MIRANDA OTTO, RICK DONALD, JACK RYAN TO LEAD NEW HEARTFELT AUSTRALIAN COMEDY SERIES TOUGH LOVE

  TOUGH LOVE COMEDY  

TV SERIES UNVEILS LEAD CAST

Australian Foxtel has announced cast for their new comedy series TOUGH LOVE about a family of three very unprepared children confronting the possibility of life without their mother. Miranda Otto stars as Kerry

Rick Donald,Miranda Otto and Jack Ryan will lead the cast

 Hart, mother to 39-year-old Shane (Rick Donald),  daughter Steph (Liz Kingsman), middle son Rodney (Hugo Johnston Burt). Jay Ryan plays Steph’s partner Mick. Set within the chaos of a suburban Australian family, it follows Kerry as she receives a cancer diagnosis. Her immediate crisis isn’t her own mortality: it’s the terrifying realisation that all her adult children are totally incapable of surviving the world without her. Through the chaos, the series explores the complicated bonds of family, the fear of losing someone you love and the messy, often hilarious struggle to become self-sufficient.

DOMINIC COOPER TO PLAY FAMOUS FRAUDSTER IN WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? TV SERIES WITH JOEL JACKSON AND CLAIRE VAN DER BOOM

  WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? 

NEW TV SERIES WITH DOMINIC COOPER

As TV Tonight reports, shooting has wrapped on new eight part series WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? which will air later this year on Paramount +. The series is inspired by an industrious fraudster, and the group of victims who eventually decided they had had enough of him. The charming and cultured Hamish (Dominic Cooper) sets his sights on Bec (Claire van der Boom), a recently divorced single mother with three sons and access to a significant family trust. When Bec notices gaps in his story and some odd behaviour, what starts as private unease widens into something far larger: a pattern of deception spanning continents and suspected of leaving more than $70 million in its wake. Our dearest Joel Jackson also stars next to Simone Kessell.

PARAMOUNT + TRAILER AND STREAM DATE FOR DALLIANCE TV DRAMA ABOUT 60-SOMETHINGS IN LOVE WITH HUGO WEAVING AND DAVID WENHAM

  DALLIANCE TV SERIES 

PARAMOUNT PLUS SERIES TRAILER

Paramount + Australia has sent us the trailer for their new six part series DALLIANCE about 60-somethings who refuse to be defined

Dalliance starts August 27th

 by their age out August 27th. When charismatic ex-cameraman Billy (Hugo Weaving) meets restaurateur Dani (Heather Mitchell) on a Sydney Harbour ferry, their worlds collide. The attraction is undeniable, and sparks might fly… if Billy wasn’t happily married to Rose (Georgie Parker), his wife of 40 years. Billy brings Dani home to meet Rose, triggering a series of life-changing events which have far reaching consequences. Their closest friends and family are impacted; intimate relationships are formed, and others shattered. Lies are told, memories are unreliable, and absolute truths are never known. David Wenham also stars in the series about a group of friends who have history encompassing love, rivalries, jealousy and passion, but most of all connection!

AIR DATE AND TRAILER WITH HUGO WEAVING AS THE LEAD STAR OF NEW SBS AND NETFLIX MINI TV SERIES THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN

   THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN  

SERIES TRAILER WITH HUGO WEAVING

The series will also stream on Netflix

Australian SBS has released a trailer with Hugo Weaving as the lead in their eight part series THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN which was shot down in Melbourne capturing the high-stakes world of a bustling international airport. He plays Tobias Wallace a fast-moving fixer with a constantly ringing phone, pockets full of cash and an unorthodox approach to the daily crises unfolding inside the terminal. Convinced the airport couldn’t run without him, Tobias has never encountered a problem he couldn’t solve. Until he meets his formidable new boss Mira (Shabana Azeez), who deems him a walking liability. Their clash sparks a power struggle that reverberates through the terminal, affecting the cleaners, baggage handlers, and passengers, who are all navigating their own hopes and challenges amid the constant chaos of life in the airport. The series will stream both on SBS and Netflix around the world from August 26th in eight half hour episodes.

