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Hayride to Hell (1995)
When George Heygate (Richard Roxburgh) stops his car for a mysterious woman in distress (Kylie Minogue) he soon finds himself on a hayride to hell. [read more]
Feeling Sexy (1998)
Greg (Tamblyn Lord) and Vicki (Susie Porter) are in love. He is studying to be a doctor. She is a painter. They marry, have children and settle into a life together. But Vicki finds her creativity stifled by the monotonous ... [read more]
Menzies’ Wartime Tour – England (1941)
This home movie filmed by Australia’s longest serving prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies, captures England during the Blitz in 1941. It features footage of the Churchills in their home, close-ups of various political leaders and prominent figures of England including ... [read more]
Gone (2007)
A young British backpacker, Alex (Shaun Evans), en route to join his girlfriend in Byron Bay, meets a friendly American outside a Sydney hostel. They have a wild night with two girls, then Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) offers him a lift ... [read more]
Cop Shop – Episode 485 (1983)
When a homeless man dies of natural causes in a laneway, it seems like an open-and-shut case. Henry Adam (Ted Ogden) was apparently penniless, leaving behind only a common-law wife, Faith Bloomfield (Elaine Lee). Then his nephew shows up. Law ... [read more]
Central Australia: The Eighth Wonder (1989)
Ted Egan takes us on tour through Central Australia and introduces us to many of the features of the region he calls the 'Eighth Wonder’. Retracing the tracks of explorers and settlers in times past, he stops at modern towns ... [read more]
Edens Lost (1988)
In the late 1930s, 17-year-old Angus Weekes (Bruce Hughes), following the death of his last living relative, is invited by Eve St James (Julia Blake) to stay indefinitely with the affluent St James family on their crumbling but still elegant ... [read more]
Bonjour Balwyn (1971)
Kevin Agar (John Duigan) has left a job in insurance to start his own magazine, called Bolo. His middle class parents don’t understand it, and very few people buy it. As his debts mount, Kevin loses his girlfriend, his friends ... [read more]
If Only – Series 1 Episode 5 (2003)
Three moving vignettes make up this program of lost opportunities. There’s one about a man who thought his problems of cloudy vision were an irreversible factor of old age when in fact he needed a simple cataract operation. There’s another ... [read more]
Masterpiece Special – Melvyn Bragg (1996)
Andrea Stretton interviews the British writer and television presenter, Melvyn Bragg. His arts magazine program the South Bank Show (2008) is the longest running arts television show in the English speaking world, and is still going strong after 30 years. [read more]
Stolen Generations (2000)
A documentary using historical and interview footage to tell the story of three people removed as children from their families, who are now one of the many referred to as the Stolen Generations. The tapestry of life experiences is woven ... [read more]
Blackrock (1996)
Jared (Laurence Breuls) stages a welcome-home party for his mate Ricko (Simon Lyndon), back from up north. During the booze-fuelled evening, Jared gets into a disagreement with his girlfriend’s brother, Toby (Heath Ledger), who accuses Jared of paying too much ... [read more]
Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance (2006)
Mr Jonathon (Ben Miller) has never been conventional. The young girls in his dance school perform routines about evil scientists, greedy corporations and the oppression of women – even though most of them are only aged between eight and twelve. ... [read more]
Proof (1991)
Martin (Hugo Weaving) is a 32-year-old blind photographer. He lives alone and trusts no-one, especially not his housekeeper Celia (Geneviève Picot), who loves him in secret. Their antagonistic relationship is disturbed when Martin meets Andy (Russell Crowe), a kitchen hand ... [read more]
I Am Woman (1972)
Helen Reddy’s ‘I Am Woman’, released in 1972, made her one of the most successful Australian singers worldwide. The song became the unofficial anthem of the women’s liberation movement and endures to this day. [read more]
2000 Weeks (1969)
Will Gardener (Mark McManus) is a Melbourne journalist at a crossroads. He wants to be a novelist, but he has a wife (Eileen Chapman) and two kids to support. His father (Michael Duffield) is dying in hospital and his mistress ... [read more]
Interview with Archbishop Mannix (1962)
Dr Daniel Mannix was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne from 1913 until his death in 1963. He was a man of considerable influence in Australian public life, not only in the religious field but also in social and political ... [read more]
Lionel Rose Wins the World Title (1968)
This is the radio call made over the telephone from Tokyo by Ron Casey describing Lionel Rose winning the world bantamweight boxing title from Japanese fighter Harada in 1968. [read more]
First Australians – Episode 6, A Fair Deal for a Dark Race (2008)
Episode six, 'A Fair Deal for a Dark Race’, explores Indigenous history from 1930–67, primarily in the south-eastern regions of Australia, through the lives of Yorta Yorta men Doug Nicholls and his uncle, William Cooper. Across the continent, the ... [read more]
High on a Cool Wave (1968)
As Australia moves into cooler temperatures in March 1966, the waves pick up along the east coast. A huge swell hits Fairy Bower near Manly, providing dramatic scenes as surfers and a lone surfboat brave the conditions. At Noosa Heads ... [read more]
