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Rachel ‘Raygun’ Gunn is the subject of a Netflix doco.

Raygun doco headed to screens this week

This week our Screen Queen is watching the Netflix Raygun doco through slitted fingers, checking out the second seasons of Chad Powers and The Gentlemen and peeping Dark Matter.

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Wendy Page, is a founding producer of the program

Award-winning Australian story producer reflects on WA tales

From the Claremont serial killings to the wrongful convictions of John Button and Andrew Mallard, Walkley Award-winning producer Wendy Page has brought some of WA’s most defining stories to national screens.

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Some fabulously interesting people are chatting for the Australian Story 30th anniversary special.

Everything that’s worth watching on TV this week

Australian Story’s 30th anniversary celebration, The Gentlemen, Raygun: Breaking Badly and Chad Powers season two — here’s what we’re watching this week on TV.

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Georgie Parker stars in Dalliance on Paramount Plus.

Home and Away’s Georgie Parker on love, life and sex in 60s

From fresh-faced nurse on A Country Practice to national treasure, Georgie Parker reflects on nearly 40 years in living rooms, the passage of time and why she has no plans to retire anytime soon.

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Tim Curry, the actor who made Frank-N-Furter from the Rocky Horror Show a worldwide cult figure, has died aged 80 after a long illness.

Chameleon of the stage brought to life a cast of misfits

The Washington Post: Tim Curry — the son of a Methodist preacher who shot to fame playing a transvestite in The Rocky Horror Picture Show — was a master of the theatrical and eccentric.

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Shabana Azeez in The Airport Chaplain.

Australian star is OK with not being liked onscreen

Adelaide-born Shabana Azeez shot to fame on US series The Pitt and is now one of the leads of a new series set in Melbourne, The Airport Chaplain. Her characters have something deeper in common.

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Meghan Markle’s highly anticipated acting comeback has been rocked.
Hugo Weaving, Georgie Parker and Heather Mitchell star in Dalliance.

60-somethings front and centre in great new drama

This week Screen Queen Clare is checking out the great new John Edwards drama, Dalliance, all about a group of friends in their 60s. And no, it’s not as dull as it sounds. Here’s what else she’s watching.

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Shabana Azeez

Shabana Azeez on The Pitt, fame, and missing hugs

After her breakout role in the HBO mega-hit, Adelaide-born actor Shabana Azeez is returning home to star alongside Hugo Weaving in SBS’s new drama, The Airport Chaplain.

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The Duchess of Sussex is set to make a major career move as she and Prince Harry prepare to return to Britain with their children.

Meghan to make major acting comeback years after Suits

The Duchess of Sussex is set to make a major career move as she and Prince Harry prepare to return to Britain with their children.

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Hugo Weaving and Shabana Azeez star in The Airport Chaplain, coming to SBS.

What’s worth watching on TV this week

The Airport Chaplain, Gogglebox, The Last Sunrise, a documentary about the Tampa crisis and Dalliance: here’s what we’re watching and enjoying on Aussie TV this week.

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Eric Goode’s latest docuseries about the lurid business of exotic animals is also his most personal.

Tiger King director threatened over new reptile series

The legal, quasi-legal and very much illegal trade in reptiles is the subject a new five-part documentary series from the maker of COVID lock-up phenomenon Tiger King.

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An Australian country music star will join the Australian Idol judging panel in 2027 alongside Marcia Hines and Amy Shark.

Global country music star to join Aus Idol judging panel

An Australian country music star will join the Australian Idol judging panel in 2027.

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Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chander in Lanterns.

A TV genre mish-mash that delivers surprising results

Lanterns is being sold as True Detective meets DC Comics, starring the always welcome Kyle Chandler.

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Stars dob in co-stars in wild Logies confessional.

Stars reveal their cheekiest Logies afterparty confessions

TV’s biggest stars stepped into The Nightly’s Logies confessional and spilled on cheap drunks, 2am rescues and afterparty antics.

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Sam Pang's wit and charisma helped him land the coveted Gold Logie Award. (Anna Kucera/AAP PHOTOS)

The Logies isn’t what it used to be - that’s a good thing

It might be tempting to harken back to the old days but those Logies had a sameness that repeated year after year. Australian TV has been forced to change - and it was about time.

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Sam Pang accepts the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television during the 66th TV WEEK Logie Awards.

Pang wins Gold Logie, Sam Neill claims posthumous victory

Australian TV’s awards extravaganza saw Sam Pang crowned the most popular personality while Sam Neill was recognised for one of his final roles.

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