming premium occasion collection Fake is unmissable. Starring Asher Keddie and David Wenham and impressed by Stephanie Wood’s bestselling e book, this eight-part collection delivers a gripping meditation on love in a world of lies and deceit. Fake follows Birdie Bell (Keddie), a superb journal options author who thinks she’s discovered ‘the one’ when she meets profitable grazier Joe Burt (Wenham) on a courting app. Bringing Birdie’s world to life on display screen is a stellar Australian forged that includes Heather Mitchell, Nicholas Brown and Spencer McLaren.
Foxtel / Binge
High Country
An eight-part thriller thriller starring Leah Purcell, Aaron Pedersen, Sara Wiseman and Ian McElhinney, and tells the story of detective Andrea (Andie) Whitford (Purcell) who’s transferred to the Victorian High Country, the place she is thrust right into a baffling thriller of 5 lacking individuals who’ve vanished into the wilderness.
