SIX EXTRAORDINARY STORIES ONE UNMISSABLE SERIES STARTS THURSDAY 31ST OCTOBER 8.30PM SIX EXTRAORDINARY STORIES ONE UNMISSABLE SERIES THE HIGHLY CELEBRATED AND MULTI AWARD- WINNING DRAMA OF 2012. RECIPIENT OF MOST OUTSTANDING DRAMA AT THIS YEAR’S TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS, THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED REDFERN NOW RETURNS FOR ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY SEASON. REDFERN NOW IS THE FIRST DRAMA SERIES WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS. THURSDAY 31ST OCTOBER 8.30PM ON ABC1 WHERETHEHEARTIS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ADRIAN RUSSELL WILLS When Amy’s dad Richard is in an accident, her Months later at the coroner’s inquest it is other father Peter fights to retain custody of revealed that Peter could have played a small her, but is hamstrung by his own recklessness. part in Richard’s accidental death, news that Margaret does not take well. Peter struggles Richard (Oscar Redding) and Peter (Kirk through his grief, finding comfort in other Page) are a loving couple who have made a men. When Margaret discovers what Peter is life, family, and home for themselves raising doing, and so soon after her son’s death, she their daughter, Amy (Saskia Williscroft). files for full custody of Amy in a bid to get Like every other couple they have found back what is left of her son and her family. themselves in a funk, and with pressure from work and tension increasing, Peter and Peter can’t believe that the judge might find Richard start arguing. against him, but when Margaret shows up to the Family Court with a team of lawyers But in just one morning their whole world is and a well prepared case, the threat of losing turned upside down when Richard is involved custody of Amy becomes all too real. Peter’s in a freak car accident. As he lies on life best friend Lorraine (Deborah Mailman) support, Peter is the one who has to break the decides it’s time for a few home truths: quit news to Richard’s estranged mother, Margaret the drinking, quit the smoking, quit the self- (Noni Hazlehurst). It is the call a mother never pity. At first it’s hard to hear, but Peter realises wants to get and one Peter doesn’t want to that Lorraine is right and that he’s going to make. Richard’s condition goes from bad to have to fight like hell to keep the thing he worse, and as his next of kin, Peter is faced loves most in the world, Amy. with the heartbreaking decision of switching off his life support. Under protest from Margaret the decision is made. NONI HAZLEHURST IS MARGARET One of Australia’s favourite and most respected actors and presenters, Noni Hazlehurst is a celebrated film, theatre and television actor, a beloved Play School presenter and Better Homes and Gardens host. She undoubtedly has one of the most impressive and wide-ranging career portfolios in the business. With filming recently completed on feature film The Mule, Noni’s further film credits include Bitter and Twisted, Candy, Little Fish, Waiting, Australian Dream, Fran, Stations, Monkey Grip, Fatty Finn and The Getting of Wisdom. Most recently seen in the series A Place to Call Home and soon to be seen in The Broken Shore for ABC TV, her further television credits include lead roles in City Homicide Series 1–4 for the Seven Network, The Librarians, Stepfather of the Bride, Waiting At The Royal, Clowning Around, Fields of Fire III, Naked Under Capricorn, Nancy Wake, The Shiralee, Weekly’s War, Waterfront, And Here Comes Bucknuckle Lil, Ride On Stranger and Bit Part, as well as guest lead roles in Twisted Tails and Follies for ABC TV. The winner of the Australian Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and nominated for the Milan International Film Festival Best Actress Award for her role in Bitter and Twisted, Noni has received two TV Week Silver Logie Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-series for Waterfront and Ride On Stranger, four AFI Awards (Little Fish, Waiting At The Royal, Fran, Monkey Grip) and eight AFI nominations, as well as an Order of Australia Medal (OAM), to name but a few. She added another award to an impressive list when she received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Flinders University in South Australia. During her time on Play School she recorded many albums and appeared in many children’s concerts together with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She continues to work with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. KIRK PAGE IS PETER DEBORAH MAILMAN IS LORRAINE Widely acclaimed for his physical theatre, aerial and dance With multiple award-winning credits to her name, Deborah work, Kirk has appeared in Martin del Amo’s Slow Dances for Mailman is one of Australia’s most highly respected actors. Fast Times. He also performed at the Catapult Festival