McLeod's Daughters renewed for Eighth Season

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The Nine Network Australia today confirmed it had commissioned the
eighth series of much-loved drama McLeod’s Daughters. The new series of the number one Australian drama will screen on Nine in 2008.

McLeod’s Daughters, which was originally commissioned by Nine in 2000, consistently ranks amongst the week’s top performers and well ahead of other Australian drama programs.

Michael Healy, Director of Programming, Nine Network said: “McLeod’s Daughters continues to be an absolute triumph. After seven years on air it’s as strong as ever locally and the overseas success is also something we are proud of. It’s a credit to everyone involved in the making of the program.

“The renewal is excellent news for the Australian television drama industry and the continued support from our viewers is very encouraging.”

McLeod’s Daughters Creator, Posie Graeme-Evans said: “This is sensational news. We are delighted that the concept of McLeod’s Daughters remains so loved and strong with Australian audiences.

“I salute Executive Producer, Karl Zwicky; Producer, Vikki Barr and Script Producer, Alexa Wyatt and all the cast and crew of this wonderful series. We are just so proud.”

The series, which focuses on the hectic lives of a group of women running Drovers Run, a vast cattle property in the Australian bush, stars Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Michala Banas, Doris Younane, Zoe Naylor, Gillian Alexy, Aaron Jeffery, Luke Jacobz, Dustin Clare and Matt Passmore.

In weeks to come, acclaimed actress Abi Tucker will be introduced to the series. Tucker joins McLeod’s Daughters as Grace, the sister of Regan McLeod (Zoe Naylor).

The drama which is shot entirely on location in South Australia, has previously won a full swag of TV Week Logie Awards.

McLeod’s Daughters is distributed overseas by Southern Star International to more than 230 territories, ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

The series is a co-production between Millennium Television and Nine Films and Television.

After the Easter break, McLeod’s Daughters returns to Channel Nine at 7.30pm on Wednesday 11 April 2007.

Comments

I live in Cape Town, South Africa, and am an avid Mcloeds Daughters fan along with my Mom and Dad! We don't get it on our TV however, but I have managed to get up to series 6 in my clutches, this being from various trips to Australia. I had a little baby girl this year and called her Claire, after Claire Mcleod! A mate of mine is off to OZ in a couple of weeks and I have asked him to get me series 7 and 8...can't wait...I will once again be glued!!

Cheers
Samantha

Samantha
29 Sep 08 at 11:38 pm

Hi All, i just spoke with a channel 9 correspondent and was told some great news Mcleods daughters is coming back hopefully come end of November to beginning of December i so can't wait totally agree with you about killing off Rily he and Kate belonged together (BAD MOVE PRODUCERS) and don't even get me started with killing of Alex (THE WORST MOVE EVER) just goes to show that people just can't leave a good show alone they have to do crap like killing people off anyways keep your eyes out for it's return keep it real everyone

Julie
25 Sep 08 at 4:14 pm

Killing riley was the worst mistake along with killing alex! I am really not happy. Maybe they wanted to leave but they could have done a happy ending like riley and kate got together but no they didnt! Not happy!

Emma
20 Sep 08 at 1:57 pm

Hi!
I live in Wisconsin in the U.S. You can't end McLeod's Daughters!! I started watching w/the movie, then the series on WE a cable channel, the stopped it after the 2 or 3rd season I think. So, I waited until NetFlix got it and now I'm catching up, I'm on season 5. I really like this show. I saw above that quite a few characters leave, I agree you should bring them back, the "old timers" it's a great show, not full of junk etc. I love to watch their lives, especially since it's in another country...my favorite..Australia, a place I've always wanted to visit.
Dawn

Dawn
14 Sep 08 at 8:22 am

Hey everyone I am doing some research on fans of McLeod's daughters and I just wanted to know some specific reasons why you are all attracted to the show and whether you buy fanzines or meet up with friends to specifically watch the show...(I confess I am a fellow fan and was so glad that this could be a part of my university essay)

Thanks for any help

Skye
10 Sep 08 at 12:21 pm

Hi I am 13 years old and I live in Victoria. I love horse and I am a animal lover.
I hope the Regan stays she is cool. I think the other person to have a baby is...(well I have 2 people in mind) Grace because she had that one-night-stand with Tim Dolan. The other is Jaz .
Well im off
~~ByebBye~~

Tay
9 Aug 08 at 4:29 am

Hey
I am 17 year old and I come from slowenia. Where do you live? Are you up for a little chat?

regards!

Peter
28 Jul 08 at 9:34 am

Come on guys! Stop killing main actors, that sucks!
I live in Slovenia, small county in Europe and the one thing I want in my life is to move to Australia, and help on a farm which would maybe look somethink like Drovers run...

I would be very very happy if anyone who lives in a farm in Australia would add me on MSN for a chat or just send me an email - janota.keffa@hotmail.com

regards! Peter J (17years)

Peter
28 Jul 08 at 9:28 am

yes regan does come back but not the others and one of the mcleods is pregnant when they come back but it's not stevie and i don't think it's regan i think it's someone else like jasmine because she arrives and so does stevie's cousin as ben hall and yes riley and alex dies HOW SAD IS THAT.

