A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF TELEVISION

2013 has been another fantastic year for ABC TV. (765,000), struck a chord, featuring among top We are the clear leader in children’s TV and catch- fu comedy MAXIMUM CHOPPAGE; and We’ve experienced the greatest increase in share ABC1 programs for younger audiences. up viewing. ABC iview continues to be the most YouTube sensations, the Bondi Hipsters, make popular catch-up service in . In total, their TV debut with SOUL MATES. markets. Our total prime-time share is 14.6% this Our factual and documentary content both iview plays have increased from an average of 10 year, up from 13.6% last year. educated and entertained with titles such as million per month in 2012 (Mar-Dec) to 15 million Our obsession with the issues and lives of modern REDESIGN MY BRAIN WITH TODD in 2013 (Jan-Sept), peaking at 19 million program Australia makes us the undisputed home of national Ratings performance is great but more importantly, SAMPSON winning its timeslot with an audience plays in October 2013. conversations and major Australian content events. this result is proof ABC TV continues to be highly of 945,000, WHITLAM: THE POWER AND There are many highlights in our documentary, valued and trusted by public. We tell THE PASSION (1 million), CLIVE JAMES: Our vision for 2014 is clear. We want to set factual and arts slates for 2014 including stories other broadcasters can’t; we innovate, take THE KID FROM KOGARAH (995,000) and a path to enable us to lay claim to being AFGHANISTAN: THE AUSTRALIAN WAR, risks and nurture new talent. We serve broad and ABBA: BANG A BOOMERANG (965,000). Australia’s most impactful, contemporary and BRILLIANT CREATURES which niche audiences by providing high quality content relevant media organisation. Aussies who shook ; THE FLYING across a range of genres. ABC2 lived up to its promise to surprise, provoke MINERS, the story of a unique Australian work and enthuse. Targeting audiences between 25 and It all starts with great Australian content. From great lifestyle; and SAVE YOUR LIFE TONIGHT! Our drama slate went from strength to strength, 50, the channel built on its reputation for boldness new drama such as ANZAC GIRLS, which tells the which puts Australia’s health under the spotlight. with popular Australian dramas such as THE and innovation, launching the hilarious DIRTY story of extraordinary young women who witness the DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES (1.1 million LAUNDRY LIVE and the remarkable comedy, brutality of war; and THE CODE – a tale stretching series average), CLIFFY (1 million), MISS #7DAYSLATER. from Australia’s outback to the cool corridors of younger viewers to our quality program brands and FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES (1 million power in ; to returning favourites such as create fans for life. Highlights include children’s 8 eps) and PAPER GIANTS: MAGAZINE ABC News and Current Affairs programs RAKE and THE TIME OF OUR LIVES. programs BLUE ZOO, a drama which sees eight WARS (940,000). performed strongly this year especially in the lead teenagers take over an Australian marine park; up to the Federal Election. ABC delivered the In entertainment and comedy we see the highly MY24 in which young Australians chronicle the Our traditional Wednesday night entertainment most watched coverage of election night, with a anticipated return of SPICKS AND SPECKS; impact of a life-changing experience; HOOPLA on ABC1 continued to delight audiences with combined metro audience of 951,000 across ABC1 the Working Dog team return with UTOPIA DOOPLA – the tale of six extraordinary favourites GRUEN NATION (1.2 million) and and News 24. ABC News 24 achieved its highest – a satirical comedy about the absurdity of characters with amazing physical skills; as well as THE HAMSTER DECIDES averaging 920,000. weekly reach ever in the week of the election with government-sponsored schemes; The Chaser team perennial favourites BUSHWHACKED!, THE ABC1’s new Thursday comedies, UPPER 21% of the metro population. bring us WE’LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE; FLAMIN’ THONGS, PLAY SCHOOL and MIDDLE BOGAN (893,000) and IT’S A DATE Lawrence Leung stars in a painfully unique kung . Like our audience, we don’t think about platforms, but about engagement, experience and mobility.

programs created especially for iview. FRESH BLOOD, a sketch comedy initiative which will uncover Australia’s brightest young talent, and WASTELANDER PANDA – a bizarre but epic story of loyalty and betrayal in an environment where no-one can survive alone.

No longer just the small screen, we are living in a golden age of TV. The ABC is leading the way with more great Australian shows in 2014. It’s all the work of the incredibly talented ABC team, our fantastic production partners and the wonderful actors and entertainers who bring our stories to life.

I hope you’ll join me in thanking them all because I know you’ll be ‘loving every minute’ of our exciting slate of Australian content for 2014.

Richard Finlayson Director of Television

Source: OzTAM metro consolidated data up to 6th October 2013 AUSTRALIAN

BOLD

COMPELLING

RAKE SERIES 3

DRAMA 8 X 60’

Cleaver Greene languishes in prison surrounded prefer to stay inside. Stars , by enemies – Cal McGregor, Col and the Corellas, , , , but also friends. Many former colleagues from , , Kate Box, Macquarie Street and the bench are also guests of , and . Her Majesty. And his cell-mate Mal, a convicted Guest appearances include Genevieve Lemon, murderer, fancies himself as much more than a , , , Kerry friend. Cleaver needs both cunning and luck to Walker, , Rhys Muldoon, Dan Wyllie, avoid assaults, protect his friends and fnd a way to , Tom Hobbs, , Elizabeth outwit those who put him away. But Cleaver might Debicki, John Noble and . Written not be so keen on freedom if he knew what awaited by Peter Duncan and Andrew Knight. Directed by him in the outside world. Wendy has plans to fnally Jessica Hobbs, Jonathan Teplitzky, Rowan Woods move on and start a new life with Roger. Fuzz is and Kate Dennis. Produced by Ian Collie, Peter making plans with deeply Christian girlfriend Duncan, Richard Roxburgh and Jessica Hobbs. An Tara that will take him a long way away from his Essential Media and Blow by Blow production in father. Scarlet has taken over Cleaver’s clients and association with ABC TV and Screen NSW. his assistant, Nicole, despite her being the mother of Barney’s love child. And something else has happened in Barney’s life that would rock Cleaver to the core – if he knew. Scarlet and David are torn between their love and duties that make their afair impossible. Missy’s biopic is about to hit the cinema screens with a surprise casting choice, while Kirsty Corella is devising fresh plans for her old foe. If Cleaver knew the avalanche of disasters set to befall him and his nearest and dearest, he would probably

ABC1 2014 THE CODE

DRAMA 6 X 60’

Stretching from the spectacular red desert of David Taylor and Shelley Birse. A Playmaker Media Australia’s outback to the cool corridors of power in production in association with ABC TV, Screen Canberra, THE CODE tells the story of two very Australia, Screen ACT and Screen NSW. diferent brothers who stumble across information that powerful people will kill to keep secret. In the middle of the desert a stolen 4WD collides with a transport truck. Te two Aboriginal kids in the car are hurt. One will die. Someone should have called for help. But they didn’t. Because that ‘someone’ works for a major stakeholder in the energy industry, and the ‘cargo’ is a prohibited substance bound for a research project that shouldn’t exist. Te mystery of the kids’ accident would have remained secret if it weren’t for Ned Banks, an internet journalist desperate for a break, and his brother Jesse, a computer hacker on a strict good behaviour bond. Te question becomes how far those in authority will go to keep their secret safe, and the lengths to which our two brothers will go to reveal the truth. Stars Dan Spielman and . With Aden Young, , Adam Garcia, Lucy Lawless, Aaron Pedersen, Chelsie Preston-Crayford and Dan Wyllie. Created by Shelley Birse. Written by Shelley Birse, Blake Ayshford and Justin Monjo. Directed by Shawn Seet. Produced by David Maher,

ABC1 2014 CARLOTTA

DRAMA 1 X 90’

Based on the life of the iconic Les Girls headliner and Australian transgender pioneer, stars as Carlotta, one of the most beautiful women of her generation, but not a woman at all. A universal story about identity, family, tolerance and acceptance, CARLOTTA lays bare the life of a confused teenager named Richard, his fight into the hedonistic Kings Cross of the 60s and 70s and his transformation into Carol. Against the threat of criminal prosecution and social rejection, we see the emergence of the all conquering personality and performer Carlotta. Spanning forty years, CARLOTTA is an uplifting celebration of fnding your place in the world and making your mark – against all odds. Written by David Hannam with story consultation by Carlotta. Directed by Samantha Lang. Produced by Riccardo Pellizzeri and Lara Radulovich. A Story Ark production in association with ABC TV and Screen NSW.

