All television programs
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1990s (continued)
Two Tribes 1998
It’s a tribute to the trust that the directors built with the kids and bankers alike that we get to share some very moving and quite intimate scenes.
Australian Story – A Man for All Seasons 1999
Bronco Coach Wayne Bennett’s father was a violent and hard drinking fettler. So he made a vow to his mother that he would never drink or gamble.
Bananas in Pyjamas – Banana Breakfast 1999
The combination of visually appealing characters with the 'Bananas in Pyjamas’ song created a highly popular and commercially successful preschool series.
Flipper and Lopaka – The Secrets of Quetzo 1999
Producer Yoram Gross used animation to free up Flipper: ‘In the old series, Flipper was like an extra … we gave him the chance to be the action hero.’
The Human Journey – Episode 1 1999
It’s a tall order to re-create events from three-and-a-half million years ago. Roger Scholes found every kind of landscape required in Tasmania.
The Human Journey – Episode 3 1999
Part scientific mystery, part detective story – this episode concludes that everyone on earth is related to the one tribe from Africa.
Media Watch – Series 11 Episode 18 1999
A weekly program that exposes the tricks journalists use. Every journalist loves the show until they are featured on it.
The New Adventures of Ocean Girl – Hearing The Call 1999
The highlights of episode three are the comic scenes with the hammy evil Elgar and the slapstick comedy between the villainous Space Wizard’s sidekicks Elgar and Moza.
Thunderstone – Episode Three 1999
This episode showcases the fabulous production design and high production values that are the feature of this quality children’s series.
Water Rats – Goes With the Territory 1999
This episode marks the introduction of Steve Bisley’s character to the long-running crime drama. Of note is the economy with which this major change in cast is addressed.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? – Series 1 Episode 5 1999
Immortalised by feature film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), this is the Australian version of the popular quiz show hosted by Eddie McGuire.
2000s
Chequerboard Revisited – Episode 3: I Reckon I’m an Average Australian 2000
Kevin and Margaret, filmed three times over a 30-year period, show how attitudes towards marriage have changed in Australia between the 1960s and 2000.
Chequerboard Revisited – Episode 5: You Can’t Have A Child That’s Ugly 2000
In 1969, Chequerboard made a program about child performers. Thirty-one years later, Max and Grant agreed to be filmed for Chequerboard Revisited.
Chequerboard Revisited – Episode 6: That One Piece of Paper 2000
In 2000 Pat and Ken have turned out very differently from their promise in the 1972 program in which the two boys, from Liverpool Boys’ High School, were featured.
Compass – Paws For Thought 2000
Traditional Christianity taught that humans are superior to animals. Science is rapidly changing that perception. Why is non-human life important?
Cybergirl – Series 1 Episode 1 2000
Cybergirl crashes to earth. Pursued by evil replicant bounty hunters, she takes refuge with Jackson and his father Hugh.
Doggie Day Afternoon 2000
This program about pampered pets and their exotic owners includes a doggie hotel, beauty parlour, cemetery and 'Dogue’ – the fashion house for dogs.
The Dream – Days 9 and 15 2000
A lighthearted live show by Roy Slaven and HG Nelson on the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Eugénie Sandler PI – Episode Two 2000
A teen spy thriller directed by Ana Kokkinos satirising detective, film noir, and spy film genres in the mysterious story of Private Investigator Eugénie Sandler.
Four Corners – Fixing Cricket 2000
A Walkley Award-winning documentary by Liz Jackson at the height of the match-fixing controversy, exposing why it had escaped official investigation for so long.
Horace and Tina – Settling In 2000
This program is an unusual combination of live action and animatronic puppets with Jasmine Ellis, the actor playing Lauren, the animation model for Angela Anaconda.
In the Mind of the Architect – Episode One: Keeping the Faith 2000
How many of us would be prepared to change in a cupboard each day rather than compromise the architect’s vision? A showcase of contemporary architecture.
Compass – Buddha Realms, Part 1 2001
An exploration of Buddhism and why it still has relevance to the world of the 21st Century.
Dynasties – The Murdochs 2001
A portrait of a very close-knit family. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is the last of the world’s great media empires controlled by a family dynasty.
Effie: Just Quietly – Make-Ups and Makeovers 2001
Effie was a sitcom character before wandering out of fiction into documentary. Her comic persona allows a bluntness that 'serious’ interviewers might not get away with.
