Serial, soap or slice of life drama? Sally Riley’s hopes for The Heights

The ABC's Head of Scripted talks about the challenges of scheduling a new 30-part drama. Call it soap if you want, she says, just watch it.
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Diverse in every way. The cast of The Heights. Source: ABC.

Sally Riley is the ABC’s Head of Scripted Production, where she oversees the Drama, Indigenous, Comedy and Children’s Television production teams. So she’s one of the most powerful people in Australian TV. But speaking on the phone to Screenhub, she sounds like a proud and nervous mother talking about her new baby.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is the ArtsHub Group's Education and Career Editor. She is a journalist for Screenhub and is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, will be published by Midnight Sun in 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk