Natalie Apostolou

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Production on season two of the ABC’s Return to Paradise, from BBC Studios and Red Planet Pictures, has been greenlit, with filming currently underway in New South Wales. Return to Paradies debuted last year on the ABC in Australia and BBC in the UK as the Australian original spin-off to Red Planet Pictures’ mystery series Death in Paradise. The ABC announced at its upfronts event in November that S2 was in development, after the show ranked as the broadcaster’s top local drama in 2024.

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Australian digital-first media company Totem Global has shifted into original production with the launch of its first fully funded and developed series, Outback Boys. The factual series, aimed at online audiences globally, features Joe and Chico and their community in the remote Arnhem Land region as they merge old-school bushcraft with cutting-edge technology. Each episode showcases the transformation of scavenged items, from scrap metal and driftwood to crocodile teeth, into survival tools.

1 week ago | c21media.net | Natalie Apostolou

Australian multi-cultural broadcaster SBS has commissioned Indigenous-focused health documentary series Our Medicine from Karla Hart Enterprises and Periscope Pictures. The six-part observational doc series, narrated by Leah Purcell, explores First Nations healthcare, with a rare insight into ancient healing practices in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

1 week ago | c21media.net | Natalie Apostolou

Australia’s Seven Network has appointed Annie Griffiths to the newly created position of director, commercial strategy and innovation. Griffiths joins Seven from pay TV broadcaster Foxtel, where she served in a range of roles over five years, most recently as executive director, strategy and operations. Prior to Foxtel, Griffiths held a series of senior global positions at media agencies including PHD, GroupM, MedciaCom and ZenithOptimedia. Griffiths will start her new role later this year.

1 week ago | c21media.net | Natalie Apostolou

Australian national broadcaster the ABC has appointed Professor Jackie Huggins as its inaugural elder-in-residence (EIR) following a critical report into racism at the organisation. Huggins is a Bidjara and Birri-Gubba Juru woman with an extensive career across media, community, government and non-government sectors and as an author and historian.