Netflix reboots Heartbreak High, the Australian 90s high school drama, to air 2022

More than 20 years after its finale, the teenage drama series Heartbreak High is returning, with producers pushing for a rawer depiction of the high school experience this time around.

Netflix has commissioned eight episodes of the reboot, which is being produced by Fremantle, whose Australian arm is behind series like Wentworth and Neighbours.

If you grew up in Australia in the 1990s, you probably remember the show.

It ran for seven seasons, first on Network Ten and later the ABC, between 1994 and 1999, and became an after-school staple in the years of appointment TV.

Set at a high school in a multicultural area of Sydney, it was cooler and more progressive than other Australian soaps of its day, tackling issues like dating, politics,…