As a child, Heather Thompson (Kylie Claire) witnesses her crime lord father (Tony Blackett) electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult (now…
Browsing: Australia
1 9 8 2 (Australia) 7 x 50 minute episodes On the eve of World War I in the small country town of Bindogundra (in the…
1927 formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1987. Guitarist and keyboardist Garry Frost had left Moving Pictures after their second album, Matinée (Frost had co-written Moving Pictures’…
It is impossible to give precise audience figures of the most watched shows of the 20th century in Australia, so this is an approximate ranking,…
Young Melbourne journalist Will Gardiner (Scottish actor Mark McManus, later to find fame as DCI Jim Taggart) has interconnected crises on his hands: a clash…
In late 1974, Gough Whitlam’s Australian Labor government allocated a new AM radio license to the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) for a “youth-style” radio station…
1 9 7 1 – 1 9 7 8 (Australia) 1 9 8 8 – current (Australia) An Australian magazine programme that started life as…
1 9 8 6 (Australia) 4 x 90 minute episodes This four-part miniseries told the story of Australian author A.B. (Albert Barnett) Facey. Five actors played…
Unashamed and supremely slick commercial for the group, maintaining a gentle air of self-parody while at the same time being a celebration of all the…
This Australian semi-documentary presented (most of) the letters of the alphabet and discussed sexual subjects beginning with the corresponding letter – eg: B for Birth,…
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will play classic Countdown episodes in the show’s original timeslot from 17 September. Classic Countdown will air on Sunday nights…
Abigail became the undisputed Number One female sex symbol in Australia during the 1970s, primarily as a result of her playing Bev Houghton in the…
Originally published in TV Week (Australia). 27 May 1972 Abigail, sexy star of Number 96, has branded Australian men as coarse, and believes Australian women are…
AC/DC was formed in Sydney, Australia, by ex-patriot Scotsmen Malcolm and Angus Young (brothers of George Young – one of the mainstays of 60s Aussie…
1 9 7 0 (Australia) 7 x 30 minute episodes Every so often, something comes along on TV that is so sub-standard there can be no…
1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 2 (Australia) 63 x 30 minute episodes When Kostas Stefanidis (Warren Mitchell) arrived in Melbourne (Australia) from Greece…
1 9 9 6 – 1 9 9 8 (Australia) 48 x 60 minute episodes Debuting on 10 September 1996, Adrenalin Junkies was set in the…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 7 2 (Australia) 1140 x 30 minute episodes Australian series Adventure Island was designed for an audience of young…
1 9 6 5 (Australia) 10 x 25 minute episodes This anthology television series was produced by Waratah Films, a short-lived company that emerged from an…
1 9 6 9 (Canada/UK/Australia) 39 x 25 minute episodes 15-year-old Billy Williams and his younger sister Hannah lived with their widowed mother Nancy (played by…