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Family reunion (2006)

Tutu (voiced by Emily Hunt), Chump (voiced by Patrick Floersheim) and Stretch (voiced by Annie Lindner) attempt to rescue Zef (voiced by Jono Wood) who is trapped in ‘The Badness’ place. [read more]

The eggs transform (1905)

The hen that lays the golden eggs transforms into a beautiful woman who is joined by her fellow chicken women in a dance in full-stencilled colour. The dance ends as the golden hen lays another mound of golden eggs. [read more]

‘The vermin have inherited the earth’ (1981)

Max (Mel Gibson) is now a desert wanderer, in a world where petrol is the only currency. He drives ‘the last of the V8 Interceptors’, a remnant of the days when he was a highway patrolman. As the film begins, ... [read more]

A boy’s worst nightmare (2007)

Jackie (Gemma Ward) asks Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) to walk home after school, just as Charlie (Luke Ford) arrives on the bus from his school. Thomas introduces her to his brother, who wants to carry her bag. As they walk, Charlie ... [read more]

What you missed last time (1999)

Host Eddie McGuire recaps yesterday’s episode and the fortunes of its contestants, including carry-over contestant Rick. Opening titles follow after which Eddie briefly explains the format of the show and reminds viewers where Rick is in the game and what ... [read more]

A safe central spot (1986)

Alone in her flat at night, overlooking the harbour, Liz reads Marge Piercy, talks about her psychiatrist, and laments the loss by theft of Steve’s poems. Evoking the mind-states depicted in the film Gaslight, she ponders the vagaries of her ... [read more]

Unemployment queues (1984)

The hard times are biting and when workers are put off it’s always the migrants who go first. Then there’s a desperate wait for work in a long and humiliating queue. [read more]

The poet as novelist (1988)

This clip is from an interview Dinny O’Hearn conducted with David Malouf that ranges widely across his writing. He talks about writing two books concurrently and discusses his earliest novels, Johnno (1975) and An Imaginary Life (1978). [read more]

‘Your blood runs with the river’ (1983)

The growing attraction between Brenton (John Waters) and Delie (Sigrid Thornton) is resolved over an evening meal on the otherwise deserted Philadelphia. [read more]

In the wet (1982)

In the Gulf country of northern Australia, a farming family are living through the wet season that, each year, takes over their lives. The pedal radio is all the Forshaw family have to keep them in touch with civilisation during ... [read more]

‘All I have to offer you is me’ (2009)

Delilah (Marissa Gibson) nurses Samson (Rowan McNamara) back to health. She bathes him in the water trough, gives him fresh clothes to wear and makes him a meal. As Samson sits in the wheelchair listening to music on the radio, ... [read more]

The debate (1990)

At an inter-school debate, Danny (Noah Taylor) and Thandiwe (Thandiwe Newton) speak to opposing sides of a motion that ‘intellectual pursuits are the highest form of human endeavour’. [read more]

’We’re going shopping’ (1980)

Tony Barber announces that he and the winner Grant are going shopping, and the doors open to reveal a studio set full of prizes. As new champion, Grant could only afford the first prize, a ’zippy little economical’ motor scooter. ... [read more]

‘Flowers for Miss Manners’ (1931)

Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) prepares for an evening at the Hotel Plaza. In the hotel dining room she takes her first look at society matron Mrs Nash (Nellie McNiven) wearing the pearls her father has asked ... [read more]

A real stinker (1999)

David Hannay speaks in interview about the critics and newspaper headlines. Harbutt and David Stratton speak about the times in which Stone was released. Hannay, Harbutt, bikies and actors speaking about the ‘real’ responses to the film is interspersed with ... [read more]

Moonlighting (1978)

Pamela Taylor (Rowena Wallace) tells daughter Gayle (Jo-Anne Moore) that her shoplifting charges have been dropped. She has had the family lawyer intervene, using her wealthy father’s influence, despite her husband Glenn’s wishes that they follow the usual legal process. ... [read more]

‘The money or the box?’ (1963)

After contestant Raleigh Matthews wins the first round, host Bob Dyer offers him a choice between a sum of money and a numbered box. The box contains an unknown prize that could be anything from elastic bands to a new ... [read more]

‘Let’s make tracks’ (c1960)

The whistle blows which means its time for Mr Squiggle (voiced by Norman Hetherington) to return home to the moon. Miss Pat (Patricia Lovell) returns her attention to Bill Steamshovel’s problem with his ‘tracks’ which have now shrunk in the ... [read more]

Life stages of the lobster (1998)

Shows the early life stages of a lobster: thousands of eggs hatch into larvae, which struggle to survive ocean currents for over a year before returning as juvenile lobsters. [read more]

Fatso the wombat (2000)

By day nine of the Sydney Olympic Games, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has moved to ban the appearance of the wildly popular but unauthorised Olympic mascot, Fatso the fat-arsed wombat. Here, Director-General of the International Olympic Commitee, François ... [read more]

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