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Catherine the Great

From Sunday 3 November at 7.30pm AEDT

Oscar-winner Helen Mirren brings one of the world’s most infamous monarchs to life in the upcoming miniseries Catherine the Great , premiering exclusively in Australia on Foxtel on Sunday, November 3 at 7.30pm, streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.

Mirren stars as the tumultuous monarch and politician who ruled the Russian empire and transformed its place in the world in the 18th century. The four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine’s reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin (Jason Clarke) that helped shape the future of Russian politics. Amid scandal, intrigue and immense conflict, Catherine develops a unique and devoted relationship with Potemkin as they overcome their adversaries and serve as architects of modern-day Russia.

Catherine the Great also features a stellar supporting cast including Richard Roxburgh as Catherine’s lover, Grigory Orlov, Joseph Quinn as Catherine’s son, Prince Paul, Gina McKee as the empress’s close friend and confidante, Countess Bruce and Rory Kinnear as Catherine’s long-time advisor, Ivanovich Panin.

Mirren, who won an Academy Award for embodying Queen Elizabeth in The Queen , said about the series, “She rewrote the rules of governance by a woman and succeeded to the extent of having the word ‘Great’ attached to her name.”

Catherine the Great is the latest project in the partnership between HBO and Sky Atlantic and is produced by Origin Pictures and New Pictures. Catherine the Great is exclusive in Australia to Foxtel.

Castle Rock - Season 2

LIZZY CAPLAN AND TIM ROBBINS STAR IN CASTLE ROCK SEASON TWO

STREAM THE FIRST three EPISODES

Thursday, October 24 At 7.30pm (AEDT)

or watch weekly episodes on fox showcase

Misery comes to Castle Rock when season two debuts on Thursday, October 24 at 7.30pm (AEDT) on FOX SHOWCASE or stream the first three episodes on FOXTEL .

Introducing a brand new story and characters, Lizzy Caplan joins the cast as budding psychopath Annie Wilkes (Stephen King’s nurse-from-hell in MISERY), who with her home-schooled daughter Joy ( Elsie Fisher ), gets waylaid in the town just as a feud between warring clans reaches fever pitch.

Tim Robbins plays Reginald “Pop” Merrill, a Castle Rock resident, dying of cancer and at a reckoning with his family as his nephew John “Ace” Merrill ( Paul Sparks – House of Cards ) is set to take over the family business and causing problems with the Somali community in nearby Jerusalem’s Lot.

Actress Yusra Warsam plays as a Somali-born, Harvard-educated director of a hospital in Jerusalem’s Lot, and Academy Award nominee Barkhad Abdi as her brother, whose push to build a Somali community centre will put him in conflict with ‘Ace’ Merrill.

CASTLE ROCK show runners return with Executive Producers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason along with Stephen King, J.J. Abrams and Ben Stephenson.

Catch up on CASTLE ROCK with a season one marathon on Sunday, October 20. Then stream the first three episodes of CASTLE ROCK season two on Thursday, October 24 at 7.30pm or watch weekly episodes on FOX SHOWCASE.

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Very Ralph

Premieres Wednesday 13 November at 8.30pm AEDT

The first documentary portrait of fashion icon Ralph Lauren

Very Ralph , the first-ever documentary portrait made of fashion icon Ralph Lauren , reveals the man behind the icon and the creation of one of the most successful brands in fashion history, and premieres express from the US on Wednesday, November 13 at 8.30pm AEDT, streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.

The movie-length documentary film is directed and produced by award-winning documentarian Susan Lacy ( Jane Fonda in Five Acts ; Spielberg ).

With an uncanny ability to turn his dreams into reality, Ralph Lauren has built a multi-billion-dollar, global powerhouse out of his aspirations, becoming a living embodiment of American optimism and the American Dream. For more than 50 years, he has celebrated the iconography of America and defined American style, translating his vision and inspiration into one of the world’s most widely recognized brands. In Very Ralph , as he enters his sixth decade in business, Lauren reflects on his journey from a boy from the Bronx who didn’t know what a fashion designer was, to becoming the emblem of American style all around the world.

