Last Days of the Space Age

The Last Days of the Space Age is an upcoming Australian television drama series for Disney+. Principal photography began in July 2022, with the series premiering on 2 October 2024.

Last Days of the Space Age
Genre	Drama
Created by	David Chidlow
Written by	David Chidlow Alice Addison Dot West Jeremy Nguyen Alan Nguyen
Directed by	Bharat Nalluri Rachel Ward Kriv Stenders
Starring	Sam Delich Jesse Spencer Deborah Mailman Iain Glen Linh-Dan Pham Thomas Weatherall George Mason
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Emma Fitzsimons, Laura Waters, Chris Loveall, Stephanie Swedlove, Anna Dokoza, David Chidlow, Bharat Nalluri
Producer	Christine Pham
Production company	Princess Pictures
Original release
Network	Disney+

Synopsis

The series will focus on three families in Perth, Western Australia in 1979 as the American space station Skylab crash landed on earth just outside the city, as the city was gearing up to host the Miss Universe pageant.

Cast

• Jesse Spencer
• Radha Mitchell
• Deborah Mailman
• Linh-Dan Pham
• Iain Glen
• George Mason
• Vico Thai
• Ines English
• Jacek Koman
• Mackenzie Mazur
• Emily Grant
• Thomas Weatherall
• Aidan Du Chiem
• Luca Timpano Bilbatua
• Sam Delich
• Joseph Walker

Production

Filming locations include Perth, Western Australia and Sydney and Wollongong, New South Wales. Christine Pham is the series producer with Princess Pictures' Laura Waters and Emma Fitzsimons are executive producing alongside writer and creator David Chidlow, and director Bharat Nalluri, as well as Chris Loveall, Stephanie Swedlove and Anna Dokoza.

See also

• List of Australian television series