Tag: Australia
Adventure Island
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 (five...
Spliffs, The
Australian power pop band The Spliffs formed in the North Queensland town of Townsville in 1985.
Their debut single, You Know What They'll Say, was...
Nice ‘n Juicy
1 9 6 6 (Australia)
13 x 30 minute episodes
Nice ’n Juicy was the first home-grown comedy series from ABC Television (Australia). It aired on Thursday...
Bailey’s Bird
1 9 7 7 (Australia)
26 x 25 minute episodes
This Australian-made family adventure series was filmed in Penang and starred Hu Pryce as a retired RAAF...
Silent Reach
1 9 8 3 (Australia)
1 x 120 minute episode
1 x 180 minute episode
Based on a novel by Osmar White, this five-hour miniseries from the Nine Network...
Dave Warner’s From the Suburbs
Dave Warner was born in Bicton, Western Australia, in 1955 and was educated at Aquinas College and the University of Western Australia, graduating with...
Oz – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Road Movie (1976)
An Australian attempt to rework The Wizard of Oz for a mid-1970s youth audience.
Dorothy (Joy Dunstan) is a sixteen-year-old groupie riding with a local rock...
Long Weekend (1978)
Two middle-class Australians - Peter (John Hargreaves) and his wife Marcia (Briony Behets) - drive out of the city for a long weekend’s camping...
Petersen (1974)
Tony 'Jock' Petersen (Jack Thompson), an electrician and ex-Australian Rules footballer, decides in his 30's to go to university to study English.
Married to Susie...
Sunstruck (1972)
Young Welsh schoolteacher and choral director Stanley Evans (Harry Secombe) decides to emigrate to Australia where the New South Wales Education Department invites him...
Torque/Marque
1 9 7 3 - 1 9 8 0 (Australia)
69 x 30 minute episodes
Torque was a no holds barred examination of the automotive industry by Australian motor...
Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table
1 9 6 6 (Australia)
39 x 25 minute episodes
The first Australian animation series to be successfully syndicated and sold overseas, Arthur had a distinctly British look and...
Digby ‘Dig’ Richards
Australian singer Digby George Richards was born the son of a policeman in Dunedoo in New South Wales on 12 September 1941.
Digby (or 'Dig'...
Steve and The Board
Sydney R&B band Steve and The Board formed in 1965.
Frontman Steve Kipner was the son of record producer Nat Kipner, who was the force behind...
Razorback (1983)
This mystery thriller set in the Australian outback revolves around a ferocious 500-kilogram feral boar - or razorback.
The rhino-sized boar attacks a lonely homestead...
Woobinda: Animal Doctor
1 9 6 8 (Australia)
39 x 30 minute episodes
Australian-produced adventure series about veterinary surgeon John Stevens (Don Pascoe) and his wife and children, which...
This Day Tonight
1 9 6 7 - 1 9 7 8 (Australia)
Commonly abbreviated to TDT, This Day Tonight was Australia’s first nightly current affairs television show. It first...
Penthouse Club
1 9 7 0 - 1 9 7 8 (Australia)
180 minute episodes
This variety show from Channel 7 Australia was compered by Michael Williamson and Mary...
Club Ska
Pat Powell
Vocals
Stuart Crysell
Guitar
Phil Ayers
Saxophone
John Seehan
Bass
Peter McKenzie
Drums
Scattergood
1 9 7 5 (Australia)
6 x 30 minute episodes
This brave six-part comedy series from Australia's ABC starred Max Cullen as the titular character.
Claud Scattergood floated...
