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Exactly how much risk would you take to save your brother? For Van Nguyen the answer was whatever it takes, and the devastating consequence of his attempt to traffic heroin from Cambodia to Australia via a change of planes in Singapore was that the 396 grams of drugs that he was discovered carrying was enough to incur the death penalty – 26 times over.
The multi-award winning Comedy Company, a weekly hour of satirical sketch comedy, which changed the face of Australian television.
DEVIL'S DUST is a thriller of David and Goliath proportions ripping the cloak of secrecy from a huge corporate scandal that exposes how asbestos multi-national company, James Hardie, oversaw a strategy that, by ignoring the dangers of asbestos for decades, was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people.
Penned by Australia’s most exciting writers, EROTIC STORIES is a bold new anthology series that changes the narrative about what sex and intimacy look like today. Each erotically charged episode is driven by characters not traditionally seen as sexual leads. Be it queer, trans, disabled, middle-aged and/or people of colour, the series spotlights diverse perspectives, with a non-judgemental attitude and a shameless lust for all things erotic - no matter how unconventional. It tells frank but uplifting stories about our need for physical and emotional connection. And it challenges us to see that intimacy is both personal and universal. Together, EROTIC STORIES is a show that is guaranteed to spark conversation - leaving us richer, wiser (and definitely hornier).
Andrew Fraser was one of Australia's most successful criminal lawyers. His upward trajectory seemed limitless until he himself began to believe the hype. A weekend dabble in cocaine quickly spiralled into a horrendous addiction that eventually saw him sentenced to seven years in maximum security prison. Now, surrounded by serial killers and murderers, Fraser must try and look back over his life to discover just where it went so wrong.
The story of Australia's first and greatest home grown super star, whose show 'In Melbourne Tonight' was made in Channel Nine's GTV studios in the 1950s and '60s.
Lambs of God follows the journey of three Catholic nuns, Sisters Iphigenia, Margarita and Carla, who are the last remaining members of the enclosed order of St Agnes. They have forgotten the world outside until a young priest, Father Ignatius, pushes his way through the undergrowth in the hope of finding prime real estate. What unfolds is a psychological and frightening game of survival; a thrilling ride in which the nuns become criminals and Father Ignatius is forced to confront his own personal weaknesses.
Adapted from the award winning novel by Markus Zusak, Ed Kennedy's life is one of peaceful routine until playing cards inscribed with cryptic tasks start to arrive in the mail. Choosing to care, Ed makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains - who's behind Ed's mission?
A clean freak with a heightened sense of justice, and a misfit with an encyclopaedic knowledge of just about everything, married couple Nicola and Charlie run an extreme cleaning business which specialises in crime scenes. Armed with wit, smarts and the invisibility that cleaning brings, the duo solve the crimes the cops can’t in a murder mystery with a smile.
A young Iraqi-Australian woman tears apart her family and defies her community to chase her dream of becoming an elite women’s boxing trainer in THE ROPES, a drama set in Sydney's western suburbs.
The Quinns are the founding family of one of the fastest growing churches in the world, U Star, based in Sydney, Australia. Espousing the belief that financial blessing is the will of God, it’s a church for the Instagram age with slick hipster marketing promoting a covetable lifestyle while endorsing a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ approach to controversial issues. U Star is politically connected and it's raking in over $100 million per year, tax free. With its chart-topping music and 24/7 TV channel, it’s an international media company that specialises in selling God. But behind closed doors, the Quinns are a dysfunctional, Machiavellian family - protecting secrets while preaching a message of faith, love and togetherness to their congregations.
In an effort to get her as far away from London as possible, and at the same time, hoping to prevent Australia from leaving the Commonwealth, Georgie’s parents send her off to Australia to become their Queen, along with her new staff – Director of Communications Zoe, Private Secretary Bernard, Head of Security Officer Marc, Personal Assistant Matthew, Lady In Waiting Anabel, Master of the Household Weiwei.
On October 8, 2004 Schapelle Corby, a beauty therapist from the Gold Coast, was caught in Bali with a boogie board bag full of marijuana. Her arrest captivated and intrigued a nation. But what really happened on that fateful day? Why did she do it? And who was behind it all? Schapelle lifts the lid on what went on behind the headlines. It’s a story packed with amazing characters, bizarre twists and intrigue at the highest level. Schapelle will bring to the screen the captivating story behind Schapelle Corby’s ill-fated trip to Bali.
THE SECRET SHE KEEPS is a 6-part domestic noir series adaptation of author Michael Robotham’s acclaimed novel of the same name. Everyone has an idea of what their 'perfect' life is. For Agatha, it's Meghan Shaughnessy's. These two women from two vastly different walks of life hold one thing in common - explosive secrets that could destroy everything they hold dear. Both will risk everything to conceal the truth, but their worlds are about to collide in one shocking act that cannot be undone.
Two years after Agatha Fyfle kidnapped her baby, explosive secrets will spin Meghan Shaughnessy onto a catastrophic and ultimately fatal course, while Agatha’s new obsession sees them collide in a way that no one will anticipate.
A down-and-out musician has to drive a piano from one side of Australia to the other in order to honour his mother’s dying wish. That’s the easy bit. His real problems begin when he’s joined by a fugitive teenage girl who soon proves to be even heavier baggage than the piano. What are the odds they’ll all make it out of the desert intact?
Trading the desert for the steamy tropics of Far North Queensland, Lucky and Meg hit the road - and the river - on a mission to find Meg's mum. Trouble is, Meg's mum has disappeared into the rainforest.
John Grant is returning to Sydney after a year teaching at one-classroom school in the Outback. Shortly after hitting the road he collides with a kangaroo and finds himself marooned in a small mining town, awaiting repairs on his car. With little to do but drink beer, John is seduced into a raucous, illegal gambling game. After a short exhilarating winning streak he loses everything. This triggers a dangerous series of events that render John a broken and desperate man.
After renting out their vacation home online, faltering newlyweds Cain and Lina undergo a terrifying ordeal that strikes at the heart of their innermost secrets. A piercing dissection of shame, trust and surveillance in our most intimate of spaces.
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