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Five star Cam (2007)

Cam is used to all the luxuries that affluence can bring and is finding it hard to change his ways. A friend arrives in his four-wheel drive to whisk him away to watch his weekend football match, leaving everyone else ... [read more]

Young and reckless (1974)

Psychologist Hugh Mackay talks about the fact that society is quite prepared to hand young people a powerful machine that can kill, when they are still in their young adult stage of risk-taking. [read more]

Road traps (1974)

Sir Laurence Hartnett is the former managing director of GMH. He comments that our roads are still a trap for drivers, with lanes suddenly merging without warning and inappropriate road signs that confuse and frustrate the driver, ... [read more]

Not a domestic mouse (1976)

Harry Butler is handling a native mouse he’s found in the grasslands of northern Queensland. He explains what makes this creature different from the house mouse. [read more]

Bananas in Pyjamas song (1999)

This is the animated Bananas in Pyjamas series theme song. [read more]

Delie meets her destiny (1983)

Philadelphia Gordon – Delie (Sigrid Thornton) – accompanied by her Uncle Charles (Charles Tingwall) arrives in Echuca. She sees the great River Murray for the first time and meets her soul mate, Brenton Edwards (John Waters). [read more]

‘That’s life, pal’ (1983)

The chase continues, this time on foot and BMX bike, with the goons in pursuit of Judy (Nicole Kidman), Goose (James Lugton) and PJ (Angelo D’Angelo). The friends skilfully run rings around Whitey (David Argue) and Moustache (John Ley) ... [read more]

Recordings (1999)

Tensions emerge between housemates Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba) and Hana (Mikiko Ooka) as he prepares to leave Australia. [read more]

‘I’m gonna take her to Surfer’s Paradise’ (1998)

Della (Gillian Jones) exercises to music in her living room while her boyfriend Dale (Aaron Blabey) discusses a robbery with his friend Nigel (Stephen Curry) in her kitchen. When Dale and Nigel establish that they need money upfront for the ... [read more]

‘Life is like a song’ (1998)

Della (Gillian Jones) definitively ends her relationship with Dale (Aaron Blabey) then performs at a casino. [read more]

‘Where’s my piano?’ (1987)

The Kaboodle opening titles run into the first story: ‘Molly Makes Music’. While Molly (voiced by Cara Schwarz) is out for the day, removalists arrive at her house. She returns to find furniture missing and her mother (voiced by Julia ... [read more]

‘I should have known better’ (1983)

Pam (Gabrielle Shornegg), Stella (Geraldine Haywood) and Gloria (Marina Knight) enact a Beatles performance for a crowd of screaming fans. Later Pam and Stella continue their play-acting at home. [read more]

The Emerald City (1979)

Shannon is reunited with her old neighbour Mervyn Leggatt (Peter Carroll), a Communist party member whose intellect and commitment she admires. She is tempted by his proposal that she take over the running of the Proletariat Club and is finally ... [read more]

Different worlds (1984)

Kev (Ray Meagher) complains that his dinner is cold and won’t give Ampy (Charito Ortiz) money for her mother. His mood is not improved when she implies criticism of his daily visits to the pub after work. This is nothing, ... [read more]

A delivery to King Billy (1956)

The crooked publican has tricked Smiley (Colin Petersen) into making a delivery of opium to the blacks’ camp across the river. This is supposed to be 'out of bounds’ to whites, but Smiley has clearly been there before. He gives ... [read more]

Clara (2004)

You can view the animated short film Clara here in its entirety. In her suburban home, 12-year-old Clara tries to come to terms with a life-changing event. [read more]

Natural disasters (1993)

Skipping class, Nick (Alex Dimitriades) flirts with Jodie (Abi Tucker) outside her science class window before teacher Bill Southgate (Tony Martin) sends Nick back to class. After school, Nick, whose line of credit is not good in Ruby’s (Jan Adele) ... [read more]

‘I just don’t talk to cops’ (1998)

Opening titles are followed by a scene set in the police station as Drazic (Callan Mulvey) is interrogated by Detective Sergeant Steel (John McNeill) and Constable Todd Gillespie (Dominic Purcell). The fact that Todd used to go out with Drazic’s ... [read more]

Footloose (2002)

Inspired by US movie Footloose (1984), John Safran returns to his orthodox Jewish high school to protest against the school’s ban on dances. In a meeting with School Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, Safran quotes the same lines used by Kevin ... [read more]

‘Things could get quite interesting’ (2002)

The Out There opening titles, accompanied by title track 'Doing What I Do’, introduces the main characters. The offbeat Miller (Richard Wilson), who by his own admission is ‘not what you call popular’, gives a direct-to-camera personal take on newcomers ... [read more]

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