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Marta Dusseldorp and Toby Leonard Moore in Bay of Fires.

‘The most fun you can have as an actor’: ABC thriller warms up after chilly reception

For season two of Bay of Fires, actor Toby Leonard Moore had to remember how to slow down to life in the Apple Isle.

  • Bridget McManus

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As usual, Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is the only one putting Carrie on notice over Aidan.

And Just Like That recap: Miranda, it’s finally time to take a bow

Our favourite lawyer gets hot and bothered, Carrie takes flight, Charlotte hits the dance floor and Harry is in a tight spot.

  • Brodie Lancaster
Taron Egerton as arson investigator Dave Gudsen in the twisty thriller Smoke.

Taron Egerton is a master of flawed men. He’s done it again in this fiery thriller

In the unconventional drama Smoke, the British actor plays an arson investigator who believes he’s the hero of his own story.

  • Craig Mathieson
Dr Liz Burgess (Jo Joyner) talks to new mum Jess (Diane Kruger) in Little Disasters.

Secrets and lies: This ABC thriller will make you look at your mother’s group differently

The darker side of new motherhood, once barely whispered about, has proven a fruitful starting point for any number of psychological parenting dramas.

  • Bridget McManus
Spicks and Specks’ original crew (from left) Alan Brough, Adam Hills and Myf Warhurst.

The stories you haven’t heard from the ABC’s iconic quiz show

For Spicks and Specks’ 20th anniversary, stars Adam Hills, Myf Warhurst and Alan Brough reflect on its history and their unique “three-part harmony”.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Jim Sturgess broods in the romantic drama Mix Tape.

How this British star’s teenage efforts to impress girls finally came in handy

One Day star Jim Sturgess spent his late teens making mixtapes as a romantic gesture – now it all comes full circle in his new Irish-Australian drama Mix Tape.

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Journalists Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock are the hosts of Ten’s new investigative news program, Ten News+.

Fewer car crashes, meatier news: Ten unveils bold Project replacement

The network says its ambitious new program will contain “no opinion and no filler, just the facts”.

  • Michael Lallo
Charlie Vickers as Kieran in The Survivors.

Powerful acting keeps Netflix’s Australian coastal crime drama from sinking

Despite the now ubiquitous small-town-big-secrets premise, The Survivors has enough going on to keep you watching.

  • Kylie Northover
Dave Hughes (left), Charlie Pickering and Carrie Bickmore in the early days of The 7PM Project.

The Project is gone – but the battle to attract younger viewers to news continues

When Ten’s ambitious news program launched there were no smartphones and social media was in its infancy. Attracting a Gen Z audience will be a lot tougher.

  • Louise Rugendyke
The Project (clockwise from left): Susie Youssef; Georgie Tunny, Sam Taunton, Rove McManus, Hamish Macdonald; Sarah Harris and Waleed Aly. 

The Project’s stars leave Ten as program is axed, replacement announced

Hosts Waleed Aly and Sarah Harris will leave Ten in the biggest change to the network’s prime-time schedule in years.

  • Michael Lallo

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