The Weekend Shift.
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Lee Lin Chin is set to star in new Sbs comedy web pilot.The Weekend Shift.produced by Sbs 2.s The Feed.
The pilot premieres Monday 9 May on Sbs On Demand.
The show is a new scripted comedy pilot that follows the team behind the fictional Sbs Weekend News and their struggles with ratings, budget cuts and getting Lee Lin out of the pub and into the studio..
In the tradition of.Frontline, 30 Rock.and.The Larry Sanders Show,.The Weekend Shift.is a self-deprecating look at a B Team of dysfunctional misfits who put the 'weak' in Weekend News.
Nick Smith (Miles Bence —.Fresh Blood), a thirty-something supervising producer old beyond his years thanks to stress and sleepless nights, leads the team including journalists Laura Knight (Madeleine Madden —.Tomorrow When the War Began), Emily Wright (Renee Lim —.Please Like Me), social media guy Craven (Chris Leben...
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Lee Lin Chin is set to star in new Sbs comedy web pilot.The Weekend Shift.produced by Sbs 2.s The Feed.
The pilot premieres Monday 9 May on Sbs On Demand.
The show is a new scripted comedy pilot that follows the team behind the fictional Sbs Weekend News and their struggles with ratings, budget cuts and getting Lee Lin out of the pub and into the studio..
In the tradition of.Frontline, 30 Rock.and.The Larry Sanders Show,.The Weekend Shift.is a self-deprecating look at a B Team of dysfunctional misfits who put the 'weak' in Weekend News.
Nick Smith (Miles Bence —.Fresh Blood), a thirty-something supervising producer old beyond his years thanks to stress and sleepless nights, leads the team including journalists Laura Knight (Madeleine Madden —.Tomorrow When the War Began), Emily Wright (Renee Lim —.Please Like Me), social media guy Craven (Chris Leben...
- 5/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Rebecca Gibney will lead a strong Australian cast for upcoming drama series Wanted, which starts production in Brisbane this week.
Wanted is the story of two strangers who, after intervening in a deadly car-jacking, are swept up a chase across Australia.
Series co-creator and star, Rebecca Gibney will be joined Stephen Peacocke (Home and Away, Hercules), Ryan Corr (Holding The Man, Love Child, Packed To The Rafters), theatre, film and tv veteran Nicholas Bell (Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, Tangle, Satisfaction, Newstopia) and theatre star Geraldine Hakewill in her first major television role.
Gibney said she was excited about the extraordinary team of people.
"To be filming in the beautiful state of Queensland is a dream come true," she said..
Seven director of network production, Brad Lyons, .said Gibney would play a role unlike any of her previous characters, combined with Steve Peacocke.s first major role back in Australia.
Wanted is the story of two strangers who, after intervening in a deadly car-jacking, are swept up a chase across Australia.
Series co-creator and star, Rebecca Gibney will be joined Stephen Peacocke (Home and Away, Hercules), Ryan Corr (Holding The Man, Love Child, Packed To The Rafters), theatre, film and tv veteran Nicholas Bell (Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, Tangle, Satisfaction, Newstopia) and theatre star Geraldine Hakewill in her first major television role.
Gibney said she was excited about the extraordinary team of people.
"To be filming in the beautiful state of Queensland is a dream come true," she said..
Seven director of network production, Brad Lyons, .said Gibney would play a role unlike any of her previous characters, combined with Steve Peacocke.s first major role back in Australia.
- 9/28/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Kat Stewart
Shaun Micallef
A new FremantleMedia Australia production is one of four new television dramas receiving support from Screen Australia.
Produced by Andy Walker and Jason Stephens with Stephens executive producing, the 13-part, hour series Mr & Mrs Murder will air on Ten.
A murder mystery series, Mr & Mrs Murder follows Nicole and Charlie, a married couple who run an extreme cleaning business, specialising in crime scenes, solving the crimes before the police.
The synopsis reads “Armed with wit, smarts and the invisibility that cleaning brings, the duo solve the crimes the cops can’t in a murder mystery with a smile.”
Shaun Micallef of Talkin ‘Bout Your Generation and Newstopia co-created the series with Stephens.
Stephens told Encore: “We’ve found a tone that is not absurd at all, its quite grounded and real.”
Stephens said Micallef, who will play Charlie, alongside Kat Stewart of Offspring and Tangled as Nicole,...
Shaun Micallef
A new FremantleMedia Australia production is one of four new television dramas receiving support from Screen Australia.
Produced by Andy Walker and Jason Stephens with Stephens executive producing, the 13-part, hour series Mr & Mrs Murder will air on Ten.
A murder mystery series, Mr & Mrs Murder follows Nicole and Charlie, a married couple who run an extreme cleaning business, specialising in crime scenes, solving the crimes before the police.
The synopsis reads “Armed with wit, smarts and the invisibility that cleaning brings, the duo solve the crimes the cops can’t in a murder mystery with a smile.”
Shaun Micallef of Talkin ‘Bout Your Generation and Newstopia co-created the series with Stephens.
Stephens told Encore: “We’ve found a tone that is not absurd at all, its quite grounded and real.”
Stephens said Micallef, who will play Charlie, alongside Kat Stewart of Offspring and Tangled as Nicole,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Popular comedians Shaun Micallef and Andrew Denton are returning to ABC in 2012. The big announcement was made last night at a special event in Sydney. Micallef, best known for ABC's The Micallef Program and more recently Channel 10.s Talkin. 'Bout Your Generation, will host a half-hour weekly roundup . Shaun Micallef Is Mad As Hell . which will most likely be similar to his former Sbs series Newstopia. Produced by Granada Media and Micallef Productions, the 10x30-minute comedy will report and analyse the week.s events and discuss, argue and dissect what.s happening in the world. .There hasn.t been any decent satire on the ABC for years,. Micallef said at the function, tongue-in-cheek, while looking at host Adam Hills. .It.s...
- 11/24/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
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