Sally Riley


APC Studios snaps up rights to ABC Australia nuclear testing drama

Paris-headquartered producer-distributor APC Studios has swooped for worldwide rights to ABC Australia’s six-part drama Fallout (working title).  The boutique outfit helped in financing the production, which is inspired by true events and centres on the UK’s nuclear testing in the Australian outback in the 1950s. The project marks APC Studios’ first investment in an Australian series, […]

‘Letdown’ creators prep ‘Goodwood’ with ABC, ABC Studios Int’l

The creators of ABC/Netflix co-production The Letdown are developing best-selling novel Goodwood with Endemol Shine Banks for Australian broadcaster ABC and ABC Studios International — the global production arm of the US broadcaster.  Written by Alison Bell and Sarah Scheller, Goodwood will be based on Holly Throsby’s debut novel, and will mark the duo’s own debut in hour-long drama. The […]

ABC strikes off Doctor Blake

Australian pubcaster the ABC will end its popular medical-detective drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries with a telemovie. Development has begun on the TV film, which will act as the final instalment of the series and of the upcoming season five. Internationally, PBS in the US and BBC One in the UK are among buyers of […]

ABC television chief exits

Richard Finlayson has resigned from his post as director of television at Australian public broadcaster the ABC. The shock moves comes after rumours emerged over his future, and brings to an end his three-year tenure as the ABC’s top television executive. The ABC’s managing director, Michelle Guthrie, who succeeded Mark Scott nearly nine months ago, […]

Cleverman exec nabs ABC scripted post

Australian pubcaster the ABC has appointed its head of indigenous to the new post of head of scripted production. Sally Riley will be responsible for leading the fiction, comedy, indigenous and children’s production teams’ scripted efforts. She is known for breaking indigenous Australian-focused series such as Cleverman, which Red Arrow International has sold around the […]