Australian
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11 series

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]

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]

Certain Women drama series: 1973-1976

A prime-time serial drama aimed at adults, Certain Women started life as a six-part mini-series with each episode telling the story of a different female member of the ... [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]

Double Trouble children's series: 2007-2007

Double Trouble is about twin Indigenous girls, both born in Alice Springs but separated at birth and unaware of the other’s existence. City-dwelling Yuma (Cassandra Glenn) meets ... [read more]

Faireez children's series: 2005-2005

Faireez is a 2D digitally animated preschool animation series set in Faireezia, a magical, enchanted world with floating castles, shivering timbers, gotcha streams – and 'faireez’. At the fairee ... [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]

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]

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]

Summer Heights High mockumentary: 2007-2007

This eight-part mockumentary series follows three characters at fictional school Summer Heights High for the duration of a school term; Year 11 student Ja’mie King, visiting from ... [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]