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Most Outstanding Drama 2013 TV Week Logie Awards SEASON TWO Media Kit MEDIA CONTACTS Catherine Lavelle Kris Way UNIT PUBLICITY ABC TV PUBLICITY T 02 9405 2880 T 02 8333 3844 M 0413 88 55 95 M 0419 969 282 E [email protected] E [email protected] As at 23.5.13 Redfern Now Season Two The highly celebrated and multi award winning drama of 2012. Recipient of Most Outstanding Drama at this year’s Logie Awards, the critically acclaimed Redfern Now is currently filming its second season in and around Redfern. With 5 AACTA Award nominations and 3 TV Week Logie Award nominations the first season of Redfern Now received: Silver TV Week Logie Award Most Outstanding Drama 2012 Redfern Now Silver TV Week Logie Award Most Outstanding New Talent Shari Sebbens AACTA Award Best Script in a Television Drama Steven McGregor AACTA Award Best Actress in a Television Drama Leah Purcell Australian Directors Guild Award Best Direction in a TV Drama Rachel Perkins for Pretty Boy Blue Celebrated by audiences and critics alike, Redfern Now is produced by some of Australia’s finest creatives in collaboration with internationally acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern (Redfern Now, The Street, Cracker, The Lakes) as Story Producer. The powerful, heartbreaking and uplifting stories of the second 6 x 1 hour season have been written by Leah Purcell, Wayne Blair, John Bell, Adrian Russell Wills and the AACTA Award winning Steven McGregor and are being directed by Wayne Blair, Adrian Russell Wills, Beck Cole, Leah Purcell and Australian Director’s Guild Award winning director Rachel Perkins for her episode Pretty Boy Blue. Season one characters returning are those portrayed by Wayne Blair, this year’s Most Outstanding Actress Logie winner Deborah Mailman, Ursula Yovich, Lisa Flanagan, Stephen Curry, Dean Daley-Jones and the AACTA Award winning Leah Purcell. They will be joined by Craig McLachlan, Ernie Dingo, Aaron Pedersen, Meyne Wyatt, Alicia Gardiner, Tammy Clarkson, Steve Bisley and Sarah Woods. Sally Riley, Head of ABC TV’s Indigenous Department said “Audiences can be assured that the second season of Redfern Now will be every bit as distinctive and surprising as the first, with bold storytelling and loads of heart.” A Blackfella Films production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen NSW 2 | P a g e Redfern Now Season Two Blackfella Films’ Darren Dale and Miranda Dear said, “With the outstanding response to Redfern Now, we are thrilled to be coming back with a second season, where we will bring six more exciting Indigenous stories to prime time. We are so thrilled to have attracted a cast and crew of this calibre. It is a testament to the power of the writing, the resonance of the stories and the success of the first season.” Once again working closely with the writers, Story Producer Jimmy McGovern said, “I have loved every minute of my involvement in this. It’s one of the most interesting and rewarding things I’ve done in over thirty years of screenwriting.” REDFERN NOW is produced by Blackfella Films in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen NSW. A Blackfella Films production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen NSW 3 | P a g e Redfern Now Season Two Key Creatives ABC Executive Producer Sally Riley Screen Australia Executive Producer Erica Glynn Producers Darren Dale Miranda Dear Story Producer Jimmy McGovern Writers Consequences Leah Purcell Starting Over John Bell Babe in Arms Steven McGregor Pokies Steven McGregor Dogs of War Wayne Blair Where the Heart is Adrian Russell Wills Directors Consequences Leah Purcell Starting Over Rachel Perkins Babe in Arms Adrian Russell Wills Pokies Beck Cole Dogs of War Wayne Blair Where the Heart is Rachel Perkins Line Producer Scott Hartley Casting Anousha Zarkesh Director of Photography Mark Wareham ACS Jules O’Loughlin ACS Production Designer Felicity Abbott Editors Dany Cooper Nick Holmes Costume Designer Lisa Meagher A Blackfella Films production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen NSW 4 | P a g e Redfern Now Season Two Consequences Written and Directed by Leah Purcell Mattie Collinson Tammy Clarkson Patricia Collinson Kylie Belling Jack Mikkel Craig McLachlan Susan Mikkel Sarah Woods Richard Mikkel Steve Bisley Angela Mikkel Alicia Gardiner Graduating with First Class Honours, Mattie thinks she has fulfilled her need for pride and independence from a complicated family history – until she receives the news of the death of her white father and resolves to get recognition. A 35 year old, high achieving Aboriginal woman, Mattie (Tammy Clarkson) has just received a PHD in Cultural Anthropology. She races to share the news with her estranged white father, Jack, (Craig McLachlan) who she hasn’t seen in 19 years. She wants