Indholdsfortegnelse for June 2022 i Foxtel Magazine

There’s a reason crime dramas are all the rage right now and FOXTEL Original series The Twelve – with its perfect mix of murder, mystery, voyeurism and a stellar ensemble cast of revered established actors and exciting new faces – is sure to grip you from the get-go. You can read all about the series, including interviews with this month’s cover stars Pallavi Sharda and Marta Dusseldorp, from page 12. If international adventures are on your radar, strap yourself in as David Tennant returns to screens with his enchanting new series Around the World in 80 Days – based on the 1872 novel by Jules Verne. As Queen Elizabeth II’s 96th birthday is officially marked, we celebrate Her Majesty with an array of programming that’s fit for royalty. And for…

FLIPPING 101 WITH TAREK EL MOUSSA (s2) Starts June 24, Fridays at 8.30pm and watch On Demand TLC [123] When getting a place ready for a quick sale, personal taste must get thrown out with the proverbial bath water – a lesson Tarek El Moussa has been teaching ever since renovation reality fans first saw him on Flip or Flop almost 10 years ago. But in season two of his latest hit Flipping 101 with Tarek El Moussa, the property pro struggles with choosing the furniture and fixings for the house he bought with wife Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young), a real estate agent on popular Netflix series Selling Sunset (turn to page 188 for how you can access Netflix with ease via FOXTEL). “Renovating and designing our own home is…

Thank goodness for Toni Collette. The Sydney-born actress whose career took off in the 1990s with Muriel’s Wedding and The Sixth Sense continues to command our attention in a multitude of critically acclaimed projects showcasing her captivating screen presence. Here we offer a snapshot of the Emmy-winner’s incredible range through a selection of standout roles, all available to watch On Demand. THE STAIRCASE (2022) Series finale EXPRESS Thursday June 9 at 8.30pm on FOX SHOWCASE [112] and watch On Demand In this miniseries adaptation of the hit true-crime docuseries by French director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Collette plays Kathleen, the second wife of US novelist Michael Peterson (Colin Firth). When he calls 911 after allegedly finding her unconscious in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs in their stately North Carolina home, Peterson…

STAR PICK! WITH MARGARITA LEVIEVA “[New drama We Own This City is] SOOOOO GOOOD.” Love [Barry]. Henry Winkler [as Gene Cousineau] is a hoot in it. Stefan Akmacic, via Facebook Help! I can’t stop watching Below Deck Sailing Yacht. @alliegreenleaf, via Twitter I cried my way all through [Anne]. Maxine Peake is just brilliant, as are the rest of the cast. Georgia Kennedy, via Facebook I watch the English [series The Repair Shop UK] on FOXTEL. Looking forward to the Australian version. Jackie Ward, via Facebook Tell us what you think… Send an email to foxtel@mediumrarecontent.com or write to FOXTEL magazine, Level 1, 83 Bowman St, Pyrmont, NSW, 2009, and see below to have your say via social media. facebook.com/foxtel @foxtel instagram.com/foxtel…

When multihyphenate actress-writer-director Leah Purcell – best known to FOXTEL audiences as Wentworth’s Rita Connors (watch On Demand) – was asked to come onboard as a writer for The Twelve, she leapt at the chance to “get her tongue around the legal jargon” and also tell a uniquely Australian story. “We really focus on the jury, being The Twelve, so we really made the stories truthful to who we are as Australians and what we can and can’t get away with,” she tells FOXTEL magazine. “It’s extremely important to me that we have diversity in our stories and I collaborated and was sort of keeping the truth in regards to Jarrod, the Indigenous character [played by Ngali Shaw], and that’s really important.”…

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Starts June 26, Sundays at 8.30pm and watch On Demand BBC First [119] A famous wager from a classic novel is the starting point for this epic tale full of adventure and escapism. While author Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days has been on bookshelves since first published in 1872, this television adaptation of the famous novel is suitably an international production, given a slight modern twist by writer and executive producer Ashley Pharoah (Life on Mars). With David Tennant (Doctor Who and Camping, watch both On Demand) taking the lead, it’s time for the whole family to go on a wondrous trip. A gentleman’s word It is London, 1872, where English gentleman Phileas Fogg (Tennant) spends his idle days at the Reform Club,…

