ABC and Screen Australia are excited to announce that filming is underway in the Top End for a second series of the popular doco-series OUTBACK RINGER.
The series will once again follow three families risking their lives catching feral bulls and buffalo deep in the remote Australian outback. Over an entire catching season, audiences will witness high-stakes, character driven stories, filmed in one of the world’s most iconic locations.
Outback Ringer is produced by Ronde Media, led by Executive Producer Ben Davies, the creator of the hit series Bondi Rescue, Series Producer Liam Taylor. Territorian Tommy Lawrence is behind the original-concept and will Series Direct (field). Over a gripping seven episodes, the series will track the highs and lows of the ‘ringers’ – feral bull catchers in their world of hopes, high stakes and Outback folklore.
Several of the standout characters from Series 1 are returning for the second series including Indigenous Australian and 3rd generation Ringer Clarry Shadforth, with a new look team and equipment. His father Frank is being funded by the Federal Government to run a youth diversionary camp at Seven Emu Station, with many promising candidates getting the chance to join Clarry’s catching crew.
Also on board for series two are Liz and Willie Cook – the outback’s favourite husband and wife team, who are expanding their empire with an ever- increasing debt financing. They might just coax series one ringer Lach McClymont into their team, after he went broke due to recent floods.
The master bull catcher Kurt Hammer is also back having negotiated an unprecedented mustering deal with the Northern Land Council and traditional owners of East Arnhem land. He is also negotiating the tricky territory of succession to the considerable Hammer empire with his sons Jesse and Kodi.
OUTBACK RINGERÂ will air on ABC TV and ABC iview in 2022.
Production credit: Outback Ringer is a Ronde Production for the ABC. Principal production investment from the ABC in association with Screen Australia. Financed with support from Screen Territory. Executive Producer: Ben Davies (Ronde), Series Producer: Liam Taylor (Ronde), Series Director (field) Tommy Lawrence, ABC Manager of Documentaries: Stephen Oliver.
