A scene from the Australian drama series, ‘The Heights.’

Businesses often aim to help the neighborhoods they’re based in, but sometimes their aid can ultimately lead to more conflict. That’s certainly the case for the Australian drama series, ‘The Heights.’ The television show, which is set in the country’s inner?city neighborhood of Arcadia Heights, explores the relationships between the residents of the Arcadia social housing tower and the people who live in the rapidly gentrifying community that surrounds it

The drama, whose first series premiered on Australia’s ABC network last year, is now airing on BBC One‘s channel on Filmon TV. (Note that the BBC One channel is only available for free to viewers in the UK, and international users who have a paid subscription.) The pilot episode will air on Filmon tonight at 8:45-8:15pm local time. It can be watched live, or recorded and watched at a later time.

Episode 1 of Series 1 of ‘The Heights’ was written by Warren Clarke, and directed by James Bogle. It shows how the residents of Arcadia Towers are shocked when an abandoned baby is discovered. Meanwhile, Hazel’s (Fiona Press) estranged son Ryan (Mitchell Bourke) unexpectedly returns from London.

The BBC One channel is notable for offering something of value for everyone with a range of high-quality, popular programming for a modern UK audience. The channel was named Channel of the Year at the 2007 Broadcast Awards. FilmOn is a popular streaming service that enables viewers to watch live and recorded UK and international television shows, movies and music videos in a variety of genres, including news, sports, drama, comedy, horror, lifestyle, shopping, pop, EDM and blues.

By Karen Benardello

As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies & Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.

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