MAY30

Downton Abbey

It's the show that's ticking everyone's boxes and is certainly doing the business for Channel 7. But we're not sure how this terribly British period drama ended up on Channel 7 when it feels so Sunday night ABC. 

It's all very upstairs, downstairs with a lineage that can be traced, via scribe Julian Fellowes, directly to the Robert Altman film Gosford Park. There's also more than a nod to original 1970's series Upstairs, Downstairs, which in a strange twist decided to roll out a new season of that show late last year, some 30 years after the series had ostensibly ended. 

Joining Andrew to discuss Downton Abbey's Edwardian shenanigans are the ever-so-Upstairs Jo Casamento (The Sun Herald) and Angus Fontaine (Time Out).


LABELS:    Seven    UKTV

MAY27

Fantastic Kerry Fox

New Zealand born actress, Kerry Fox is one hardworking woman with an IMDB listing that reveals a discerning eye for roles. Since breaking out in Jane Campion's An Angel at My Table in 1990, Fox has appeared in films and TV series as varied as Shallow Grave, Intimacy and Bright Star, working with some of the world's most acclaimed directors along the way. 

The latest addition to her body of work is the role of Oriel Lamb from Showcase's exquisite dramatisation of Tim Winton's cloudstreet

We were delighted she was able to drop by for a chat.


LABELS:    Showcase