Ladies in Black (TV series)

Ladies in Black
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Women in Black by Madeleine St John
Written by	Greg Waters Sarah Bassiuoni Joan Sauers Randa Sayed
Directed by	Gracie Otto
Starring	Debi Mazar Miranda Otto Jessica De Gouw
Country of origin	Australia
Original languages	English Korean Italian
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Greg Waters Sue Milliken Allanah Zitserman
Producers	Sophia Zachariou Angela Littlejohn Greer Simpkin David Jowsey
Production company	Bunya productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	16 June 2024 (2024-06-16) – present

Ladies in Black is a 2024 Australian television drama series based on the novel The Women in Black by Madeleine St John and second adaptation after the 2018 film, Ladies in Black . It aired on ABC on 16 June 2024. ^[1]

Production

In September 2023, it was announced the ABC had commissioned a six part series based on the book, which would see the women enter the sixties. ^{[2] [3]} In November 2023, the series was confirmed to be filming in South Australia, along with the announcement of the cast. ^{[4] [5]} On September 11 2024, ABC announced that a second season of the series was in development. ^[6]

Cast

• Debi Mazar as Magda Szombathelyi, former head of Model Gowns, whose attempts to open her own boutique hits a staggering halt
• Miranda Otto as Virginia Ambrose, former Harrods employee taking over Magda's role
• Jessica De Gouw as Fay Janosi, a Goodes employee navigating married life with husband Rudi
• Kate Box as Cheri St. Claire, writer at Goodes
• Clare Hughes as Lisa Miles, a Goodes employee, also navigating life at university which includes writing for the school paper
• Azizi Donnelly as Angela Mansour, daughter of Dawud Mansour, the head of a rival fashion house, who starts at Goodes with the intent to steal their designs
• Julian Maroun as Elias Kahlil
• Carlos Sanson Jr as George Szombathelyi, Stefan's illegitimate son, who unexpectedly shows up in Sydney
• Tom Wilson as Richard White
• Sacha Horler as Dorothy Miles
• Huw Higginson as Mr. Ryder, boss of Goodes Department Store
• Russell Dykstra as Stefan Szombathelyi, Magda's husband
• Thom Green as Rudi Janos
• Eloise Mignon as Jenny Giles, a Goodes employee
• Hamish Michael as Ken Marlow, a businessman who had an affair with Fay years ago
• Krew Boylan as Enid Marlow, Ken's wife
• Ngali Shaw as Adam Conroy
• Hazem Shammas as Dawud Mansour, head of a rival fashion house and Angela's father
• Peter O’Brien as Don 'The Wolf' Holloway
• Gemma Ward as Sadie Chalmers
• Todd McKenney as Mr. MacKenzie, Goodes Chief Buyer

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Australian viewers
1	"Beautiful Dream"	Gracie Otto	Greg Waters	16 June 2024 (2024-06-16)	540,000 [7]
2	"Secret Designs"	Gracie Otto	Sarah Bassiuoni	23 June 2024 (2024-06-23)	380,000 [8]
3	"Bikini Wars"	Gracie Otto	Joan Sauers	30 June 2024 (2024-06-30)	344,000 [9]
4	"Spring Carnival"	Gracie Otto	Joan Sauers	7 July 2024 (2024-07-07)	315,000 [10]
5	"Men in Briefs"	Gracie Otto	Sarah Bassiuoni	14 July 2024 (2024-07-14)	322,000 [11]
6	"New Season"	Gracie Otto	Randa Sayed & Greg Waters	21 July 2024 (2024-07-21)	285,000 [12]

References

1. Knox, David (14 May 2024). "Airdate: Ladies in Black". TV Tonight . Retrieved 14 May 2024.
2. Knox, David (25 September 2023). "The Newsreader S3, Ladies in Black dramas funded for ABC". TV Tonight . Retrieved 13 November 2023.
3. "Screen Australia announces $10 million of production funding for nine projects". IF Magazine . 25 September 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
4. Knox, David (13 November 2023). "Cast announced for Ladies in Black". TV Tonight . Retrieved 13 November 2023.
5. "SA lands new ABC series Ladies in Black with all-star cast". safilm.com.au. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
6. Know, David (11 September 2024). "ABC pursues new seasons of Austin, Ladies in Black. | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
7. Knox, David (17 June 2024). "Sunday 16 June 2024". TV Tonight . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
8. Knox, David (24 June 2024). "Sunday 23 June 2024". TV Tonight . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
9. Knox, David (1 July 2024). "Sunday 30 June 2024". TV Tonight . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
10. Knox, David (8 July 2024). "Sunday 7 July 2024". TV Tonight . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
11. Knox, David (15 July 2024). "Nine's Big Sunday". TV Tonight . Retrieved 15 July 2024.
12. Knox, David (22 July 2024). "Sunday 21 July 2024". TV Tonight . Retrieved 29 July 2024.