Offering unprecedented access to his life and work, Ralph Lauren speaks candidly in extensive interviews about his childhood, his five-decade-long marriage, the early days of his company, his response to criticism, his inventive multi-page ad campaigns and his pioneering vision which includes a remarkable series of firsts: Lauren was the first designer to create and market a complete lifestyle brand and expand into home furnishings, one of the first to champion diversity on the runway and in advertising and the first to create immersive retail environments that transformed the shopping experience.

Very Ralph also features vivid archives from 50 years of the fashion brand, as well as intimate, revealing interviews with Lauren’s family, long-standing colleagues and other notables, including Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld, André Leon Talley, Hillary Clinton, Jason Wu, Naomi Campbell, Martha Stewart, Calvin Klein, Tyson Beckford, Tina Brown, Diane von Furstenberg and Jessica Chastain.

Susan Lacy has won countless Emmy, Peabody and other industry awards, and has produced and directed a broad library of acclaimed films exploring the lives of America’s most enduring cultural icons. Her previous HBO documentaries include the Emmy-nominee Spielberg , which debuted in 2017 and Jane Fonda in Five Acts , which debuted in 2018.

Very Ralph is an HBO Documentary Film; a Pentimento production; produced and directed by Susan Lacy; produced by Emma Pildes and Jessica Levin and executive produced by Graydon Carter.

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His Dark Materials will debut on Fox Showcase today at 1pm AEDT, repeated tonight at 8.30pm AEDT.

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It actually premieres at 1:00pm today.

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Vogue Australia

60 Years Through The Lens

One-hour documentary special

Premieres Wednesday, November 27 at 8.30pm AEDT

In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Vogue Australia has produced an exclusive new one-hour documentary special, Vogue Australia: Sixty Years Through The Lens , which examines the evolution of Vogue in Australia.

Produced by Alaud Productions for Vogue Australia, the documentary will premiere on Wednesday, November 27 at 8.30pm AEDT, streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.

Vogue Australia: Sixty Years Through The Lens explores where Vogue Australia came from, where it has been and where it is headed, along with the role the brand has played and continues to play in the lives of Australians today.

Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Edwina McCann said: “This year marks a significant milestone in the history of Vogue Australia and for our December 60th anniversary issue, we are delivering a rich program of events. This includes a very special documentary telling Vogue’s Australian story, where we’ve come from and our focus on the future, while celebrating our real diamond, our December cover star Nicole Kidman.”

The revealing documentary chronicles the making of the 60th anniversary issue over a six-month period, woven through a rich narrative and comprising of interviews with designers and other talent, archive material and behind-the-scenes footage.

Contributors to the documentary include: Anna Wintour, Margot Robbie, Elle Macpherson, Nicole Kidman, Adut Akech, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Nancy Pilcher, Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson and Collette Dinnigan; while David Leser, the son of Vogue Australia founder Bernie Leser, shares a series of insights into the magazine’s history. Condé Nast International President Wolfgang Blau and actor and activist Emma Watson also discuss Vogue Australia’s commitment to supporting sustainable fashion and thought leadership in this area.

The documentary brings the 60th anniversary issue to life through footage filmed over several months, capturing the Bangarra Dance Theatre on a Sydney beach at dusk, a 1950s-inspired dance shoot with Adut Akech and Alton Mason and a trek through a New South Wales rainforest with supermodel Gemma Ward and her family. The special also follows Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Edwina McCann and fashion director Christine Centenera in Paris, as they choose the Cartier diamonds and couture pieces worn by Nicole Kidman for the December issue shoot.

In celebration of Vogue Australia’s 60th diamond anniversary, the documentary also explores the relationship between Vogue Australia and Cartier, the first international luxury jeweller with a strong presence in Australia. Through interviews, archival footage and exclusive access to the Cartier workshop in Paris, the special showcases Cartier’s signature savoir-faire and unparalleled design of the exceptional diamonds featured on the December cover.

Vogue Australia: Sixty Years Through The Lens is produced by Alaud Productions for Vogue Australia and premieres exclusively on Foxtel.

The December issue of Vogue Australia celebrating the brand’s 60th anniversary and featuring Nicole Kidman on the cover is on sale Monday, November 25.