ABC1 2014 OLD SCHOOL

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People used to say growing old was a crime. Lennie Chapman and Gregor Jordan. A Matchbox Pictures () and Ted () are out to production in association with ABC TV. prove them wrong. Ted McCabe, a retired cop, and Lennie Cahill, a retired crim, get together to solve crimes, unravel scams and make some much-needed cash, while avoiding the wrath of the police and the underworld. Sure, their history is muddy – the last time they met, Lennie was part of a gang that pulled of an armoured car robbery during which Ted was shot, Lennie was arrested and the other gang members either died or got away (with the loot). But now that Lennie has been released from jail, and Ted’s been pensioned of by the department, there’s something they both want: to fnd the remaining members of the gang. Lennie wants his cut of the loot. Ted wants to fnd out who shot him. And they reckon there’s a likely chance it’s the same person. Te pursuit of this mastermind binds Lennie and Ted together over the course of eight episodes and, along the way, they use their collective skills and contacts to solve various other crimes, scams and puzzles. Created by Paul Oliver and Steve Wright. Directed by Gregor Jordan, Peter Templeman and Paul Oliver. Written by Matt Cameron, Belinda Chayko, Gregor Jordan, Paul Oliver. Produced by Helen Panckhurst. Executive Producers Tony Ayres, Penny

ABC1 2014 ANZAC GIRLS

DRAMA 6 X 60’

Based on letters and diaries of fve real Australian heroes. Also stars , , and New Zealand nurses, and Peter Rees’ Te Other Charles Mayer, Brandon McClelland, Leon Ford, Anzacs, ANZAC GIRLS delivers fresh, compelling and Honey Debelle. Written by Felicity Packard drama in this unique portrayal of Australians at and Niki Aken. Directed by Ken Cameron and war. In January 1915, fve young nurses from Ian Watson. Executive Producers Des Monaghan Australia and New Zealand are among the war- and Greg Haddrick, Series Producer Lisa Scott, bound contingent diverted to the Middle East in Producer Felicity Packard. A Screentime production preparation for a secret campaign. Alice (Georgia in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia, South Flood), Elsie (), Olive (Anna McGahan), Australian Film Corporation, and New Zealand On Hilda (), and Grace (Caroline Air. Craig) have wildly divergent hopes and dreams for their overseas adventure. However, their optimism is quickly challenged by military ineptitude, imperial disdain, physical hardships, and all too soon, the bloody tide of casualties from Gallipoli. Te nurses have to draw on every ounce of courage, compassion, and resourcefulness as they finch and stumble but ultimately rise to the challenge. In the midst of a terrible war, some fnd love, some fnd career fulflment, others endure terrible heartbreak, but all discover lifelong, unbreakable friendships. When the war shifts to the Western Front in Europe all fve must embrace a challenge that even the horrors of Gallipoli could not have prepared them for, but which ultimately stamps them as extraordinary

ABC1 2014

DRAMA 8 X 60’

In this gripping legal drama, Senior Crown Prosecutor Watson. Executive Producers Des Monaghan and JANET KING () returns to work Greg Haddrick. Series Producer Karl Zwicky. Producer after a year’s maternity leave determined to prove she Lisa Scott. Co-Producer Jane Allen, Associate Producer still has her edge. But Janet fnds a very diferent DPP. Hilary Bonney. A Screentime production in association Te Attorney General has directed there be a closer with ABC TV and Screen NSW. relationship with police, and Chief Superintendent Jack Rizzoli () is taking an unnerving interest in prosecutions , while ambitious ex-police prosecutor and DPP newcomer, Owen Ramsey (Damian Walshe-Howling) isn’t afraid to bend the rules to score a conviction. When Janet’s frst seemingly straightforward case escalates into a shocking murder, both she and the DPP solicitors are propelled into a complex web of corruption and conspiracy that shakes the police, judiciary and government to their core. With the traditional institutions of justice compromised, investigating and prosecuting the murder becomes a dangerous battle of strategy and betrayal where no one can be trusted and no tactic is of limits. Te case will threaten Janet’s career, her family, and ultimately her life. Also stars , Christopher Morris, Ella Scott Lynch, Hamish Michael, , Jeanette Cronin and . Written by Greg Haddrick, Jane Allen, Kris Mrksa and Shaun Grant. Directed by Grant Brown, Peter Andrikidis and Ian

ABC1 2014 THE TIME OF OUR LIVES - SERIES 2

DRAMA 8 X 60’

Our thirties and forties are the busiest time of our Kris Mrksa and Ursula Cleary. A JAHM Pictures lives: kids, career, homes, and love – keeping it, production in association with ABC TV and Film fnding it, or trying to get away from it when it . fails. Tis is THE TIME OF OUR LIVES. Series 2 of this critically acclaimed drama continues the compelling and candid stories of modern life that created such a loyal audience for Series 1. Tings are moving on for the Tivoli family after some momentous changes. Matt (William McInnes) and Caroline () are divorcing but must face an even greater challenge when a traumatic event with Alice afects them all. Chai Li’s (Michelle Vergara Moore) reconnection with her birth mother brings unexpected complications when a life-changing issue arises for her adoptive parents Ray and Rosa. And the show’s central couple, Luce () and Bernadette () fnd new strength together as they deal with a major personal crisis. THE TIME OF OUR LIVES Series 2 continues the warm, intelligent and sensitive look at contemporary life in urban Australia. Also stars: , Tony Barry, Sue Jones, and Cheree Cassidy. Created and produced by Amanda Higgs and Judi McCrossin. Written by Judi McCrossin,

ABC1 2014 THE BROKEN SHORE

DRAMA 1 X 90’

An evocative crime thriller set against a background of police corruption, racism and family tragedy. Joe Cashin () is a homicide detective transferred to the small Victorian coastal town of Port Monro where he grew up. When wealthy benefactor Charles Bourgoyne dies, Joe’s investigation uncovers a cycle of lies, betrayal and systematic corruption in a community where tensions over race, class and politics are at boiling point. Capturing the chilling action and laconic wit of ’s acclaimed Te Broken Shore, this television adaptation flmed against the rugged south-east Victorian coastline brings alive the novel’s cast of complex characters as it slowly reveals the shocking face behind a community’s respectable mask. Also stars Claudia Karvan, , Erik Tomson, Dan Wyllie, , Catherine McClements and Noni Hazelhurst. THE BROKEN SHORE has been adapted by Andrew Knight and produced by Ian Collie and Andrew Knight. Directed by Rowan Woods. An Essential Media production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Film Victoria.

ABC1 2014 : DEAD POINT

DRAMA 1 X 90’

Jack is back. Guy Pearce returns in the third instalment of Jack Irish – DEAD POINT: based on the award-winning thriller by author, Peter Temple. Jack Irish (Guy Pearce) is a part-time lawyer, mug punter and fnder of people who’d rather remain lost. When a high profle judge, Justice Loder (), commissions him to locate a mysterious red book, Jack is thrown into a world of sexy club owners, dodgy drug dealers, bisexual blackmailers, and unhinged killers. Anyone who touches the red book turns up dead. Jack should follow his instinct and back away very slowly and very quietly. If only the judge wasn’t family. Also stars Marta Dusseldorp, , Vince Colosimo, , Aaron Pedersen, , Shane Jacobson and . Screen writer Matt Cameron. Director and Co-Producer Jefrey Walker. Producer Ian Collie. Co-Producer Andrew Anastasios. Executive Producer Andrew Knight. An Essential Media production in association with ABC TV and Film Victoria.

