1 9 6 6 – 1 9 9 5 (Australia) Bill Collins has been described as “Mr Movies of Australia”. He presented films on television and…
Browsing: Australia
William George Hayden was born in Ipswich, Queensland, the son of an Irish-American sailor. He was educated at Brisbane State High School and served in…
William Richard Thorpe was born in Manchester, England, and moved to Australia with his parents at the age of 11. They settled in Brisbane, where…
1 9 9 2 – 1 9 9 3 (Australia) 23 x 25 minute episodes This Channel Ten (Australia) sitcom from the creator of The…
1 9 7 2 (UK/Australia) 13 x 30 minute episodes English water diviner Hugh (Hugh Lloyd) inherits a rundown property in the Australian Outback, which is…
The Birthday Party hailed from Melbourne, Australia. They had originally been The Boys Next Door but they switched names in 1980 and relocated to London. They…
Self-taught student group The Bitter Lemons (originally known as The Orgasms) formed in Canberra, Australia, in March 1965 to play at ANU (Australian National University)…
The Black Diamonds hailed from Lithgow (NSW, Australia), evolving out of rockabilly band Johnny Kett’s Black Diamonds in 1965. Managed by local radio DJ Bob…
Joe Camilleri formed The Black Sorrows in 1983 after dissolving Aussie New Wave/R&B band, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. Taking a year off to clear his…
1 9 8 8 (Australia) This Australian comedy show starred Andrew Denton and is notable for beginning the television careers of many Australian performers, including Flacco,…
1 9 7 7 – 1 9 8 0 (Australia) 500 x 25 minute episodes “Get ready to match the stars, as we play . .…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 7 0 (Australia) 30 minute episodes 1 9 7 4 (Australia) 30 minute episodes Blind Date debuted in April…
Sydneysider Harry Joy (Barry Otto) is a successful advertising man, with a nice house, a wife he loves (Lynette Curran) and two children, David (Miles…
Shortly after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour in World War II, Japanese troops captured the Australian garrison on the little-known Dutch East Indies island of…
Accident prone son ‘Snook’ Pascoe (Greg Rowe) is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his gruff father Bill (Hardy Kruger). But when tragedy…
This Australian family film told the story of a young country girl called Jenny Grey (played by 18-year-old Cathryn Harrison, daughter of actor/singer Noel and…
1 9 9 4 – 2 0 0 6 (Australia) 510 x 50 minute episodes Created by Tony Morphett and Hal McElroy, Blue Heelers was the most…
1 9 7 6 (Australia) 26 x 60 minute episodes This Crawford Productions comedy series for Channel 10 in Australia took the idea of a hallowed…
Teenage BMX riders Goose (James Lugton) and PJ (Angelo D’Angelo) become friends with Judy (15-year-old Nicole Kidman in one of her first major roles), who…
Born in 1929, Bob Hawke built up a position of great influence in the Australian trade union movement during 20 years with the Australian Council…