Streets of Your Town is an Australian two-part factual television documentary that looks at Australian suburbs. The series began on the ABC on 15 November 2016. [1] Tim Ross is a comedian, broadcaster and architecture enthusiast who acts as a tour guide, exploring how and why Australian suburbs look the way they do. Interviewees include Peter McIntyre, Kevin McCloud and Alain de Botton. The series was repeated in May 2017. [2]
Timothy Jonathon Ross is an Australian comedian, radio host, design enthusiast and television presenter.
Wendy Harmer is an Australian author, children's writer, playwright and dramatist, radio show host, comedian, and television personality. She is host of ABC Radio Sydney's Morning radio program.
ABC is a national public television network in Australia. Launched on 5 November 1956 it is the responsibility of the ABC's television division, and is available nationally. The ABC's headquarters is in Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
Mundulla is a town and a locality in south eastern South Australia. The town is located in the local government area of Tatiara District Council about 278 kilometres (173 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide.
Compass is an Australian weekly news-documentary program, hosted by Kumi Taguchi.
Sam McMillan is an Australian musical comedian, satirist, writer and radio presenter who performs under the stage name Sammy J. He embraces a variety of media in his comedy, including the use of video and self-composed music, and frequently collaborates with Randy the purple puppet. He has released several CDs and DVD compilations of his work; most recently the album Symphony in J Minor which was nominated for Best Comedy Release at the 2019 ARIA Awards. He has performed at comedy festivals in Australia, Edinburgh and Montreal, and has appeared on various Australian television shows, including Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane, a sitcom based on the duo's touring show of the same name. He currently produces a weekly political sketch for ABC Television, satirising the news through various characters.
Message Stick is or was an Australian television series about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles, culture and issues. It began screening in 1999 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It features profile stories, interviews, video clips, short films and cooking segments.
ABC iview is a video on demand and catch up TV service run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Currently iview video content can only be viewed by users in Australia. Now iview attracts around 50 million plays monthly and accounts for around half of the total time streamed by Australian TV video services.
The Stranger is an Australian science fiction children's television series which first screened on the ABC in 1964 to 1965. It was produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It is notable as Australia's first locally produced science fiction television series and one of the first Australian TV series to be sold overseas.
Dr. Dimensionpants is a 2014-2015 Canadian animated television series created by Brad Peyton and produced by DHX Media and The Factory Backwards Entertainment. Originally set to launch in the winter of 2014 on Teletoon, the series instead premiered on November 6, 2014, as well as on Télétoon. 26 episodes were produced.
Glitch is an Australian television programme which premiered on 9 July 2015 on ABC. The series is set in the fictional country town of Yoorana, Victoria, and follows seven people who return from the dead in perfect health but with no memory. No one in the town knows why. The series was created by Tony Ayres and Louise Fox. The first series was awarded Best Television Drama Series at the 2016 AACTA Awards. The series also won Most Outstanding Drama Series at the 2016 Logie Awards.
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering is an Australian news satire series on the ABC. The series premiered on 22 April 2015, featuring Charlie Pickering as host with Tom Gleeson, Adam Briggs and Judith Lucy in the cast who joined the show in 2019, replacing Kitty Flanagan.
Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane is an Australian television comedy series starring comedian Sammy J and Randy, a purple puppet. The six-part series was made available on ABC iview on 1 September 2015, and aired on ABC TV from 14 October 2015. It is described as a sitcom with songs and puppetry for adults. It is written by and stars Sammy J and Randy. It is produced by Donna Andrews, co-produced by Chris McDonald and directed by Jonathan Brough.
Tilda Cobham-Hervey is an Australian film, TV and theatre actress from Adelaide, South Australia, with a background in circus performing and physical theatre. In 2014 Cobham-Hervey made her film debut at the age of 19 in 52 Tuesdays, a critically acclaimed independent film directed by Sophie Hyde. She appeared in the 2018 film Hotel Mumbai. She starred as feminist icon Helen Reddy, in the bio-pic I am Woman, which Hollywood Reporter described as a "breakout performance".
Rosehaven is an Australian television comedy series which first began airing from 12 October 2016 on ABC. The second series began airing on 25 October 2017. The third series began on 30 January 2019. Filming of the 8 part fourth series began on 21 October 2019 and began airing on 8 July 2020.
You Can't Ask That is an ABC original series first released on ABC iview on 3 August 2016. Each episode asks controversial questions sourced from the public to a minority Australian population including people of short stature, Muslims, sex workers, transgender people and more. The show aims to offer insight into the lives of marginalised communities and break down stereotypes while answering the questions people are afraid to ask, reportedly inspired by Ask Me Anything (AMA) threads on Reddit.
How To Be A Fan With Hex is an Australian observational documentary web series created and presented by Stephanie Bendixsen. The show originally aired on ABC iview on September 5, 2016. This web series' goal is to explore fandoms of different pop culture branches, and to figure out exactly what drives individuals to participate in these groups, through Bendixsen's interviews and engagement in the activities.
Kiki and Kitty is an Australian comedy series released through ABC iview in 2017 and then screened on ABC Comedy.
War on Waste is an Australian documentary television series which first premiered on 16 May 2017 on ABC TV.
The Cry is an Australian-British television mystery miniseries written by Jacquelin Perske and adapted from the novel of the same name by Helen FitzGerald, that broadcast on the ABC in Australia and BBC One in the U.K. The series stars Jenna Coleman as Joanna Lyndsay, a schoolteacher whose four-month old baby Noah disappears while she and her fiancé Alistair are visiting family in Australia. The series was directed by Glendyn Ivin and produced by Synchronicity Films.