ABC1 2014 PARER’S WAR

DRAMA 1 X 90’

Six months after Pearl Harbour 29-year-old Pericles Films production in association with ABC Damien Parer (), wartime TV, Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Screen cinematographer, is back in the razorback ridges . of New Guinea trying to make a flm that will shake Australians out of their complacency and let them know that the war is on their doorstep. Te flm, made with the famed Cinesound producer Ken Hall (Rob Carlton), is Kokoda Front Line and it is a masterpiece of front-line battles in all their shocking, intimate, frightening reality. It wins Parer an Academy Award, but also sets him at loggerheads with his boss at the Department of Information, the ofcious Bob Hawes (Nicholas Bell). PARER’S WAR tells the story of a man caught between two worlds and battling with his emotions – at ease amongst the troops and in the teeming hell of jungle warfare, but struggling to connect at home and to win the love of the one woman who can make him happy, Marie Cotter ( Clemens). A compelling portrait of a complex man and a story of great love and the truth of war. Also stars: , Alexander England and Marco Chiappi. Written by Alison Nisselle and based on the book, Damien Parer’s War by Neil McDonald. Directed by Alister Grierson. Produced by Andrew Wiseman. A

ABC1 2014 THE DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES - SERIES 2

DRAMA 10 X 60’

Te maverick police surgeon is back. After a journey to China to fnd his long-missing daughter, Blake (Craig McLachlan) returns knowing he will never be able to re-form the family that was once his. Other things have changed, too, including the replacement of his colleague and ally Danny by cop Charlie (Charlie Cousins), an unknown quantity whose motives soon worry Blake and Chief Superintendent Lawson (Joel Tobeck). Tankfully, there’s always Jean () and Mattie (Cate Wolfe) who, in their own ways, help Blake in his quest for fairness and truth. Soon Blake is knee- deep uncovering the human stories behind a variety of murders in rural Australia including the death of a rock ’n’ roller, the murder of a parish priest, a fatal conspiracy that sees a body fall from the sky, and family jealousies that complicate the murder of a local star athlete. Written by Stuart Page, Chelsea Cassio, Marcia Gardner and Pete McTighe. Producer George Adams. Executive Producer Tony Wright. A December Media production in association with ABC TV and Film Victoria.

ABC1 2014

INDIGENOUS / DRAMA 6 X 60’

THE GODS OF WHEAT STREET is a drama series that transports the audience directly into the world and hearts of an Aboriginal family in a regional town. Head of the family before his time, Odin Freeburn () is being pulled in all directions. One brother is in jail, another brother is in love with the daughter of a family enemy, and his wife has run away to the city leaving him to raise their two daughters. His sister-in-law is in love with him, he’s got a car repair shop that’s about to go under.... and his mother Eden is giving him advice on managing the family, despite the fact that she died in 1990. Can he honour his promise to her that he will keep the family together? And survive? Produced by Fiona Eagger, Deb Cox and Lois Randall. Written by Jon Bell. An Every Cloud Production in association with ABC TV.

ABC1 2014 THE WE’LL HAVE TO DARKSIDE LEAVE IT THERE

INDIGENOUS ENT / DOCO 10 X 30’ 5 X 30’

Director Warwick Tornton assembles a collection WE’LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE is a show of poignant, sad, funny and absurd true ghost like no other, in that the Chaser team hasn’t quite tales from across Australia and brings them to worked out what it is in time for the publishing of life with some of Australia’s most iconic actors as the ABC’s promo blurb. And we’ll have to leave it the storytellers. Honest, matter‐of‐fact frsthand there. accounts illuminate a black perspective on the other side. Produced by Kath Shelper, Scarlett Pictures.

ABC1 2014 ABC1 2014 SPICKS AND SPECKS

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It’s ofcial; all the talk, rumour and anticipation can stop. SPICKS AND SPECKS is back! Putting the needle on the records will be new host, comedian Josh Earl. Joining him will be new team captains, singer-songwriter Ella Hooper and comedian and actor Adam Richard. Australia’s favourite music comedy quiz show has been put through the sampling desk; there are some new games, challenges and viewers need to be prepared for some surprises. But for all the loyal fans out there, fear not! Tere will still be plenty of old favourites in the mix. Tis combination of golden oldies and new hits means that SPICKS AND SPECKS will remain one of the nation’s favourite TV shows. An ABC TV production. Creative Director: Anthony Watt. Executive Producer: Tarni James

ABC1 2014 THE AGONY OF MODERN MANNERS

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Featuring the nation’s favourite Aunts and Uncles this multi award-winning series returns for its fourth incarnation, THE AGONY OF MODERN MANNERS. With the Aunts and Uncles back in their favourite lounges they are ready to be cross- examined about being caught in the crossfre of the do’s and the don’ts of modern manners. From the ofce, to weddings, to home life and beyond, this team of ‘experts’ will instruct us on what is etiquette, what is rudeness, what is right and wrong! With society becoming more complicated by the day, the Aunts and Uncles are standing by to guide us through the chaos so we can behave or quite possibly misbehave accordingly. Aunts include Julia Zemiro, , Kate Langbroek, Ella Hooper, Yumi Stynes, Chrissie Swan, Jess Harris, Sam Lane, Stella Young. Uncles include Stephen Curry, John & Tom Elliott, Sam Pang, Dave O’Neil, Rob Carlton, , Lawrence Mooney, Tim Ross, Ronnie Chieng, Matt Okine. Produced by and Nicole Minchin. A High Wire Films production.

ABC1 2014 HOGES: IS ALL WOMAN I’VE JUST GOTTA ASK!

ENT ENT 6 X 30’ 1 X 60’

Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey was not just critically In an ‘access all areas’ exclusive, applauded, it was one of the most loved ABC1 legend opens the door in a warts and all shows of 2011. Now one of our favourite comedians TV special called HOGES: I’VE JUST GOTTA is back with JUDITH LUCY IS ALL WOMAN. ASK! It’s 40 years since Paul’s comedy frst became all It’s a timely exploration of one of the hot button the talk in the playgrounds, on building sites and in issues; the role and place of women in our society. homes around Australia and then the world! He made We have just had our frst female PM, but are there us laugh and we loved him for it. After years of media enough women on the boards of big business? And attention Paul rarely shows the real Paul. Now aged why are women paid less than men in some roles? 73 he feels it’s time to tell his life story. Joining him It’s a subject that gets people fred up but, with a to pose the questions we all want to ask is friend and smile on her face, Judith will look at the pros and comedian Shane Jacobson. In Australia they travel to cons of being a woman in contemporary Australia. Paul’s humble start in ’s Inner West and meet Her qualifcations for the role are pretty good; his family. Tey spend time on ‘the bridge’ with his after all, she has been female all her life! Te result, old work mates ,and delve into the characters and the told through Judith’s personal journey, interviews controversial sketches Paul created to see how they and immersive experiences, will be a revealing and sit with modern tastes. In Los Angeles they relive the humour-driven look at who we are today and why. Oscars where Paul stared down the big guns, hang out A Bearded Lady Productions, Pigeon Fancier, ABC in his favourite Hollywood haunts and do the Santa TV production. Monica school run with his son Chance. To add some extra spice Paul is returning to Australia to do a stand- up comedy tour. Unannounced he’ll try material on shocked audiences at an open mic night before he takes the stage in front of the likes of Bob Hawke for his biggest challenge in decades. Produced by Sounds Write Productions.

ABC1 2014 ABC1 2014 UTOPIA

COMEDY 8 X 30’

From Working Dog (Frontline, Te Hollowmen) comes a satirical comedy about the absurdity of government-sponsored schemes. Set in the ofces of the ‘Nation Building Authority’, UTOPIA explores that moment when bureaucracy and grand dreams collide. Te series follows the working lives of a tight- knit team in charge of guiding major infrastructure projects from announcement to unveiling. Constant shifts in priorities are the order of the day as the staf are asked to come up with plans for everything from new roads and rail lines to airports and high rise urban developments. UTOPIA examines the forces that go into creating a very well-designed white elephant. Featuring a stellar comic cast led by , along with , , Luke McGregor, , Anthony ‘Lehmo’ Lehmann, Emma-Louise Wilson and Michelle Lim Davidson, UTOPIA is a series for anyone who has ever been frustrated by bureaucracy – and survived to laugh at the experience. UTOPIA is written and produced by the award-winning team of , and Rob Sitch. Directed by Rob Sitch. Executive Producer Michael Hirsh. A Working Dog Production, in association with ABC TV.

