Peter Collingwood

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Up the Creek
5.8

Up the Creek

May 13, 1958
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.
Comedy
Burke & Wills
4.9

Burke & Wills

Oct 30, 1985
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
History
The Green Helmet
1

The Green Helmet

Apr 20, 1961
After suffering a near fatal accident in his last race over the hill, top British race car driver Greg Rafferty, is about to call it quits when he gets a telegram from racing car tire manufacture Joseph Bartell. He wants Greg to test out his latest invention, a heat resistant car tire, in actual racing competition.
Drama
Les Patterson Saves the World
4.8
Fat middle aged 24/7 drunkard Les Patterson represents Australia at the UN where his fart literally incinerates an Arab ambassador. Patterson is reassigned to the Middle East so he can be tortured to death by the country he insulted. Patterson's arrival is the prefect distract of a coup and he is spared. At a bar Patterson meets a bio weapons scientist who's developed a horrific disease for the KGB whom plan to distribute it to the Pentagon via toilet seats. Patterson of course is far too drunk to understand anything happening and teams up with Dane Edna to save the world.
Comedy
Spring-Heeled Jack
1

Spring-Heeled Jack

Jan 16, 1950
BBC live outside broadcast from the Theatre Royal, Stratford, of Tod Slaughter’s production of his melodrama Spring-Heeled Jack.
TV Movie
Who Pays the Piper?
1

Who Pays the Piper?

Oct 13, 1960
A dramatised documentary about the lives and work of the performers and administrators of a local orchestra. With the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra.
Music
Mad Dog Morgan
6

Mad Dog Morgan

Jul 09, 1976
Evocation du destin de Daniel Morgan, dit "Mad dog", dans l'Australie des années 1860. Injustement arrêté et incarcéré dans sa jeunesse, il devint un criminel de sinistre réputation, craint par tous...
Action
Deathcheaters
5.8

Deathcheaters

Dec 16, 1976
Two best friends, Vietnam War veterans-turned-stuntmen, are sent as spies to the Philippines on a top secret mission for the Australian government.
Adventure
Wills & Burke
8.5

Wills & Burke

Oct 23, 1985
Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.
Comedy
Further Up the Creek
6

Further Up the Creek

Oct 28, 1958
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
Comedy
Pique-nique à Hanging Rock
7.201
En 1900, en Australie. Les élèves d'une école privée pour jeunes filles partent en pique-nique au pied d'un immense rocher qui fut naguère utilisé pour un culte aborigène, Hanging Rock. Le soleil réchauffe et alanguit les demoiselles qui s'adonnent à leurs rêveries. Mais quatre d'entre elles décident de s'aventurer dans un étroit défilé rocailleux, répondant ainsi à une sorte d'appel émis par le rocher. Prise de panique, une des jeunes filles s'enfuit tandis que les trois autres pénètrent dans une cavité avant de disparaître corps et biens en même temps qu'une de leurs enseignantes. Des recherches et des battues sont organisées pour les retrouver, mais en vain…
Drama
Morgan
6.1

Morgan

Apr 03, 1966
Morgan est un artiste, qui aime les fleurs, les animaux et les enfants. Mais à l'instar de son héros de la jungle, le gorille mâle, il devient formidable une fois en danger. Quand sa femme Leonie décide de le quitter pour un homme plus sensé, Morgan donne libre cours à ses fantasmes les plus fous. Dans un costume de gorille loué, il tente de reconquérir l'affection de sa bien-aimée !
Comedy
The Empty Beach
3.2

The Empty Beach

Sep 12, 1985
Before shady businessman John Singer disappeared off Bondi Beach, his name meant money--big and small, clean and dirty--a man absorbed in a world of greed and dishonesty. Singer's widow, Marlon, believes he's still alive and she employs the investigative skills of the tough, no-nonsense private eye, Cliff Hardy (Bryan Brown) to find him. Battered and bruised, Hardy battles through the filth of corruption and the stench of political blackmail. He comes face to face with the crime bosses, who feed off human misery and eliminate their rivals without thinking twice. From the high life and low life of Sydney, to the seediness and splendour of Bondi Beach, Cliff Hardy uncovers the ultimate truth.
Thriller
The Dismissal
1

The Dismissal

Mar 06, 1983
The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
History
The Killing of Angel Street
6.7
Jessica Simmonds returns from overseas to find her retired professor father in a bitter public fight to save the historic Sydney waterfront houses on Angel Street. After her father's mysterious death, she joins forces with local residents and a union leader against corrupt forces. Based on the real life mysterious disappearance of Juanita Nielsen.
Thriller
The Night, the Prowler
5.2
Felicity Bannister is a young woman living in the shadow of her overpowering mother. Her oppression is her worst enemy until the day she is attacked by an intruder who breaks into her bedroom and forces Felicity into action. The tables are suddenly turned and Felicity transforms from the helpless victim into a ruthless renegade in search of trouble, driven by the anarchic thrill of malevolence.
Drama
Fast Talking
6.1

Fast Talking

Aug 16, 1984
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Drama
Moulin Rouge !
7.6

Moulin Rouge !