Since the death of her husband, Prince Philip, last year at age 99, Queen Elizabeth II has kept calm and carried on, even as she suffered from COVID-19 in February. As Australia (Qld and WA excluded) observes her 96th birthday on Monday June 13, FOXTEL honours Her Majesty with a parade of illuminating and entertaining long-weekend programming fit for a queen. Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers Producers have described this documentary – complete with home movies from the Royal Archives and remembrances from the Duke of Edinburgh’s inner circle – as “a love letter to Prince Philip from his family”. Viewers will follow the arc of Philip’s life, from his childhood and early war service to his courtship of Elizabeth. Then, his children and grandchildren will reveal how he…

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Saturday June 25 at 8.30pm and watch On Demand Foxtel Movies Premiere [401] In just a couple of short years, Anya Taylor-Joy has graduated from struggling actress to become one of the world’s hottest stars. In 2020, the former model had her big-screen breakout with Jane Austen film Emma., then quickly took off in Netflix’s global hit chess series The Queen’s Gambit. That same year, the young talent starred in action film The New Mutants, followed in 2021 by Edgar Wright’s BAFTA-nominated psychological thriller Last Night in Soho, which makes its debut on Foxtel Movies Premiere this month. Taylor-Joy shares the screen with New Zealand actress Thomasin McKenzie as Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer living in contemporary Soho, London. When Eloise sleeps, she finds she’s mysteriously inhabiting the…

HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN A GOLF FANATIC? It started when Mum and Dad bought a house on [Sydney’s] Randwick Golf Club. I jumped the fence when I was about 12 and have been hooked ever since. WHO ARE YOUR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE PLAYERS? Tiger Woods is the king. My childhood hero was Greg Norman – I looked up to him as a golfer and for all his success off the course. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP MEMORIES OF THE US OPEN? When Tiger was playing off one leg [due to stress fractures] at Torrey Pines in 2008. He held a putt to force a playoff against Rocco Mediate and then won in sudden death. WHO IS YOUR TIP TO WIN THE US OPEN THIS YEAR? At some stage, Justin Thomas is going…

MURDERED AT FIRST SIGHT Starts June 29, Wednesdays at 7.30pm on Crime + Investigation [135] and watch On Demand Crime buffs will be chilled to their very core as this absolutely shocking factual series examines some of the world’s most gruesome murders. The scariest part? The victims were all killed by someone they had never met. CELEBRITY GAME FACE (s3) Starts June 23, Thursdays at 8.30pm on E! [121] and watch On Demand The series – initially a one-off special that aired during America’s COVID lockdown – returns for its third season. Hosted by Kevin Hart and wife Eniko, it features an array of their celeb pals competing in a variety of fun challenges for the Hart of a Champion statue.…

“Should the worst happen, Australia would rally to the Mother Country to help and defend her to our last man and our last shilling”– Former Australian Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, 1914. “[WWI] was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on Earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, so the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up or fought”– Author Ernest Hemingway, 1942. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”– Former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 1940. “If the women in the factories stopped work for 20 minutes, the Allies would lose the war”– French General Joseph Joffre, 1916. WORLD WARS MONTH From Wednesday June 1 from 3.30pm on HISTORY [130] and watch On Demand…

An exciting new comedy explores how one woman’s past as an awkward 12-year-old Dominican immigrant living in decadent 1980s Miami helped shape her life. 1 A NEW PERSPECTIVE Series creator Claudia Forestieri drew upon her own experience of moving to Miami from Puerto Rico when she was seven years old: “It was very hard because I did not know the language, the culture. They told me that I needed to start changing and they began to call me ‘la gordita’ [the chubby one]. It was a very shocking combination.” 2 IN THE HOT SEAT Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria (pictured right) directs the pilot, while Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Melissa Fumero calls the shots in episode seven. “I had an absolute blast with this incredible cast and this amazing crew!” Fumero…

DEMOLITION DOWN UNDER (s4) Starts June 20, Mondays at 7.30pm and watch On Demand Discovery Channel [133] In nearly 20 years on the tools, there’s not much Deno Davis hasn’t encountered. As he returns for the fourth season of smash-hit series Demolition Down Under, the colourful Aussie character opens up about the trials and tribulations of his chosen profession, and how he’s dealt with courting fame. You’ve been in the demolition game for nearly 20 years. Can you believe it’s been that long? No, because I’m dreading the thought I’m turning 40 this year! In my head, I still think I’m 21. Where did all that time go? It felt like it took forever to turn 18… I’m getting old. There’s a lot of pressure on a demolition site. Has the thought,…

