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Season 3 update (January 2024)

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We know many fans are interested in whether there’s going to be more Night Terrace, after all this time. We try to keep our Kickstarter backers up to date on that front, but it’s been a while since our last public update. So: will there be a third season?

The short answer is yes! But we don’t know when just yet. We have been working on the season over the past few years, but the impact of the ongoing pandemic and many other factors have made it difficult to sustain the kind of momentum we had on the first two seasons.

But we are making progress – we were most recently in the studio this month (January 2024)! And we very much intend to finish a full third season, plus some extra goodies for our Kickstarter supporters, who have stuck with us all this time.

Photo of Night Terrace cast at a February 2023 studio recording for season 3.
Season 3 cast members Petra Elliott, Ben McKenzie (bending over), Dave Lamb, Brendan Barnett, Jackie Woodburne and Candice d’Arcy in the studio in February 2023.

So keep an eye on this website, where we’ll announce a public release date when we have one. Until then, thanks for your interest, and we hope you continue to enjoy the seasons and mini-series we’ve already made. If you want to help us out, recommending the show to others is a great way to do that; occasional sales help meet all of our ongoing costs. And please, seek out and support other independent artists, especially in comedy and audio.

Thank you,

Ben McKenzie
Night Terrace producer/co-creator/“Eddie Jones”

UK comedy guest stars!

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With our season three crowdfunding campaign nearly halfway done, we thought this would be a great time to announce our latest guest star, Toby Hadoke. Plus we’d like to highlight the other stars of UK comedy star who’ll be in season three: the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets!

NIGHT TERRACE - UK comedy guest stars join the Australian cast for season three!

Toby Hadoke is best known to many for the live show and radio serial Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf. But he’s also a prolific actor, comedian, writer and podcaster! He’s appeared in television dramas like Holby City, Casualty, Coronation Street and even Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary William Hartnell biopic An Adventure in Time and Space. And he’s no stranger to audio, having played various roles in Big Finish Doctor Who and original dramas, and appeared on radio many times – including as an announcer on the 7th Dimension, where he introduced Night Terrace! We’re so pleased to have him on board. (Splendid Chaps fans will probably love his Doctor Who interview podcast, Toby Hadoke’s Who’s Round, celebrating the 50th anniversary.)

We were also thrilled when the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre said they’d join us! They’ve been delighting comedy audiences with their satirical songs and sketches for nearly 15 years, both live on stage and on their popular YouTube channel. They’ve become a staple of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, toured all over the world – including to Australia – and you can even find them in the DVD extras for several Doctor Who stories. We’re told by their manager, Kev F. Sutherland – who’s worked on The Beano and created The Sitcom Trials – that the puppets are more excited than that time they got confused about which Jodie Whittaker was playing the Doctor.

We’re hoping to have some more great guest stars lined up before the campaign ends, and we’ll post about them then! Until then, keep an eye on our Kickstarter campaign, and help us get over the line – every pledge and every share helps!

Season three coming to Kickstarter in 2019

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With season two getting near the end of its premiere run on BBC Radio 4 Extra, we’re excited to announce our plans to make a third season of Night Terrace!

Sue, Anastasia and Eddie return for eight more episodes!

Anastasia has been all over space and time with Eddie Jones and Sue Denholm, but there’s still of lot of universe out there. Picking up after the end of season two, season three will have the housemates travelling far across the galaxy, seeing alien life from an entirely new angle, and paddling through the timstream of human history.

The main cast of Jackie Woodburne, Petra Elliott and Ben McKenzie all return, as do company players Amanda Buckley and Dave Lamb. There’ll also be a full supporting cast of guest stars. The series will be written by John Richards, Lee Zachariah, David Ashton and Ben McKenzie, and produced by John and Ben, with music and sound design by David. Season two is planned for release in May 2020.

A new Kickstarter campaign means new rewards – many of which will be familiar to backers of our previous two seasons! Get a digital copy of the new season for $5 off the usual asking price, or get a physical copy on a special USB key with a custom key ring. If you want more, there are signed scripts, the chance to have your name or voice in an episode, and even get an associate producer credit!

As well as the familiar rewards, we have a few new ones this year. We’re particularly excited about releasing a collection of original Night Terrace short stories, by the writers and guest authors – including George Ivanoff! – which will be read as an audio book by Ben McKenzie. They’ll be exclusive to the higher tiers of the Kickstarter campaign, so don’t miss out if you want to hear them!

The campaign will launch in mid-October, just after the end of season two’s broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Watch our web site, email newsletter and social media for more information – and maybe a surprise or two – in the lead up to the campaign.

Season Two release date confirmed: February 29!

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After nearly a year in production, Season Two of Night Terrace will finally be unleashed on the ears of listeners across space and time on a date only a time traveller could love: Monday, the 29th of February! You can hear our brand new season two trailer below:

To celebrate the release, we’re having a launch party in Melbourne! The cast, crew and Kickstarter backers who made Night Terrace will gather to enjoy performances from Adele Scott (Feminerd), Tom Dickins (A Brief Case of Madness), the Adam Rudegeair Trio and our very own Petra Elliott, as well as a few more surprises!

While the launch event is primarily for those involved in Night Terrace,  there are a small number of free tickets available for the general public as well. Head on over to the Bella Union web site to snag yours if you’d like to come along! You’ll be able to buy the season digitally both from our Buy page and from Bandcamp on the day, and we’ll also have a small number of copies available for sale on limited edition USB.

Jane Badler joins the cast of Night Terrace

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We’re excited to announce another TV veteran has joined the cast of Night Terrace – Jane Badler, best known as the huge-haired, hamster-eating reptilian overlord Diana in the classic 1980s TV series V!

Jane will appear as the only person who knows how and why Anastasia’s house is travelling in space and time. But is she a hero or a villain?

In a prolific television career, Jane was a lead in the late 80s version of Mission: Impossible, returned to V for the second series of the 2009 remake, and has appeared on numerous shows including The Highwayman, Fantasy Island, Falcon Crest (where she squared off against Vertigo star Kim Novak), Murder She Wrote, Sky Trackers, Cluedo, Blue Heelers, Spicks and Specks and Offspring.

Night Terrace will be the second time she’s been head to head with Jackie Woodburne, as Jane had a four-month run in Neighbours in 2010 playing a femme fatale named (surprise!) Diana.

Jane also has a successful singing career, with albums including The Devil Has My Double and Tears Again, and she’s currently recording in LA. Her latest single, “Volcano Boy”, is released on March 31st. You can find out more via her web site, janebadler.com.

Night Terrace has reached 80% of it’s budget but we still need to cross that line to produce the show! Become a backer now!