 

SEE ENCHANTING TRAILER FOR NEW NETFLIX AUSTRALIAN PERIOD SET TV SERIES MY BRILLIANT CAREER WITH PHILIPPA NORTHEAST AND ANNA CHANCELLOR

  MY BRILLIANT CAREER  

New series arrives August 13th to Netflix

TRAILER FOR NETFLIX 1900S SET SERIES

Netflix has released a rather lovely trailer for their new original Australian series MY BRILLIANT CAREER which will be available for streaming from August 13th! Based on the Miles Franklin novel, the six part saga sees Philippa Northeast playing Sybylla, a fiercely modern young woman with one burning ambition: to be a writer, even as her family pushes her toward marriage. Sybylla breaks every convention of 1900 Australia as she chases a story that could write her way to independence, until she falls in love. Will she marry, or risk it all for a creative life? Christopher Chung stars as Harry, Anna Chancellor as Mrs Bossier, Genevieve O’Reilly as Helen, Kate Mulvany as Augusta, Jake Dunn as Frank, Alexander England as Julius, Sherry-Lee Watson as Nell and Miah Madden as Betty.

 

SEE ALAN RITCHSON TRYING TO SAVE A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE IN RUNNER HIGH SPEED EXPLOSIVE THRILLER MOVIE TRAILER

    RUNNER TRAILER   

FOR NEW ALAN RITCHSON ACTION MOVIE

Runner starts running September 11th

This one is not to be confused with Gal Gadot's The Runner movie which I announced a few days ago, but it also has its lead hero running! RUNNER also hits cinemas the same month, but September 11th and beside Alan Ritchson also stars Owen Wilson and Rodrigo Santoro. This high octane dynamic action thriller was directed by Scott Waugh. 

 

Wonderfully ripped Alan Ritchson takes the lead role as a former soldier who is thrown into a brutal race against time when a critical medical delivery makes him the target of a ruthless cartel. The delivery is liver which will save a little girl's life. In the movie set in Brisbane he has just three hours to fulfill the life saving delivery! The movie comes from Angel studios whose movies are becoming more and more lucrative at the box office!

  

MIRANDA OTTO JOINS HUGO WEAVING IN NEW ANIMAL ATTORNEY TV SERIES THE GREAT WHITE AT ABC

     THE GREAT WHITE   

MIRANDA OTTO JOINS HUGO WEAVING

Australian broadcaster ABC is preparing legal TV series THE GREAT WHITE with Miranda Otto joining Hugo Weaving who plays a brilliant but disgraced barrister who is slapped with a twelve-month supervision order for professional misconduct and finds himself working out of a struggling law office. Crushed by debt and desperate to restore his reputation, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous dog case he considers far beneath him. However, what begins as a fight to save a dog’s life draws him into the unexpected world of animal law and becomes a series of cases on behalf of animals, culminating in an audacious Supreme Court challenge to free a zoo elephant.

NEW SUMMER 2026 AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES: TREASURE & DIRT WITH MICHAEL DORMAN, THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION WITH MIA WASIKOWSKA

  NEW AUSTRALIAN SHOWS  

TREASURE & DIRT AT ABC

New six part series starts this July

I have two new Australian shows to present to you today, spylings, beginning with TREASURE & DIRT which arrives to their national broadcaster ABC July 19th with our dear Michael Dorman, whom you watched in Territory series, in the lead role. The story of the six part crime thriller is set in the scorched, dust choked opal mining town of Nulla, where the brutal beheading of local miner pulls big-city detective Ivan Lucic (Dorman) into a labyrinthine case with no easy answers. Assigned to him is ambitious rookie detective Nell Buchanan (Liv Hewson) who knows Nulla’s lawless, corrupt underbelly far better than he does. Together, they’re drawn into a strange, surreal underworld of secrets, greed, and old sins that won’t stay buried. Dean O'Gorman and Eamon Farren also star.

 

 

THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION

New six part series hits Stan next week

Arriving even sooner, next week actually - June 24th to Australian streamer Stan is six episode mystery crime drama THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION. In 1987, detectives Georgia Cooke (Mia Wasikowska) and Michael Thorne (Xavier Samuel) are called to investigate the bizarre and brutal killings of four scientists at the remote Parrish Research Station. They uncover a complex case involving mania, ritual, and the occult, and Georgia's obsessive truth-seeking spirals, threatening her family, career, and sanity. Thirty seven years later, a chilling new spree of murders pull Georgia (Heather Mitchell) back into this nightmare as she confronts the possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.

