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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]

The Naked Vicar Show variety series: 1977-1978

A variety show with sketch comedy, guest musical performances and commentary on news and politics of the day, filmed in front of a studio audience. [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]

The Book Show magazine program: 1986-1997

A weekly magazine program about books and writing with presenters Dinny O’Hearn and Andrea Stretton. [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]

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]

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]

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]

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 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]

Landline current affairs program: 1991-

A weekly 60 minute rural news and current affairs program in a magazine format. Landline is introduced by a presenter, with items delivered by current affairs reporters with ... [read more]

Let the Blood Run Free sitcom: 1990-1992

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

Mum’s the Word talk show: 2003-2003

A series of studio discussions led by the journalist Rebecca le Tourneau with a different group of women each week talking freely and frankly about the highs and ... [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]

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]

Tabaluga children's series: 1997-2003

Tabaluga is the animated story of the last surviving dragon on earth. The tiny green hero uses courage and kindness, combined with some incredible fire-breathing and flying skills ... [read more]

Fashionista interstitial series: 2003-2005

Fashionista offers a snapshot of what’s happening and what’s hot in Australian fashion, riding the wave of interest in our designers shown by overseas buyers and ... [read more]

Water Rats drama series: 1996-2001

Water Rats is a drama series centred on a pair of detectives in the Sydney Water Police. [read more]

Blue Heelers drama series: 1994-2006

Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Woods), the men and ... [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]

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