ABC1 2014

COMEDY PUCK YOU, I’M BACK!

ABC1 2014

COMEDY 8 X 30’

After being introduced to audiences in A Moody new suitor, Matt (Jonny Pasvolsky), enters Bridget’s Christmas the loveable and hilariously dysfunctional life. Additional cast members include Marshall Moody family are back. It’s twelve months since we Napier, , , , last saw them and lovebirds Dan (Ian Meadows) and Steve Rodgers. Written by and Cora (Jane Harber) have returned to Australia. Trent O’Donnell, , , As the couple grapple with settling down they’re Ian Meadows and Sheridan Jobbins. Directed by drawn into a very busy year’s worth of adventures Trent O’Donnell and Scott Pickett. Series Producer and mishaps involving the rest of the Moody clan. Chloe Rickard. Executive Producer Jason Burrows. Te family home will be sold and parents Kevin A Jungleboys production in association with ABC () and Maree () will give TV and Screen NSW. the life of grey nomads a try, only to discover not everyone on the open road is as friendly as they seem. Rapscallion son Sean’s (Patrick Brammall) funereal freworks business starts to take of with the help of dimwitted mate Scotty (), but he’ll hit hurdles such as a run-in with the police and blackmail at the hands of a precocious millennial. Uncle Terry () may fnally meet his romantic match in colleague and force of nature Yvonne () but will he be able to commit to her and live up to her exacting standards? And after losing their adopted son Max to the authorities, divorcees Bridget () and Roger (Phil Lloyd) will try to work out the boundaries of their relationship just as a

ABC1 2014

COMEDY 8 X 30’

Gristmill brings back its hit family comedy UPPER MIDDLE BOGAN for a much anticipated second season. Bess Denyar, an upper middle class doctor, having discovered she is adopted and comes from a family of drag racers in the outer suburbs, continues to deal with the adoption bombshell and its consequences. Caught in the middle of two tribes, it’s Bess who must keep juggling the fallout – on her adoptive and overbearing mother Margaret, her loving but slightly spoiled husband Danny, her twins Oscar and Edwina, not to mention the Wheelers, her newly found and delightfully bogan family. Praised for its hilarity and warmth in equal measure, UPPER MIDDLE BOGAN features an outstanding cast including , , , Annie Maynard, Patrick Brammall and Robyn Malcolm. Created and Produced by and . A Gristmill production in association with ABC TV.

ABC1 2014 BRILLIANT CREATURES

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Written and presented by Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson, BRILLIANT CREATURES retraces the footsteps of feminist Germaine Greer, satirist Barry Humphries, writer/broadcaster Clive James and art critic Robert Hughes as they departed Australia bound for the world stage. Directed by Paul Clarke (Whitlam, Bomborra), this revelatory series charts the rise of four Australians who landed like a bomb in England in the 1960s and changed the landscape of comedy, criticism and culture. It celebrates of our very own BRILLIANT CREATURES - four home-grown intellectuals who left the ‘cultural desert’ of Australia to become internationally recognised iconoclasts. Drawing upon an extensive ABC and BBC archive, Jacobson - who arrived in Australia in the sixties to take up Germaine Greer’s old job at Sydney University - celebrates these intellectual giants who didn’t just join the Cultural Revolution that was taking place internationally - they led it. Produced by Mint Pictures & Serendipity with ABC, BBC and Screen Australia.

ABC1 2014 HANNAH GADSBY’S THE OZ DREAMHOUSE

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Australian stand-up comedian Hannah Gadsby is a still haunting our political and cultural landscapes. THE DREAMHOUSE is a cutting edge series closet art scholar. Armed with a rapier wit and desire Produced by Closer Productions in association with that follows three young adults on a journey of to pick beneath the paint, she travels across the ABC TV and SAFC. independence. As young adults with intellectual continent on a mission to debunk the myths of the disabilities, up to now they have been protected from Australian identity as defned by our art canon. If the outside world by their family living at home. But our great works are to be believed, the average Aussie it’s time for these energetic and life loving characters is a bloke in a hat who is hell-bent on conquering to fy the nest and time for their loving parents to let our gum-tree infested landscape singlehandedly. go – no matter how painful it is. After all, what is Why has this mono-vision of Australia persisted for going to happen to their child when they are both so long? Surely there is more to us than our most gone? Our young adults are all raring to prove they famous artworks suggest? From frst settlement to can not only survive but thrive in the real world but Federation to post-multiculturalism, Hannah will to do so they need to fnd out exactly what they’re forge an irreverent new image of who we think capable of away from the protective arms of their we are through a re-examination of Australian art families. Innovative and inclusive, heart-warming history. By digging a bit deeper and uncovering and hilarious, THE DREAMHOUSE goes where often-ignored histories and artists, Hannah no other factual format has before, tackling a real will take on these painted white/male clichés to issue in a new and revealing way. Produced by show us a more colourful and feminine vision of Artemis International. Australia. Knocking on the studio doors of some of this country’s most interesting contemporary artists, Hannah will engage with a new generation who are determined to break open the ideas of what it means to be Australian. Many of these artists’ works speaks directly to our historical canon, challenging its point of view and re-interpreting it to ignite the issues

ABC1 2014 ABC1 2014 OUTBACK CHOIR

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OUTBACK CHOIR follows the journey of colourful music teacher Michelle Leonard who, every March gets in her car and heads west. Travelling over 4,000 kilometres across the most remote regions of NSW, she will visit 30 towns and 55 primary schools to audition 2,000 kids for her Moorambilla Voices Regional Choir. Just 85 kids will make it - from tough little boys with angelic voices, to eight-year-old girls with steely determination. Michelle spends hours on the phone with the principals, parents, and local communities trying to get these kids to Camp Baradine, where for four days in August they will write, play and sing with Australia’s fnest musicians and composers in preparation for a choral and orchestral concert. Tis is not just “Jingle Bells”; these are intense musical experiences. For many it will be life-changing. Tis flm reminds us why no child, anywhere, should grow up without music. Produced by Heiress Films, with ABC TV and Screen Australia.

ABC1 2014 TWO MEN IN CHINA

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TWO MEN IN CHINA is Tim Flannery and John Doyle’s entertaining journey of discovery through China to discover the future of the Australia China relationship. Australia is inextricably tethered to China – but how much do we really know about the Chinese dragon sitting on our doorstep? And how much do they really know about us? What is the state of the relationship and where does the future lie? It’s time for us to understand, and make sense of, China. Along the way, Tim and John meet an eclectic group of characters as they burrow beneath the surface of China, and the Chinese, while asking, “What does communism in China mean today?” Our intrepid hosts grapple with the traditional workers and the new movers and shakers. Tey also meet adroit Aussies trying to ride the dragon to success. Produced by Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.

ABC1 2014 THE FLYING SAVE YOUR MINERS LIFE TONIGHT!

FACTUAL FACTUAL 3 X 60’ 6 X 30’

Te locations are rugged and unforgiving, and the SAVE YOUR LIFE TONIGHT! is a bold and people who work in these remote and inhospitable revolutionary studio-based series that features locales are a breed apart. THE FLYING MINERS is real patients having actual surgical and diagnostic a series that tells a unique . Part blue- procedures performed on stage in front of a live chip contemporary analysis of the mining industry studio audience – who also participate in the show. and part observational documentary it focuses on With patients being taken from the audience for a the eclectic group of individuals who work in and wide variety of tests and procedures, it will highlight around the remote iron ore towns of Port Hedland preventative medicine to TV audiences through the in , the coal felds of the Bowen experiences of these everyday people as they confront basin in Queensland and the gold mines of outback the major health issues afecting Australia today. Kalgoorlie. Interwoven throughout is the high- Tere will be exactly 100 people in the audience who stakes story of the Australian mining executives who are carefully chosen to represent 100 percent of the keep the wheels turning, and the FIFO’s – men and Australian population. Tey are the living statistics women who fy in and out of mining sites, typically that relate to the audience at home. Te panel will two weeks on and two weeks of, in search of the big consist of key medical specialists, including physicians, bucks. Often they pay a price, a personal cost. Tis surgeons and academics, who are drawn into the heart is an adventure story where everyday Australians of the show as they are also the practitioners carrying risk a lot for a shot at the good life. A Screentime out the procedures and tests. A Wildfury production. production.

