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- 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.
- 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.
- StarsSimon BurkeDon HanyJohn NobleDeals with the issue of crimes committed by Australian Catholic clergy.
- CreatorHal McElroyTony MorphettJohn HugginsonStarsBrett PartridgePeter BensleyToni ScanlanBeneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS.
- StarsSophie KatinisRenai CarusoClayton WatsonA school reunion brings a group of thirty-somethings back home to the Australian beach-side town of Manly, where they become embroiled in a murder mystery after one of their own is killed at the party.
- StarsRobert MammoneGyton GrantleyShane JacobsonA mini-series that uncovers the story of one of Australia's most notorious criminals, Tony Mokbel.
- CreatorTrent O'DonnellPatrick BrammallStarsPatrick BrammallDarren GilshenanGenevieve MorrisFollows the peripheral players in a major sting operation. The day-to-day realities of cops and criminals are brought to life by some of Australia's best comic actors.
- StarsSophie LuckKate BellMartin LynesSeven top Australian teen surfers live, study, and train together, while they fight to win sponsorship and a spot on the Professional Circuit.
- CreatorBen NicholasStarsBrooke SatchwellBen NicholasJonathon Buckley'Footballer Wants a Wife' is a parody reality show that follows three young football stars on their modern-day quest for love. Our three footballers, drawn from three different codes, are matched up against fourteen women who will stop at nothing to become a WAG.
- CreatorJohn EdwardsStarsKhan ChittendenBrooke SatchwellPaul PantanoA story of forbidden love, set against the culturally diverse backgrounds of Sydney's western suburbs street crime and the affluence of Sydney's eastern suburbs.
- StarsDavid WenhamDiana GlennJohn BrumptonThe story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser's rise from a small time lawyer to successfully defending the most infamous criminals this country has ever seen, and his ultimate downfall and imprisonment for five years in maximum security.
- CreatorMatt FordStarsJames StewartKate JenkinsonLincoln YounesAfter a botched drug deal, Troy must take his family into Witness Protection in exchange for giving evidence against his former employer.
- StarsRebecca GibneyRobyn NevinSusanne ChapmanJane Halifax is a freelance forensic psychiatrist (f.p.) a psychological super-sleuth immersed in a mire of crime and punishment: Jane is an expert of the human mind.
- DirectorGrant BrownStarsSullivan StapletonValentino del ToroJessica NapierTwo Victorian police officers go undercover to bring down the Australian branch of the Calabrian mafia. A true story.
- StarsCaroline CraigPaul TassoneDieter BrummerEach season of this multi-award-winning television series takes you through a 13-episode run in the rise and fall of real-life Australian underworld figures as told from both sides of the law.
- StarsAmy Scott-SmithJoe DingwallGary BrunWhen a small time crook clocks out after a freak accident in a Sydney pub, it's left to his two sons to pick up his debt to the mob. They have six weeks to cough up a 100 grand or they'll find themselves without their favourite appendages.
- CreatorDarren DaleMiranda DearLiz DoranStarsMajeda BeattyChristian ByersMadeleine MaddenElite indigenous teens from around Australia find placement in Arcadia House, a hostel in Sydney.
- CreatorLee Phillip BellWilliam J. BellStarsEric BraedenDoug DavidsonPeter BergmanSet in Genoa City, this is the long-running soap that tells the story of the struggle behind the business, and sex-savvy Abbott and Newman clans.
- DirectorCherie NowlanStarsToby SchmitzClaire van der BoomAaron JefferyThe story of David McMillan an Australian drug smuggler and the only person in history to escape from Klong Prem prison in Bangkok.
- DirectorShawn SeetStarsBrett ClimoGreg StoneJane AllsopThe tragic story of the 1998 murders of Victoria Police officers Rod Miller and Gary Silk.
- StarsTom MiltonMyles PollardAdam T PerkinsThe epic story of Australia and the First World War is revealed through the lives of five Australians and their transformative journeys through conflict on the battlefront and on the home front.
