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This weekend on Nine Melbourne’s Postcards… Livinia Nixon is in the CBD (Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country) visiting venues associated with the upcoming Melbourne Writers Festival from May 6 to 12. The Capitol Theatre on Swanston Street is one of the venues with a series of events running throughout the festival, as well as the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre. To end her day, Livinia enjoys lunch and a festival-themed cocktail at The Moat, a cosy Italian restaurant underneath the State Library. Todd Woodbridge is in Lower Johnstone Street, affectionately named “LoJo” by locals, for a retro day out ..read more

Upcoming, revisionist romantic series My Lady Jane, set in an alt-fantasy Tudor world, comes to Prime Video in June. The cast features newcomer Emily Bader in the title role, plus Edward Bluemel, Jordan Peters, Dominic Cooper, Rob Brydon, Jim Broadbent and Aussie Joe Klocek. Inspired by the best-selling book, My Lady Jane is a radical retelling of English royal history, in which King Henry VIII’s son Edward does not die of tuberculosis, Lady Jane Grey is not beheaded, and neither is her rascal of a husband Guildford. At the center of this rollicking new series is the brilliant and headstrong ..read more

Bluey has been nominated for a prestigious Peabody Award in the USA. Ludo Studio’s Bluey will compete with Flying Bark’s Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur in the Children / Youth category alongside Cartoon Network’s Summer Camp Island. Nominees are chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from more than 1,100 entries this year, represents the year’s most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media as judged by the Peabodys, organised annually by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Winners will be revea ..read more

This Sunday on Call the Midwife Sister Veronica is shaken when a mother reveals a terrible truth about her marriage. It’s June 1968, and a carefree Nancy continues to spoil Colette with new gifts. To afford such luxuries Nancy asks Nurse Crane for additional duties, but things come to a head when Nancy is forced to acknowledge her spending is getting out of control. As health visitor, Sister Veronica visits the Talbot family and is delighted to see them celebrating a joyous occasion. Single mum, Sandy has just married Joe Talbot who treats her children, Peter and Ann Marie, like his own. Howe ..read more

While the pandemic was catastrophic for production (not to mention what it did to families, economy, travel and the health industry) it has also led to new screen work. Just ask Lisa Wang and Katherine Fry, executive producers of ABC comedy White Fever. Industry initiatives such as ABC’s Fresh Start Fund, an allocation of $3.2m to help kickstart Australian productions and content ideas during the pandemic, was pivotal to the creativity of writer / performer Ra Chapman. “Ra and I met through a VicScreen initiative,” Fry explains. “She was supported through VicScreen’s Talent Camp and then Ra a ..read more

While the pandemic was catastrophic for production (not to mention what it did to families, economy, travel and the health industry) it has also led to new screen work. Just ask Lisa Wang and Katherine Fry, executive producers of ABC comedy White Fever. Industry initiatives such as ABC’s Fresh Start Fund, an allocation of $3.2m to help kickstart Australian productions and content ideas during the pandemic, was pivotal to the creativity of writer / performer Ra Chapman. “Ra and I met through a VicScreen initiative,” Fry explains. “She was supported through VicScreen’s Talent Camp and then Ra a ..read more

Former Home & Away and Neighbours actor Orpheus Pledger is in custody after being arrested. “Please be advised that Orpheus Pledger, who was wanted on warrant, has been arrested,” police said in a statement on Thursday. He was due to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to confront allegations he assaulted a woman. But when his case was called he could not be found. Pledger who played Mason Morgan on Home & Away from 2016–2019 drew headlines in mid-2018 after saving a woman from a violent assault by a hooded predator in Surry Hills. He later appeared i ..read more

Could Wildlife Sydney Zoo at Darling Harbour be in line for its own documentary… or even a reality or game show? Or what about Sea Life Aquariums in Sydney & Melbourne….Illawarra Fly or Otway Fly ziplines? They are all owned by Merlin Entertainment which has signed a deal with Wheelhouse to develop “original entertainment” programs inspired by the company’s various global attractions. Merlin owns over 140 attractions across 23 countries, more landmarks than any other entertainment destinations company. They include the London Eye, Sea Life, plus Alton Towers, Chessington’s World of Advent ..read more

Monday’s Four Corners, “The kids who can’t,” looks to the kids who want to go to school but feel like they can’t because of anxiety and stress. “It’s honestly like a zoo. That’s how crazy it is … I just couldn’t cope.” – Will, student “There will be people saying, ‘that woman just needs to tell her kids what’s what’. Before it happened to me, I was one of those parents.” – Symone, parent A growing number of children in Australia are struggling to attend school – many of us know a family affected. These are children who want to go to school but feel like they can’t because of anxiety and stres ..read more