Returning: The Newsreader
Season 2 of hit ABC series sets its sights on the Bicentennial and more 1980s backstage drama.
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Season Two of hit ABC series The Newsreader is coming in September.
Anna Torv and Sam Reid return as Helen Norville and Dale Jennings, respectivel,y along with Robert Taylor, William McInnes, Michelle Lim Davidson, Chum Ehelepola, Stephen Peacocke, Marg Downey and Chai Hansen.
Joining in S2 are Daniel Gillies (The Originals), Rory Fleck Byrne (This Is Going To Hurt), Philippa Northeast (In Limbo) and Hunter Page-Lochard (Barons, Fires).
A year on from the events of series one, we meet Helen and Dale, now established as ‘The Golden Couple of News’. To the outside world, they present a glowing image of success and romance… but the truth is more complex. As 1987 rolls along, global stocks will soar and crash, Australia will prepare to celebrate its Bicentennial year, and Helen and Dale grapple with who they really want to be in life – and whether that path can be together…
ABC will also drop a companion The Newsreader Podcast, with fans Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar, dropping each Sunday night across the series.
Production credit: A Werner Films Production for the ABC. Major production investment from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in association with VicScreen. Worldwide distribution is managed by Entertainment One (eOne). Created by Michael Lucas. Written by Michael Lucas, Kim Ho, Adrian Russell Wills and Niki Aken. Directed by Emma Freeman. Produced by Lucas and Joanna Werner. Executive Producers Werner, Stuart Menzies and Emma Freeman. ABC Executive Producers Brett Sleigh and Sally Riley.
Sunday 10 September at 8:30pm on ABC.
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I’m stoked Chai Hansen is back because Dale’s burgeoning sexuality in S1 was one of my favourite story threads from that first season… Hansen’s Tim was central to that.
… loved the first series, but hope their depiction of the newsroom is a bit more accurate this time … I directed 7 News in 1987, the newsroom was all computerised – not a typewriter in sight – and anyone who wanted to smoke had to go outside … by comparison the “Newsreader” newsroom looked more like ABC Dubbo than a metro commercial station!!!
Others have also remarked that the news room in this show was far more culturally diverse than actual news rooms back in the day.
So excited!
Brilliant, I really enjoyed Season 1 which I only watched a few months ago, so it will still be fresh when I rejoin for Season 2.