- CreatorAntonio Smith CorindiaDerek DiorioStarsAngela AsherRachelle CasseusTamara DuarteGetting a miner to cough up some stolen diamonds, extracting porcupine quills from a homeless man's posterior, tending to a patient struck by lightning, retrieving severed fingers from a woodpile - Just an average day in the life of a student in the world's most challenging Med School - Hard Rock Medical.
- CreatorJon BellStarsKelton PellLisa FlanaganShari SebbensHead of the family before his time, Odin Freeburn is being pulled in all directions. Can he let go of his past in time to save the future?
- CreatorKelly LefeverStarsAaron PedersenKelton PellTammy ClarksonA magistrate and a group of court officers and lawyers make a regular five-day, 2,000-kilometer round trip to bring justice to remote communities in northwestern Australia.
- StarsElias AntonMatt NableBen KindonDanny, a talented swimmer who dreams of winning gold at the Olympic games, is given a sports scholarship to a prestigious Melbourne private school. At school he receives his fair share of harassment from the more privileged students.
- DirectorDominic CrisciStarsPete MurrayChai HansenEllie PopovA sister struggles to keep her brothers together when the eldest, a recovering drug addict, returns from rehab.
- StarsJennifer Ward-LealandMillen BairdGlen LevyThe journey of four hapless male wannabes; a Model, a Stuntman, a Dwarf Entertainer and a Stand-up Comedian, all trying (and failing) to find success in Auckland's ridiculously small entertainment industry.
- CreatorPeter CoxKathryn BurnettStarsRenato BartolomeiLatham GainesGareth ReevesA group of people try to rescue their loved ones from a mysterious cult called Two Gardens.
- CreatorRachel LangJames GriffinStarsRobyn MalcolmAntony StarrSiobhan MarshallWhen career criminal Wolfgang West gets put away for four years, his wife Cheryl decides it's time for her family to go straight. But can the Wests change the habits of a lifetime?
- CreatorMaxine FlemingVanessa AlexanderStarsRobyn MalcolmAdam GardinerTheresa HealeyA recent divorcee tackles earning a living as a newly qualified real estate agent while trying to pick up the pieces of her live after her husband leaves her with a mountain of debt and two teenage daughters.
- StarsNeill ReaFern SutherlandCristina Serban IondaDetective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.
- CreatorShelley BirseStarsDan SpielmanAshley ZukermanAdele PerovicTwo Canberra based brothers become entangled in a cover up that involves a remote outback community and key members of the Australian Government.
- CreatorRachel LangJames GriffinStarsAntonia PrebbleSiobhan MarshallMatt MintoA contemporary, smart investigative drama in which the lowly back-room office staff join forces to fight for justice in a corrupt corporate world.
- StarsRobyn MalcolmJohn LeighOliver DriverSerial Killers is a satirical comedy, following the lives of a group of TV writers and actors on and off the screen of popular Medical Soap Opera, 'Heart of Hearts'.
- StarsClaudia BlackKatrina BrowneJack CampbellA New Zealand drama series about the lives and loves of a group of twentysomething friends who live in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland.
- CreatorJulie McGauranSarah SmithDave WarnerStarsDaniel AmalmGigi EdgleyKatherine HicksDean Gallagher and Chase are brothers. Competitive alpha males, they argue over everything, agree on nothing, but defend each other from outsiders no matter what. They're also members of the elite RESCUE Special Operations Unit.
- StarsKate RitchieMartin Dingle WallRia VandervisFollows the fast-paced working life and complicated relationships of a diverse range of uniformed cops and plainclothes detectives in Sydneys eastern suburbs.
- DirectorTony TilseStarsClaudia KarvanRebecca GibneyLisa ChappellTwo stay-at-home mums, one a part-time cop and the other a solicitor, investigate when the husband of a former classmate dies after a school reunion.
- StarsGlenn RobbinsHermann IbergTom MartinSlapstick mockumentary about an enthusiastic Aussie wildlife expert, Russell Coight, whose haphazard and inept adventuring style ensures that he is a danger to anything and anyone he meets, not to mention himself.
