Graeme Blundell

Actor, director, producer and writer, Graeme Blundell has been associated with many pivotal moments in Australian theatre, film and television. He has directed over 100 plays, acted in about the same number, and appeared in more than 40 films and hundreds of hours of television. He is also a prolific reporter, and is the national television critic for The Australian. Graeme presents movies on Foxtel’s Fox Classics, and presents film review show Screen on Foxtel’s arts channel with Margaret Pomeranz.

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Odile Vuillemin as Chloe Saint-Laurent, the profiling psychologist in The Paris Murders (Profilage). French series.

The Paris Murders is a perfect binge: 10 seasons of sleuthing

The Paris Murders is fresh and well, French, in that indefinable way that combines balanced coolness with charm.

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Richard Rankin as Rebus in the 2024 BBC series Rebus, to be shown in Australia on SBS later in the year. 16.05.23 Rebus - Call sheet 16 Edinburgh - sc 03/19 EXT. NEW TOWN TENEMENT (DARRYLÃ¢â‚¬â„¢S) Tailing Shaun: tries DarrylÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s buzzer, drives away, Rebus follows Eleventh Hour Films Scotland Ltd, Ground Floor, Katrine House, Parkhouse Business Park, 419 Balmore Road, Glasgow, G22 6NT m. 07811946280 e. graemehunter@mac.com"

Rebus is back … 25 years after his first TV outing

Ian Rankin’s brooding Edinburgh cop returns to our screens in an intriguing adaptation starring Outlander’s Richard Rankin.

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Etsushi Toyokawa as Harrison Yamanaka in Tokyo Swindlers. Netflix

How to make a (literal) killing in real estate

Welcome to a world of dodgy criminality and intricate conspiracies, centred on the machinations of a wonderful scotch-drinking villain and his elaborate schemes to pull off the ultimate heist.

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Innocent or guilty? The murder case that captivated Italy

When investigators found unknown DNA on 13-year-old Yara Gambirasio remains, it lead them to undertake the country’s largest DNA sweep. Did they close in on the wrong man?

Graeme Blundell

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THOSE ABOUT TO DIE -- Episode 101 -- Pictured: Sir Anthony Hopkins as Emperor Vespasian — (Photo by: Matteo Graia/PEACOCK)

Yes, it’s the end of the world, but it should be a fun ride

Those About To Die, a huge-budget series set in the year 79, celebrates the political turmoil in ancient Rome and the imminent collapse of its ancient empire.

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Playwright Ray Lawler (90) at Belvoir St Theatre offices at Surry Hills in Sydney, where the theatre is reviving a production of Lawlor's classic play 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'.

Doll changed Lawler’s career and national life

Ray Lawler went each day to the Melbourne Public Library and did nothing but write for one and a half years, creating a ‘state-of-the-nation’ play.

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Scene from the Netflix superhero thriller Supacell.

A real, gritty marvel

London-based drama Netflix series Supacell is an original and compelling take on the conceit of superpowers.

Graeme Blundell

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Scene from the Binge Agatha Christie murder mystery Murder Is Easy.

Murder is Easy: The Agatha Christie revival for TV continues

Murder is Easy is an ambitious take on the Queen of Crime’s 1939 novel, though not as complex as some predecessors.

Graeme Blundell

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PIRATE: Actor Maggie Dence in 1960's TV show 'The Mavis Bramston Show', standing near television camera.

Our small-screen revolution

Sixty years ago, a national newspaper was launched and – amid establishment fear and loathing – TV came to Australia.

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Witnesses to Port Arthur massacre tell their story

A new documentary series from producer Kirk Docker takes viewers deep into important – and tragic – moments of history.

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