Anne Biopic This miniseries follows Anne Williams’s (Maxine Peake) fight for justice for the son she lost in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. The North Water High-seas drama A gritty series set in 1859 on a whaling ship that counts murderous harpooner Henry Drax (Colin Farrell) among its crew. Sanditon (s1-2) Period romance Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams), the spirited heroine of Jane Austen’s unfinished final novel, is beautifully brought to life. Close to Me Family drama After a fall wipes an entire year of her memory, Jo (Connie Nielsen) struggles to fill in the blanks. But what is her husband Rob (Christopher Eccleston) hiding? Vigil Crime drama Claustrophobia is the least of DCI Amy Silva’s (Suranne Jones) problems when she’s brought in to investigate a suspicious death aboard a nuclear submarine…

MARGARET’S TOP PICK THE BATMAN (M) Available from June 8 Prepare yourself for a long haul. Running just shy of three hours, this noirish interpretation of the titular comic book franchise is one of the more intriguing versions. Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, is played with the usual gloomy intensity by British actor Robert Pattinson, while we’re presented with an equally dour Gotham City, overrun by corruption, crime, perversion and drugs. It’s a city that the Riddler (Paul Dano) is determined to cleanse in particularly gruesome style, starting with the city’s corrupt mayor (Rupert Penry-Jones). The Riddler sees a kindred spirit in Batman, leaving him cryptic messages at each of his executions that Batman deciphers with the help of loyal police officer James Gordon (Jeffrey Wright). It’s no accident that, in…

Looking for something to entertain the kids? Or perhaps you want to catch up on all the latest golf action from the course at the US Open. Maybe you’d just like to Netflix and chill with a glass of wine after a long day instead? If so, there is certainly no shortage of entertaining live and streaming options for us to watch, but there’s often one big problem: where to start looking? Thankfully, FOXTEL has come up with a way to streamline that decision-making process by having multiple apps available in a single user experience. Rather than navigating between streaming services, FOXTEL has become a one-stop shop for entertainment, with access to many of the most popular streaming services on its home screen. Put simply, this means you can see…

BARRY Season finale Monday June 13 EXPRESS at 2pm, ENCORE at 7.30pm on FOX SHOWCASE [112] and watch seasons 1-3 On Demand Jaded by his career as a contract killer, Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) discovers a renewed sense of purpose through acting. If only he could keep his slaying to the stage. Sarah Goldberg brings to life Sally Reed – an occasionally oblivious woman striving for fame, but also a sharp survivor hiding a messy past. From cringe-worthy acting class monologues to violence in the background of mundane activities, Barry is a treat for fans of deadpan humour. “Is that the way you see your life? As a human doormat?”– Acting coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) gives sage notes. The more Barry tries to distance himself from hitman mentor Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root), the higher his…

THE TWELVE Starts June 21, Tuesdays at 8.30pm and watch On Demand FOX SHOWCASE [112] You may not know her name, but chances are you’ll recognise Pallavi Sharda’s (pictured far left) face. The Australian-born star, who is set to wow audiences in FOXTEL Original crime-drama The Twelve alongside Marta Dusseldorp (left) and a stellar ensemble cast, has been building a name for herself both here and overseas since landing her first acting role in 2010. Not afraid to push herself outside her comfort zone, Sharda regularly seeks out roles that are anything but comfortable – such as that of Corrie D’Souza in this latest project. While she’s outwardly wild and carefree, Corrie’s recklessness belies a deep-seated, hidden trauma she’s long buried. Called up for jury duty for a high-profile murder trial, she…

Pull back the curtain on the most memorable music videos in a new season of this docuseries revealing the creative genius, excess and audacity that went into making them. Each episode focuses on a different artist, from P!nk to Britney Spears and more, juxtaposing the song with behind-the-scenes shenanigans as the stars and their teams put an unforgettable show on film. Kylie Minogue admits the concept for Can’t Get You Out of My Head was “hard to imagine on paper”, but the result is outstanding. Starts June 4, Saturdays from 5.30pm on FOX DOCOS [129] and watch On Demand…

