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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]

What’s Your Poison? magazine program: 1992-1992

A five-part Quantum special that aired in the weekly science timeslot on ABC television, What’s Your Poison? examined the drugs nicotine, alcohol, ecstasy, marijuana and caffeine. The ... [read more]

Police Rescue drama series: 1991-1996

A drama series that each week presents a story about the work of the police rescue squad usually underpinned by a moral dilemma that will affect the safety ... [read more]

Jack Thompson Down Under magazine program: 1987-1989

A compilation series about the wonder and beauty of Australia, showcasing some of the remarkable footage from the archive of the ABC’s Rural Department and including other ... [read more]

Peach’s Explorers documentary series: 1984-1984

The well-known Australian journalist Bill Peach writes and presents this 10-part series about the European settlers’ exploration of Australia during the 19th century. [read more]

Monday Conference current affairs program: 1971-1979

A weekly one-hour television debate around the major current affairs issues of the day, usually in the style of a forum, with two speakers representing either side of ... [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]

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]

Bananas in Pyjamas children's series: 1992-2002

The Bananas in Pyjamas, B1 (Ken Radley) and B2 (Nicholas Opolski), live in Cuddles Lane with their friends the Teddies, Morgan (Jeremy Scrivener), Amy (Mary-Ann Henshaw) and Lulu ... [read more]

Staines Down Drains children's series: 2005-

Slipping down a plughole portal and shrinking as they go, germ-phobic Stanley Staines and his adventurous sister Mary Jane have discovered a yucky, germy and weirdly wonderful world ... [read more]

Dynasties documentary series: 2001-2006

The stories behind some of Australia’s great dynastic families, the way they have shaped our society, their private motivations and their ongoing influence. [read more]

Crash Zone children's series: 1998-1999

Crash Zone is a 26-part series exploring the adventures, trials and tribulations of a group of five young teenagers in the context of the 21st century cyber world ... [read more]

Eco House Challenge reality series: 2007-

Two families have been chosen to see if they can live along ecologically sustainable lines so as to leave a less damaging footprint on the environment. There’s ... [read more]

Beyond 2000 magazine program: 1985-1999

A magazine-style television series for prime time television about the scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations affecting society. It included 397 hour-long episodes and 78 half-hour episodes. [read more]

Raggs children's series: 2005-

Raggs is a live-action preschool show based around five giant-sized dog characters that perform as the 'Raggs Kids Club Band’, a rock-n-roll band for preschool kids. The TV ... [read more]

Sky Trackers children's series: 1994-1994

Three kids live with their families at Kaputar Space Station, a massive space tracking station in outback Australia. Nikki Colbert (Petra Jared) is 13 and passionately loves science ... [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]

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]

Australian Story reality series: 1995-

Each Monday evening at 8pm, the ABC broadcasts this half hour program about an Australian, often a personality but sometimes an unknown. These biographical stories are nearly always ... [read more]

Bondi Rescue reality series: 2005-

Each weekend during the summer months as many as 40,000 people can be attracted to Australia’s most popular surfing beach, Bondi. The lifeguards patrol the beach ... [read more]

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