to gloat. She wants to thank him for leaving her Aboriginal Mother Patricia (Kylie Belling) and herself when she was ten years old. His decision made many changes to Mattie and Patricia’s life. First off, Mattie hated the fact that she was black, she thought this is why Jack left. But Mattie found no worth in hating herself and decided that her hatred would become a great motivator and used it to drive herself to succeed. And she did. She makes the call, asks for Jack and a man comes to the phone. She lets loose, thinking that she is talking to her father, only to discover it is Richard (Steve Bisley), Jack’s older brother. And he informs her that Jack died two days earlier. Mattie is determined that Jack’s family – her white family – will accept her. So she sets out to drive herself back to Sydney to confront Jack’s wife and other children. As Mattie drives from Canberra to Sydney, we travel back with her to her memories of the time she spent with her dad as a child. When she gets to Sydney she goes straight to Jack’s Butcher’s Shop but discovers that it is now a café run by her half sister Angela (Alicia Gardiner). She manages to strike up a conversation with Angela but decides it would be best to wait until the funeral to reveal her hand. Mattie attends Jack’s funeral, intent on placing her graduation photograph on his coffin and telling the congregation about her relationship to Jack. Before Mattie can do this, Angela recognises her from the café and realises that the conversation they had at the coffee shop about dead fathers was not a coincidence. When Mattie insists on speaking at the funeral, this leads to a very heated confrontation between them, with Angela determined to stop Mattie from hurting her grieving mother. In the end Mattie must decide for herself whether to reveal the truth to all. A Blackfella Films production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen NSW 5 | P a g e Redfern Now Season Two Craig McLachlan is Jack One of Australia's most celebrated and versatile actors, Craig McLachlan was awarded Australian television's greatest honour - the TV Week Gold Logie Award in 1990. First appearing on television in Sons and Daughters, Craig became well known for his role as Henry Ramsay in Neighbours and later Grant Mitchell in Home and Away. Craig’s other television credits include the role of Kane Morgan in McLeod’s Daughters, the popular British television series Bugs, as well as City Homicide, The Cut, At Home with Julia, Lowdown, Packed to the Rafters, Rescue Special Ops Season 4 and in 2011 had a guest starring role for CBS television's NCIS: Los Angeles. In 2013 Craig received acclaim in the title role of Lucien Blake in the ABC TV/ITV drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries and has most recently been seen in the role of Damo in Channel Nine's House Husbands. Craig will begin filming season two of Doctor Blake later this year. Craig's feature film credits include the American movie Superfire, Hating Alison Ashley and the major television movie Catherine the Great alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeanne Moreau and Omar Sharif. On-stage, Craig has had a stellar career, with his first major role playing Danny Zuko to great acclaim in the 1993 West End revival of the musical Grease, which until this year held the UK West End box office record. In 2003 Craig played Frank ‘N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show before returning to London in 2005 to take over the role of Caracticus Potts in the London Palladium Production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang alongside Richard O’Brien. He most recently performed the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago in Australia and Asia. Craig has also had major success as a singer and songwriter, achieving Australian and UK hit singles with such songs as Amanda (AUS#23/UK#19, 1990), On My Own (AUS#23, 1991) and the now classic remake of the Bo Diddley song Mona (AUS#3/UK#2, 1990). In 2011, British group Rixxel Kicks sampled McLachlan's Mona for their single Mama do the Hump, which made #2 on the Singles Chart. A Blackfella Films production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen NSW 6 | P a g e Redfern Now Season Two Steve Bisley is Richard One of Australia’s most recognisable actors, Steve Bisley is a graduate of NIDA. His long list of outstanding feature credits include the iconic Australian films Newsfront, Mad Max, his AFI Award winning roles in both Silver City and The Big Steal. More recently Steve’s credits have included The Wedding Party, I Love You Too, Subdivision and Sanctuary. On television Steve has created some of Australia’s most loved characters including Commander Steve Marshall on Sea Patrol, Water Rats’ Det Sgt Jack Christey and Senior Sgt Kevin ‘Nipper’ Harris on Police Rescue.