form y separately published work icon Last Days of the Space Age series - publisher   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Last Days of the Space Age
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'Last Days of the Space Age is an eight-part dramedy series set in 1979 Western Australia, when Perth was at the centre of the world’s headlines. A power strike threatens to plunge the region into darkness, while the city hosts the iconic Miss Universe pageant and the US space station, Skylab, crashes just beyond the city’s suburbs.

'Against this backdrop of international cultural and political shifts, three families in a tight-knit coastal community find their marriages, friendships, and futures put to the test.'

Source: Media Week (https://www.mediaweek.com.au/disney-announces-new-australian-original-content-launching-in-2022-23/). (Sighted: 26/05/2022.)

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Challengers, Carrie and an Aussie Spin on The Office : What’s New to Streaming in Australia in October Luke Buckmaster , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 October 2024;

— Review of Territory 2024 series - publisher film/TV ; Of an Age Goran Stolevski , 2022 single work film/TV ; Plum Brendan Cowell , Fiona Seres , 2025 series - publisher film/TV ; The Office : Australia Julie De Fina , 2024 series - publisher film/TV ; Last Days of the Space Age David Chidlow , Alice Addison , Dot West , Jeremy Nguyen , Alan Nguyen , 2023 series - publisher film/TV
Disney+ Dials up the Australiana in Star-studded Drama Last Days of the Space Age. But Does It Deliver? Alexa Scarlata , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 2 October 2024;

— Review of Last Days of the Space Age David Chidlow , Alice Addison , Dot West , Jeremy Nguyen , Alan Nguyen , 2023 series - publisher film/TV

'Disney+ will add their latest Australian original to their catalogue today. The brief seems to have been to “amp up the Australianness” – and boy is it a cacophony.'

Last Days of the Space Age Review – Muddled and Misty-eyed Period Drama Is Unconvincing Luke Buckmaster , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 2 October 2024;

— Review of Last Days of the Space Age David Chidlow , Alice Addison , Dot West , Jeremy Nguyen , Alan Nguyen , 2023 series - publisher film/TV

'Radha Mitchell gives a resonant performance in an otherwise lacklustre series, which presents a sanitised vision of 1979 Perth'

Last Days of the Space Age Review – Muddled and Misty-eyed Period Drama Is Unconvincing Luke Buckmaster , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 2 October 2024;

— Review of Last Days of the Space Age David Chidlow , Alice Addison , Dot West , Jeremy Nguyen , Alan Nguyen , 2023 series - publisher film/TV

'Radha Mitchell gives a resonant performance in an otherwise lacklustre series, which presents a sanitised vision of 1979 Perth'

Disney+ Dials up the Australiana in Star-studded Drama Last Days of the Space Age. But Does It Deliver? Alexa Scarlata , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 2 October 2024;

— Review of Last Days of the Space Age David Chidlow , Alice Addison , Dot West , Jeremy Nguyen , Alan Nguyen , 2023 series - publisher film/TV

'Disney+ will add their latest Australian original to their catalogue today. The brief seems to have been to “amp up the Australianness” – and boy is it a cacophony.'

Challengers, Carrie and an Aussie Spin on The Office : What’s New to Streaming in Australia in October Luke Buckmaster , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 October 2024;

— Review of Territory 2024 series - publisher film/TV ; Of an Age Goran Stolevski , 2022 single work film/TV ; Plum Brendan Cowell , Fiona Seres , 2025 series - publisher film/TV ; The Office : Australia Julie De Fina , 2024 series - publisher film/TV ; Last Days of the Space Age David Chidlow , Alice Addison , Dot West , Jeremy Nguyen , Alan Nguyen , 2023 series - publisher film/TV
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