IT'S THE END OF AN ERA IN AUSTRALIA'S BEST SERIES THE NEWSREADER FINAL SEASON WITH SAM REID, ANNA TORV! TRAILER AND AIRING DATE

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FINAL SEASON THREE ARRIVES TONIGHT

At first we thought that the third season of brilliant Australian series THE NEWSREADER would arrive last Autumn, but since it is also the final one it's been pushed to this year and will finally start tonight, February 2nd at Australian ABC. Anna Torv and Sam Reid are leading the six part show again alongside William McInnes, Marg Downey, Chum Ehelepola,

The final third act starts tonight on ABC

Stephen Peacocke, Michelle Lim Davidson, Chai Hansen, Phillipa Northeast and Daniel Henshall. First season also aired on BBC in UK and AMC in USA.

 

THE END OF AN ERA

We first met Dale Jennings (Reid) and Helen Norville (Torv) in 1986 when a fledgling Dale was desperate to be a star newsreader, and Helen was fighting to be taken seriously as a journalist. Now Dale and Helen have finally achieved both these long held dreams. Dale is News At Six’s ‘King of News’, fronting the show solo he has become the most beloved name in news, a Gold Logie nominee, permanently number one in the nightly ratings. Meanwhile Helen’s fearless international reporting has won her great acclaiman and an opportunity to be the first woman to both anchor and produce her own current affairs show. But when a cynical network move sees the two former lovers pitted in direct competition, their kinship will be tested as never before. Over the course of 1989, Helen and Dale will compete to cover a cascade of historical events, from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, to the Tiananmen Square massacre, the boycotts of South Africa’s Apartheid, and the fall of the Berlin Wall which will be covered in the last episode announcing the crumbling of Dale's and Helen's private lives as well. See the brilliant trailer below:

 

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COMPELLING TV DRAMA THE NEWSREADER SEASON 3 WITH SAM REID, ANNA TORV

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SEASON THREE ARRIVING THIS AUTUMN?

At least that is what we are expecting, for the third season of brilliant Australian series THE NEWSREADER to arrive probably in September to ABC. Anna Torv and Sam Reid are leading the show

Third season was shot earlier this January

again alongside William McInnes, Marg Downey, Chum Ehelepola, Stephen Peacocke, Michelle Lim Davidson, Chai Hansen, Phillipa Northeast and Daniel Henshall.  

 

SEASON THREE STORY

We first met Dale Jennings (Reid) and Helen Norville (Torv) in 1986 when a fledgling Dale was desperate to be a star newsreader, and Helen was fighting to be taken seriously as a journalist. Now Dale and Helen have finally achieved both these long held dreams. Dale is News At Six’s ‘King of News’, fronting the show solo he has become the most beloved name in news, a Gold Logie nominee, permanently number one in the nightly ratings. Meanwhile Helen’s fearless international reporting has won her great acclaim. But when a cynical network move sees the two former lovers pitted in direct competition, their kinship will be tested as never before. Over the course of 1989, Helen and Dale will compete to cover a cascade of historical events, from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, to the Tiananmen Square massacre, the boycotts of South Africa’s Apartheid, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

 

THE NEWSREADER SERIES WITH SAM REID, ANNA TORV GETS THIRD SEASON! ABC SCORES MAJOR FUNDING FOR NEWSREADER AND LADIES IN BLACK SERIES

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SEASON THREE CONFIRMED

After huge success of the first season and then great ratings with the second one, best Australian series in last decade THE NEWSREADER is officially getting a third season as well on ABC and on BBC in UK. Starring Sam Red and Anna Torv as the stars of News at Six, the six-part third installment will continue digging behind the indelible images of the 1980s for a compelling, intimate, vital look at an era of great change! The third season will be getting a share of $10 million funding from Screen Australia!

  LADIES IN BLACK TV SERIES

Ladies in Black will have six episodes

It is interesting that part of that massive funding will also go to the new TV series adaptation of Madeleine St John's best selling book The Woman in Black which was previously already adapted into a film with Juliette Binoche back in 2018. The series will be called LADIES IN BLACK and will be telling the story of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney. It is set primarily during the Christmas rush period when young school leaver, Lisa, joins the women. The six part series, also done for ABC, will see the women enter the sixties. Miranda Otto, Debi Mazar, Jessica de Gouw lead the cast of the brand new series shot last winter in Australia. 