Anonymous
14 Jul 08 at 9:29 pm

mcloeds daughters is such a great show and i would love it no matter what, but when the losers killed off claire that sucked ass.
yer and i just realised, why didnt beckty come to claires funeral?? gay....
and becky could come back in season 8 and yer bring back the old cast, grace is gay i hate her, bring back the old cast!!!!!!!!

Xx mcleods xX
20 May 08 at 10:58 am

i live on a farm with many animals and me and my family love watching all the things that can go wrong on the farm it is a bit exaggerated but thAT makes it great.
Me and my sister really love the show we have all the episodes that are out but where conserned when it comes bac on next we havnt heard anything anywhere and we thought it usally started in February plz tell us when it comes back on where excited about the next series.
We understand that ppl want to leave the show and that but i think for a great ending they should come back i dnt think the show has been worse since some chracters have left but it has been upsetting that so many great peopl on the show have left.
Also when we found out that this would be the last episode we were very disapointed as we look forward to this show every year, but i understand if you wanted to stop it while everyone loves it but i think if it was to stay on TV people wouldnt stop likeing it because new generations of kids keep comin and many people would still love the show i no i would probaly keep watching it til i am old and even show it to my kids.
Thankyou fOr your time plz tell us when it is coming back to TV even post it on the official website so many other fans could count down the days.
...15 yr old Fan...

Anonymous
17 Apr 08 at 1:01 pm

i totally agree with you the should bring bak all those other people even if it is just for 1 episode

Anonymous
11 Apr 08 at 7:28 am

hi
please bring bak tess,nick,jodi,reagan and becky even if its just 4 an episode. tess,claire,jodi and becky were my favourites but you killed claire,put jodi in witness protection,sent becky off with jake and didn't even let her come 2 claires funral and u sent tess 2 argentina.its stupid please bring them bak

from someone sexy

someone sexy
11 Apr 08 at 7:24 am

Hi,
I'm watching MD from the first season. It's my No 1 seriel. I'm from Lithuania. The only problem is that it's only possible for me to get the series from the internet,'cause the Hallmark channel has ended on the 6-th season.
All the best to the movie makers!!! It's definitely wonderful.

Rima
7 Apr 08 at 3:23 am

hi,
i´m a girl from sweden, that watches Mcleods D. every week, i´m i really big fan Laughing out loud
do anyone know when McD. begins again, i´ve heard its starting again in april, but i dont know for sure, becuse here in sweden it´s kind of hard to find anything out Sticking out tongue
if anyone know i would love if you answerd me Eye-wink

//Mcleods biggest fan!!

Anonymous
21 Mar 08 at 11:47 pm

my 10 yr old daughter and i watch md every week, she watches it 4 the horses i watch it for the male hunks on the show. we looove riley and alex but lets face it if u get rid of them who is gonna b the eye candy. yes u probably think its sad but how many mums out there would watch it if there werent any spunks on mds. guess well have to stick with greys anatomy.

Anonymous
14 Mar 08 at 5:35 pm

I LOVE McLeod's Daughters. I am on the fourth season. I live in Illinois in America. Me and my mom are VERY upset because they no longer air the show in America. My mom orders the seasons online and we have watched every season so far. I am SO upset that there are only 9 seasons. I have heard Nick and Tess leave, have a child, Stevie and Alex get married and have a kid, and other things. It seems like all the episode go by WAY to fast!!! I wish that you guys would make alot more since I don't have the opurtunity to live in Australia and experiance all the fame of the shows and stars. And I cannot even see shows the characters have also starred in. Myles Pollard is GREAT and cute. ( too bad he is married and has a child) Bridie Carter isalso GREAT. Can' wait to watch more. ~Courtney

P.S. I have watched at least the second and third season on TV a long time ago. But I don't remember them so well except for Claire's death wich was a HUGE mistake and was SO upset about. So I have watched the 1st ad 4th season at home. I have been sick or 6 days so I watch them while my mom works nd my grandma babysits me.

Courtney
21 Feb 08 at 11:12 am

hello,i'm a seventeen year old girl from Romania and i realy enjoy Mcleods Daughters,not only do i enjoy it but i looooove it,it's one of the best shows i've ever seen.the eighth series hasen't been released in Romania yet wich is why i'm realy starting to lose my patience Sticking out tongue,i hope riley doesn't die,or any of the others,pleeease stop killing the caracters,i would die if riley would die Sad(
Smiling)) :*:*

Anonymous
6 Feb 08 at 3:57 am

hey this is Emma from South Africa let me start by saying i love Mcleod's Daughters sooooooooo much . i've crid every time i watch Claire die.i've got seasons one , two , three , four and five.ive been watching for 8 years now and am hooked.i cant believe how the seventh season ended , who survives the accident . i cant wait to watch season eight.so now that i've been niece let me say that how could you cut jodie from the program i loved er and she was my fav.you shouldn't cut Alex out cause hm and stevie are about to have a baby.and i was really upset when tess and nick left and we didn't even see the baby.why didn't Becky come back for Clairs furinal and for Tesses wedding.im really happy hat Kate came back but Dave should have came after her but he din't so i want her and Riley to get together so he better not die in that accient . Grace and Marcus should get togethr to she must not die.Regan should come back she belongs there.last but not least Patric and Taylor SHOULD NOT DIE DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME . Thanks for reading.

