{"id":14512,"date":"2020-05-06T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/australia-colour-recommissioned-sbs\/"},"modified":"2020-05-06T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T16:00:19","slug":"australia-in-colour-recommissioned-for-sbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/australia-in-colour-recommissioned-for-sbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia in Colour Recommissioned for SBS"},"content":{"rendered":"
Australian broadcaster SBS has ordered a second season of Australia in Colour<\/em>, a part of the In Colour<\/em> brand created by Arrow Media.<\/p>\n The four-parter Australia in Colour 2<\/em> will use its unique colorization process to explore how family dynamics changed midway through the 20th century\u2014from the unique conditions that helped turn Australia into a sports-mad country and how crime has always been a part of the country’s DNA to how developments in work and industry helped to transform Australia, its workforce and its identity.<\/p>\n A collaboration between Stranger Than Fiction Films and Arrow Media, the recommission follows the success of the series\u2019 first season, which landed in the top three of SBS\u2019s most-watched factual programs with a combined audience of over 1.8 million viewers.\u00a0Australia in Colour 2<\/em> is distributed internationally by Off the Fence.<\/p>\n Jo-anne McGowan, producer for Stranger Than Fiction, said: \u201cWe are delighted by the popularity of season one and can\u2019t wait to uncover more hidden gems from Australia\u2019s amazing audiovisual archives and bring them alive through colorization once more.\u201d<\/p>\n Tom Brisley, creative director at Arrow Media, said: \u201cIn Colour<\/em> is now one of the most successful colorization series across the world. Our ability to uncover rare archive footage from little-known and private collections has resulted in a series that consistently delivers both for broadcasters and the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n Joseph Maxwell, head of documentaries at SBS, added: \u201cSBS was thrilled by the ratings and reception of Australia In Colour<\/em>. Season two promises to once again surprise and delight audiences by revealing Australia\u2019s rich and diverse history and we look forward to this next iteration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australian broadcaster SBS has ordered a second season of Australia in Colour, a part of the In Colour brand created by Arrow Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":14513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[84,4907,3443,471],"class_list":["post-14512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-arrow-media","tag-australia-in-colour","tag-in-colour","tag-sbs","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n