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Halifax f.p. – Afraid of the Dark (1997)
When eight people are gunned down at a petrol station, forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax (Rebecca Gibney) is called in to create a profile of the killer and soon finds herself in over her head. With the case stirring up memories ... [read more]
The first long march (2004)
In June 2002, Trish Kirby, her husband Rob and their four children travelled thousands of kilometres from their home in Melbourne to Port Hedland Detention Centre to meet fifteen-year-old Ali, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. Trish reads extracts from an ... [read more]
Romance (1997)
The team give up on the petrol station shooting case for the night, frustrated at their lack of progress. It’s New Year’s Eve. Jane Halifax (Rebecca Gibney) is at home supposedly profiling suspects but is instead toasting a photograph of ... [read more]
The Trespassers (1976)
Richard, a radical journalist (John Derum), begins an affair with Dee, an actress and activist (Judy Morris). Richard conceals the fact that he’s married, but his wife Penny (Briony Behets) walks in on them. Once past their initial wariness, the ... [read more]
The hunt (1980)
Two brothers take to the water in a small boat. They crash through the ocean in search of the dugong. [read more]
Generals and privates (1919)
The 9th Brigade, comprised mostly of men from New South Wales, stages a comic entertainment in full costumes as part of their water carnival. At the Australian headquarters in France, General Sir William Birdwood leaves to take command of the ... [read more]
Division 4 – The Return of John Kelso (1971)
When former standover man John Kelso (John Fegan) returns home on parole after 20 years in prison, the neighbours in his small suburban street are terrified. Two decades ago they were in his thrall: now they fear his reign of ... [read more]
Mum’s the Word – Episode 16 (2003)
A group of high achieving mothers, led by presenter Rebecca le Tourneau, discuss how they feel pressured by their children to buy, buy, buy. Included in this otherwise affluent group is a young single mother who talks about what it ... [read more]
Echidna the Survivor (1995)
The documentary looks at a year in the life of several echidnas on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. The film captures the life cycle from egg to mature adult. The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculaetus) is a monotreme ... [read more]
The national interest (1993)
Prime Minister Paul Keating outlines the basic principles of the Mabo legislation, the Native Title Act 1993. While Indigenous Australians, landowners and governments will not get everything they want from the legislation, Keating says the national interest will be served. [read more]
The Back of Beyond (1954)
Battling heat, dust, flood and sand, Royal Mail driver and everyman Tom Kruse completes the fortnightly run in his battered Leyland Badger, delivering mail, stores and supplies to the people along the 517 kilometre Birdsville Track in central Australia’s isolated ... [read more]
Touch the Sun – Captain Johnno (1988)
Captain Johnno (Damien Walters) is a ten-year-old with a hearing impairment, and always in trouble. Living in a small fishing town in South Australia in the 1950s, his sister Julie (Rebecca Sykes) is his best friend and protector. Johnno’s ... [read more]
The extra mile (2008)
Robbin is looking for Haley, who is not doing well, and Robbin wants to get her into rehab. She has a strong but tender heart-to-heart with her. Robbin is upset after she leaves Haley. [read more]
Friends and Enemies (1987)
Friends and Enemies follows the bitter fight between the Queensland Coalition Government and members of the Electrical Trades Union from the start of the Union’s strike to the permanent loss of jobs nine months later. In 1984, the Queensland ... [read more]
On the go (1977)
Fraser visits Wollongong where he has lunch with steel workers. Things don’t go quite to plan as the lunch is overwhelmed by media and company executives. He meets local supporters and is then interviewed at the local radio station. Asked ... [read more]
The Dismissal (1983)
On 11 November 1975, the Labor Prime Minister was dismissed by the Queen’s representative in Australia, the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr. The Dismissal brings to life the events leading up to this extraordinary event that shook the nation. The drama ... [read more]
The Tracker (2002)
In rough bush country in 1922, an Aboriginal tracker (David Gulpilil) leads three white men in the hunt for a black fugitive. The senior policeman in charge (Gary Sweet) murders 'bush blacks’ on sight; a young constable (Damon Gameau) joins ... [read more]
The Singer and the Dancer (1977)
Two women, both misfits of a sort, become friends in a small rural community. Mrs Bilson (Ruth Cracknell) pretends to be an invalid, and carries the deep scars of a failed marriage. Charlie (Elisabeth Crosby) has relocated from the city ... [read more]
By the book (1990)
Constable Morgan is dead. Rattray (Sonia Todd) is in the firing line because some of her colleagues are suggesting that she made a wrong call at the accident scene. As acting head of the squad it’s up to McClintock (Gary ... [read more]
‘Don’t let her go!’ (2006)
Lee (voiced by Alycia Debnam-Carey) plays with her food at dinner while a radio broadcaster (Barry Eaton) describes a scene at the airport where Mrs Petrov (voiced by Inge Romantsova) is attempting to board a plane back to the Soviet ... [read more]
