Masterpiece Specials magazine program: 1995-1998
A series of hour-long interviews with celebrity writers, actors and television personalities such as Salman Rushdie, Wole Soyinka and Judy Davis, presented as long form studio-based interviews with ... [read more]
Number 96 serial: 1972-1977
Number 96 is a soap opera set in a block of flats in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Paddington. Its residents include a Jewish shopkeeper, his tearaway daughter ... [read more]
Stateline current affairs program: 1996-
A state-based half-hour current affairs program that airs once a week on Fridays in the same timeslot as the daily current affairs program The 7.30 Report (2008 ... [read more]
The Aunty Jack Show sketch series: 1972-1973
This sketch comedy series is presented by the outrageous motorbike-riding television hostess, Aunty Jack (Grahame Bond), and her subversive team of Thin Arthur (Rory O’Donoghue), Flange Desire ... [read more]
Matlock Police drama series: 1971-1975
A weekly drama series following the uniformed and plain clothes police of the fictional Victorian town of Matlock. Hippies on motorbikes, art students protesting for peace, a desperate ... [read more]
The Mavis Bramston Show variety series: 1964-1968
A weekly variety show featuring topical satire, sketches and songs. It ran for 40 weeks a year during 1964–68 and was a popular and critical success. [read more]
Four Corners current affairs program: 1961-
ABC TV’s weekly national current affairs program that reports on events that shape Australia, broadcast weekly on Monday nights at 8.30 pm with repeats throughout the ... [read more]
Mother and Son sitcom: 1984-1993
A family sitcom in which the elderly Maggie Beare (Ruth Cracknell) may be showing signs of vagueness but is still sharp enough when it comes to getting what ... [read more]
The Chaser’s War on Everything variety series: 2006-2009
The Chaser’s War on Everything is a weekly satirical variety series combining pre-recorded material, performance and commentary in front of a live studio audience. The series is ... [read more]
Stingers drama series: 1998-2004
Stingers follows agents in a police undercover unit who create false names, lives and personalities to get close to their targets. Even the Stingers team’s nearest and ... [read more]
Wildside drama series: 1997-1999
A drama series set around an inner city police station and the crisis centre next door, run by Doctor Maxine Summers (Rachael Blake). The crisis centre’s clients ... [read more]
Lift Off children's series: 1992-1994
Lift Off is a television series for young children aged three to eight. It is an unusual mixture of live action, puppetry, animation and documentary, using storytelling, drama ... [read more]
Chequerboard Revisited reality series: 2000-2001
A 'where are they now’ series combining footage originally shot for the groundbreaking ABC documentary series Chequerboard (1968-1975) with contemporary stories about some of those same characters today. [read more]
The Inventors magazine program: 1970-1982
A weekly television half-hour in which inventors are chosen from around Australia to explain their design before a panel of three judges who have expertise in science, engineering ... [read more]
Divine Service mixed type series: 1956-1987
Each week on Sunday morning, a religious service would be broadcast live on ABC television. The service was generally from one of the established churches around Australia. [read more]
The Movie Show magazine program: 1986-2007
A magazine-style film review program, showing clips from the reviewed films and occasionally interviewing filmmakers and actors. Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton presented the show on SBS for ... [read more]
Wicked Science children's series: 2003-2005
Wicked Science Series One is the story of two fifteen-year-olds, all-round good bloke Toby (André de Vanny) and the unpopular Elizabeth (Bridget Neval), who are hit by a ... [read more]
The New Adventures of Ocean Girl children's series: 2000-2000
This 26-part animation is a mythical story set on the once peaceful planet of Oceana, where the sacred whales are the keepers of all wisdom and custodians of ... [read more]
Tracey McBean children's series: 2001-2006
Grade four girl-genius Tracey McBean (voiced by Roslyn Oades) is a feisty, funny inventor with a gigantic imagination and an overwhelming desire to use her wacky creations to ... [read more]
Peach’s Gold documentary series: 1983-1983
A series of five dramatised documentaries that cover one of the most interesting aspects of Australian history. The series covers the early discoveries of alluvial gold, the dramatic ... [read more]
