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A drama series of monumental events, unsung heroes and buried surprises of history from Australia's penal beginnings to the present day.
Jack, a 'born-again' Christian and a man with a violent past, has high hopes for his first serious job since getting out of gaol. He and his wife Alison take an isolated posting in the empty heart of Australia but in the heat and struggle Jack's memories of his tortured childhood emerge and Alison discovers that fear can replace love. Jack starts backsliding...
Three teenagers join forces to raise money to purchase BMX bikes. In their efforts they stumble on a cache of smuggled walkie-talkies desperately needed by a bunch of crooks for their next job. Stunt-filled chases result.
A young man growing up in the 60s has a wealthy background, is clever, good-looking and a sportsman. However, he has emotional problems as he struggles to come to terms with his mother, his girlfriend, his peers and himself.
A dramatisation of the heroic yet ironic story of the first white men to cross the Australian continent.
Two friends meet up after several years in a psychiatric hospital, one as patient, the other a doctor. Sam, the doctor whose wife had an affair with Paul, the patient, decides to help Paul and convinces him to train for the double sculls title.
An Australian journalist Peter Reeves and his wife Jo visit a Southeast Asian country to research a series of articles on the political and social exploitation that exists there. One night they visit the Koala Club - a nightclub for expatriate Australians and tourists. There Jo meets a former lover, Morgan O'Keefe. Peter's research leads him into conflict with the authorities and he is finally arrested. In desperation, Jo prevails on Morgan to use his underworld contacts to find Peter. However, in doing this, Morgan's own life is threatened.
Costello is an underworld bodyguard. His employer, David Preston, is a shady entrepreneur. When Costello foils an attempt on Preston's life, he is rewarded with the top job - 'babysitter' to Preston's mistress, Jennifer Lawrence. FATAL PAST tells Jennifer's fascinating story as she delves into the complex web of her own past. Jennifer encounters an expert in the area of regression therapy and under hypnosis she quickly discovers love, tragedy and oppression in her previous life in 17th century feudal Japan as a geisha, Yoshino.
In 1875 six Irish political prisoners serving life sentences in Fremantle prison were rescued by an American whaling ship sponsored by Irish Americans. Against that background, this is the story of the relationship between two men caught up in idealism and what happens when a woman comes between them.
Provocative modern-day drama looking at corruption in the world of Sydney property development and the broader issues of white collar crime in a compliant society.
A bank robber pretends to be blind in order to avoid a lengthy jail term.
A mutant strain of werewolves survive as an Australian genus more deadly than the original werewolves of the legend.
Based on Helen Garner's successful novel, the film deals with a year in the lives of Nora, her daughter Gracie and Nora's drug-addicted friend, Javo.
The contemporary story of four young people trapped in the Sydney Opera House on the night World War III breaks out.
In 1870 a parrot is captured by a pirate in the Amazon jungle and taken aboard his ship along with priceless treasure. The ship is sunk in the South Pacific and the parrot watches as the wounded pirate buries the treasure and dies beside it. In 1996 the same parrot, Mac, is now 140-years-old and living with an eccentric inventor, who is very close to his 12-year-old grandson, Sam. Their world is shattered when Sam's father discovers Grandpa is in serious debt and organises to sell his home and move him into a pet-free retirement centre. The prospect of being separated from Grandpa is too much for Mac who reveals to Sam that he can talk! Mac also remembers where the treasure is buried and the adventure begins.
Young Spider McCall is an ambulance driver with 'attitude'. Recently resigned, his final assignment is to drive an elderly patient from a hospital in Sydney to her son's farm in the country. It's a long journey and Spider isn't about to miss his own farewell party. Sure enough, when the nurse wheels the old lady towards Spider's ambulance, his fears are confirmed. This could be one long trip!
In 1902 Australia was staging the richest cycling events in the world. When black American athlete, 'Major' Taylor, arrives to compete he has to confront not only the White Australia Policy but the prejudices of the other competitors - his own countrymen. Based on the book by Dr Jim Fitzpatrick.
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