ABC1 2014 ABC1 2014 THE ATTENTION OUTSIDE PROJECT CHANCE

FACTUAL INDIGENOUS FACTUAL 3 X 60’ 5 X 30’

THE ATTENTION PROJECT is a powerful When a ragtag team of prison inmates joins a and revealing observational series following four groundbreaking rehabilitation program, they begin a families battling to cope with children suspected search for redemption through Australian Rules footy, of, or diagnosed with – ADHD – and the clinical on a journey toward the WA Amateur Football League psychologist who believes his intervention program grand fnal. Under the scrutiny of a wary public and can change their lives. Working together for the the watchful eyes of prison guards, the team must train frst time, a team of experts led by dynamic clinical hard and play even harder. Any foul on the feld means psychologist Professor Mark Dadds, put 4 families more than a free kick; it might mean being thrown of with 5 children suspected of having ADHD through the team, being pulled from the league altogether – or cutting-edge evidence-based nine-week intervention worse. Tey’re on a mission to change their lives for the program. In the face of raging controversy around better, but will this team of crims truly be accepted – the use of stimulant medication in ADHD, families by the community and within themselves? Produced are at the end of their tethers from community by Wildfury Productions. demands to get their ‘crazy’ children under control. Te Attention Project lifts the veil on the hidden face of ADHD, revealing the complexities, trials, tribulations and daily dilemmas of those battling this perplexing condition. Te series challenges the stigma head on, as three ADHD experts use best practice to decide whether or not to put fve young kids on stimulant medication. Essential Media and Entertainment. Writer/ Producer Marc Radomsky, Executive Producer Alan Erson.

ABC1 2014 ABC1 2014 AFGHANISTAN: THE AUSTRALIAN WAR

DOCO 3 X 60’

Tis is the story of Australia’s longest war told through the experiences of those who fought it. From the Special Forces operatives who landed only weeks after 9/11; to drone pilots who fought a new kind of war via remote control; to the engineers who built schools with an eye out for snipers. From prime ministers and generals to private soldiers the series’ characters reveal themselves before, during and after their war. Some are badly damaged, others just did their jobs. All have been transformed by their experience. Tey reveal why Australia went to war and how our objectives and strategies changed over 13 years. Essential Media and Entertainment. Executive Producer Alan Erson, Series Director Victoria Midwinter Pitt.

ABC1 2014 THE DAY THE BEATLES CAME TO TOWN

DOCO 1 X 60’

In June 1964, Te Beatles embarked on their only tour to Australia and New Zealand and turned the southern hemisphere on its head. Te turmoil and controversy caused by scenes of mass hysteria and loss of control of public space was new and unsettling. Some say it helped liberate a generation. Some believe it embodied a future of fun and freedom. But what really went on during those twenty days and nights of hero-worship, hilarity and hedonism? From packs of screaming teenagers on the streets of Adelaide to the all-night parties along hotel corridors, THE DAY THE BEATLES CAME TO TOWN lifts the lid on a pivotal moment in Australian social history. An ABC TV production. Executive Producer Margot Phillipson.

ABC1 2014 t

THE WAR THAT ENIGMA MAN – CHANGED US A STONE AGE MYSTERY

DOCO DOCO 4 X 60’ 1 X 60’

THE WAR THAT CHANGED US is a ENIGMA MAN – A STONE AGE MYSTERY is a dramatic four-part series examining Australia’s prehistoric whodunnit that re-writes our relationship role in World War I. Drawn on a grand scale, but with other archaic human species and our evolutionary wrought in fne grain detail from vivid and evocative origins. A recent discovery of prehistoric human remains personal testimonies, it follows the life-changing from a remote cave in China uncovers a mystery unlike stories of fve distinctly diferent Australians in any found before. Who were these mysterious Red a time of war. Soldier, nurse, general, anti-war Deer Cave people? Were they a new species of human activist and female politician: their transformative living alongside our own ancestors? And why did they journeys through confict on the war and the home disappear? Tis thrilling documentary bursts open the front are brought to life through a moving blend of gateway into understanding human evolution in Asia – personal testimony, drama, expert analysis, location at the very frontier of the scientifc trail of our modern flming and archive. It’s a gripping tale spanning human origins. An Electric Pictures Production. three continents over four brutal years. An Electric Pictures production.

ABC1 2014 ABC1 2014 TRIGGER POINT

DOCO 2 X 60’

In the hands of police, a gun can be a potent deterrent. In extreme circumstances it can also be the instrument of death. Te 1980s saw Australia embroiled in a bloody war with armed criminals that led to reprisal killings and an unprecedented escalation of fear and violence on both sides. From 1986 to 1996, Victorian Police shot and killed 30 people. Criminals retaliated by executing two police ofcers, sending shockwaves through law enforcement, legal and political circles. TRIGGER POINT takes us deep inside police culture in search of answers to the tragic chain of events set in motion when ofcers use frearms against the citizens they are sworn to protect. Featuring never-before-seen footage and emotional testimony from ofcers who made the split-second decision to shoot and have never spoken publicly, this two-part series ofers a rare and engrossing insight into the consequences of strapping on a gun as part of your daily routine. A DD & B Production.

ABC1 2014 SHARK GIRL

DOCO 1 X 60’

SHARK GIRL is the story of Madison Stewart, a young Australian conservationist who has changed her life to protect sharks in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Park, where 80,000 of them are legally caught every year. Scientists now confrm that reef sharks are disappearing at an alarming rate with potentially devastating impact on the entire marine system. Determined to show the world the importance of these mighty creatures she’s never feared, Madison sets out to investigate Australia’s shark fsheries and connects with global conservationists to safeguard the animals she loves. It’s the journey of an extraordinary young woman who proves that a single person can make a diference in this world. Kaufmann Productions.

ABC1 2014 RETURNING AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR WHO –SEASON 8 ABC FATHER BROWN – SERIES 2 ART + SOUL 2 FLEMING: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE BOND ARTSCAPE FLYING MONSTERS ASIA PACIFIC FOCUS FOYLE’S WAR – SERIES 8 AT THE MOVIES GRAND DESIGNS – SERIES 11 AUSTRALIAN STORY KEVIN MCCLOUD’S BEACH HUT KEYS TO THE MUSEUM WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH BUSINESS TODAY LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX – SERIES 2 CATALYST LINE OF DUTY COMPASS MIDSOMER MURDERS –SEASON 16 FAMILY CONFIDENTIAL - SERIES 3 MICROMONSTERS WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT POIROT (FINAL SERIES) FOUR CORNERS QI – SERIES 12 RISE OF THE ANIMALS WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH GRUEN PLANET SILENT WITNESS – SERIES 17 INSIDERS SILK – SERIES 3 JENNIFER BYRNE PRESENTS... THE ACCUSED – SERIES 2 JULIA ZEMIRO’S HOME DELIVERY - SERIES 2 THE WRONG MANS KITCHEN CABINET – SERIES 5 (TBC) LANDLINE THE BUSINESS MEDIA WATCH NATIONAL PRESS CLUB Q&A RAGE ’S MAD AS HELL – SERIES 3 THE BOOK CLUB THE CHECKOUT – SERIES 2 WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY HOUSE? – SERIES 3 7.30

AQUIRED CONTENT : THE LAST LEG CALL THE MIDWIFE – SERIES 3 DEATH IN PARADISE – SERIES 3 DOC MARTIN – SERIES 6 SURPRISE

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SOUL MATES

COMEDY 6 X 30’

SOUL MATES is the brain child of the Van Vuuren Bros and Nick Boshier, whose past projects – together and separately – include the beloved online successes Bondi Hipsters, Beached Az, Trent From Punchy and Te Fully Sick Rapper. A toxic bromance, SOUL MATES follows the story of a couple of buddies, who are continually drawn together across the course of human history, and into the future. In the beginning of time these two mates are experiencing all of life’s frsts as a couple of cavemen. In 64BC they’re designing and installing booby traps in the tombs of Ancient Egypt. In 1979 they’re two Kiwis killing it, as Kiwi Assassins. By 2013 they’re a pair of fashion-obsessed Bondi Hipsters, and in the year 2145 they are tackling time travel conundrums, working nine to fve in a time travel agency called Travel Time. Starring Christiaan Van Vuuren and Nick Boshier. Created, written, produced and directed by Connor Van Vuuren, Christiaan Van Vuuren and Nick Boshier. A Van Vuuren Bros / Ludo Production in association with ABC TV.

