Source: BBC
With Australians unable to stray far from home, ABC iview is taking them on a trip across the nation with more than 200 additional hours of on-demand content exploring the people and places of this wide brown land.
From our city streets and suburbs to the byways and bush, the ABC is home delivering Australian dramas, comedies, documentaries, crime yarns and children’s shows to keep audiences company during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ABC iview’s supercharged Australian collection features Stateless and new series of Mystery Road and Top of the Lake, plus contemporary classics such as The Secret River, The Slap, Cleverman, The Beautiful Lie and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. With some 200 hours of additional Australian content, viewers could binge on the ABC’s new collection of homegrown shows 24-7 for more than a week, if they were so inclined.
Josie Mason-Campbell, ABC Acting Head of Programming, said ABC iview’s additional Australian content supported homegrown creativity.
“As the nation’s leading creative voice, the ABC has boosted its support for Australian stories by securing the streaming rights to more local dramas, comedies, documentaries and children’s content, adding to our current collection of programs.
“With Australians stuck close to home, the ABC is showcasing the sights and sounds of this extraordinary country with more than 200 additional hours of new shows and classic content. It’s Australia’s biggest home delivery for the mind and soul, feeding audiences’ need to laugh, learn, cry and be entertained.”
ABC iview’s new Australia-all-over collection is accompanied by outstanding new dramas from here and overseas, such as High Fidelity, Les Miserables, The Capture and the latest season of Killing Eve.
Highlights of ABC iview’s supercharged Australian collection include Cliffy, Mabo, It’s A Date, Luke Warm Sex, The Moodys, The Ex-PM, The Librarians, Janet King, Sporting Nation, The Time of our Lives, Blue Murder and The Agony Of series, alongside children’s programs Mustangs, Mortified, Prisoner Zero, Ready For This and My Place.
The ABC has also launched the $5 million Fresh Start development fund to support Australian producers and safeguard local content and creativity. ABC iview also features Australian performances across theatre, opera, ballet and classical music.