2022 NRL TELSTRA PREMIERSHIP LIVE from Thursday June 2 at 7.30pm FOX LEAGUE [502] I’ve always appreciated hard work. From a young age, I always understood the value of hard work and I think that helped me in my progression to professional football. Hard work always pays off and you can’t get anywhere in life without putting in to achieve something. That is the bare minimum of wanting to be good at anything, be it sport or your job. It’s important to surround yourself with good people. At different stages of your life, you have to try to surround yourself with people who are better than you and have experience of having been there and done things before. You need to be a sponge and knowledge is power. Naturally, everyone’s journey is completely…

IT’S SO REMOTE “There is no phone service. It’s super-isolated. People have gone missing. You are hours away from shops and emergency services. If you get a snake bite or something, you’re in trouble.” THE AREA IS MASSIVE (ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF LONDON) “We spent the gold season up there – June to October – and we barely made a dent in it. It’s huge out there.” DRIVING IS… TOUGH “There are no roads; it’s all just dirt tracks. We had a few car issues!” PREPARE TO WALK “We’re walking sometimes 10km a day to search gullies and ground.” RELATIONSHIPS ARE TESTED “Andy and I went through terrible situations together – there were days when tempers were flaring.” THE TESTS KEEP COMING “We were on rations for parts of our…

Did you know that access to Store* is available to all internet-connected iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 boxes, regardless of the pack you’re subscribed to? That’s right, you don’t need to be a Movies pack subscriber to rent the new-release box-office blockbusters that drop each and every month – as well as an ever-growing library of all-time film favourites and TV episodes. Connect your box to the internet via wi-fi or with an ethernet cable to get started. If your modem is out of reach, you can order a powerline adapter through My Account. To find out more about what’s on Store this month and for more information, simply head to foxtel.com.au/store *Requires internet-connected iQ3, iQ4 or iQ5. Rental charges apply. Dates are subject to change.…

US OPEN LIVE from Friday June 17 at 4am FOX SPORTS 503 As a player, former Brisbane Lions great Jonathan Brown enjoyed a reputation as a fearless winner. Since retiring from AFL, he’s forged a successful media career, delivering his no-nonsense insight on game days and as a presenter of FOX FOOTY shows Best on Ground and On the Couch. Ever the fierce competitor, Brown tells FOXTEL magazine that, in retirement, he has discovered the game of golf, which provides a handy outlet for his competitive juices. It also means lots of late nights and early mornings watching the biggest tournaments on FOX SPORTS, including this month’s US Open at The Country Club in Brookline, on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. DISCOVERING A LOVE OF GOLF “I hardly played golf during…

LIFESTYLE GINO’S ITALIAN FAMILY ADVENTURE Follow your tastebuds on a culinary exploration of Italy with celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo, who says, “Food and family are everything to me and I’m so excited to take my family on a journey across bella Italia.” Over seven episodes, D’Acampo guides various members of his clan through Sardinia, his hometown of Naples, Calabria, Cilento and Puglia, culminating in a festive Christmas feast. Buon viaggio e buon appetito! Starts June 5, Sundays at 7.30pm on LifeStyle Food [125] and watch On Demand KIDS RYAN’S MYSTERY PLAYDATE (s4) At just 10 years old, Ryan Kaji is the king of toys. Settle in with the YouTube star and his parents, Loann and Shion (pictured from left), as they return with animated pals and some very special guests, including US rock…

Feel the need for speed? You’re in luck because, as FOXTEL Head of Product Cameron Wheeler explains, our new ultra-sleek modem comes with Wi-Fi 6 capability to enhance the FOXTEL Broadband nbnTM experience. What are the benefits of Wi-Fi 6? The modem has been designed to respond to the needs of the modern home, where people are looking to not only stream great content, but work and learn remotely as well. The focus has been on improving modem performance so you can connect multiple devices at once and make the most of your FOXTEL Broadband nbnTM service. Who can get one? Customers who switch to FOXTEL Broadband**^ from June 1 will receive the Wi-Fi 6 modem, while existing Broadband customers can call 131 999 to discuss the upgrade options available.…