· The Group s trading performance showed a 63% increase in revenue for the first six months against the previous trading period at £5,790k (2019: £3.548k) and EBITDA for the period was 75% ahead at £324k (2019: £252k). · The Company performed well during the period, and highlights include the news that DCD Rights distributed drama, The Secrets She Keeps, was scheduled in primetime on BBC One in the UK, sustaining a top ten ranking on the BBC iPlayer. This was a significant achievement for an internationally produced drama. · The sixth series of Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas was transmitted in the first half of the year and the series order was extended for a further 13 episodes for delivery at the end of the year with transmission in Q1 2021. The highly successful series is a co-production between
One thing we can all be thankful for this year: that the best Australian TV shows of 2020 had already wrapped and were ready to air before production plunged into a six-month COVID-19 hiatus. Here are the 10 homegrown highlights that made the last 12 months just a little bit more bearable – enjoy them while you can, because next year’s top 10 may struggle to get beyond five or six entries.
10. Hungry Ghosts
Season: one
Three generations of a Vietnamese-Australian family are still traumatised by the events of the Vietnam War, and their anguish isn’t helped when a vengeful spirit is released during the Hungry Ghost Festival, when dead ancestors rise as phantoms to visit the living.