Channel Nine has released the premiere date for its much hyped telemovie about convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby.
Schapelle was going to air at 8.30pm on Monday, February 10.
But amidst the media frenzy surrounding her parole hearing, the telemovie will now be shown this Sunday at 8.40pm on Nine.
Schapelle was sentenced to 20 years in Kerobokan jail in 2005 after being found with 4.2kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag.
But good behaviour remissions and a presidential clemency reduction of five years – granted in 2012 – has significantly shortened her sentence.
After nine years behind bars, the former Gold Coast beautician is due to be released on parole within the coming days or weeks, where she will then remain in Bali with her sister Mercedes.
Schapelle will be free to leave the overcrowded prison, but won’t be able to return to Australia until at least mid-2015.
Schapelle is expected to draw a huge audience following a Channel Nine teaser campaign and the young Australian’s story touching and intriguing the nation since 2004.
The television event is based on her arrest, trail, conviction and steadfast declaration of innocence.
Adding to the dramatic story that still divides public opinion is her family, the media, police, Foreign Ministers and lawyers all whipped into one of the biggest media frenzies in Australia’s history.
Schapelle premieres next Monday, February 10, at 8.30pm on Channel Nine.
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