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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.
THE CUT is a comedic look at the soft underbelly of professional sport through the eyes of a small, family-owned sports management business.
When Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned a brutal murder case they uncover evidence to suggest the killing is connected to a spate of unexplained deaths and disappearances of gay men that took place in the 80s and 90s. The killer is using THRUSTR to entice his victims and anyone using the App is now at risk. In reopening the cold cases the detectives reveal the hidden truth about the past murders, finally giving closure to the victims' families, and uncover critical evidence leading to the serial killer.
A six-part drama series about the men and women - from the ruthless boardroom down to the hazardous ore face - who strive to save a proud if debt-ridden Australian mining firm.
When Art and Vance Watkins re-open the doors of the neglected resort they grew up in, they're prepared for travellers, adventurers and escapees from life's dark places - not for their estranged father. When Gerry Watkins returns to stake his emotional claim on the Far Out East, he's finally forced to face the music. Vance is willing to forget. Art can only forgive the worst in his father when he begins to embrace the best - and it's then he discovers his own glorious ratbag within.
Having spent most of his professional life wandering the globe in search of paradise, travel writer and prodigal son, Art Watkins (Richard Roxburgh), rushes home, too late to be by his dying mother's bedside. Hoping to pay his last respects and escape the run down tropical resort - the scene of his misspent youth - a twist in the tale traps him out at the Far Out East. There he has to face his bitter brother, his childhood sweetheart, and a teenage son he hardly knows. Thanks to his mother's posthumous attempt to reunite her scattered family, Art discovers that his best chance of happiness is the 'paradise lost' he left behind.
FAMILY FOOTSTEPS is an immersive documentary series which provides a 'sliding doors' experience for Australians to live the life they might have lived, had their parents or grandparents not immigrated to Australia.
Frances O'Brien, Head Librarian, is having a hellish time. For once, it's not of her making. Frances' mother, suffering from dementia and a horrible personality, lands on the O'Brien doorstep. Adding to her woes, morale at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre is at an all time low. To stay open, the library must run as a business and return a profit. As the staff has a hard enough time enforcing the return of a book, this latest initiative could spell the end of the library.
Frances O’Brien, devout Catholic and panic disorder sufferer, runs a very tight ship at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre, a modern outer suburban library. Despite the chronic vandalism, the dysfunctional staff and her own particular challenges with the ever-growing Muslim community, Frances wears her Head Librarian’s badge with relish. No more so than during the heady period leading up to Book Week – precisely the moment her life suddenly takes a turn for the worst. Frances’ ex-best friend from childhood turns up wanting a job in her library.
Frances O'Brien is back at Middleton Interactive Learning Centre, and she's not happy. Her daughters are out of control, her marriage is on its last legs and Nada, her Muslim colleague, has enjoyed a rapid ascendancy to power. Most suprisingly it is the return of her nemesis Christine to the library that unexpectedly provides some joy for Frances. If only Christine felt the same way. At seven months pregnant, she's not feeling the joy at all.
Tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes: Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at fifteen, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that once and for all overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.
Two vets come to terms with each other as a community struggles with drought.
From the multi-award winning producers of Dance Academy and Redfern Now, comes READY FOR THIS, the 13-part story of six teenagers, all elite in within their own field, who have come to live at Arcadia House to pursue their dreams. For some it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, for others it’s a last chance. All are strangers, some a long way from home, and the last thing they expect to find is family.
REDFERN NOW centres around and explores contemporary inner city Indigenous life.
The highly celebrated and multi award winning drama is back for one last story. A powerful, heartbreaking and uplifting telemovie that explores the impact of a violent crime on two women, and the fight for justice that ensues.
REDFERN NOW centres around contemporary inner city Indigenous life. Over six episodes we join the households of six different families whose lives are changed by a seemingly insignificant incident. Extraordinary events in ordinary lives.
REDFERN NOW is a kaleidoscopic drama series that explores the inner-city suburb and the people who inhabit it. Over six stand-alone episodes, with interlinking secondary characters, we join the households of six ordinary families whose lives are changed by a seemingly insignificant incident.
Under investigation for a fatal shooting, Detective Richard Treloar is transferred to a desk job at the Police Museum. While preparing a photographic exhibition, he becomes obsessed by an archival image of a beautiful murder victim. Consumed by this 30-year-old murder mystery and his own upcoming psychological assessment, Richard's life begins to unravel. When one of his leads turns up dead, his 'cold case' is officially re-opened. And he's the prime suspect. Also available as two x 55 minute episodes.
A comedy about a modern wedding, where the bride plans an extravagant celebration, the groom can't believe his luck, the parents and ex-husbands and current wives squabble over who is going to pay for it all, and standing on the side, waiting for disaster to strike is the groom's best friend.
An unlikely national hero, Alex is catapulted into government in a cynical power play. Used, abandoned and underestimated, now she's on a path that will send the political establishment into meltdown.
In the mould of The Full Monty and Brassed Off, VALENTINE'S DAY is a tale of hope and redemption. Ben Valentine (Rhys Muldoon) has totally lost his way in the world when he finds himself in a strange country town. With a sentence of 200 hours of community service, Valentine must coach the town's 'no-hoper' football team, who are teetering on the brink of demise. If the team don't win three out of the next four games, they'll be merged with their arch rivals and the town will also lose its precious pie factory. Valentine is embraced, heart and soul by the townsfolk. This one-time drifter learns how to live and hope again - and so does the town.
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