Four series under the microscope this episode: Two UK dramas on BBC First (Foxtel/Binge) – Fifteen-Love with Aidan Turner and Ella Lily Hyland, and The Catch with Jason Watkins and Poppy Gilbert. We also watch the return of Craig Reucassel in War on Waste S3 and look at the rebuilding of the Chicago restaurant featured in The Bear. Hard decision had to be made – what could be Show of the Week? There is also some great correspondence from two TV Gold listeners.

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Three very different programs this week starting with a real surprise package – The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race from producer Andrea Keir on 10 and Paramount+. We also review producer Taylor Sheridan's new series Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+) and the second season of Minx (Stan).

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This week we talk in detail about the success Marta Dusseldorp should have with Bay of Fires (ABC/iview) in which she stars. Also we review Full Circle (Binge/Foxtel), The Betoota Advocate (Paramount+) and Superpowered: The DC Story (Binge/Foxtel).

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Welcome to the Behind the Screens podcast, powered by Samsung Ads. In this series Mediaweek editor-in-chief James Manning talks to executives from the TV industry to examine the changing viewing habits impacting business models.

The second episode is called Are You Paying Attention? and our special guests are Mark Frain from Foxtel Media and Nick Thomas from EssenceMediacom.

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A bonus episode of TV Gold this week as Andrew and James interview Marta Dusseldorp, co-creator and star of Bay of Fires. She talks about another quirky mystery set in Tasmania, but the creators wanted to avoid the stereotypes. Marta also talks about moving the family to Tasmania and her life on the island state.

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Reviews this week of Limbo with Simon Baker, Rob Collins and Natasha Wanganeen (ABC, iview), The Last Daughter with Brenda Matthews (Netflix), Wham! with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley (Netflix), and Six Four with Kevin McKidd and Vinette Robinson (Britbox).

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The longtime Neighbours executive producer Jason Herbison is guest in a special bonus episode. He talks about his “suburban noir” drama Riptide (a TV Gold Show of the Week), and his stellar TV career writing and producing primetime FTA dramas. He also reveals the rollercoaster ride of emotions he experienced when Neighbours was first cancelled and then re-commissioned.

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This week’s key reviews cover Hijack (AppleTV+) with Idris Elba and Archie Punjabi, Gold Diggers (ABC/iview) with Claire Lovering and Danielle Walker, and No Escape (Paramount+) with Abigail Lawrie, Sean Keenan and Susie Porter.

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All Australian episode with three new productions. Warnie (Nine) is an entertaining dramatisation of the life and times of Shane Warne. Riptide (10) is a cracking whodunnit from producer Jason Herbison. Queen of Oz (ABC) features Catherine Tate in a return to form via a comedy from Lingo Pictures.

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Four intriguing programs from around the globe this week. The Crowded Room (AppleTV+) features Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried in a crime mystery that starts in 1979.

First Inventors (10/NITV) tracks the work of First Nations investigators who delve into over 65,000 years of invention and innovation.
Based on a True Story (Foxtel/Binge) is a comedy that parodies a true crime podcast.

The Swarm (Foxtel/Binge) is the most ambitious series this week. It's an eco-thriller about an underwater mystery that threatens the planet.

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