The Heights (Australian TV series)


The Heights is an Australian television drama series which premiered on ABC on 22 February 2019. In August 2019, the series was renewed for a second season of 30 episodes.

Plot

The series is set in the inner‐city neighbourhood of Arcadia Heights. It explores the relationships between the residents of the Arcadia social housing tower and the people who live in the rapidly gentrifying community that surrounds it.

Cast

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2020)

Production

The Heights is produced in Perth, Australia by Matchbox Pictures and For Pete's Sake Productions. It was created by Warren Clarke and Que Minh Luu. The first season was written by Hannah Carroll Chapman, Romina Accurso, Peter Mattessi, Megan Palinkas, Nick King, Clare Atkins, Niki Aken, Dot West, Magda Wozniak, Mithila Gupta, Tracey Defty‐Rashid, Larissa Behrendt, Miley Tunnecliffe, Katie Beckett and Melissa Lee Speyer. The first season was directed by James Bogle, Andrew Prowse, Renee Webster and Darlene Johnson and produced by Peta Astbury-Bulsara and Warren Clarke.

International broadcast

In the United Kingdom, the first season of The Heights began broadcasting on BBC One in June 2020, and is the sixth Australian drama to be broadcast on the BBC since the broadcasting rights of Neighbours went to Channel 5 in 2008, after Out of the Blue, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, A Place to Call Home, 800 Words and Five Bedrooms. The second season will be shown directly after the conclusion of the first.