 

TRAILER AND STREAMING DATE FOR PARAMOUNT + AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES TWO YEARS LATER WITH BRENTON THWAITES AND PHOEBE TONKIN

   TWO YEARS LATER SERIES  

The series arrives June 4th on Paramount

DEEPLY RELATABLE ROMANTIC TV DRAMA

We are used to getting a couple of amazing series every year from Australia and Paramount + is now ready to give us  TWO YEARS LATER, an eight episode series, a funny romantic drama set in a post-pandemic world, following thirty-somethings Emily (Phoebe Tonkin) and Ryan (Brenton Thwaites) whose brief, daily flirtations on their work commute aboard a bus are abruptly cut off by COVID-19. Two years later, they reconnect unexpectedly, and Ryan impulsively proposes they go on eight dates to decide if they’re meant to be married. Their love story evolves over eight dates comprising personal revelations, unexpected family drama, professional upheavals, and their contrasting worldview. The cast of the series that starts June 4th also features Roy Billing and Heather Mitchell. See the trailer below.

 

PARAMOUNT + ORDERS DALLIANCE TV DRAMA ABOUT 60-SOMETHINGS IN LOVE WITH HUGO WEAVING AND DAVID WENHAM

  DALLIANCE TV SERIES 

FROM AUSTRALIAN PARAMOUNT PLUS

Paramount + Australia has announced new six part series DALLIANCE about 60-somethings who refuse to be defined by their age. When charismatic ex-cameraman Billy (Hugo Weaving) meets restaurateur

First look at the leading four in Dalliance

 Dani (Heather Mitchell) on a Sydney Harbour ferry, their worlds collide. The attraction is undeniable, and sparks might fly… if Billy wasn’t happily married to Rose (Georgie Parker), his wife of 40 years. Billy brings Dani home to meet Rose, triggering a series of life-changing events which have far reaching consequences. Their closest friends and family are impacted; intimate relationships are formed, and others shattered. Lies are told, memories are unreliable, and absolute truths are never known. David Wenham also stars in the series about a group of friends who have history encompassing love, rivalries, jealousy and passion, but most of all connection!

SHERIDAN SMITH, STEPHEN PEACOCKE AND JUDY DAVIS TO LEAD NEW MYSTERY THRILLER SERIES TWO BIRDS FROM ITV AND STAN

    TWO BIRDS SERIES   

FROM ITV AND STAN WITH SHERIDAN SMITH

British ITV and Australian streamer Stan are teaming up on new mystery thriller TV series TWO BIRDS which centers on British Police Constable Izzie Cornwell (Sheridan Smith), who arrives in the small fictional town of Dugdale having been recently widowed and intent on a fresh start in Australia. Izzie is assigned to investigate a murder alongside her new boss Matt (Stephen Peacocke). When the victim is revealed to be part of a notorious local crime family, led by the formidable Mrs Baxter (Judy Davis), the stakes intensify.

TAKE A TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND WITH BRETT TUCKER IN NEW COSY CRIME TV SERIES BLUE MURDER MOTEL

   BLUE MURDER MOTEL  

NEW BRETT TUCKER SERIES IS AIRING

Blue Murder Motel airs from March 7th

Airing as of yesterday, Saturday March 7th on Australian broadcaster ABC is new mini TV series BLUE MURDER MOTEL starring Brett Tucker and Michala Banas. They star as 40 somethings Vanessa and Peter Coleman – known to friends and colleagues as Vinny and Cole – who have been married ever since they met as junior constables in Sydney. Both of them followed the police path until the very recent final years of their careers as senior homicide detectives. Working together, living and loving together, it’s fair to say that police investigations and murder were a 24/7 thing for Vinny and Cole. But now – for reasons the Colemans are keeping to themselves – it is time to leave all that behind. Blue Motel, in the summery beach town of Mōwai Bay in New Zealand, offered the perfect escape, the ultimate retirement dream. But only six weeks into their new life, that dream has taken an unexpected, annoying turn when a body is discovered in Unit 3. The series already aired on TVNZ in New Zealand back in January.

