New drama ‘The Newsreader’ and comedy ‘Entitled’ to come to ABC following Screen Australia funding round

April 20, 2020 2:59

A new ABC drama series, that will follow “the unlikely bond between a young TV reporter and a ‘difficult’ female newsreader”, has attracted funding from Screen Australia.

‘The Newsreader’ has been created by Michael Lucas, the creator of Five Bedrooms, and will be produced by Lucas and Joanna Werner of Werner Film Productions. It will be directed by Emma Freeman.

The Newsreader is one of ten projects that have received a combined $8.5m from Screen Australia.

A new wave of programs will come to free to air TV following Screen Australia’s latest funding round

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Zoe Wilkinson

Zoe Wilkinson was a reporter at Mumbrella and the producer of the Mumbrellacast from March 2019 to May 2021.

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