- StarsJulian MorrowCraig ReucasselKirsten DrysdaleA consumer affairs program. Details your rights as a consumer, especially in certain circumstances, and the tricks product manufacturers and marketers use to get you to buy their product and/or increase their margins.
- CreatorChris LilleyStarsChris LilleyJennifer ByrneMick GrahamA group of Australians are nominated for the Australian of the Year Award.
- CreatorRyan GriffenJon BellJonathan GavinStarsHunter Page-LochardRob CollinsTasma WaltonIn the very near future, creatures from ancient mythology must live among humans and battle for survival in a world that wants to silence, exploit, and destroy them.
- CreatorJames GriffinMaxine FlemingStarsErik ThomsonMelina VidlerBenson Jack AnthonyA recently-widowed father quits his job as a popular 800-word columnist for a top-selling Sydney newspaper.
- StarsJessica MaraisIan MeadowsRob CollinsA contemporary drama that centers on the adventures of 29-year-old Lily Woodward as she navigates her life and all that entails.
- CreatorRachel LangGavin StrawhanStarsMatt NableEmma HamiltonMandy McElhinneyWhen his best mate and partner is killed in a random attack, Detective Gary Hyde and his new partner Claire McKenzie discover an underbelly of murder and fraud that threatens national security.
- CreatorKate McDermottStarsSia TrokenheimJono KenyonRawiri JobeBartender Dave, a 24-year-old Kiwi slacker whose life is turned upside down when he meets the woman of his dreams; Cara, 15 years his senior with three kids and some serious baggage in tow.
- CreatorGeoff DeaneStarsRodger CorserMatt PassmoreTravis McMahonFollow the odyssey of three men: their quest to get inside the head of the modern woman, and find out where they went wrong.
- StarsJohn WoodMatt PassmoreJulieanne NewbouldA comedic six-part mini-series looking at the soft underbelly of professional sport through the eyes of a small, family-owned sports management business.
- CreatorMichaeley O'BrienSarah SmithStarsRebecca GibneyPeter O'BrienMatt NableSydney homicide detective Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney) solves tough, high profile cases with cool intelligence, fighting bureaucracts, criminals and plenty of advances - unwanted and wanted - to catch her prey.
- CreatorVicki MaddenVincent SheehanStarsElizabeth DebickiMatthew Le NevezHenry NixonDoctor Anna Macy finds herself inexplicably linked to the disappearance of two girls, fifteen years apart.
- StarsAnna TorvMarcus GrahamJustin SmithBeneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.
- StarsNoah TaylorYael StoneJeremy Lindsay TaylorWhen a young gay man is brutally murdered near Bondi Beach, Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned to investigate. After more bodies are found, Tori links the deaths to a series of murders of gay men in the 1980s and '90s.
- CreatorGavin StrawhanRachel LangStarsMiriama SmithEmma FentonTaylor HallThree illegitimate children discover that each has a claim to the fortune of one of New Zealand's wealthiest men, John Truebridge. With so much money at stake, John's legitimate family will do anything to stop these unexpected heirs.
- StarsGracie GilbertAdele PerovicEmily RobinsFive teens form a friendship and make it their goal to cram as much "awesomeness" as they can into their last teenage years.
- StarsJonathan LaPagliaSophie OkonedoMelissa GeorgeTraces the shattering repercussions of a single event upon a group of family and friends. Based on Christos Tsiolkas' best-selling novel.
- CreatorClaudia KarvanJacquelin PerskeStarsClaudia KarvanMatt KingRodger CorserA dentist Suzy meets the ghost of an 80s English rock star Henry Mallet.
- StarsTony MartinRachael BlakeVictoria LongleyFollow the men and women who work in a downtown police station and a renegade crisis centre in the tough red light district of Sydney, as they deal with the endless array of problems, crimes and triumphs that tumble onto the streets.
