EDIT: season 1 streams on ITVX in Britain from May 23.
Season 2 Production Update
ABC, Archipelago Productions and Fremantle are excited to announce that season two of the hit drama Bay Of Fires has started filming in Tasmania. Reprising their roles are Marta Dusseldorp (Janet King), Toby Leonard Moore (The Unusual Suspects), Pamela Rabe (Wentworth) and more.
Production Credit : Screen Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen Tasmania present, in association with VicScreen, an Archipelago and Fremantle production. Distributed by Fremantle. Producers: Marta Dusseldorp and Fiona McConaghy. Executive Producers: Brett Popplewell, Greg Sitch and Andrew Knight. ABC Executive Producers: Rachel Okine, Louise Smith and Brett Sleigh.
Bay of Fires returns around Q3 with more from Marta Dusseldorp as Stella in Mystery Bay, a returning ensemble, plus new faces.
“It is wonderful, it is quirky, the characters are well-rounded,” says Collins. “This series, you get a lot more of the back story of how those characters ended up in that weird, misfit town. The writers have been able to drill into certain characters and it’s really great and a very satisfying ending.”
ABC hit drama Bay of Fires returns for season two this June
The highly anticipated eight-part, darkly comedic hit drama Bay of Fires returns for season two on Sunday 15 June at 8.00pm on ABC TV, with all episodes available to stream on ABC iview.
Showcasing Tasmania’s rugged west coast, season two opens with Stella (Marta Dusseldorp), now the boss of Mystery Bay while also juggling solo parenting and keeping her criminal overlords at bay.
Stella sees a glimmer of hope on the horizon. No one has tried to kill her for some months, she has Thursday date night with Jeremiah and Mystery Bay is prospering under her guidance - albeit in a somewhat chaotic fiscal manner. But such joys are short-lived when she and her kids find themselves sandwiched between an unhinged apiarist drug lord, a maniacal millenarian doomsday cult, the resurrection of her nemesis, Russia, and a growing civil war in the town. Slowly it dawns on Stella that she may be the cause of much of this nightmare. Perhaps the only way out is to go back to the source and blow it sky high.
Reprising their roles for season two are Toby Leonard Moore (Billions), Nicholas Bell (Scrublands), Bob Franklin (Please Like Me), Kim Ko (Utopia), Matt Nable (Plum), Roz Hammond (Irreverent), Pamela Rabe (Wentworth), Kerry Fox (The Dressmaker) Andre de Vanny (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries), Ilai Swindells (Retrograde), Imi Mbedla (Australia’s Got Talent), Ava Caryofyllis (The Twelve), Emily Milledge (Fires), Elle Mandalis (The Twelve) and Ben Knight (White Fever). Joining the star-studded cast is Benedict Hardie (Total Control), Alex Dimitriades (Strife), Darren Gilshenan (Colin from Accounts), Katie Robertson (Rosehaven), Helana Sawires (Stateless) and Mabel Li (Safe Home).
Production Credits:
Bay of Fires season two is an Archipelago Productions and Fremantle Australia production for the ABC. Major production investment from Screen Australia, the ABC and Screen Tasmania in association with VicScreen. ABC Executive Producers Brett Sleigh, Alex Baldwin, Louise Smith and Rachel Okine. Executive Producers Andrew Knight, Brett Popplewell and Greg Sitch. Producers Marta Dusseldorp and Fiona McConaghy. Fremantle distributes the series internationally.
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EPISODE 1
SUNDAY 15 JUNE 8.00 PM
Mystery Bay’s year long experiment with free-range capitalism comes to a jarring halt and Stella (Marta Dusseldorp) is forced to realise that being the new Queen of Mystery Bay isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – especially when it involves doing business with major drug dealers…
Stella learns that, to survive, she must become everything she hates.
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EPISODE 2
SUNDAY 22 JUNE 8.00 PM
Tensions rise to boiling as Stella scrambles, again, to adapt to her new way of life - but when
someone escapes the town’s clutches, it begs the question; If they can leave, why can’t Stella?Stella determines it’s time to turn lemons into lemonade and seize the leadership mantle yet again.
Catching a stock market tip which she’s convinced will bring in a quick dose of cash, Stella hedges
her bets and goes all in.Meanwhile, the town is growing impatient, demanding to know when the funds will flow again.
When Connor absconds with most of the towns recently purchased, albeit useless, possessions, it
only makes matters worse.Stella attempts to step into Frankie’s shoes, using her right-hand man – Tarquin. But things are
growing ever more threatening, and Stella decides enough is enough.
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According to the ABC’s advance schedule, episode 1 will now air at 8pm on 15 June.
It was announced here:
Marta Dusseldorp features on the cover of Sunday Life magazine, inside The Sun-Herald and Sunday Age today.
(paywall)
Had a chat with Marta about the second season if its of any interest:
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Marta is also on the front cover of TV Week this week.
EPISODE 3
SUNDAY 29 JUNE 8.00 PM
Shock waves ripple through Mystery Bay as a town ghost appears - but this one feels all too real. Stella demonstrates she will go to any lengths to form an unlikely alliance in the face of a common enemy.
Stella reels from a failed escape attempt, struggling to regain the town’s trust. As buried secrets emerge, Jason seizes a chance to prove himself amid a looming threat.
An unexpected visitor helps Stella reassert control, but her leadership is tested by Neil’s threats and her own parenting doubts. Delegating homeschooling to Magda and Heather backfires, straining their friendship.
Meanwhile, Jeremiah wants more than a casual relationship, complicating Stella’s focus on survival and a risky new business. When her plan implodes, she’s forced into a grim compromise.
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All episode of the new season available to watch now on iView.