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Commitment to work (1992)
Dr Hollows expresses the view that people should concentrate on getting a job done properly. He says he inherited this ability from his parents, and attributes his success to it. [read more]
I’m my father’s son (2000)
Kevin is a working class bloke who likes his wife to be at home, caring for him. He’s honest enough to say what he feels about his wife’s new-found assertiveness. He doesn’t like it and finds it hard to accept ... [read more]
‘Can’t get much better than her’ (2007)
Pete (Khan Chittenden) and Jerry (Nathan Phillips) get drunk and stoned in their usual hangout, a culvert beneath a bridge, before going to the pub. Pete is keen on a girl there, but Cheryl (Gillian Alexy) chooses Jerry. Kenwood (Anthony ... [read more]
‘Let’s have a look at your piano’ (1981)
Peter (Norman Kaye) and Patricia (Wendy Hughes) meet for dinner at her flat, their third encounter in a week. He is anxious to move to the bedroom, to look at her piano, but she is uncomfortable with any man entering ... [read more]
Pets (2005)
The theme song for this episode, ‘What do you get when you bring home a pet?’, accompanies a documentary film clip showing people and their pets. This sequence then cuts to Dumpster’s segment where he interviews young Australian children about ... [read more]
Hot new chicks and teachers (1993)
Cousins Nick (Alex Dimitriades) and Con (Salvatore Coco) and their friends drive to their first day back at inner-city school Hartley High. Meanwhile, rookie teacher Christina Milano (Sarah Lambert), also on her way to school, farewells her parents and heeds ... [read more]
Greg feels special (1998)
Vicki (Susie Porter) is happy, busy and preoccupied, which prompts her husband Greg (Tamblyn Lord) to think she is having an affair. She takes him to see what she has been painting: a room with proclamations of love for him ... [read more]
All that promise (2000)
Grant was an adorable child star who could dance and sing and play the drums. He gave it all away when the kids at school teased him about his work in television ads. Later when he tried to get back ... [read more]
A chance reunion (2003)
At a bus stop, old school friends Phaedra (Susan Prior) and Tia (Olivia Pigeot) run into each other for the first time in ages. They chat away, catching up with what they’ve been up to in the intervening period. [read more]
‘We all have to compromise’ (1982)
Newspaper publisher Mary Ford has disappeared, in suspicious circumstances. Developer Peter Houseman (Chris Haywood) appeals to building union boss Mick Davies (Dennis Miller) to lift his union’s ban. In a meeting with Kate Dean (Judy Davis) and his lawyer Philip ... [read more]
‘Damned yankee’ (1977)
Mr Pym (John Meillon) sees an unexpected and unwanted visitor as he struggles with a bogged wagon – his former protégé Pete Palmer (Rod Taylor), now his chief rival. Disgruntled piano player Lou (Garry McDonald) decides to join the opposition. [read more]
‘Nothing to lose’ (2002)
At Sydney airport, Barry Ryan (Bryan Brown) collects his nephew Darcy (Sam Worthington), who’s returning from his service in Vietnam. Barry introduces his crew – ‘Hollywood’ Riley (William McInnes) and Norm (Andrew S. Gilbert) – and offers Darcy a job. ... [read more]
Environment versus progress (1996)
Christine starts to build her house constructed from recycled materials in idyllic Byron Bay. Her world is shattered when the local council approves a quarry next to her house that will mine for gravel for 23 years and create noise. [read more]
Bottle to carton (1990)
The supermarkets, because of easier handling, encouraged packaging dairy products in cartons and plastic bottles. Formerly, glass bottles were recycled 25 times. The new packaging is single use. Writer John Flaus regrets the disappearance of glass milk bottles and writer ... [read more]
Patrick makes contact (1978)
Patrick (Robert Thompson) contacts Kathy (Susan Penhaligon) while she is typing. Kathy establishes communication with Patrick and asks Matron Cassidy (Julia Blake) to witness her discovery. Patrick refuses to respond. After Matron Cassidy leaves, Patrick transmits the word ‘secret’ to ... [read more]
‘I’d really like for you to be there’ (1998)
Headmaster Carson (John Gregg) invites student Marco (Danny Raco) to be his partner at an inter-school lawn bowls competition. Meanwhile Zac (Luke Jacobz) and Tess (Katherine Hicks) continue to explore Tess’s belief in the paranormal. When Zac confides in Tess ... [read more]
A trip to Sorrento (c1922)
Passengers board the paddle-steamer PS Weeroona at Port Melbourne and journey to Sorrento. A pan across the deck shows the passengers on board. On arrival, they walk down the Sorrento Pier. A title card precedes scenes of motor cars and ... [read more]
Australian night sky (1993)
Australian painter Tim Storrier creates a nocturnal landscape painting from photographs and his imagination. [read more]
Mother and son (1977)
Len’s mother (Joy Hruby) is upset that he is leaving home, to live in Sydney with his wife Barbara. Len (Bryan Brown) broods in his room, after she tells him he’s a no-hoper like his father. He picks up an ... [read more]
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]