- CreatorJudi McCrossinAmanda HiggsStarsJustine ClarkeShane JacobsonWilliam McInnesThe lives of family and friends who go through a variety of ups and downs.
- CreatorEllie BeaumontTim PyeDrew ProffittStarsFirass DiraniRhys MuldoonGary SweetThe lives of four Australian men who are raising their children.
- CreatorPaul OliverSteve WrightStarsBryan BrownSam NeillSarah PeirseThe eight-part series follows the adventures of the retired criminal Lennie Cahill and the retired cop Ted McCabe.
- CreatorDeb CoxFiona EaggerStarsClaudia KarvanToby SchmitzGeorgina NaiduThe 'Upstairs Downstairs' of legal dramas follows Josephine Newton as she juggles the high-powered barrister's world of Knox Chambers and the haphazard legal tangles of her former solicitor's office.
- CreatorReg WatsonLara RadulovichStarsKate AtkinsonKatrina MilosevicRobbie MagasivaThe confronting look into the lives of the inmates and prison staff of Wentworth Correctional Centre as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in the prison system.
- CreatorMichael LucasStarsAsher KeddieRodger CorserAngus SampsonTwo candidates for state premier go head to head in their battle for victory. However their past intimate relationship creates concern for a scandal.
- CreatorMat BlackwellWarwick HoltTony RogersStarsRichard DaviesDave LawsonAngus SampsonBruce is a black comedy series set in an ordinary Aussie share-house that just happens to be a prison tent in Sydney Cove, 1788.
- CreatorRobyn ButlerWayne HopeGary McCaffrieStarsKim GyngellWayne HopeIan BlissA smarmy, debt riddled, borderline con-artist teams up with a chronically depressed acclaimed journalist to try and keep his head above water.
- CreatorGina RileyJane TurnerStarsJane TurnerGina RileyGlenn RobbinsA mother, her daughter, and their respective "hunks of spunk" negotiate life in suburban Australia.
- CreatorRobyn ButlerWayne HopeStarsRobyn ButlerRoz HammondHeidi ArenaWhat happens when you put a Catholic bigot with a panic disorder in charge of a library?
- StarsSusie PorterRebecca MasseyAlexandra SchepisiThe story of one house in South Sydney, told by the children who live there over 260 years.
- StarsNeil OliverJacqueline Lee GeurtsHamish CampbellFollowing on the British series Coast, Neil Oliver and a team comprising a marine biologist, a marine archaeologist, a geologist, and author travel round the coast of New Zealand.
- StarsMarcus GrahamAlison WhyteTravis McMahonThis show turns around Elvis Maginnis, a former policeman from a criminal family, who now runs a dry-cleaning business.
- StarsPeter PhelpsKate KendallAnita HeghStingers reveals the shadowy and ambiguous world of undercover cops - people with covert lives and constantly changing identities. They are the police who defeat crime from within the criminal world.
- CreatorKristen DunphyFin EdquistSam MeikleStarsJessica MauboyMatt LevettDavid FieldFinding herself in hot water with the local hood, Billie pretends to be the secret daughter of Jack Norton in order to escape town, which suddenly lands her in the middle of a grieving family.
- DirectorBrendan CowellStarsPatrick BrammallAlex DimitriadesAbbey LeeRuben Guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won't let him put it down.
- CreatorTony AyresStarsDarci McDonaldNicholas CoghlanMatt TestroFour teenage boys, after getting lost in the forest, return to a parallel reality where they were never born, compelling them to navigate this alternate world.
- CreatorJohn EdwardsAmanda HiggsStarsDeborah MailmanDavid TredinnickSamuel JohnsonThis iconic Australian series follows eight people living in St Kilda, Melbourne who are all looking for the same things: love, sex, romance, success, and anything else that's worth pursuing.
- CreatorFiona SeresImogen BanksJohn EdwardsStarsJustine ClarkeCatherine McClementsJoel TobeckA story of two generations of two families colliding, connecting, sometimes at cross purposes as they navigate their way around the maze of love, sex, money and politics.
