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99.9 RAW FM is the story of a community radio station that gets a licence to broadcast for a week, then for a further 90 days and then becomes a success. A phenomenal, unstoppable, ratings blitz smash. Commences with a feature length episode.
A drama with heart set in the red centre of Australia, THE ALICE is a show about fate, the search for yourself, and the interconnectedness of all things.
Mavis Davis is off around the world on a fast-motion package trip. When Dad finds out she has been joined by their hated next-door neighbour, long-dead passions begin to stir.
A rather unlucky man gets caught as a rifle target while sitting on the loo.
On 7 April 1998 at 11.30pm security men invade the docks of every port in Australia, and forcibly eject the entire unionised workforce. BASTARD BOYS is the dramatic story of the biggest industrial dispute in Australia.
Set in a migrant camp in 1952, BORDERTOWN examines 12 months in the lives of the newly arrived residents through a series on love stories. By the end of 1952 the camp closes and the residents must find a home in wider Australia.
Set against the decaying grandeur of Bondi Beach, the story combines the elements of youth in crisis and Australia's modern Aboriginal tragedy. It's the dramatic love story of an aspiring young writer and a woman struggling against the guilt of her first sexual experience who meet a charismatic young Aboriginal man who is driven by hatred of the white society around him.
Two warring restaurants whose cooks (and dishwashers) can't keep their hands off each other.
In the bleak winter of 1942 three women are strangled in Melbourne. An American soldier is seen fleeing from the scene of the first crime. General Douglas Macarthur orders the murderer to be found, tried by court martial and hanged. Private Leonski confesses, and though he is found to be insane, is condemned to death by the American court martial.
A drama documentary on one of Australia's most famous cases where a baby disappeared from its cot in the camping ground of Ayers Rock. Its mother claimed it was taken by a dingo.
Dr Lucien Blake, a keeper of secrets, a solver of mysteries, returns home to 1959 Ballarat after a 30-year absence to take over his deceased father's medical practice, and starts solving crimes.
In season two Dr Lucien Blake returns to Ballarat from China and walks straight back into all sorts of murderous adventures. From Town Hall political intrigues, to the murder of the local priest, nothing is what it seems and no-one is safe.
Set in the scenic Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, THE FALLS mixes warm and idiosyncratic characters into a complex, plot-driven mystery. Seduced by the smell of eucalyptus, and against her ex-husband’s advice, Joni Ferguson buys an almost-derelict bed and breakfast and moves there with her 15-year-old son Mitch. The murder mystery that unfolds a year after their arrival becomes a surprising catalyst for new understanding between mother and son.
This is the feature-length movie version of the successful series of the same name. It follows the adventures of five children who escape, along with a handful of adults, from the crumbling world of Io, Jupiter's moon. Their attempt to reach earth aboard the abandoned space station KL5 meets with many disasters. Just when safety is near, a rogue defence satellite mistakes them for enemy craft and attacks with deadly laser fire, which sends them off course towards the sun, leaving only one chance of survival!
Rose and Wanda meet again on a bus - they haven't seen each other since school when they were friends with Louise. When they decide to find Louise they don't have much luck. Maybe it's because they don't notice what's going on around them - the woman in black, the scandal in the city, what the dog is eating. A film about friendship.
A teacher, approaching the end of his life, ignites a budding romance between two of his students. His interference stirs up trouble that threatens to lead to permanent separation. Until, at some cost to himself, he comes up with an unorthodox solution to set them free.
Stories of contemporary rural life are linked by the ongoing struggle to resolve the mystery surrounding the death of a local Aboriginal girl.
A mutant strain of werewolves survive as an Australian genus more deadly than the original werewolves of the legend.
An exploration of the love that binds us and the relationships that define us. It deals with the randomness of life and death and the realisation that life is so precious that we have to grab it with both hands, take risks, be brave and, most importantly, love.
