IF YOU'VE BEEN hanging out for the good news about the highly anticipated new production of Picnic at Hanging Rock, then rejoice, because here it is...

Today we revealed the world premiere airdate of the new drama series which will hit your screen Sunday May 6 at 8.30pm edt on showcase as well as On Demand.

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a Freemantle Media production made with key production investment from Screen Australia. Shot in Victoria, Australia with the significant assistance of the Victorian Government through Film Victoria and it has already garnered global attention with the good news that it will appear in the Berlin International Film Festival ‘Berlinale Series’ next week featuring alongside six other dramas selected from around the world.

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The six-part series, a re-imagining Joan Lindsay’s iconic novel, stars acclaimed British actress Natalie Dormer along with Australian rising stars including Lily Sullivan, Samara Weaving, Madeleine Madden and Ruby Rees, whose debut screen performances will be seen by audiences throughout the world.

For Dormer, the chance to appear in the iconic made-for-Foxtel production was too good to turn down.

“I am thrilled to be in Australia working with an exceptional creative team on Picnic at Hanging Rock,” she said.

“This reimagining of the iconic story will no doubt grab a contemporary audience with its mystery, emotion and wide range of complex, smart female characters. To play Hester Appleyard is a joy.”

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Speaking of her career trajectory, Dormer – who shot to fame in 2007’s The Tudors – says she’s glad she found success at a slightly older age than most in Hollywood.

“I’m really glad now that I didn’t pop earlier, because in my 20s I wasn’t ready,” said the actress who is in her mid-30s.

“To get your identity as a woman sorted before you’re questioned about it constantly and asked in the public sphere to qualify who and what you are… I think most 33-year-old women would say, ‘I wouldn’t do my 20s again for love nor money’.”

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PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK starts Sunday May 6 2018 on showcase, available in the DRAMA PACK.

Stream the best new drama on Foxtel On Demand.