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The Fairytale Police Department children's series: 2002-2002

For some reason, the world’s best-known fairytales aren’t ending the way they should: Rapunzel is missing from her tower, Little Red Riding Hood isn’t making ... [read more]

Lockie Leonard children's series: 2007-

The first series of Lockie Leonard is a 26-part live action comedy-drama based on a trilogy of semi-autographical books by award-winning Western Australian author Tim Winton. The first ... [read more]

The Adventures of Blinky Bill children's series: 1992-2004

This 2D animation series tells of the adventures of a mischievous little koala Blinky Bill, his animal friends Nutsy the koala, Splodge the kangaroo, Flap the platypus, Marcia ... [read more]

We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year mockumentary: 2005-2005

We Can Be Heroes follows five nominees for the Australian of the Year Award as they wait to see who is shortlisted. Phil Olivetti is a Brisbane ex-cop ... [read more]

Fergus McPhail children's series: 2004-2004

Fergus McPhail (Sean Ohlendorf) is an awkward, likeable teenager trying to make his way in a new city when his family moves to Melbourne. Desperate to be cool ... [read more]

More Winners feature series: 1990-1990

More Winners is an anthology series of six quite different telemovies, shot and set in different parts of Australia. Ranging across comedy, drama, suspense, historical drama, adventure, fantasy ... [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]

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]

Short Cuts children's series: 2001-

Set in a year 9 media studies class, Short Cuts is a 26-part television series about a group of teenagers – Oscar (Damien Bodie), Fiona (Katie Barnes), Sophie (Gemma ... [read more]

Peach’s Australia mixed type series: 1975-1976

From the Western Australian gold fields to Norfolk Island and from the Gulf Country of Northern Australia to Zeehan on the rugged west coast of Tasmania, ABC television ... [read more]

The Blainey View mixed type series: 1982-1982

Professor Geoffrey Blainey presents his view of Australia, past and present. He looks at the major influential events including the First and Second World Wars and the Great ... [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]

The Foodlovers’ Guide to Australia magazine program: 1996-2005

This magazine style program, broadcast each week on SBS television for almost a decade, celebrates Australian people, their cooking and their produce with the show’s presenters, Maeve ... [read more]

Foreign Exchange children's series: 2004-2004

The adventure of a lifetime happens to fourteen-year-old Brett (Zachery Garred) when he discovers a portal in the old house where he lives in Perth, Western Australia. He ... [read more]

Play School children's series: 1966-

Based on the British program of the same name (produced by the BBC from 1964 until 1988) Play School is the longest-running children’s series on Australian television ... [read more]

The New Inventors magazine program: 2004-2011

A fast-paced half-hour television series in which new inventions are chosen each week from all over Australia and demonstrated in the studio by their designers. A panel of ... [read more]

Li’l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers children's series: 1997-1998

Li’l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers is an animated comedy adventure series about a boy called Li’l Elvis Jones (Stig Wemyss) who lives in the tiny ... [read more]

Pugwall children's series: 1989-1991

Thirteen-year-old Peter Unwin George Wall, otherwise known as Pugwall (Jason Torrens), is an ordinary suburban kid with a big dream – he wants to be in a successful rock ... [read more]

Bambaloo children's series: 2002-2003

Bambaloo is a theme-based preschool show designed for three to five-year-olds. The host Sam (Angela Kelly) lives in the Bambaloo tree and, with her puppet friends, explores the ... [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]

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