ABC2 2014 SERIES 2

COMEDY 10 X 30’

After being adored by critics in Australia and the USA, the award-winning comedy/drama PLEASE LIKE ME, created by Josh Tomas, returns with a second season set to screen simultaneously on ABC2 and America’s brand-new Pivot network. When we last saw Josh, his girlfriend had dumped him, he’d gained and lost a boyfriend, come out to his parents, lost his eccentric great aunt, and moved back in to live with his bipolar mother after her suicide attempt. In season two, Josh tries to get through the day without upsetting anyone. Tere’s a new dog, a new rabbit and a new baby. Tere’s no big twist. It isn’t Lost. Created by Josh Tomas. Written by Josh Tomas, Liz Doran, Tomas Ward. Directed by Matthew Saville. Produced by Todd Abbott. Executive Producers Todd Abbott, Josh Tomas and Kevin Whyte. A Pigeon Fancier and John & Josh International production for ABC TV and Pivot Original.

ABC2 2014 THIS IS LITTLETON

COMEDY 4 X 30’

A nationwide talent search by Highwire Films (Agony Uncles/Aunts, Lowdown) has secured a new generation of character comedy writer-performers, brought together in THIS IS LITTLETON. Set in and around thriving Littleton City Council, thrill as its staf and ratepayers navigate busking licence auditions, animal control ofcers convinced they are in the mob, and Mayors with Game of Trones- esque delusions of grandeur; while its municipal rooms-for-hire lure wildly inappropriate dance teachers, dubious self-improvement classes and harangued relationship counsellors. Performed and written by Melinda Cklamovska, Tegan Higginbotham, Nathan Lovejoy, Matt Okine, Miles O’Neil, Morgana O’Reilly, Stevo Petkovic, Steen Raskopoulos, Zachary Ruane, Vachel Spirason, Jackson Tozer, Adele Vuko and Ronnie Chieng. Created by and Nicole Minchin. Head Writers Amanda Brotchie, Dave O’Neil with Tony Moclair and Karl Chandler. Directed by Amanda Brotchie. Producer Nicole Minchin. Executive Producers Amanda Brotchie, Nicole Minchin, Adam Zwar. A High Wire Films production in association with ABC TV.

ABC2 2014 MAXIMUM CHOPPAGE

COMEDY 6 X 30’

Simon Chan (Lawrence Leung) has returned to his home town after many years training in a faraway martial arts temple. He is a born hero, defender of the weak and champion of the honest people of Cabramatta … Well, not really. Te truth is Simon was at art school but he’d rather risk his life than disappoint his mother. Welcome to MAXIMUM CHOPPAGE – a painfully funny kung fu comedy where identity, family and love is a battlefeld. Written by Lawrence Leung, Duncan Sarkies, Josh Mapleston. Producers Sophie Miller, Julie Eckersley. Executive Producers Tony Ayres, Debbie Lee. A Matchbox Pictures production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Screen NSW.

ABC2 2014 HEAD FIRST

FACTUAL 5 X 45’

Following on from the highly successful and critically acclaimed frst series, in the second series of HEAD FIRST, Sabour Bradley enters more worlds of the bizarre – and even dangerous – to uncover the secret stories of ordinary Australians. Tis series he will investigate society’s addiction to porn and the personal ramifcations of the phenomenon; the Australians trying to save trafcked children overseas; the illicit Australian-linked trade in the horn of the critically endangered black rhino; the spinal cord ‘highway’ where paralysed Australians are desperately seeking miracle cures abroad: and fnally the lengths people go to through the use of legal and maybe even illegal drugs to make themselves look beautiful.Produced by Mushroom Pictures, Silver Suit Productions and Tin Roof Pictures.

ABC2 2014 MADDIE’S CRASH TEST TOUGH JOBS MUMMIES AND DADDIES

FACTUAL FACTUAL 3 X 30’ 6 X 30’

Old Growth Forest Logger, Pimp, Abortion Clinic CRASH TEST MUMMIES AND DADDIES Worker… Madeleine Parry has a go at doing the follows four families as they embark on becoming jobs that create the thorny dilemmas of our time. At parents for the very frst time. In a world where 23 she looks like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, mums and dads have never been more exposed but Maddie’s got more mongrel than a hungry dingo to conficting advice, public condemnation and and a disarming frankness that no one sees coming. idealistic dilemmas – how will our families fare as In each episode Maddie does a diferent job, and they adapt to life after birth? Watch as the families charts the practical and ethical challenges she faces. deal with relationship struggles, baby issues and She also reveals the stories of her co-workers, and domestic dramas. Parents share how they’re feeling, how and why they do their work. She takes a look at convey their future hopes and wonder how they’ll who benefts from the work – and who pays. Each ever get through these early months of baby’s life! week the job’s challenges grow and Maddie fnds CRASH TEST MUMMIES AND DADDIES herself in a series of practical and moral quagmires. is a timely look at the politics of parenting in Can Maddie and her colleagues do a good job and contemporary Australia. Trough parents with be good people? Watch as Maddie unpicks the very fxed ideas about how best to bring up their ethical exchanges at the heart of Australia’s most baby, the series explores contentious personal, social provocative jobs by having a go herself. MADDIE’S and political issues of parenting that will often TOUGH JOBS is frank, funny and tough, and spill over into wider public debate. A Southern reveals the bargains we make for our souls. An Star Entertainment production in association with Essential Media & Entertainment and Projector ABC2. Films production in association with ABC2.

ABC2 2014 ABC2 2014 8MMM DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARKIES

INDIGENOUS INDIGENOUS COMEDY COMEDY 6 X 30’ 6 X 30’

8MMM - One radio station full of DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARKIES is a new Aboriginal workers and the ‘three M’s’; Missionaries, sketch comedy show from the funniest Mercenaries and Misfts. Welcome to the complex in Australia. It is irreverent, politically incorrect and and often humorous world of community radio. goes where no other series can go. No one person or Producers: Rachel Clements, Trisha Morton- topic is of limits. In the vein of and Tomas, Anna Cadden, Executive Producers: Babakiueria, our team of writers and performers will do Andrea Denholm, Laura Waters. Writers: Trisha their best to make you less afraid of the Darkies. Tis Morton-Tomas, Danielle Maclean, Sonja Dare. is the frst sketch comedy written entirely by blackfellas Produced by Brindle Films and Princess Pictures in and a frst for the ABC. Produced by Scarlett Pictures. association with ABC TV.

ABC2 2014 ABC2 2014 RETURNING AUSTRALIAN COMEDY UP LATE - SERIES 2 DIRTY LAUNDRY LIVE - SERIES 2 GOOD GAME OPENING SHOT - SERIES 3 2014 SUNDAY BEST - SERIES 4 THE ROAST - SERIES 3 TRIPLE J’S ONE NIGHT STAND 2014 DYNAMIC

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BLUE ZOO

REALITY 13 X 26’

BLUE ZOO gives eight remarkable teenagers, four from Australia and four from Ireland, the chance to take over an Australian marine park. Mentored by dolphin and seal trainers, a marine vet and local rescue agencies, the teenagers will learn how to train and care for dolphins and seals, help with marine rescues and rehabilitate injured marine life. Te ultimate challenge will be to put their training to the test and design a brand new dolphin and seal show that communicates THEIR message of conservation to the world. BLUE ZOO… A remarkable story, showcasing young people’s ingenuity and care for our world. Air Pig Productions in association with RTÉ, Screen NSW and Flame Distribution.