- CreatorDebra OswaldImogen BanksJohn EdwardsStarsAsher KeddieKat StewartRichard DaviesThe story of the impossible loves of 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her fabulously messy family.
- CreatorImogen BanksJohn EdwardsStarsBrenna HardingAshleigh CummingsSean KeenanTeen best friends Debbie and Sue grow up and find love and freedom on the beaches of Sydney's Sutherland Shire during the tumultuous 1970s.
- CreatorJess HarrisJosh SchmidtStarsJess HarrisJosh SchmidtHamish BlakeBest friends Jess and Josh did not go to university or have talent on the drive to grow up. They decide that it's time to become their own bosses.
- CreatorSarah L. WalkerJo PorterStarsAnna BamfordMichael DormanEmma LungThe lives of the residents living in a city apartment block in Sydney.
- StarsDaniel MusgroveThijs MorrisJamie IrvineThe story of Marty Johnstone, Andy Maher & Terry Clark's rise in the Drug trade
- StarsRebel WilsonSally-Anne UptonLulu McClatchyIntelligent teenage fugly Jennie Cragg lives in the suburb Boonelg with her mother Berenice Cragg, who is now extremely overweight and has isolated herself in her bedroom.
- CreatorDeb CoxFiona EaggerStarsGeraldine HakewillJoel JacksonCatherine McClementsIn swinging 60's Melbourne, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea.
- StarsAaron PedersenTasia ZalarTasma WaltonDetective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. Soon, Jay's investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
- CreatorRachel LangGavin StrawhanStarsTess HaubrichMandy McElhinneyJessica ToveyA group of misfit women joins forces to help each other juggle the challenges of work, romance, parenthood - and solving a murder.
- StarsGeorgia FloodAntonia PrebbleLaura BrentThe true stories of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality and heroism of war and rise to meet the challenge.
- StarsKate ElliottIdo DrentTimmie CameronA detective's personal and professional life start to unravel when she is involved in a fatal car accident and begins to lose her memory.
- CreatorSarah KendallStarsSarah KendallKerry ArmstrongFrazer HadfieldA wealthy London housewife is forced to return to her hometown in Australia, where she's forced to confront her past and the reasons that caused her to leave years ago.
- CreatorMichael BennettGavin StrawhanStarsTe Waimarie KessellGeorge HenareCharles MesureThe island of Kaitangata is waking up and only Meredith can stop it before it claims another victim.
- CreatorRick MaierStarsMadeleine WestAnnie MaynardCecelia PetersTo be a footballer's wife, it takes serious balls. Dive into the salacious world of Aussie Rules Football, unearthing secrets, lies, scandals and murder.
- CreatorRaymond ThompsonStarsTom HernBen BarringtonPaul RawsonFollow 16-year-old Jess's journey through life, and even through time itself, as he explores the world and the fascinating history of humankind through the ages.
- CreatorRonny ChiengDeclan FayStarsRonny ChiengMolly DanielsShuang HuInternational Student is the story of Ronny Chieng, a Malaysian student who has travelled to Australia to study law. All he has to do is study, get good marks and make his Mom proud. Well, that was the plan anyway.
- CreatorBenjamin LawStarsTrystan GoFiona ChoiAnthony Brandon WongThere's the rules, then there's the Laws. Based on the best-selling book by Benjamin Law, The Family Law is a drama-comedy series following everyone's favourite almost-functional Chinese-Australian family.
- CreatorPeter DuncanTanya PheganStarsEwen LeslieJessica De GouwJames CromwellIn Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War, at a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being put to the test.
- CreatorDan EdwardsJohn EdwardsGeoffrey WrightStarsToby WallaceSophie LoweLachy HulmeAustralian television series sequel to the film Romper Stomper (1992) and set 25 years after the events in the film.
- StarsDanielle CormackWould you let a convicted criminal stay in your home? Follow four Australian households that are prepared to offer their spare room to a formerly incarcerated person for 100 days.