Claremont mini-series among huge Seven line-up for 2023
Tues 25 Oct 2022: BBM:
Channel Seven has revealed that Australian entertainment royalty Erik Thompson and Kate Ritchie will lead the cast of The Claremont Murders, the highly anticipated drama series based on one of Western Australia’s most notorious crimes.
Until now a closely guarded secret, the casting announcement was made at Seven’s upfronts presentation in Sydney, which saw the network unveil its programming line-up for 2023.
Seven Network Chief Content Officer, Entertainment Programming, Angus Ross, told The West Australian the two-part Claremont series would be “a major television event in 2023”.
The Claremont Murders, which has
already completed filming in Perth, centres around the investigation into the disappearances of Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon from Claremont in the late 1990s.
It looks at the 25-year search for justice by police “and
one tenacious journalist” determined to seek justice, and how the perpetrator of the women’s murders was eventually captured.
The veteran stars of Home and Away and Packed To The Rafters will join Ryan Johnson (Doctor Doctor), Catherine VănDavies (The Twelve), Aaron Glenane (Shantaram) and Laura Gordon (Undertow) in the Screentime-produced series. Andrea Demetriades (Janet King), Craig Hall (Boy directed by Taika Waititi) and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Puberty Blues) also round out the key cast, along with Tasma Walton (Mystery Road), Joel Jackson (Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door), Tom O’Sullivan (Alien: Covenant) and Dalip Sondhi (Frayed). Their roles are, as-yet, unknown.
“This is a two-part mini series that has been years in the making — I first spoke to Screentime about this series three or four years ago,” Mr Ross said.
“It was one of Australia’s biggest manhunts; one of Australia’s longest unsolved crimes.
“We have a great cast for this, and it is
dealt with very sensitively. It is a fascinating story.”
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I for one hope this tv drama is explained with exact evidence & as a "true crime" - for the victims (and the girls' families sake)
I can't say I hold a lot of hope of it being so.