ABC3 2014 THE WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE - AGAIN

LIVE ACTION COMEDY 13 X 24’

Alex King has just had the worst year of his life. A year beset with personal disasters, embarrassments, failures and humiliation, events that have turned him into such a neurotic pessimist that he doesn’t hold out much hope for the next year either... But as he goes to bed on the eve of his ffteenth birthday he does so with the vague hope that whatever upcoming tribulations await him they can’t possibly be as bad as the ones he’s had to endure over the last twelve months… and they’re not... in fact they’re the same – exactly the same. For when Alex awakens the following morning he discovers that somehow it’s his fourteenth birthday again… time seems to have reset itself… the worst year of his life is about to happen all over again! And he’s going to have to relive every single miserable second of it. An ACTF/ Refective Pictures production in association with Screen Australian, Film Victoria and CBBC.

ABC3 2014 THE FLAMIN’ THONGS

ANIMATION COMEDY 26 X 12’

Te Big Pineapple, the Big Banana, the Big Prawn… Tere’s a weird and wacky tradition in Australia of turning local icons into oversized statues to attract tourists. One of the biggest is in the tiny town of Whale Bay, home to the Giant Tong. Sadly the Giant Tong is also one of Australia’s least known tourist attractions. But that may all be about to change – for all the wrong reasons. Because Whale Bay is home to the Tong family; parents Trevor and Brenda, their 12-year-old son Holden and his older sister Narelle. Te weird and wonderful plans of the Tong family more often than not go chaotically awry, taking them to the brink of disaster in each episode. In these terrifying-but-hilarious moments, it’s usually up to the kids, Holden and Narelle (and their pet cane toad of-sider, Rerp) to save the day. Te Tong family is the luckiest unlucky family in Australia and they’ll do almost anything to put their little ofbeat town of Whale Bay on the map! Produced by Media World Productions.

ABC3 2014 BUSHWHACKED! SERIES 2

FACTUAL/ WILDLIFE 13 X 24’

Following the success of BUSHWHACKED! Series 1, Series 2 is bigger and better. With new co-host, Kamil Ellis, Kayne Tremills crisscrosses the country tackling 13 new wildlife missions. Kayne and Kamil travel to even more remote parts of the country, far-fung corners that BUSHWHACKED! Series 1 never got near! Te two boys will save native wildlife, work with scientists in their research to understand endangered animals, experience the rites and rituals of Indigenous culture, attempt amazing stunts that have never been attempted before – and engage in some gory and gooey missions that will no doubt turn them green! A Mint Pictures production in association with ACTF.

ABC3 2014 WACKY WORLD BEATERS

FACTUAL ADVENTURE 20 X 24’

A pumpkin regatta in Germany, haggis eating in Scotland, air guitar world championships in Finland, bog snorkelling in Wales and gravy wrestling in England. Tis isn’t just a list of weird events, this is the travel itinerary for ABC’s very own Amberley Lobo and Adelaide funnyman William Gill as they tour the globe to become WACKY WORLD BEATERS. Taking trains, planes, buses and the occasional tuk tuk to get to their destinations, Ambo and Gilly will travel through incredible backdrops to compete in as many crazy events as they can. Teir ultimate aim? To fnd and proclaim the World’s Wackiest sport! An Active TV production in association with Film Victoria and ACTF.

ABC3 2014 MY24 HORRIBLE HISTORIES SERIES 5

AUSTRALIAN COMEDY DOCO FACTUAL 13 X 24’ 20 X 24’

MY24 is a factual entertainment format where Get ready for rotten rulers, gory battles, crazy young people chronicle the impact of a life- inventions and gruesome gags galore as the award- changing experience – expressed in their own words winning HORRIBLE HISTORIES – based on the and using their own images. In an upbeat, visual books by Terry Deary – returns. Tis riotous series sees feast of social-media inspired storytelling, MY24 is the Saxon gods form an unlikely team of superheroes, a factual series chronicling the life-changing events the ‘Real Tudor Hustle’ reveals the cleverest con tricks that have shaped a diverse and fascinating collection by naughty criminals and a song special sees some of of young Australians. In each plot-driven episode, history’s greatest characters serenade us with tales of two individual stories are interwoven, with each of their lives, including a rapping cash-loving Crassus, those two heroes taking us on a personal journey to and a very determined Rosa Parks. And if all this isn’t relive their ‘MY24’ event and the transformational enough horrible history, there are also two horrible impact it’s had on their lives. An Essential Media specials – Ridiculous Romance and Frightful First production. World War. A Lion Television production.

ABC3 2014 ABC3 2014 RETURNING AUSTRALIAN WAC - WORLD ANIMAL CHAMPIONSHIPS GOOD GAME: SP BTN EXTRA NEWS ON 3 STUDIO 3 AUSTRALIA DAY SPECIAL: THE ABC3 SMACKDOWN GAMES! TRUST

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HOOPLA DOOPLA

ENT 52 X 14’

In the town of HOOPLA live six extraordinary characters each with their own amazing physical skill: MIMI runs the café and looks after everyone in town while juggling mufns and milkshakes; ZIGGY, the shop keeper, does magic tricks which go in surprising directions; ZAP, the town messenger, delivers packages in the most acrobatic manner possible; BOP, Mr Fix-It, is able to lift almost anything; fexible SQUIDGIE looks after the town garden and can often be found inside a potplant, fnally JANGO, the street sweeper, is always playing tricks and causing mischief. HOOPLA DOOPLA is a unique and groundbreaking show for 2-5 year olds, using physical action and comedy to drive the story. Tey tumble, juggle, leap and somersault in and out of trouble. However, whenever anything goes wrong - and it usually does – they always have each other to fall back on. A Beyond Production with CCTV (China).

ABC 4 KIDS 2014 GIGGLE & HOOT PIRATE SPECIAL

ENT 1 X 14’

Jimmy Giggle, Hoot and Hootabelle are back again for more fun, songs and adventures! Tey’ll be having a giggle and hoot every day from 8am right up until Te Goodnight Hour when Hootabelle twinklifes the stars, Hoot goes on the Night Watch and Jimmy Giggle says goodnight to preschoolers everywhere. Giggle and Hoot will also present a brand new Special: Te Legend of Pirate Hootbeard. Join our favourite friends as they help Hoot’s great uncle, Pirate Hootbeard, fnd his legendary treasure in a hootabulous musical pirate tale! YARR! An ABC Children’s Television production.

ABC 4 KIDS 2014 PLAY SCHOOL PATTERNS & LET’S PRETEND

ENT 45 X 30’

In its 48th year on air, PLAY SCHOOL aims to encourage a child to wonder, think, feel and imagine. Te program features two warm, caring hosts who address the child viewer directly and personally. Into this relationship are woven the much loved cast of toys, stories, songs and activities that form the fabric of Australian children’s culture. Each program also contains a variety of play ideas with things to make and do. Te audience are invited to help tell the time on the Play School clock and take a look through the Windows to the wider world, to people and places both familiar and new. Each series is developed around a theme that’s important to the preschool child’s experience and development. Look out for new series including ‘Let’s Pretend’ which celebrates the joy of imaginative play inspired by everyday situations and fantastical scenarios. Also coming up, ‘Patterns’ which explores and plays with spots, stripes and other visual patterns alongside the routines and rhythms important to a preschooler. An ABC Children’s Television production.

