Australian tv dramas
Originally intended to be the basis of a "Greatest?" poll, I dropped that once it became clear that only polls which had "The dark knight" as a voting option got approved to go live on this site. So, I've now surpassed the limit of 35 titles for polls to be more exhaustive.
Titles in alphabetical order.
I'm not including series which had a short story arc, like "Janus" and "Phoenix", which appear in my List for Australian mini-series and short run series. Series which may have only run for one or two years and were axed will be included here too.
Some useful links:
http://www.australiantelevision.net/
http://classicaustraliantv.com/
Titles in alphabetical order.
I'm not including series which had a short story arc, like "Janus" and "Phoenix", which appear in my List for Australian mini-series and short run series. Series which may have only run for one or two years and were axed will be included here too.
Some useful links:
http://www.australiantelevision.net/
http://classicaustraliantv.com/
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- StarsSusanne HaworthGary GrayLeoni LesinawiThe story centred on widowed journalist Dan Wells, who is sailing the Pacific with on his 25-metre schooner "Seaspray", with his three children Mike, Noah and Sue, assisted by their Fijian crewman.
- CreatorBevan LeeStarsMarta DusseldorpNoni HazlehurstBrett ClimoSarah Adams returns to Australia post World War II to start anew. She begins working in a hospital, much to the dismay of Elizabeth Bligh, a wealthy matriarch.Wikipedia states that a 3rd series of this show had been commissioned by the Seven Network (according to TV Week magazine) but that they changed their mind and are now axing the show (either that or the TV Week story that the series had been commissioned for a 3rd series was false. TV Week ran both stories!).
- StarsQueenie AshtonOwen WeingottDiana PerrymanA soap opera about a middle-aged woman in a love-triangle with two men.According to Wikipedia, a soap opera having a 156 episode run, which ended in 1959 (!). The National Film and Sound Archive has many episodes of this series.
- CreatorHal McElroyTony MorphettStarsJulie NihillJohn WoodMartin SacksThe series primarily focuses on the daily lives of Victorian police officers working at a police station in the fictional small town of Mount Thomas.
- CreatorJock BlairIan JonesStarsLucky GrillsGerda NicolsonJohn DiedrichBluey was set at Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters (Victoria, Australia), with "Bluey" Hills heading his own squad ("Department B"), due to his inability to work within the existing police squads.
- StarsJames LaurensonKate FitzpatrickDavid GulpililDrama series set in outback Australia about aboriginal policeman Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Based on the books by Arthur Upfield.The concept was revived with "Bony", starring...a white Australian! Cameron Daddo, from memory. However, even this original series (based on the novels, presumably, of Arthur Upfield...as in, I'm not sure how closely this series followed the books, if at all, not having read the books) had some controversy...the titular character, an Aboriginal tracker, was played by a New Zealand Maori.
- StarsCameron DaddoTerence CooperChristian KohlundFinding this title at this site I see that it was also a 1990 movie...which Wikipedia states was a "pilot movie".
Starred Cameron Daddo as "Bony". In the novels by Arthur Upfield, Bony is meant to be an Aboriginal. Wikipedia states for this reboot that Bony is a descendent of the original Bony, from the novels.
Even the original series of "Boney" seems to have been somewhat controversial...with the titular character being played by I New Zealand Maori, I believe. - StarsFred BettsKen JamesBarrie BarklaExamines the day-to-day running of Melbourne television station UCV-12, the professional and personal lives of its staff, both in front of, and behind, the camera.
- CreatorTerry StapletonStarsLorraine BaylyKevin MilesChristine AmorSet in the 1920s. A female lawyer faces prejudice when she marries into a influentual family law firm. On top of this she has to bring up three children when her husband is killed in a plane crash.
- CreatorTony MorphettStarsMatthew CrosbyJoan BruceJune Salter
- CreatorTerry StapletonStarsPaula DuncanGregory RossGil TuckerLife in a suburban Australian police station.
- StarsShane PorteousBrian WenzelLorrae DesmondThe highs and lows of the Wandin Valley residents, from the patients and staff at the rural town's hospital, to the locals and their everyday lives.
- StarsGerard KennedyChuck FaulknerFrank TaylorThis series was about the wide variety of cases dealt with by the Criminal Investigation and Uniform branches at Melbourne's fictional Yarra Central police station.
- CreatorSteve KnapmanKris WyldStarsDon HanySusie PorterAaron Fa'aosoEast West 101 is set around the Major Crime Squad in metropolitan Sydney. It is based upon the experiences of actual detectives in a crime unit in Sydney's western suburbs.
- StarsBrian JamesSyd ConabereJudith GoddenOne of the earliest ever medical series, this Australian drama takes place in the Emergency Ward of a hospital, and was an early protype for series such as Emergency Ward 10 and Casualty.GTV 9. 16 episodes (discontinued due to sponsorship withdrawal, according to Wikipedia).
- CreatorForrest RedlichStarsCecily PolsonLes DaymanTony MartinAn Australian soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there.
- CreatorJohn ClarkeAndrew KnightStarsTerry BaderRichard HealyDebra LawranceTwo private investigators, Bryce and Ken operate a business known as The Excelsior Research Foundation.Comedy drama by the successful writers John Clarke (of "Clarke & Dawe) fame as well as Andrew Knight. Hard to get info on this short run series (19 episodes)...one site mentions one episode being just over 51 minutes in length, making it a candidate for this list over my Australian sit-com list.
- CreatorMichael NoonanStarsRichard DenningJill AdamsAlan WhiteWas unaware of this programme. Only IMDB has information on it:
It's listed as an Australia/UK production and
39 episodes (30 minutes each).
Unfortunately no details on what channel it screened on here, if it did at all. - StarsLenore SmithMaurie FieldsRobert GrubbFollows the lives of a group of medical professions working for the Flying Doctors Service in the remote Australian outback.Finding this entry I see that it was also a mini-series...which I'll have to add to that list of mine as well!
- StarsDenise RobertsMichael CraigMichael O'NeillSet around a fictional Ross St Surgery medical practice in inner Sydney explored both the personal and professional lives of the general practitioners working together, and the other doctors and staff who worked in the clinic.
- StarsGrigor TaylorRebecca GillingElaine LeeSet in a Sydney secondary school located in a tough, under-privileged suburb; Greg Walker, the new English teacher has just transferred in from a country school.
- StarsCallan MulveyLara CoxEmma RocheA crash course in the turbulence of being a teen is always on the schedule for the students at Hartley High School in this 1990s series set in Sydney.
- CreatorHannah Carroll ChapmanBen GannonMichael JenkinsStarsAyesha MadonJames MajoosChloe HaydenA fresh look at Hartley High over 20 years on. With her new friends - outsiders Quinni and Darren - Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, sex, and heartbreak.
- CreatorAlan BatemanStarsRay MeagherLynne McGrangerEmily SymonsThis show chronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heartbreaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town jon the upper Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.