Australian
Screen

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9 series

Let the Blood Run Free sitcom: 1990-1992

A soap opera spoof set in a hospital called Saint Christopher’s. [read more]

Australians at War documentary series: 2001-2001

An eight-hour historical television series which chronicles significant events in Australia’s military history including the Boer War in the late nineteenth century, the First and Second 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]

Media Watch interstitial series: 1989-

Media Watch is a weekly 15-minute program that offers analysis and criticism of Australia’s media and print, radio, television and online journalism. The program is led by ... [read more]

The Genie From Down Under children's series: 1995-1998

The Genie from Down Under is a 26-part comedy drama about a clash of class and cultures. The Hon. Penelope Townes (Alexandra Milman) is thirteen years old and ... [read more]

Don’t Blame the Koalas children's series: 2002-2002

When the penniless, upper-middle-class 'Kings’ of England inherit an Australian wildlife park, life for them, and for their cousins, the 'Kings’ of Australia, will never be the same ... [read more]

Good Guys Bad Guys drama series: 1997-1998

Meet Elvis Maginnis (Marcus Graham) – ex-cop, drycleaner, reluctant detective. Elvis was the white sheep in a family of criminals, especially after he joined the police. Being from the ... [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]

Skippy drama series: 1966-1969

An Australian drama series made in the 1960s featuring nine-year-old Sonny Hammond (Garry Pankhurst) and crime-fighting ‘bush Kangaroo’ Skippy. Sonny, constant companion and best friend to Skippy, lives ... [read more]