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A Christmas Carol

Monday, December 23, Tuesday, December 24, and Wednesday, December 25 at 7:30pm AEDT on FOX SHOWCASE or watch On Demand.

Starring Australia’s own Guy Pearce and Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings )

Foxtel is proud to present a new adaption of the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol , starring Guy Pearce and Andy Serkis , screening over three nights from Monday, December 23, Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 at 7:30pm AEDT on FOX SHOWCASE or watch On Demand.

An original take on Dickens’s iconic ghost story by Steven Knight ( Taboo , Peaky Blinders) , A Christmas Carol is a haunting, hallucinatory, spine-tingling immersion into Scrooge’s dark night of the soul.

Misanthropic businessman Ebenezer Scrooge ( Guy Pearce ) refuses to treat Christmas as different to any other day, much to Bob Cratchit’s ( Joe Alwyn ) chagrin, as he is desperate to leave work and get home to his family on Christmas Eve. Scrooge’s dead former business partner Jacob Marley ( Stephen Graham ) begs for peace in his coffin. Although he has repented, the Spirits have news for him. He will linger in purgatory until Scrooge repents, something Marley knows he will never do.

Written and executive produced by Knight, and executive produced by Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zucker and Kate Crowe, and produced by Julian Stevens. A Christmas Carol is produced by FX Productions in association with the BBC, Scott Free and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker.

A Christmas Carol also features Charlotte Riley as Lottie/Ghost of Christmas Present, Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit, Jason Flemyng as Ghost of Christmas Future, Kayvan Novak as Ali Baba, Tiarna Williams as Belinda Cratchit, Lenny Rush as Tim Cratchit and Johnny Harris as Franklin Scrooge.

A Christmas Carol is the first in a series of adaptations of Dickens’ novels, commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, that will air in the next few years. A Christmas Carol is also the latest collaboration between the two broadcasters (FX and BBC), who were also responsible for the acclaimed drama series Taboo.

A Christmas Carol , screens over three nights from Monday, December 23, Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 at 7:30pm AEDT on FOX SHOWCASE or watch On Demand.

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The Outsider

Starts Monday, January 13 at 1.00pm AEDT

The gripping new HBO drama series The Outsider , based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel of the same name, starts express from the US on Monday, January 13 at 1.00pm AEDT, streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.

The 10-episode psychological thriller , starring Australia’s own Emmy and Golden Globe-nominee Ben Mendelsohn and a stellar supporting cast, explores the investigation into the murder of a young boy and the mysterious force surrounding the case.

When 11-year-old Frankie Peterson’s body is found mutilated in the Georgia woods, police detective Ralph Anderson (Mendelsohn) sets out to investigate – with eyewitnesses and physical evidence pointing to Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman), a popular high school teacher, Little League coach, doting husband and father.

While the case appears ironclad, Ralph is baffled by the emergence of contradictory evidence that places his suspect in a neighbouring city at the time of the murder. The mysterious set of circumstances surrounding this horrifying crime leads Ralph, a seasoned cop still grieving the recent death of his own son, to bring in unorthodox private investigator Holly Gibney (Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo), whose uncanny abilities he hopes will help explain the unexplainable.

The Outsider meticulously reveals a spine-chilling series of twists that leads Ralph and Holly to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case.

The incredible ensemble cast also includes Bill Camp (Emmy nominee, The Night Of ) as Terry’s lawyer Howie Salomon; Mare Winningham (Oscar nominee, Georgia ) as Ralph’s wife Jeannie; Yul Vázquez ( Divorce ) as Georgia Bureau of Investigation detective Yunis Sablo; Jeremy Bobb ( The Knick ) as Alec Pelley, a private investigator hired by Howie; and Marc Menchaca ( The Sinner ) as detective Jack Hoskins.

The Outsider is produced by Mendelsohn and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Bateman (who also directs the first two episodes). Executive producers include Marty Bowen for Temple Hill Entertainment, Richard Price, Jack Bender, Michael Costigan for Aggregate Films, Andrew Bernstein and Dennis Lehane. The series is produced by Bateman’s Aggregate Films and Temple Hill Entertainment with studio support from MRC.

