The Postcard Bandit
Jun 01, 2003The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the run across the country.
Action
Rob Steele
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Héros ou Salopards
Jun 11, 1980Trois lieutenants australiens, accusés d'avoir injustement exécuté des prisonniers durant la guerre des Boers, passent en cour martiale.
Drama
I Own the Racecourse
Jan 01, 1986A touching story of a likable, but somewhat slow, teenage boy who believes he has bought a major Sydney racecourse for $20. Based on the classic Australian novel of the same name by Patricia Wrightson.
Drama
Going Sane
Jul 30, 1987A business executive leaves his wife and family when he discovers that he only has a short time left to live.
Strikebound
Sep 20, 1984Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small town of Korumburra in the mid-30's... based on the real-life story of two remarkable characters, Wattie Doig, a miner who became a militant Communist activist, and his wife, Agnes, who progressed from staunch Presbyterianism to membership in the Salvation Army and, finally, to labor organization."
Drama
Newsfront
Jul 29, 1978Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing times in which they live.
Drama
The Singer and the Dancer
Apr 21, 1977An older woman relives the bitter memories of her past, through her friendship with a younger girl who is experiencing a very insecure relationship with her boyfriend.
Drama
Around the World in Eighty Ways
Jan 01, 1988Mavis Davis has had enough! Younger son Eddie wears headphones all day and almost electrocutes her. Older boy Wally is gay and lives in a huge over-ripe banana. And her husband Roly has grown into a blind, motionless, emotionless vegetable. So pack the bags, Mavis is off on an around the world package trip leaving them all behind. However, when Dad finds out she has been joined by their hated next door neighbour long dead passions begin to stir. Blind, senile old Dad decides to chase his wife around the world...
Comedy
Round Up
Jan 01, 1995Follows the journey of two country boys who find themselves out of place in the big city.
Drama
Buddies
Jun 23, 1983Mike and Johnny are two mates who are mining sapphires in Emerald. Another bloke is trying to move in on their claim and things get ugly
Comedy
Greenkeeping
Jun 01, 1992An ex-convict pays for his wife's marijuana by keeping the green at a lawn-bowling club
Comedy
Travelling North
Jun 19, 1987Travelling North tells the story of Frank, a crotchety old man with an unending zest and passion for life and Frances his much younger companion travelling to Queensland to enjoy their retirement and each other. Unfortunately the North cannot calm Frank's complex personality and Frances watches helplessly as Frank struggles to understand his own emotional and physical limitations.
Drama
Joh's Jury
Feb 16, 1993Dramatisation of the 1991 perjury trial of former Queensland state Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Drama
Joanne Lees: Murder In The Outback
Mar 18, 2007After surviving the terrifying outback abduction of her boyfriend, Joanne Lees became the victim of a relentless trial by media across two continents. With no body to speak of, reported 'sightings' of Peter, and revelations Joanne had cheated on her boyfriend, the public and media in both Britain and Australia refused to accept Joanne's innocence on face value. This is the story of one young woman's courage in the face of one of the most mysterious crimes in Australian history.
Thriller
The Riddle of the Stinson
Jul 25, 1988L'histoire vraie de l'accident d'avion de 1937 dans les McPherson Ranges dans le Queensland. Après dix jours, l'épave a été retrouvée par un bushman avec seulement deux des trois hommes vivants. L'un des survivants transportait une somme d'argent. D'où vient-il?
Drama
Muriel
Sep 29, 1994Muriel, boulotte de vingt-trois ans, maladroite et ridicule, tête de Turc de ses copines, étouffée par sa famille, attend le prince charmant en écoutant ABBA et en feuilletant des catalogues de robes de mariée dans une ennuyeuse petite station balnéaire. Le prince charmant se faisant attendre, elle décide de partir à sa recherche à Sydney.
Comedy
La complainte de Jimmie Blacksmith
Jun 21, 1978L'histoire vraie d'un homme en partie autochtone qui trouve la pression de l'adaptation à la culture blanche intolérable et qui, par conséquent, s'enclenche de manière violente et horrible.
Crime
Barney
Dec 16, 1976A twelve year old boy and a common criminal are being transported in the same ship from England to Australia in the last century. When the ship wrecked they happen to be the only survivors of the catastrophe. Now they have to get along with each other and finally become friends.
Adventure
The Day Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon
Nov 08, 2000The sun shines brightly at the Hamilton family's Christmas lunch, the only time of year when everyone gets together, now that their four children have grown up and won the world. The grandchildren, who were running around the room and the garden, did not notice the moment when all that apparent harmony was broken, when Michael, 33, mentions that his father Jack, 62, never devoted his time to him when he was a child. . The statement fell like a bomb in his father's lap, turning lunch into a battlefield. Accusations and memories put father and son face to face. The discussion is heated. Cornered, Jack gives in to family pressure and leaves with his son for a trip they should have taken twenty years ago. Together, crossing the vastness of Australian deserts and savannas, they discover how little they know about each other. However, both are sure that something happened between them on the day Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon.
Drama
Born to Run
Oct 13, 1977Journey to the land down under for a warm, thrilling story of a once proud racehorse stableowner, his adventurous grandson, and their dream to revive the golden days of horse racing glory.
Adventure
The Time Game
Jan 01, 199213 year old Tony Johnson and computer wizard, is of falsely accused of setting fire to his school. He is sent to stay with his grandparents over Christmas. Tony's grandfather invents things. He has designed a game called "The Time Game"...
TV Movie
Cody: Fall from Grace
Aug 17, 1995A jockey is found dead in the street after falling from a balcony of a Hotel. What is thought to be a routine suicide inquiry becomes a murder investigation leading Cody to uncover a race-fixing scam
TV Movie
Barracuda
Apr 04, 1988
Hell Has Harbour Views
Jan 30, 2005Hell Has Harbour Views is a 2005 Australian television movie starring Matt Day and Lisa McCune. It was written and directed by Peter Duncan, based on the novel of the same name by Richard Beasley. It was nominated for "best miniseries or telemovie" at both the AFI Awards and the Logie Awards, losing to The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant at both; and for two additional AFI Awards and an additional Logie Award, all of which it lost to Love My Way.
Drama
The True Believers
Aug 16, 1988The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955.
It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."
War & Politics
Fireflies
Jun 24, 2004Fireflies is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487. It was centred on the lives of a group of volunteer firefighters, during the hottest, driest summer in decades. The theme song "Beautiful Feeling" was written and performed by Paul Kelly.
Drama
Brides of Christ
Oct 09, 1991Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a convent after being sure she has a calling to the faith. The Catholic Church and its followers are struggling with huge changes. The Pope has died, there is war in Vietnam and mandatory conscription, there is the Vatican controversy on abortion and contraception, and the changing face of the Church as a whole. Told in six parts, Diane faces her own demons and has to finally decide if she can teach what the Church preaches, or if it's simply impossible for her to reconcile all the contradictions of the faith and uphold her vow of obedience.
Drama
Home and Away
Feb 20, 2025Home 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
The Flying Doctors
Oct 06, 1992The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish.
The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.
Drama
Sydney Police
Nov 22, 1996Sydney 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
E Street
May 20, 1993An 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
E Street
May 20, 1993An 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
Rafferty's Rules
Aug 31, 1990Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network.
Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
Drama
The Paper Man
Sep 14, 1990
All Saints
Oct 27, 2009Medical 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
