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Mile 22: © 2018 STX FINANCING, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Incredibles 2: © 2018 Disney/Pixar. The Predator: © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and TSG Entertainment Finance LLC. All rights reserved. FNA0063 WHAT’S INSIDE DECEMBER CONTENTS Welcome THE AMERICANS (s1-6) What a year it’s been! We launched available now On Demand* 4K and FOX CRICKET, created new dramas like Picnic at Hanging Rock When The Americans came to and Fighting Season, said a sad goodbye an end this year, fans were sad, yet to A Place to Call Home and welcomed satisfied with how it concluded. back old friends including Love it Or Whether you tuned in religiously List It Australia, Selling Houses Australia, for your dose of espionage, courtesy The Walking Dead and Outlander. of undercover Soviet agents Elizabeth Now it’s time to sit back and enjoy (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings the holidays. To get yourself feeling (Matthew Rhys, both pictured), or festive, settle down with a classic you’re looking for something juicy 2018 MARVEL. *SEE PAGE 189 PAGE *SEE MARVEL. 2018 Christmas movie, crank up your playlist PAGE to sink your teeth into, with all six © and get inspired to whip up a delicious seasons now On Demand, we have feast. Plus, there’s new programming your holidays covered! to keep the little ones amused. 32 Our cover stars Laura Jayes, Brett Lee, Andrew Winter, Susie Porter and David Berry are shining examples MUST WATCH 24 Out of this world MOVIES of the quality and diversity of shows 16 Make it merry Robert Carlyle stars in the 36 Best New Releases across Foxtel’s platforms – and the Your Christmas table will be miniseries adaptation of the 38 Movie Feature perfect way for us to say: from our resplendent with a feast 1898 HG Wells alien-invasion – AACTAs Week family to yours, wishing you all inspired by Jamie Oliver, novel The War of the Worlds 40 Highlights a healthy, happy and safe Christmas. Mary Berry and two must-see 42 New This Month PHOTOS: SIMON TAYLOR; STARZ ENTERTAINMENT; ENTERTAINMENT ONE; ONE; ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT; STARZ TAYLOR; SIMON PHOTOS: HAMILTON LONDON; ANNA WARR; SONY PICTURES; See you next year! Great British Bake Off specials 26 The lessons I’ve learnt Succession star Sarah Snook SPORT 18 Holiday classics reflects on her career and what’s 48 Cricket Settle in for an array of most important to her in a role 50 Football Cait Taylor festive films on FOX Classics 52 Basketball Head of Editorial Content curated by Graeme Blundell 28 Amazing Australia 54 Winter sports and guaranteed to send Meanwhile in Australia returns 56 Highlights your spirit soaring and we go inside the secret life 58 Live Sport of the adorable quokka 62 Sport Talk Outlander 20 All aboard Kids of all ages will be kept entertained these holidays, AACTAs WEEK with yuletide offerings of all from Saturday December 1 at 8.30pm their favourite programs on Masterpiece Movies [407] 22 Christmas presence The Sapphires – starring singer-actress It’s just not Santa season without Jessica Mauboy (pictured) – leads the the annual Call the Midwife charge of movies airing as part Christmas Special and of Masterpiece Movies’ AACTAs Week celebration, alongside this time we welcome PAGE the inimitable The Great Gatsby, Animal Miriam Margolyes Kingdom and more. to Nonnatus House 38 ON THE COVER FESTIVE 10 FAVOURITES Celebrating an incredible year in TV – and why the best is yet to come THE HEAT 48 IS ON Adam Gilchrist talks simmering rivalry as the India Test series fires up MUSICAL 30 TRIBUTE Exploring the final steps and enduring legacies of rock’s biggest icons REGULARS PAGE 6 In the Know 8 Ask the Expert DID YOU KNOW? 9 Question Time 194 188 Channel Guide FUN WITH FOXFLICKS 189 Behind the Scenes Featuring over 1000 titles 193 Coming up Next Month – including Pretty Woman 194 The Final Say (pictured), airing in the Best of ’90s playlist – FoxFlicks is The Royal Variety your one-stop shop for movies, Performance available through On Demand*. PAGE BINGEWORTHY You can stream every The Final Say... episode of season two of 7 Marvel’s Runaways (pictured) On Demand* this Boxing Day, LISTINGS “You should never December 26, before it 64 Week 1 (Dec 1-7) premieres on FOX8 in January. 92 Week 2 (Dec 8-14) be above your fans” 120 Week 3 (Dec 15-21) TURN OVER FOR MORE NEWS 148 Week 4 (Dec 22-31) – John Williamson Foxtel DECEMBER 5 Foxtel INSIDER IN THE KNOW Your first stop for breaking ENTERTAINMENT AND FOXTEL BUSINESS NEWS FIRST LOOK Pregnancy predicament Tensions reach breaking point as the Queen vows: “No more children!” ans of Victoria don’t have much longer to wait to get their fix of the lavish regal F drama – and when season three hits screens, there’ll be plenty more upheaval for Britain’s beloved Queen. Picking up in 1848, the now-mother-of-five – played beautifully by Jenna Coleman (pictured with Tom Hughes, as Prince Albert) – who famously disliked children, finds herself pregnant with her sixth. The situation is far from ideal for Victoria and proves to be quite a bone of contention for the couple. “I think [Victoria] resented very much having a baby so quickly after getting RLAN; GETTY IMAGES married,” speculates Daisy Goodwin, the show’s writer. “I think she just wanted to have some time to be married... and basically enjoy her husband – who she clearly fancies the pants of!” 1848 is also a time of great uncertainty for the Monarchy. With the government under extreme pressure as the Chartist movement reaches its peak, the Queen’s safety is of grave concern. “Victoria and Albert are the most famous couple of the 19th century but, underneath the united facade, their relationship is at breaking point,” Goodwin says. “It is a struggle for mastery that neither side can win.” Victoria returns to BBC First [116] for its third season in 2019. WORDS: CAROLYN HIBLEN; THOMAS MITCHELL. PHOTOS: BBC FIRST; MANUEL HA 6 Foxtel DECEMBER IN MY OPINION A note to the younger me Newcastle Jets and Matildas forward Larissa Crummer pens a letter to her 16-year-old self Dear Larissa, How far we’ve come, NATURE how far you have to go. Right now, you’ve just left home and moved to Sydney, living with family you don’t REDISCOVERED know. That’s scary, but it’s going to This month, Foxtel audiences will be Over four episodes, travel to stunning be okay. You’re doing what you love transported to the ocean depths like beaches and forests that are brought – playing football. never before with the new must-see vividly to life thanks to modern camera I know you’re not sure if it’s the documentary Australia’s Hidden Islands techniques, which help to illustrate the right decision to sign with Sydney FC – which premieres in crystal-clear 4K. daily struggle for survival our wildlife and leave your hometown, but it will Prepare to have your mind blown as faces in island isolation. work out. Trust your instincts and the wildlife that calls Lady Elliot, Kangaroo, Australia’s Hidden Islands airs over the people around you. Good things Christmas and Fraser Islands home four consecutive nights, from Monday (like a W-League title in your first – including turtles (pictured) – are December 3 at 7.30pm on Foxtel 4K [444]. season!) are on the horizon. captured on the latest 4K cameras, Don’t have the 4K channel yet? You’ll grow a lot as a person and offering the most detailed look yet. Upgrade now via My Account. as a footballer in the next few years. Prepare yourself for some setbacks, which will be tough at the time.