 

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE NEWSREADER AWARD WINNING SERIES SEASON 2 WITH SAM REID AND ANNA TORV! SEE TRAILER AND AIR DATE!

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SECOND SEASON IS HERE!

Two years ago we proclaimed it the series of the year and it went and won numerous awards from Australia's Film and TV Academy, and now THE NEWSREADER is finally coming back with six episode long second season which starts September 10th on ABC. The first season also aired on BBC, Roku and many other streamers boasting outstanding performances from our dearest boy Sam Reid, Anna Torv and the rest of the flawlessly brilliant cast. The immersive series explores the personal and professional lives of

Sam Reid leads the cast

journalists and crew within a 1980s Australian newsroom.  

 

  STORY OF THE SECOND SEASON

set across 1987 and 1988, will revolve around Dale and Helen contending with rising public profiles, intensifying office politics, and a ruthless new CEO of the network. They are now the Golden couple of News! To the outside world, they present a glowing image of success and romance but the truth is more complex. Helen and Dale grapple with who they really want to be in life – and whether that path can be together. News events covered in the season include the 1987 federal election, the stock market crash, the separation of

Anna Torv leads the cast

Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, the heroin crisis, and the Hoddle Street shootings.

 

WHO IS IN THE CAST?

With the cast from the first season returning (William McInnes, Robert Taylor, Michelle Lim Davidson, Stephen Peacocke, Chai Hansen, Chum Ehelepola, and Marg Downey) they will now also be joined by Daniel Gillies as the new network CEO, Phillipa Northeast as Geoff and Evelyn's 'complex' daughter Kay, Fleck Byrne as superstar variety host Gerry, and Hunter Page-Lochard as firebrand activist Lynus. The second season was ordered before the airing of the first one which turned out to be a massive success with critics and the audience, so there is hope we might get a third season as well venturing into the 90s. The shooting ended in September and after that both Reid and Torv became stars over in USA as well, he as vampire Lestat in Interview with the Vampire series and she as the star of The Last of Us apocalyptic hit series at HBO. Each episode will be followed by a podcast covering the real life events from the episode's story. In UK, the series became BBC2's most watched Sunday drama in almost half a decade. 

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM SEASON TWO OF THE AWARD WINNING SERIES THE NEWSREADER WITH SAM REID AND ANNA TORV?

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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM SEASON 2

After scoring massive success and winning awards, Australian series THE NEWSREADER is coming back with the second season next year with Sam Read and Anna Torv returning as news anchors following major events from the 1980s. The creators of the show, which airs on ABC in Australia, BBC

The second season should arrive sometime next year

in UK, Arte in France and Germany and Viaplay in Scandinavia, have spoken to Drama Quarterly, revealing that season 2 moves the action forward as the News at Six team enter 1987 and 1988, as does The Newsreader’s music, fashion and hairstyling. A year after season one, Helen and Dale are established as The Golden Couple of News. To the outside world, they present a glowing image of success and romance. But the truth is more complex. As 1987 rolls along, global stocks will soar and crash, Australia will prepare to celebrate its bicentennial year, there will be elections, and the separation of Diana and Charles, and Helen and Dale grapple with who they really want to be in life – and whether they can tread that path together. Daniel Gillies and Philippa Northeast expand the second season cast of the series as brand new characters. Since both Reid and Torv are now shooting new shows in USA, it is not clear if they will be available for a possible season three.

DANIEL GILLIES JOINS SAM REID, ANNA TORV IN 2ND SEASON OF THE AWARD WINNING THE NEWSREADER TV SERIES! DISNEY DEVELOPING ERAGON TV SERIES ADAPTATION

 NEWSREADER SEASON TWO 

CASTS DANIEL GILLIES

Daniel Gillies is the new cast addition

As you know it was our favourite Australian series last year and after winning tons of awards, THE NEWS READER is currently airing on Roku in US and BBC 2 in UK, while the second season is shooting Down Under. Deadline reports that Daniel Gillies is a new regular joining our dearest Sam Reid, Anna Torv, William McInnes and Robert Taylor in the series set in the cutthroat world of 1980s TV news in Melbourne, Australia. Gillies will play Charlie, a privileged first-born son of an aging newspaper mogul, desperate to make his own mark in the world.

