BBC, NBCUniversal Latin America Nab Rights to Australian Drama ‘The Newsreader’

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BBC, NBCUniversal Latin America Nab Rights to Australian Drama ‘The Newsreader’
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Anna Torv and Sam Reid star in the Australian TV drama, set in a newsroom in the 1980s.

) and Sam Reid as colleagues — she’s the channel’s star female news anchor, he’s an ambitious young TV reporter — in an Australian TV newsroom in the 1980s.

The show has been a critical and commercial hit down under, drawing a total audience of 1.5 million across linear and on-demand platforms for national broadcaster ABC, making it one of the most-watched dramas of 2021 in the country.secured an impressive 16 nominations for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards and won five, including for best drama series and best lead actress for Torv.

“The response to this series has been overwhelmingly positive, with critics and audiences embracing the workplace drama told against the backdrop of some of the most pivotal historical events of the era,” said Stuart Baxter, president, international distribution at eOne.

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