for the Bathurst Regional Council, and in Ochres for Bangarra Receiving national acclaim in 1998 for her portrayal Dance Theatre, which toured Australia and internationally, of Nona in the film Radiance, with Deborah receiving A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Opera Australia and both the AFI and Film Critics’ Circle Award for Most has performed numerous times for Legs on the Wall in Outstanding Actress, her other film credits include Mental, productions including Eora Crossing and Runners Up. Bran Nue Dae, Dear Claudia, The Monkey’s Mask, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Book of Revelation, Lucky Miles and In musical theatre, Kirk has appeared in Priscilla for Back most recently the internationally celebrated and award- Row Productions, The Sunshine Club for Sydney Theatre winning feature The Sapphires. Company, Corrugation Road for Black Swan Theatre Company, and most recently, One Night the Moon for In television Deborah has created some of Australia’s Malthouse Theatre. most enduring characters including her TV Week Silver Logie Award-winning portrayals of Bonita Mabo in Mabo, His theatre credits include Silent Disco for Griffin Theatre and Kelly in Secret Life of Us, as well as Cherie in Offspring, Company, The Dreamers and Conversations with the Dead for and roles in the highly celebrated and award-winning Belvoir, My Girragundji for Bell Shakespeare, A Midsummer first season ofREDFERN NOW, Rush, The Alice and Two Night’s Dream for Sydney Theatre Company, Australia the Twisted. Deborah was also a regular television presenter, Show! for Hothouse Theatre, and Death in Bowengabbie for hosting Play School and Message Sticks for the ABC and Merrigong Theatre Company. Lonely Planet’s Going Bush for SBS. On screen, Kirk played the lead in Bloodlines for SBS Films One of Australia’s most celebrated theatre actors and the Australian Film Commission and also appeared in Deborah’s stage performances include Matilda Award the film Shadow Play for Porchlight Films. winning performances in Radiance and The Seven Stages of Grieving, the Helpmann Award Best Supporting As a movement director Kirk has worked in film, television Actress role in the STC production of The Lost Echo, and and theatre. Having worked on the ABC’s My Place and on the Helpmann Award nominated role for Best Actress in feature film Bran Nue Dae, in 2006 he also choreographed the theatre production of The Sapphires. the Indigenous section of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games My Skin, My Life. Kirk was also an assistant director for Bloodland (STC) and worked as an outside eye for Posts in the Paddock My Darling Patricia. THURSDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 8.30PM ON ABC1 STARTINGOVER DIRECTED BY RACHEL PERKINS WRITTEN BY JON BELL After his involvement in a tragic event that Determined to get on with life without Indigo, rocked the local community, Aaron Davis is Allie makes the bold move of attending the trying to find his place in the world again, with local ‘Koorioke’ with her bruised eye on display, the help of his family, therapy, and a new love a move that is frowned upon by her local prospect. community. It is here that Allie and Aaron, both on the outer, bond over their mutual experience Aaron’s (Wayne Blair) life as he knows it has of being treated like outsiders in their small been completely turned upside down since the community. And it is not long before their tragic death of Lenny, an Aboriginal teenager newfound friendship turns into something more who died in police custody during Aaron’s shift. serious - although several hurdles will need to His career in the force is on hold whilst he goes be overcome if they are going to be together. through psychological assessment. And in fact he’s not even sure going back to the police force In trying to get his life back on track, Aaron has is what he wants. He is being ostracised by the to feel his way through the new challenges he local Redfern community; he can’t even enjoy faces to discover whether rejoining the police a beer at the local ‘Koorioke’ as the bartender force is ultimately the right decision. refuses to serve him. Aside from the shining beacons that are his daughter Robyn (Rarriwuy Hick) and granddaughter Donna, things are pretty dim for Aaron. That is until romance sparks with his very attractive neighbour, Allie (Lisa Flanagan). The only problem is that Aaron has just been involved in the arrest of Allie’s partner, Indigo (Dean Daley-Jones), even though it was Allie who called the police after Indigo hit her. WAYNE BLAIR IS AARON Wayne’s television credits as an actor include Small Claims, Fireflies, Backberner, Water Rats, All Saints and Wildside. His film credits include Wish You Were Here, X, The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg, Blessed and Mullet.