Deals with a married couple who move to Australia to start again after the wife is found to have had an affair. But once here, she thinks the only way for the couple to move forward is for her husband to cheat on her.
When two old ladies run short of cash and advertise for a lodger, life suddenly becomes very complicated when a criminal on the run and a policeman in hot pursuit both take a room. To make things worse, the criminal is found dead the next morning leaving the two ladies with a corpse to dispose of!
Would-be empty-nesters Dave and Julie Rafter find their home once more packed to the rafters, as their extended family return home and they must all learn to live together again.
The story of Grady, a former soldier who is in prison for his part in a major money-laundering operation. Whilst inside, he learns of the brutal, yet mysterious, murder of his brother, Christian. Desperate for answers, Grady makes a daring escape while attending Christian's funeral. Grady becomes a man with one mission in life, to avenge his brother's death - no matter what the cost. His only ally is his ex-lover Kate who reluctantly agrees to help him track down Christian's murderer. To solve the mystery, two more lives are put on the line. But when you've come this far, there's no turning back.
A follow-up to the successful sci-fi mini-series ESCAPE FROM JUPITER. The five children prepare to rejoin their parents, who are setting up a mining colony on Ganymede, one of Jupiter's icy moons. But they've barely taken off when they discover that a malfunctioning computer system has sent them spiralling towards a crash landing on Mars, the first of many dangers they face on their voyage through space ...
Stamford is approached by an old underworld figure now going straight, Y.C. Kung, to find the murderers of his daughter and only grandson. But when his close friend, Internet operative Konrad Woolff, is killed during one of their investigations, Y.C.'s case must take second place. However, finding himself also on someone's hit list, it is not long before Stamford suspects a link between all three murders and finds himself caught up in the scramble for economic power in the New Chinese Hong Kong of post-1997.
Historian Michael Cathcart goes behind the scenes of the famous Rum Rebellion to show the 'no holds-barred' personalities who created Australia's first revolt, and how passionate arguments over whether convicts should have rights shaped the country we have today.
Seven telemovies, each one devoted to a deadly sin: greed; envy; sloth; wrath; pride; gluttony; and, of course, lust.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation invited Australia's seven leading dance companies to collaborate on the production of a series of short dance works. Each choreographer took one of the sins as a starting point and developed the work specifically for television. The majority of the works were rehearsed and filmed on location with settings ranging from a swimming pool to a jail. Original music tracks were recorded prior to rehearsal and filming while others were composed after image editing was complete.
SPIRITED is the story of a magical and impossible love. It is at its core a fantastical but very real romance between a Ghost and a Dentist who must find a way to be together. In Series two we continue Suzy and Henry’s love story. Henry and Suzy will encounter a myriad of challenges, foes, secrets and spooks as they embrace the challenges of being in a relationship that is more than a little unusual.
TANGLE is about two generations of two families — sometimes connecting, sometimes colliding, sometimes at cross-purposes — as they navigate their way around the maze of love, sex, money and politics.
Shakespeare's play derived from Neil Armfield's 1983 Adelaide Arts production - an essay on pleasure with Caribbean setting and calypso music.
The Sydney water police are the WATER RATS. The harbour is their beat. It's the best job in the force. It's exciting. It's dangerous. Sydney's where the big money is and some people will do anything to get in on the action.
A water police action drama series set against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour.
A thrilling police action drama, set on Sydney Harbour where sparkling waters conceal dark undertows of crime, corruption and tragedy.
Set in a major crime squad in Sydney's south.
A verité-style film based on the life stories of members of Adelaide's Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music. Features bands Us Mob and No Fixed Address.
YOUNG LIONS is a new breed of Australian drama. It's a police show you get when you're not making a police show. It is a cop show that isn't just about crime. It's about four young people who are all in their twenties and who are thrown into the front line. They come to realise that at the end of the day there's only one thing they can count on: each other. Our Young Lions are still idealistic, even heroic, there is nothing world-weary or cynical about them. They want their lives to mean something. They want to make a difference.
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