ABC’s three part miniseries, starring Lila McGuire, to screen in UK in June.
The BBC has acquired Werner Films’ Goolagong, which screened earlier this year on ABC.
The three-part series starring Lila McGuire as Evonne Goolagong, Felix Mallard as Roger Cawley and Marton Csokas as Vic Edwards will screen in June.
Nick Lee, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, says: “The classic recipe for a sports drama is passion and talent to triumph over adversity, Goolagong does all this with heart. Fans of tennis will of course indulge in Evonne’s story and the matchplay, but whether familiar with her career or not, everyone will relate to the pure human spirit that’s been so authentically dramatised in this show.”
A Werner Film Productions series for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Major production investment from Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in association with VicScreen. Written by Steven McGregor and Megan Simpson Huberman. Directed by Wayne Blair. Produced by Joanna Werner and Co-Produced by Danielle MacLean. Script Producer Ruth Underwood. Associate Producers Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Roger Cawley. Executive Producers Joanna Werner and Stuart Menzies. ABC Executive Producers Brett Sleigh and Rachel Okine.