Nine picks up rights to Kerry Packer cricket drama

Tim Burrowes

April 21, 2011 10:06

Nine has swooped for the rights to Southern Star’s dramatisation of the Kerry Packer story after the first two outings – focusing on the launch of Cleo magazine – were a success for ABC1 on Sunday and Monday night.

Nine has commissioned a two part mini series looking at Packer – who until his death owned the Nine Network – and his controversial introduction of World Series Cricket.

The series will be produced by John Edwards whose TV track record includes The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way and Offspring.

Production will not start until next year, the Nine announcement said.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

The Firm 21 Apr 11

Predictably typical of Nine and reeks of their programming desperation.

CVC have totally killed that place…would be surpised if it was quality…will be over hyped, shamelessly cross sold and dumbed down for the masses.

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cbgb 21 Apr 11

Hope Southern Star will be allowed to make its own production free of any editorial interference from Channel 9. I also wonder what the breast count will be…

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Anon 21 Apr 11

Just waiting for the book ‘who killed channel nine’ to be made into a tele-movie.

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