May 18, 2001
À la fin du XIXe siècle, dans le Paris de la Belle Époque, Christian, un jeune poète désargenté, s'installe dans le quartier de Montmartre. Il découvre un univers où se mêlent sexe, drogue et french cancan, mais se rebelle contre ce milieu décadent en menant une vie de bohème. Christian rêve d'écrire une grande pièce, et le peintre Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec est prêt à lui donner sa chance. Celui-ci a besoin d'un spectacle grandiose pour le Moulin Rouge et le poète est embauché pour rédiger le livret de la revue. C'est là qu'il tombe amoureux de la courtisane Satine, la star du prodigieux cabaret....
Drama
Crosstalk
4.6

Crosstalk

Oct 08, 1982
A computer genius is confined to a penthouse after a car accident, with only a nurse to look after him. But the advanced computer systems designed to make his life easier appear to be taking control.
Thriller
Cody: Bad Love
1

Cody: Bad Love

Jun 11, 1994
Cody’s investigation of an art theft leads him to Claudia who works at an art gallery where the certificate of the stolen painting is held. His judgement may be clouded when he discovers the federal police suspect Claudia of smuggling the paintings.
TV Movie
Home and Away
6.3

Home and Away

Nov 14, 2024
Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher family, Pippa and Tom Fletcher and their five foster children Frank Morgan, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Lynn Davenport and Sally Keating, who would go on to become one of the show's longest-running characters. The show also originally and currently focuses on the Stewart family. During the early 2000s, the central storylines focused on the Sutherlands and later, the Hunters. Home and Away had proved popular when it premiered in 1988 and had risen to become a hit in Australia, and after only a few weeks, the show tackled its first major and disturbing storyline, the rape of Carly Morris; it was one of the first shows to feature such storylines during the early timeslot. H&A has tackled many adult-themed and controversial storylines; something rarely found in its restricted timeslot.
Drama
E Street
7.2

E Street

May 20, 1993
An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there. Created by Forrest Redlich and produced by Network Ten from 24 January 1989 to 13 May 1993.
Soap
Sydney Police
6.4

Sydney Police

Nov 22, 1996
Sydney Police (Police Rescue) est une série télévisée australienne créée par Christopher Lee, composée d'un téléfilm de 90 minutes diffusé le 15 mars 1989, suivi de 61 épisodes de 50 minutes diffusés entre le 14 février 1991 et le 22 novembre 1996 sur ABC1. En France, la série est diffusée depuis le 7 janvier 1995 sur TF1, et au Québec à partir de février 2000 à Séries+. Elle reste inédite dans les autres pays francophones. Le quotidien de la brigade de sauvetage de la police de Sydney.
Action & Adventure
Echo Point
4

Echo Point

Dec 07, 1995
Echo Point was an Australian television soap opera produced by Southern Star Group for Network Ten on 1 June 1995 until 1 December 1995. The series was devised as an attempt by the Ten Network to rival the opposition soap Home and Away on the Seven Network. The series focused on several families and teenagers in a coastal community, and a key on-going storyline concerned renewed interest in a long-unsolved local murder mystery. Echo Point originally aired at 7:00pm weeknights to low ratings and the series was cancelled after a little over 100 episodes had been produced. The final episodes were aired in a late night 11.30pm slot. The only purchaser of the series in the UK was Central Television, the only member of the ITV network to screen it. Central screened the series at 1315-1345 in the summer of 1998 following the conclusion of A Country Practice. TV3 in New Zealand picked up the series for just a few weeks in 1996 but then later cancelled, the show featured former Shortland Street actor Martin Henderson.
Drama
The Timeless Land
1

The Timeless Land

Sep 04, 1980
This classic saga spans the early days of British settlement in Australia from 1788-1811, depicting the lives of a group of people, convicts and settlers, against the background of the events of the period - Governor Phillip's attempts to understand the Aborigines and his conflicts with the military, the tragic story of Bennelong, Governors King and Bligh, the Rum Rebellion, Macquarie and the crossing of the Blue Mountains.
Drama
Under Capricorn
5

Under Capricorn

Jan 01, 1983
Helen Simpson's scorching novel of passion and unspoken loyalty is brought to life in a major mini series unfolding in the epic Australian tradition of Against The Wind and Sara Dane.
Drama
Rush
5

Rush

May 31, 1976
Rush was an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1974 and 1976. The first 13 episodes were produced in 1974 and filmed in black and white. In 1976, 13 more episodes were produced, in colour, in conjunction with French production company Antenne 2. Each series featured a different cast with the exception of John Waters.
Drama
A Town Like Alice
7.6

A Town Like Alice

Jul 26, 1981
Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades.
Drama
Eureka Stockade
3

Eureka Stockade

Mar 27, 1984
Eureka Stockade is a 1984 Australian miniseries based on the battle of Eureka Stockade. It reunited the producer, writer, director and star of A Town Like Alice.
Drama
All Saints
6.2

All Saints

Oct 27, 2009
Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on the front line of a busy inner city Emergency Department at All Saints Hospital.
Drama
A Difficult Woman
4.2

A Difficult Woman

Nov 08, 1998
Anne Harriman has it all, and expects nothing less. Her brilliant work as chief pathologist of pharmaceutical giant Bauer-Ritter has secured the respect of the corporate, academic and political worlds, making her a trophy addition to any board or panel. But she's prepared to put it all on the line when her old friend Giselle McKenzie is murdered.
Mystery