love Emma

EMMA SOROUR
4 Feb 08 at 2:57 am

i love mcleods daughters i have nealy all of the series and wath them everyday but i wish becky diddnt leave. please bring jodie back. The episode jodie came back and kate saw here after the funiral i cried the whole time. i think that if some of the old mcleods daughters girls came back to visit a episode if they havent died it would be awesome. i will still watch it every wednesday at 7.30 i diddnt miss it for a year. i cant live with out mcleods daughters i love u Smiling xxx

Stevie and Alex are a good couple and it took them a very long time too get together and i think that Alex should stay in McLeod's until the end of season 8. he needs to be there to support Stevie and b there 4 the baby when he is born Stevie and Alex will b great parents.also nick and tess should come back with their baby and Stevie and Alex's and Nick and Tess's kids can grow up together.

meg
8 Dec 07 at 6:28 pm

Hi
I love mcleods daughters and i am so disappointed that it got axed and they are not making anymore series. But i really do support the show and a have watched very episode!! I also own them all as well. I live in a small country town in NSW and we own a farm and i just love seeing girls on farms doing that kind of work. It inspires me and i know they are actors and all but it is still great!! I am really dissappointed that stars like aaron jeffery and dustin claire leave, but i suppose that is up to the actor if they want to leave or not. does anyone know who dies in the accident? I really want to see Tess and Nick again and Jodi and Matt and dave and every one. I think you should have all the cast members come back at the last ever episode for this huge reunion so that we can see all the stars agian. it would be so awesome. I am always going to love mcleods even when it isn't on anymore and it is always going to be my favourtie!!
bye from #1 fan

Candice
1 Dec 07 at 11:24 pm

hi
i've been a huge fan from the moment the show started and i've watched every episode. I just want to say that i still liked the show better when Claire was alive and think that Claire and Alex were better together then Stevie and Alex will ever be even though i really like Stevie, but i like Grace and I think she will be good for the show. You should also get Tess and Nick and the baby to come back for one more episode and bring Regan back pregnant into McLeod's aswell. I think Heath should go i hate him and i would be glad to see him go. I hope McLeod's Daughters will go on for many years to come because it is still my favourite show on tv.
thanks
Renee

Renee
4 Nov 07 at 5:00 pm

hi
i think that mcleods us awesome but you need to bring some of the old cast back because there are no originals left.
i think that it is gay how u kill people off because it hurts my feelings.

love ya
cya
bye
toodlepoop
turo

i love mcleods and i think riley is hot.
i think that u should bring tess,nick,claire,jodi and dave bac
i also think that you should get patrick and taylor together. You should also kill heath off the show because i dont like him.

love from someone extremely hot

hi my name is Erin an i love MD it rocks but some of the story lines are so far fetched i mean rose an the angel i so didnt get that like other people i know. Please bring back tess an nick an bubs i wanna see stvie, alex, nick an tess bring there children up i OZ an jodi i mess her heeps she was so cool, an how come we never heard frm becky an jake they only moved a few hundred kms up the road she never even came back for claires funeralwhats up with that. but in saying all this i really do love the show an will miss it when it finishes

Anonymous
19 Oct 07 at 9:53 pm

omg i am furious. how could u kill off riley.
i want to scream. that is so tight. i think that riley and kate should have got together and patrick and taylor. i would hav rathered alex beause he leaves anyway. i am neva watchin ur show again.

MilliE
17 Oct 07 at 8:53 pm

hi my name is jessie nott im a big fan of your show and the people acting in it and if your ever looking for someone to come on the show im the one to contact.
im 12 years old and have been watching your show since i was old enough to understand it.
i own four horses and live on a farm in a small town in queensland called dalby.
i have been riding horses since i was 2 weeks old. i enjoy it but i also enjoy acting and horses and acting are both in your t.v show so if you need me you know who to get.

jessie
29 Sep 07 at 2:06 pm

Hey luke
Hopefully you will read this and know that you are doing a brilliant job on Mcleoads however the reason I am writing is that I am trying desperately to get a hold of your brother B. Dont want to leave to much info on the email however he will know who you are talking about if you let him know our names, and also we have not caught up with him for a while...... please pass on the details that you have and he will know who we are

thanks a million
REECE

Nichole & Paul
23 Sep 07 at 8:50 pm

Hi My name is jessica dunn i have watched Mc leods daughters from the strart when it first came on i have every eposode its a great show full of love and happenis i love steve she does a great job and so does elex i don't think it would be the same with out them i hope it doesnt finshish at season 8 hope it keeps going But to be honset its not the same with out nickl, tess and clair any more.

Anonymous
18 Sep 07 at 12:14 pm

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