PROOF this week, not only that persistence pays off, but of the profound power of people, painting with a passion palette, in the art of persuasion.

I am still pinching myself, but it's been confirmed true: the Seven-axed drama A Place To Call Home will air again, for at least two seasons, this time on Foxtel's SoHo channel.

Foxtel has done a deal with Seven, labelled in a press release as a "landmark agreement", to resurrect production on the much-loved series in 2015.

Filming is slated to begin in March, with the key lead cast intact, and the show will air around September.

It is a stunning victory, unprecedented in this country.

I am guessing the majority of outraged fans who assembled as a despairing collective on social media never actually dreamt this outcome was possible.

I have been writing about television for a good, long time, and I'll be frank: I thought it was a lost cause.

Me of little faith.

In a delicious paradox, the news of the lifeline broke on the very weekend that simultaneous picnics were held across the nation, organised weeks ago to strengthen a protest effort that had already included an avalanche of complaint letters, angry Tweets, Sunrise backdrop-bombs and a seething Facebook army.

The show's famous faces graciously appeared in person at the Sydney and Melbourne picnics last weekend, and Foxtel supplied branded cupcakes.

So, you'll have to subscribe to pay-TV if you want to watch (or wait for the DVDs). Whingers would do better to instead focus on the significance of what has happened here.

As I posted on the Save A Place To Call Home Facebook page: "This shows the power of social media, the power of working together for a common cause, but most of all the power of a good story - and A Place To Call Home is full of them."

As Sarah Adams might describe the outcome with her inimitable restrained precision: "we are perfectly pleased".

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