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Rake wins best TV drama at SPA 2014 Awards

Rake wins best TV drama at SPA 2014 Awards

Rake – Series 3 has won Best TV Drama at the 14th Screen Producers Australia Awards. Held in Melbourne this week during the Screen Forever conference, the Awards recognise the creation of outstanding screen content; celebrate the skill, accomplishment,...
ON AIR: What’s the Catch? Thursdays 8.30pm on SBS

ON AIR: What’s the Catch? Thursdays 8.30pm on SBS

Starting Thursday Oct 30th on SBS at 8.30pm, in this three part series, food critic turned Gourmet Farmer Matthew Evans investigates the truth about Australia’s seafood and reveals what we should be eating and why. In Episode One – Thursday Oct 30 at...
Two AWG Awards for Rake and The Broken Shore screenwriters

Two AWG Awards for Rake and The Broken Shore screenwriters

EQ Media would like to congratulate Peter Duncan and Andrew Knight for their big wins at the 47th Annual Australian Writers’ Guild Awards (the AWGIEs), held in Sydney on September 5, 2014. Peter Duncan picked up the award for Best Script in a Television Series...
Fox adapts US version of Jack Irish

Fox adapts US version of Jack Irish

An American script adaptation of EQ’s successful Australian crime drama series Jack Irish, starring Guy Pearce and based on the detective novels by Peter Temple, has been ordered by Fox TV. The US version has showrunners Seamus Kevin Fahey (The Following,...
ON AIR: Shane Delia Thursdays 7:30PM on SBS

ON AIR: Shane Delia Thursdays 7:30PM on SBS

In the second stage of Shane’s odyssey through the Middle East, he travels to exotic and mysterious Turkey. As well as exploring the historical and cultural foundations of this colourful country, he experiences the legacy of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and then...
The Real Mary Poppins nominated for BANFF Award

The Real Mary Poppins nominated for BANFF Award

EQ Media’s one-hour documentary on Mary Poppins’ creator Pamela Travers has been nominated for a BANFF Rockie Award in the history/biography category. The Real Mary Poppins – available in Australia & NZ on DVD, Blu-ray and online – reveals...
Chris Hilton wins prestigious Documentary Award

Chris Hilton wins prestigious Documentary Award

Essential Media’s CEO Chris Hilton has been awarded the Stanley Hawes Award at Australia’s National documentary festival and AIDC conference in Adelaide. The AIDC Stanley Hawes Award is the most prestigious Documentary award to be presented to an...
The Grammar of Happiness nominated for RealScreen Award

The Grammar of Happiness nominated for RealScreen Award

The Grammar of Happiness has been shortlisted for an award in the Best Non-fiction Science & Technology category for the upcoming 2013 RealScreen Awards. The awards recognise the best in reality, documentary and factual entertainment programming from around the...
RAKE and JACK IRISH win at AACTA awards

RAKE and JACK IRISH win at AACTA awards

Congratulations to Richard Roxburgh and Jeffrey Walker on their wins at the AACTA awards, held in Sydney on Jan 30, 2013. Richard Roxburgh took home the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor for his performance as the lovable rogue, Cleaver Greene in the 2nd series of Rake....