BLUE MURDER HOTEL. I directed episodes three and six. It starts in New Zealand Sunday on TVNZ+ & TVNZ1 at 8:45pm. It was my huge pleasure to have been part of those episodes. I think you’ll really enjoy this series.@TVNZ pic.twitter.com/MRDyc5xMK8

— Lucy Lawless (@RealLucyLawless) January 13, 2026

FIRST LOOK AT HUGO WEAVING AS THE LEAD STAR OF NEW SBS MINI TV SERIES THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN

   THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN  

FIRST IMAGE WITH HUGO WEAVING

Australian SBS has released first image with Hugo Weaving as the lead in their eight part series THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN which is shooting in Melbourne capturing the high-stakes world of a bustling international airport. He plays Tobias Wallace a fast-moving fixer with a constantly ringing phone, pockets full of cash and an unorthodox approach to the daily crises unfolding inside the terminal. Convinced the airport couldn’t run without him, Tobias has never encountered a problem he couldn’t solve. Until he meets his formidable new boss Mira (Shabana Azeez), who deems him a walking liability. Their clash sparks a power struggle that reverberates through the terminal, affecting the cleaners, baggage handlers, and passengers, who are all navigating their own hopes and challenges amid the constant chaos of life in the airport.

EXPLORE IDENTITY AND FAMILY IN HEARTFELT NEW AUSTRALIAN FAMILY TV SERIES HOMEBODIES ARRIVING THIS MONTH

  HOMEBODIES TRAILER  

FOR NEW TV SERIES FROM SBS

Coming straight from Down Under is a trailer for new Australian family drama HOMEBODIES which will hit their SBS March 28th as a bold, 

The series starts this March on SBS

surprising and heartfelt series that explores the courage it takes to accept the ghosts of our past. The series stars Claudia Karvan, Luke Wiltshire and Jazi Hall, and follows Darcy, a trans man who reluctantly returns to his regional hometown to care for his estranged mother Nora. But home isn’t as he left it. Nora has been living with a secret housemate: Dee, the teenage ghost of Darcy’s pre-transition self. As old wounds resurface, Darcy must confront the parts of himself he tried to leave behind or risk losing himself entirely. The series blends humour, heart and a playful ghost story to explore identity, family and the messy work of reconciliation. At its core, it's a deeply human story about a mother and son learning how to see each other again.

 

2026 PERIOD SET NETFLIX TV SERIES AND FILMS FROM AUSTRALIA: MY BRILLIANT CAREER, EAST OF EDEN, THE MOSQUITO BOWL

 NETFLIX AUSTRALIAN SERIES 

EAST OF EDEN TV ADAPTATION 

A small screen adaptation of a classic coming to Netflix in 2026 will be a contemporary reimagining of John Steinbeck’s classic novel shot exploring the mult igenerational saga of the Trask family with Florence Poo, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, Hoon Lee, Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, Ciarán Hinds leading the cast. It is set in California’s Salinas Valley over a period that stretches from the Civil War to end of World War I.

 

 1901 SET MY BRILLIANT CAREER

A TV adaptation of Miles Franklin’s novel follows Sybylla (Phillipa Northeast), a shockingly modern young woman in 1901. Australia with one searing ambition: to be a writer. With an irrepressible taste for fun, the choice between adventure and a safe marriage is easy, until she falls in love. Should Sybylla marry, or should she throw herself to the winds of fate and risk a creative life? Anna Chancellor also stars.

 

WW2 THE MOSQUITO BOWL

Will be a Second World War drama based on the true story of four college football stars who enlist in the Marines following the attack on Pearl Harbor. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they participate in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history — a game that, for many, will be their last. The cast led by Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgård is under the helm of director Peter Berg.

SEE MIRIAM MARGOLYES, JUDY DAVIS AND JACKI WEAVER AS NOT YOU USUAL NUNS IN HOLY DAYS HEARTWARMING COMEDY MOVIE TRAILER

  HOLY DAYS TRAILER 

BREAKING THE RULES, KEEPING THE FAITH

While we are recovering from the holidays, here is something heart warming and fun for you: a delightful trailer for comedy movie HOLY DAYS 

Holy Days are out next February

which arrives to cinemas in New Zealand February 26th with three thespians Miriam Margolyes, Judy Davis and Jacki Weaver in the cast. The story follows a 10-year-old boy (Elijah Tamati) who finds refuge in a run-down convent run by three eccentric nuns after being left devastated by his mother’s death. When he overhears plans to shut the convent down, Brian sparks a daring mission: a road trip to the Southern Alps to find a former nun-turned-lawyer who might save them all. Along the way, the group encounters hilarious mishaps, unlikely allies, and life-changing discoveries about faith, family, and belonging.