McLeod’s Daughters – Welcome Home 2001
Self-reliant women working the land, romantic rural vistas and horseriding and farming montages make up the signature style of McLeod’s Daughters.
Message Stick – Bill’s Wake 2001
Bill Neidjie, a traditional owner of Kakadu, had a wake while he was alive, rather than waiting until his death, to hear what people wanted to say about him.
Message Stick – Tent Boxers 2001
A tribute to the Aboriginal men who travelled around Australia in the 1950s and ‘60s with tent-boxing troupes.
My Brother Jack 2001
This acclaimed mini-series is based on the classic Australian novel, a record of the changing social mores of the restless time between the First and Second World Wars.
The Saddle Club – Series 1 Episode 1 2001
Carole, Stevie and newcomer Lisa ride their way to true friendship in The Saddle Club.
The Secret Life of Us – Now or Never 2001
This final episode of the first season makes reference to the desirable 'trifecta’ of partner, job and home first raised in episode one but adds an unspoken fourth element – friendship.
Short Cuts – Wheels on Fire 2001
Set in a year 9 media studies class, Short Cuts is about teenagers making films and exploring how the camera can be used to communicate, but also to manipulate and lie.
Tracey McBean - Episode 6, Series One, Multiplication 2001
In this story, Tracey McBean is at her creative best, building a people-multiplying machine in her backyard caravan. Of course it doesn’t go to plan.
Australians at War – The Thin Khaki Line 2002
When the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbour, a ragtag group of conscripts known as ‘koalas’ were deployed overseas.
Australian Story – Of Droughts and Flooding Rains 2002
Peter Andrews is so obsessed by an idea that it has consumed his life and almost destroyed his family. Voted the very best Australian Story of the decade.
Bambaloo – Bird in a Boat 2002
A mixed live-action, puppetry and animation show for preschoolers from Yoram Gross and the world renowned Jim Henson Company.
CNNNN: Chaser Non-stop News Network – Lunchgate 2002
Finely tuned satire that gives sensationalist reportage a caning.
Compass – Saving Claymore 2002
Fire-bombings and vandalism were the norm until Mary, a Good Samaritan Sister, got people together to decide what was needed to turn the community around.
Don’t Blame the Koalas - Episode 1, Fate Steps In 2002
Gregory has placed magnets in his shoes and hat so that he won’t fall into outer space when he gets to Australia.
The Fairytale Police Department – Black Day for Snow White 2002
Crimes committed in Fairytale land mean the world’s best-known fairy tales won’t end the way they should. Combines genres of fairytale and detective television.
John Safran’s Music Jamboree – Episode 2 2002
An irreverent and enthusiastic take on popular music, sandwiching real facts between Safran’s signature pranks and comic diatribes.
Kath and Kim – Money 2002
Kath’s 'look at moi’ is the show’s most famous catchphrase and the vernacular of the 'foxy ladies’ has become a recognisable fixture in popular culture.
Legacy of the Silver Shadow – The Feral Element 2002
1950s superhero the Silver Shadow and his archenemy The Crab are revealed to four kids who carry on the struggle between good and evil.
Message Stick – Kurtal: Snake Spirit 2002
A beautiful story about Kurtal, an ancestor and Dreaming song, and the Elder Spider, whose responsibility it is to perform the dance as well as pass it on.
Out There – Two Down Under 2002
A comedy-drama for children set in an animal clinic in rural Australia.
White Collar Blue – Series 1 Episode 21 2002
White Collar Blue follows the lives and criminal cases of the police at a Sydney beachside police station.
The 7.30 Report – Pneumococcal Vaccine 2003
Every parent’s nightmare: Ella was a healthy baby left profoundly disabled after she survived pneumococcal meningitis.
The 7.30 Report – Tobacco Litigation 2003
St Vincent Welch, head of the Tobacco Institute of Australia, reveals the policy of 'document retention’ – or destroying findings linking smoking to lung cancer.
Catalyst – Genius of Junk 2003
A compelling story of science that presents one of the most important moral questions of our time – should scientists be able to lock up research for personal gain?
Catalyst – Nature, Nurture 2003
Reporter Dr Jonica Newby bravely puts herself forward to discover whether she has a predisposition to depression.
