Funding Approvals
2023-2024 production FUNDING

November 2023

LAST KING OF THE CROSS SEASON 2
8 x 48 mins
Second King Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Directors Grant Brown, Ian Watson, Tori Garrett
Writers Sam Meikle, Sarah Smith, Fin Edquist, Jane Allen, Tim Pye, James Pope
Producer Alexandra Doering
Executive Producer Mark Fennessy
Broadcaster Paramount+
International Sales Cineflix Rights
Synopsis John Ibrahim sets his sights on a new kingdom… Oxford Street, only to be confronted by all new dangers and all new villains.

October 2023

SUNNY NIGHTS
8 x 60 mins
Jungle Entertainment
Genre Drama
Director Trent O'Donnell
Writers Nick Keetch, Ty Freer, Marieke Hardy, Lally Katz, Clare Sladden, Niki Aken
Executive Producers Trent O'Donnell, Nick Keetch, Ty Freer Amotz Zakai, Myra Model
Executive Producers (Jungle Entertainment) Shay Spencer, Jason Burrows, Chloe Rickard
Executive Producers (Echo Lake Entertainment) Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding, Chris Davis
Producer Bridget Callow-Wright
Broadcaster Stan
International Sales Cineflix Rights
Synopsis A brother and sister venture to Sydney determined to grow their struggling spray tan business, but when they get caught up in the city’s criminal underworld, they must figure out how to stay alive, out of prison, and in the black.

BAY OF FIRES SEASON 2
8 x 50 mins
Archipelago Productions Pty Ltd and Fremantle Australia 
Genre Action adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Writers Andrew Knight, Max Dann, Romina Accurso, Hannah Samuel, Josephine Dee Barrett
Producers Marta Dusseldorp, Fiona McConaghy
Executive Producers Greg Sitch, Andrew Knight, Brett Popplewell
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales Fremantle International
Synopsis When Stella is caught between a rock and a hard place she must learn to enjoy the gravel in between.

August 2023

TOP END BUB
8 x 30 mins
Goalpost Television Pty Ltd
Genre Romantic comedy
Writers Miranda Tapsell, Joshua Tyler
Executive Producers Rosemary Blight, Miranda Tapsell, Joshua Tyler
Broadcaster Prime Video
International Sales ZDF Studios
Synopsis Can newlyweds Lauren & Ned keep their marriage together after unexpectedly becoming the guardians of an eight-year-old in the Top End of Australia?

CRITICAL INCIDENT
6 x 48 mins
Matchbox Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Directors Neil Sharma, Daniel Nettheim
Writers Sarah Bassiuoni, Ruth Underwood, Hannah Fitzpatrick, Natasha Henry
Producer Bree-Anne Sykes
Executive Producers Sheila Jayadev and Debbie Lee
Co-Executive Producer Sarah Bassiuoni
Broadcaster Stan
International Sales All3Media International
Synopsis When a police officer pursues a teenage suspect on to a busy train platform, a bystander is critically injured, and the lives of the pursued and pursuer are thrown into turmoil.

PLUM     
6 x 60 mins
ROADSHOW ROUGH DIAMOND
Genre Drama
Directors Wayne Blair, Margie Beattie
Writers Brendan Cowell, Fiona Seres
Producers Dan Edwards, John Edwards, Jonathan Duncan
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales Entertainment One
Synopsis Plum is a one-hour relationship thriller about an ex-sports star trying to keep his family together when the damage of contact sport and hard living form an inimitable opposition.

AUSTIN
8 x 25 mins
Northern Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Directors Darren Ashton, Madeleine Dyer
Writers/Creators Darren Ashton, Ben Miller, Joe Tucker, Lloyd Woolf, Adam Zwar, Kala Ellis
Producers Joe Weatherstone
Executive Producers Catherine Nebauer, Darren Ashton, Ben Miller, Sally Phillips, Lloyd Woold,Joe Tucker, Peter Anderson, Jessica Miller
ABC Executive Producers Todd Abbott, Rebecca Anderson
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales ITV Studios
Synopsis When much loved children’s author Julian Hartswood (Ben Miller, Professor T, Bridgerton) inadvertently causes a social media storm, his career and that of his illustrator wife Ingrid appears to be over. That is until Austin (Micheal Theo, Love on the Spectrum), the neurodiverse son that Julian never knew existed, turns up out of the blue. Could embracing this modern nuclear family be Julian’s route back from cancellation? Will Ingrid (Sally Phillips, Pride and Prejudice, Zombies) forgive him for being such a pompous sh*t? One thing is for certain: if Julian thinks Austin is going to be a push over, he’s in for a rude awakening.

FOUR YEARS
8 x 30 mins
Easy Tiger Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Directors Mohini Herse, Fadia Abboud
Writers Mithila Gupta, Nicole Reddy, S. Shakthidharan
Producers Ian Collie, Rob Gibson, Stephen Corvini
Broadcaster SBS
International Sales ITV
Synopsis Newly-weds Sridevi and Yash are married in India but then must spend time apart as Yash moves to Australia to pursue his medical career. Four years later, Sridevi moves to join him, but a lot has happened in those intervening years. Can they rekindle the love they once had?

Children's TV

SPOOKY FILES SEASON 2
10 x 24 mins 
Tony Ayres Productions and Megaboom Pictures 
Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Science fiction 
Writers Guy Edmonds, Matt Zeremes, Marisa Nanakhorn Brown, Emma Gordon, Clem Bastow, Alexander Andreotti, Tim Williams 
Producer Paul Watters 
Executive Producers Tony Ayres, Andrea Denholm  
Broadcaster ABC and BBC 
International Sales NBCUniversal Global Distribution 
Synopsis Spooky Files Season 2 continues the adventure-filled, fun and spooky monster of the week series with buckets of scares and buttloads of laughs, from the makers of hit shows Hardball and Nowhere Boys.

KANGAROO BEACH SEASON 3
24 x 11 mins, 1 x 22 mins
Cheeky Little Media Pty Ltd
Genre Action adventure, Comedy, Family
Directors Steve Moltzen, Simon Williams, Tanya Bystrova
Writers Tim Bain, Charlotte Rose Hamlyn, Sylvie van Dijk, Lorin Clarke, Lawrence Leung, Wendy Hanna, Tracey Defty-Rashid, Angus Woodiwiss
Producers Celine Goetz, Francesca Hope
Executive Producers Patrick Egerton, David Webster
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales Australian Children’s Television Foundation and Infinite Frameworks
Brand Manager Cheeky Little Commercial
Synopsis Four young animal friends share an action-packed summer training as cadets with their lifeguard heroes, keeping the water safe at a spectacular beach.

TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA
10 x 22 mins
Flying Bark Productions, Highly Spirited, Siamese
Genre Drama, Family
Director Noel Cleary
Creative Director Shaun Tan
Writers Sam Carroll, Lally Katz
Producers Sophie Byrne, Alexia Gates-Foale
Executive Producers Barbara Stephen, Bernadette O'Mahony, Julia Adams, Francesca Hope and ABC Executive Producers Libbie Doherty, Jo Boag 
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Synopsis A clever ‘almost thirteen’ year old and her younger brother move to Outer Suburbia with their newly single mother. Their summer holiday turns into a series of unexpected and surreal adventures as they adapt to their new reality.