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Peacetime pursuits (1976)
Dave Sullivan’s (Paul Cronin) younger brother Harry (Michael Caton) and his wife Rose (Maggie Dence) arrive at the Sullivans for an evening’s homemade entertainment. They are greeted by Grace Sullivan (Lorraine Bayly) and the children, Kitty (Susan Hannaford), Terry (Richard ... [read more]
A lively correspondence (1988)
In a typically wide-ranging response from viewers, the ABC’s religious programs on both television and radio receive appreciation from some and blame and criticism from others. For some ABC viewers, these programs are a welcome alternative to commercial broadcasts, ... [read more]
‘In your time there was the war’ (1985)
Mike (Daniel Cordeaux) is from 1985 and he just wants to go home, to Sydney. He thinks the Clan Murray are crazy hippies, but when they encounter some outsiders, the mutant wanderers, he is astounded as Katrin (Rebecca Rigg) shoots ... [read more]
Christmas barbarians (1995)
Mrs Hoggett (Magda Szubanski) has just measured Babe, because she’s planning on roast pork for Christmas lunch. The old ewe Maa (Miriam Flynn) is disgusted at the thought of someone eating a pig, but Babe is none the wiser. He ... [read more]
Lessons in policing (1975)
Sergeant Simmonds (Peter Cummins) and Constable Ross (John Hargreaves) wait for their lunch in a café booth. The sergeant taunts the new recruit with his lack of knowledge about real police work. When the hamburgers are ready, the older policeman ... [read more]
The legend (1986)
Professional Australian surfing legend Pam Burridge talks about how she got into the sport, winning her first surfing competition at twelve years old. [read more]
‘How’s your day been sweetheart?’ (1987)
It is nearly two years since Suzi Lovegrove learned she had contracted HIV/AIDS. Her husband Vince asks how her day has been. In voice-over, Vince explodes some of the myths about read more]
Coming a gutser (1937)
Patricia Blaydon (Shirley Ann Richards) has been invited by Lady Denvee (Bobbie Hunt) to ride with the local fox hunt. Lord Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway) gives some riding hints to a stranger on the road, then shows him some neighbourly kindness ... [read more]
Chook thief? (1988)
Johnno (Damien Walters), is falsely accused of stealing Les’s (Henry Salter) chooks and for his anxious father (John Waters), this is the final straw. He decides it is time to teach Johnno a lesson. Tony (Joe Petruzzi) tries to stand ... [read more]
It’ll get better (1978)
At her work, cleaning offices, Dana (Basia Bonkowski) breaks down and confides to the nightwatchman (Martin Vaughan) that she’s not heard from her husband in Poland for quite some time. He reassures her and invites her to come to his ... [read more]
Tom blows hot and cold (2004)
At a seaside fun fair, Tom White (Colin Friels) shows his prowess with a slug gun, and his sense of humour. The shooting gallery girl Christine (Loene Carmen) gives him the prize he wanted, a set of crayons. Her attempts ... [read more]
‘I love gravity’ (2006)
Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) has been expelled from the colony. His dancing upsets the elders, but he finds that Adelie penguins have a much more open attitude. His new best friends – five party-loving Argentinean Adelies, led by the ... [read more]
Everyone in Australia stands upside down! (2002)
Gregory has placed magnets in his shoes and hat so that he won’t fall into outer space when he gets to Australia. Unfortunately he sets off the alarms at the airport and the family is pulled aside for questioning. [read more]
Allergic to everything (1998)
Gordon (Peter Fenton) and Cynthia (Sacha Horler) get acquainted after she has phoned him and asked him to come to her place. He arrives with beer and they get drunk. Next day he sees how bad her eczema is and ... [read more]
‘I treated him cruel’ (1935)
Incensed that his father has given him a raise with one hand and taken it away with the other, Dave (Fred MacDonald) and his wife Lil (Lilias Adeson) gather the other brothers, Joe (William McGowan) and Dan (George Lloyd), for ... [read more]
Rabbit poisoning (1954)
This clip shows a farming property being prepared for the first stage of rabbit eradication – poisoning. [read more]
‘There’s something I want to ask you’ (2009)
Joe (Clive Owen) enters the bedroom of his eldest son Harry (George MacKay), who has recently arrived from the UK. Joe starts talking about his relationship with Harry’s mother (Joe’s first wife). They discuss the break-up, which Joe justifies as ... [read more]
Making up is hard to do (1996)
During Alice and Mia’s house party, Mia (Frances O’Connor) and Danni (Radha Mitchell) both admit they’ve made a mistake in breaking up with each other. [read more]
The promised land? (1954)
As the Queen prepares to speak at a state banquet in Canberra, the nation gathers to listen. People dancing aboard ship, a stockman in the outback, Australian soldiers on exercise, a young family in their lounge room, businessmen in a ... [read more]