Sam Reid returns as young reporter Dale Jennings, desperate to become a newsreader, who is paired with notoriously ‘difficult’ star newsreader Helen Norville (Torv) over three months, during which time they cover an extraordinary news events — from the shock of the Challenger explosion, to the hype of Halley’s Comet, to the complexities of the AIDS crisis. The end of the first season saw him succeeding in his plans and becoming a TV star and Helen finding out he is bisexual.

 

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ORDERED AT DISNEY PLUS

The series is in early stages of development

Meanwhile, Disney Plus is in early stages of developing Christopher Paolini's saga ERAGON into a TV series.  “The Inheritance Cycle”, which has four books, tells the story of a farmboy named Eragon who discovers an egg that hatches into a dragon he names Saphira. Through their bond and the help of his mentor Brom, Eragon learns to be a Dragon Rider, an ancient order that had long been thought to be wiped out by the evil king Galbatorix. Eragon and Saphira set out to defeat Galbatorix and free the land of Alagaësia from his tyranny. Your spy was one of the European translators of the saga back in the days.

AUSTRALIAN SUNDAY: SAM REID, ANNA TORV LEAD NEW TV SERIES NEWSREADER COVERING THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE 80S! HUGO WEAVING, BOJANA NOVAKOVIC TO LEAD LOVE ME TV SERIES FOR BINGE STREAMER

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LEAD LOVE ME TV SERIES

We're Down Under today where a new romantic drama series is already shooting: six episode series LOVE ME explores modern love as

Hugh Weaving will lead the new series

experienced by different family members at different stages of life and is directed by woman who brought us two biggest of recent Australian dramas Stateless and Newsreader, celebrated Australian director Emma Freeman! Starring Hugo Weaving and Serbian actress Bojana Novakovic, as well as Bob Morley, Heather Mitchell, Sarah Peirse, Celia Pacquola, William Lodder, Shalom Brune Franklin and Mitzi Ruhlmann, the series is being done for Fotxtel's streamer Binge which was launched last year but already has almost one million subscribers.

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WITH OUTSTANDING SAM REID

The series mentioned above has already started airing down in Australia. Six episode series NEWSREADER aired its first episode last Sunday

The Newsreader started last Sunday

on their national broadcaster ABC created by Michael Lucas. Staring our dearest Australian boo Sam Reid (whom you will watch next year at ACM as vampire Lestat in the new adaptation of Interview with a Vampire) and Anna Torv, the series depicts an unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star news reader and an ambitious reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives. The series sees them covering some of the greatest events that have changed the world back in the 80s and we see them report on them while they were happening: Halley's Comet, AIDS outbreak, explosion of Challenger etc. Amongst it all, newsreader Helen Norville (Anna

The Newsreader has six hourlong episodes!

Torv) is determined to build her credibility, while her colleague Dale Jennings (Sam Reid) is desperate to become a newsreader. From messy beginnings, they will form an unlikely bond that will transform the very fabric

Anna Torv  and Sam Reid lead the cast of The Newsreader

of the nightly news bulletin. The series also stars Robert Taylor, William McInnes, Michelle Lim Davidson, Stephen Peacocke, Chai Hansen, Chum Ehelepola and Marg Downey.

SAM REID TO LEAD COMPELLING NEW 80'S SET TV SERIES THE NEWSREADER TOGETHER WITH ANNA TORV OVER AT ABC!

   SAM REID TO LEAD  

THE NEWSREADER TV SERIES

If you follow your trusted spy regularly, you probably know we're in love with Australian actors, but we will admit that our absolute fave among

Sam Reid will take the lead role

them is our dear Sam Reid! We are happy to announce that he is returning to TV after his outstanding performance in Lambs of God, with the lead role in THE NEWS READER six part drama for ABC, set in the maelstrom of a commercial television newsroom in 1986.

     With Anna Torv as Helen Norville, a notoriously difficult star anchor determined to build credibility, Sam Reid will play Dale Jennings, a diligent young reporter, desperate for a shot at the desk. Together, they’ll cover an extraordinary chain of breaking news including the shock of the Challenger explosion, the misbegotten hype of Halley’s Comet and the global terror of Chernobyl. From messy beginnings, a deep bond is formed that will upend their lives and transform the very fabric of the nightly news bulletin. Robert Taylor, William McInnes, Chum Ehelepola, Michelle Lim Davidson, Stephen Peacocke, Chai Hansen and Marg Downey will also star. Entertainment One will cover global distribution of the series.