ABC 4 KIDS 2014 ELLA THE ELEPHANT

ANIMATION 52 X 11’

Based on the lovable book series by Carmela and Steven D’Amico, ELLA THE ELEPHANT is a bright new animated preschool show following the adventures of Ella, a sweet, kind and generous little elephant with a magic red hat. Ella loves to play and explore Elephant Islands with her friends – Tiki, Frankie and Belinda, but like any little elephant Ella’s fun adventures and attempts to help those around her don’t always go to plan. Luckily with a little imagination, teamwork and her own special ‘hat magic’, Ella solves everyday problems as her red hat transforms to help save the day.

ABC 4 KIDS 2014 PEG + CAT

ANIMATION 80 X 12’

PEG + CAT is an animated maths-based series for children ages 3-5 years old. Te show follows the adorable, spirited Peg and her sidekick Cat as they embark on adventures, solve problems together, and learn foundational maths concepts and skills. In each 12 minute episode, Peg and Cat face A REALLY BIG PROBLEM, a messy funny crisis they must somehow solve without totally freaking out!

ABC 4 KIDS 2014 BLUE DRIFTWOOD KANGAROO BAY

UK/ IRELAND ANIMATION ANIMATION 52 X 11’ 52 X 11’

Based on the bestselling books by Emma Chichester Lily is 5 years old and lives on the Island of Arranish with Clark, BLUE KANGAROO is the story of Lily her dad. Tey live on the beach in a little hut packed and her soft toy friend Blue Kangaroo. Trough all full of jars, knick-knacks, driftwood and some very of Lily’s daily troubles, whether it be tantrums or special friends… all made by Lily from salvage washed showing of or over-worrying, Blue Kangaroo helps up by the sea. Across the way is DRIFTWOOD BAY out! He thinks about what has happened, asks us – another island that Lily can see from her window – what we think we can do to help and then he will do and it is here that the characters that Lily has created in it. ‘Blue Kangaroo’ takes a very diferent approach her imagination come to life. Every day the sea washes to many of today’s preschool shows, focusing on up a new treasure which sparks Lily’s imagination the behavioural aspects of the development of about what might be happening on Driftwood Bay. preschoolers. Produced by Wish Films and Studio And so, accompanied by her friend Gull, the clever Distract. seagull, an adventure begins as they head of ‘across the way to Driftwood Bay’.

ABC 4 KIDS 2014 ABC 4 KIDS 2014 BOJ

UK ANIMATION 50 X 11’

BOJ is a free-spirited boy – full of creativity and messy fun! Since popping up as the new kid in Giggly Park, Boj has made a load of new buddies. Everyone loves his zest for life and adventurous spirit. And Boj loves his new neighbourhood too. Tere’s always something to discover and a problem to solve using his upside-downy, inside-outy, topsy-turvy way of seeing the world! Boj is a Bilby – a rare bandicoot from the Australian Outback. He’s burrowed to Giggly Park with his parents Mimi and Pops and they now live in a simple, quirky underground burrow at the centre of this cosmopolitan community. Life in Giggly Park is way more sophisticated than in the Outback. And life above ground is very diferent to below ground, so Boj has a unique perspective. His ‘out of the box’ creative thinking provides solutions to even the messiest of problems! Boj shows his buddies how to play the Boj way with his ‘Boj-a-boom’ ideas!

ABC 4 KIDS 2014 BING BUNNY

UK ANIMATION 78 X 7’

Based on the books by author Ted Dewan, BING BUNNY celebrates the realities, learning and adventure of being a preschool child. BING BUNNY dramatises real-life experiences, and celebrates mishaps, mess, energy and wonder with his saying, “It’s A Bing Ting!” Bing also teams up with his best friend – a character called Flop. Each episode of the show will ofer a ‘micro-drama’ that explores what life is really like for preschoolers and the grown-ups in their lives – from taking a bath to making a smoothie.

ABC 4 KIDS 2014 RETURNING SERIES

BANANAS IN PYJAMAS AUSTRALIAN/ANIMATION

MIKE THE KNIGHT UK/ANIMATION 52 x 12’

MISTER MAKER AROUND THE WORLD UK/LIVE ACTION 26 x 19’

OCTONAUTS UK/ANIMATION 22 x 11’

PETER RABBIT UK/ANIMATION 30 x 11’ + 2 x 22’ SPECIALS

PEPPA PIG UK/ANIMATION IMMEDIATE

TRUSTED

AUSTRALIA’S #1 NEWS CHANNEL

RETURNING SERIES NEWSLINE ABC NEWS BREAKFAST OFFSIDERS AFTERNOON LIVE ONE PLUS ONE ASIA PACIFIC FOCUS STATE TO STATE BIG IDEAS THE DRUM CAPITAL HILL THE QUARTERS FUTURE FORUMS THE WORLD GRANDSTAND THE WORLD THIS WEEK MORNINGS WEEKEND BREAKFAST NEWS EXCHANGE CONNECTED

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IVIEW IN 2014

ABC iview continues to be the most popular catch- two commissions specifcally for on-demand viewing up service in Australia. In total, monthly iview plays making their debut on iview. FRESH BLOOD, have increased from an average of 10.3 million in a comedy initiative is aimed at fnding tomorrows 2012 (Mar-Dec) to an average of 15.4 million in best sketch comedy talent, and WASTELANDER 2013 (Jan – Aug), peaking at 19 million in October PANDA is a science fction web series set in a post 2013.Te Time of Our Lives is the top non-children’s apocalyptic future. program with a total of 1.6 million plays (124,000 plays per episode).

2014 will see the launch of iview on the Android mobile platform, making iview available as a free app on a range of Android tablets and phones.

In addition, the iview site and popular iPad and iPhone apps will be updated with a fresh new design aimed at making it even easier to discover and share great TV. While keeping iview simple and easy to use the new site and apps will also include faster and improved search, smart recommendations, parental controls, personalised watchlists and tighter integration with ABC’s major network and program brands.

But it’s not just about innovation with technology - 2014 will also be a year of content innovation with

ABC iview 2014 WASTELANDER PANDA

6 X 10’

Tis straight to on-demand series is the frst drama Victoria Cocks. Produced by Kirsty Stark. An Epic program commissioned for ABC iview. A disgraced Films production in association with ABC TV, warrior panda must lead an orphaned girl across a Madman Entertainment and South Australian Film barren post-apocalyptic wasteland to redeem himself Corporation. and his family, but which of them will become the sacrifce? Continuing the very successful web series, WASTELANDER PANDA follows the journey of Isaac, one of the last remaining warrior pandas in a future dystopia, as he is forced to leave the Tribe of Legion for a disobedience that led to the death of a young girl. His unforgiving older brother and elderly mother choose exile to save his life, compelling Isaac to join a clan of slavers to earn a girl child with whom he can buy his family back into their tribe. During a raid he captures twelve-year-old Rose and begins their journey to his homeland. Isaac and Rose form an uneasy alliance against the slavers and the harsh desert wasteland until they reach Isaac’s home. Teir journey convinces Isaac that, rather than selling Rose, both panda and girl are fated to wander the wasteland together. WASTELANDER PANDA is six ten-minute episodes that combine to tell an epic story of loyalty and betrayal in an environment where no-one can survive alone. Written by Victoria Cocks, Matt Vesely and Mike Jones. Directed by

ABC iview 2014 FRESH BLOOD

6 X 10’

FRESH BLOOD provides aspiring comedians and content makers the opportunity and funds to become Australia’s next generation of comedy talent. In October ABC TV and Screen Australia called out for entrants to submit original ideas for a video sketch or comedic performance with the potential to appeal to a 16-39 demographic and the ability to engage with a social media audience. Up to 24 individuals or groups will become ‘Fresh Blood’. Tey will be given a budget of $10,000 each to make three sketches of three to fve minute durations. Some of the most aspiring amongst them will be ofered an internship with ABC TV’s Entertainment department and attend workshops run by Screen Australia. Te FRESH BLOOD comedic sketches are to feature exclusively on iview, followed by broadcast on ABC2 in early 2014. Fresh Blood positions iview as a creative platform for innovative content and with a record 19 million program plays in October 2013, it is ideal for social sharing of short form sketches. An ABC TV and Screen Australia initiative.

ABC iview 2014