 

SEE A DELIGHTFUL TRAILER FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN POOCH COMEDY TV SERIES DOG PARK

  DOG PARK TRAILER  

FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN COMEDY SERIES

Here is something cute for you today coming from Australia: their new pooch comedy series DOG PARK will premiere on their national broadcaster ABC next February 1st and we have a trailer for it. When Roland’s (Leon Ford) wife Emma leaves him with their teenage daughter Mia who barely notices him and Beattie, the dog he never wanted in the first place, he’s determined to cope brilliantly. But when Beattie disappears and turns up at the local dog park, Roland meets the unbearably optimistic Samantha (Celia Pacquola) and her mismatched, life-loving group of dog-parkers. As Roland begrudgingly keeps returning to the park, he comes to realise he might actually need a community to belong to.

 

SEE BEN LAWSON AND DANIEL HENSHALL IN TRAILER FOR STAN'S NEW MOVING SERIES DEAR LIFE

   DEAR LIFE TRAILER  

FOR NEW SERIES FROM AUSTRALIAN STAN

The series  starts January 1st on Stan

Australian streamer Stan has released a trailer for their new series DEAR LIFE (previously known as Love Divided by Eleven) which will be available for streaming from January 1st launching the New Year! Brooke Satchwell leads the drama as Lillian Vandenberg, a woman struggling after the death of her fiancé who finds comfort in seeking out the recipients of his organs, triggering a tangled chain of connection. 

 

  AFTER ASH

 a doctor, is attacked by an ice addict, his fiancée Lillian turns off his life support. Months later, Lillian is still reeling in the aftermath of her fiancée’s death when she receives a letter from a man crushed by a motorbike, thanking her for his new heart. Suddenly, Lillian feels better. And she wants more of that feeling. She wants to know more about the people that were able to live. Our dear Ben Lawson also stars in the six part series alongside another of our Australian faves Daniel Henshall. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

NEW AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES FROM ABC AND BBC: TREASURE AND DIRT WITH MICHAEL DORMAN, DUSTFALL WITH ANNA TORV

 NEW AUSTRALIAN SERIES 

TREASURE AND DIRT FROM ABC, BBC

A couple of new Australian dramas for you today, starting with ABC's TREASURE AND DIRT which will also air on BBC in UK starring Michael Dorman and Liv Hewson. He plays homicide detective Ivan Lucic who is sent to investigate the mysterious and grisly murder of a miner in an Outback opal town. Joined by rural detective Nell Buchanan, the two are drawn into a labyrinth of secrets, greed and old sins that won’t stay buried. As the case twists into something darker and more surreal, Ivan and Nell can’t tell whether it’s the town that’s unravelling or themselves. Eamon Farren and Dean O’Gorman also star.

 

 DUSTFALL WITH ANNA TORV

Also coming from ABC and also to air on BBC One as well next year is another six part drama DUSTFALL a propulsive, atmospheric Tropic Noir that follows Anna Torv as a detective whose deep sense of justice is challenged by a world where victims are doubted, predators hide in plain sight, and the legal system too often falls short. When seasoned detective Tig, returning to her hometown of North Gap after years in the city, uncovers a string of drink spiking assaults, the case is turned on its head when one of the main suspects is murdered. Juliet Stevenson and Jay Ryan also star.

 

NEW PERIOD SET SHOWS FROM AUSTRALIA: FLORENCE ON THEIR FAMOUS FASHION DESIGNER FLORENCE BROADHURST AND GRAND DAYS SET IN POST WAR AUSTRALIA

  NEW AUSTRALIAN SERIES  

FLORENCE BROADHURST TV SERIES

Screen Australia has announced some new period set series that they will fund including FLORENCE a six episode series based on the true life story of the iconic and enigmatic designer Florence Broadhurst. It unpacks the life of a woman who irrevocably changed the style of Australia. When Florence was brutally murdered in her celebrated wallpaper studio at age 78, the shocking crime led to a mystery that remains unsolved today. 

 

 GRAND DAYS PERIOD SET TV SERIES

There is also a six episode series GRAND DAYS from writer Emily Balou, an extraordinary love story set against the rise and fall of the League of Nations and the hopeful vision of post-war Australia! No broadcasters announced yet for either series.