Avenue 5

Starts Tuesday 21 January at 8.30pm AEDT

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From the creator of Veep and starring Hugh Laurie

The hilarious new space tourism comedy Avenue 5 , by Emmy-winning Veep creator Armando Iannucci, is set to launch on Tuesday, January 21 at 8.30pm AEDT, screening on FOX SHOWCASE and streaming on Foxtel.

Set 40 years in to the future when travelling the solar system is no longer the stuff of sci-fi fantasy but a booming, multibillion-dollar business, the 9 x 30-minute series stars Hugh Laurie as Ryan Clark, the confident and suave captain of Avenue 5 – a space cruise ship with luxury amenities including gourmet buffets, a spa, an observation deck and yoga classes.

Among the 5,000 passengers and crew on board are billionaire Herman Judd (Josh Gad), the mercurial face and name behind Avenue 5; Judd’s right-hand-woman Iris Kimura (Suzy Nakamura); head of customer relations Matt Spencer (Zach Woods); engineer Billie McEvoy (Lenora Crichlow); and strong-willed passenger Karen Kelly (Rebecca Front).

Monitoring Avenue 5 from the ground is Rav Mulcair (Nikki Amuka-Bird), the seen-it-all head of Judd Mission Control. As the series begins, Avenue 5’s eight-week journey around Saturn is underway and its systems are optimal. But when the ship suddenly encounters technical difficulties, it’s up to Ryan and his crew to calm the disgruntled passengers and find a way to deal with unexpected events onboard – though they may or may not be equipped for the task.

Avenue 5 hails from Veep creator Armando Iannucci (Oscar nomination for In the Loop ; two Primetime Emmys for Veep ) who serves as executive producer and directs the pilot. Also serving as executive producers are frequent Iannucci collaborators Kevin Loader, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche and Will Smith.

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Outlander season 5 will air on Fox Showcase this year.
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I saw an ad today saying Outlander would be on Fox one.

I have not watched anything on there yet, but I’m guessing it has ads during the program.

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it wont be on showcase . it will on be on foxone

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and yes there are ads during the programs

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The Showcase website has a banner at the top of the page:

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Fox One is currently showing Outlander repeats. It would be odd and disappointing if Foxtel has moved a premium drama from their premium channel.

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foxtel has just made it offical. outlander will now be shown on foxone on feb 17 and not showcase

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and i do think that foxshowcase will now be for foxtel originals and hbo only

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All 10 episodes of season 2 will be shown as a marathon on Fox Showcase this Sunday (January 19) from 9.50am AEDT.

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I watched the first three episodes of Avenue 5 last night. It’s very good.

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My Brilliant Friend

Returns for season two with a stunning new chapter

My Brilliant Friend – The Story of a New Name

Starts Wednesday 11 March at 7.30pm AEDT

My Brilliant Friend – The Story of a New Name , based on the second book in Elena Ferrante’s bestselling quadrilogy, will make its Australian debut on Wednesday, March 11 at 7.30pm AEDT, streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.

The follow-up chapter to the critically lauded first season, My Brilliant Friend – The Story of a New Name continues the story of Elena (Margherita Mazzucco) and Lila (Gaia Girace).

The acclaimed My Brilliant Friend book series follows the tale of Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Lila Cerullo. A writer, immersed in a house full of books, Greco turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their tempestuous friendship, starting from the point when Elena met Lila in their first year of school in 1950.

Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives, as she tries to describe the mystery of Lila, Elena’s brilliant friend and, in a way, also her best friend and worst enemy.

Filmed on location in Italy, the 8 x 60 minute Italian language series is directed by returning director from season one, Saverio Costanzo. Costanzo will direct six episodes and Alice Rohrwacher will direct two episodes.

My Brilliant Friend is an HBO and RAI Fiction series, produced by Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani for Wildside and by Domenico Procacci for Fandango, in collaboration with RAI Fiction and HBO Entertainment, in co-production with Umedia. Story and screenplays by Elena Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci and Saverio Costanzo. Paolo Sorrentino and Jennifer Schuur are the executive producers. FremantleMedia International holds the global distribution rights for the series.

My Brilliant Friend – The Story of a New Name is exclusive in Australia to Foxtel.

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