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ABC3 to be re-branded as ABC ME in September

Australia’s only free-to-air children’s channel and otherwise guilty pleasure for Degrassi reruns, ABC3, will become ABC ME on September 19. ABC ME will feature an accompanying digital app, and debut new shows including weekly pop culture review show News to Me, sci-fi action animation series Prisoner Zero and short-form documentary series This Is Me. The channel,…

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Danger Mouse is getting a second season

Fremantle Media Kids & Family and CBCC have announced that the revamped series of Danger Mouse will return for a second season. The tiny secret agent debuted in 1981 but due to a much beloved legacy, returned to screens in 2015 to great ratings. Alexendar Armstrong and Kevin Eldon will reprise their roles as Danger…

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Exploding onto ABC3, Tomorrow, When The War Began series in production

Bringing the beloved John Marsden books to life, ABC and Ambience Entertainment have announced that a new mini-series of Tomorrow, When The War Began will commence pre-production in June. Published in 1993, the novels follow the new reality of a group of teenagers who have been separated from their families after their country is invaded,…

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ABC’s Bushwhacked! back for a third season

Kamil Ellis and Kayne Tremills are back for more adventure with ABC show Bushwhacked! returning for a third season. Ellis, a young Wiradjuri man, and Tremills, the former host of Studio 3, set challenges for each other in the remote Australian outback. From wading through crocodile-infested waters, to kangaroo spotting, to coming into contact with…

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The Iris News Weekly: 1st November 2013

In this issue: [V] Island Parties set to scorch through summer, first Sydney International Film Festival in November, watch the trailer for Wolf Creek 2, Anchorman 2 cast staying classy and heading to Sydney, new series’ on ABC, Gravity breaks box office records, results are in from the Australian Drama Survey and the Hola Sol…

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