Can anyone suggest a well-done, Australian TV series?

Question

The only Australian series that get any international airing is Neighbours and to a lesser extent Home & Away. There's gotta be more than that? Can anyone suggest any other good Australian series, I'm not bothered if it's comedy, medical, drama, whatever, as long as it's good and I guess gives a foreign viewer a reasonablely realistic view on life in Australia (even tho that's sometimes hard with fictional tv).

Answer 1

Some Aussie tv series I know are

The Flying Doctors

The Sullivans

Blue Heelers

Police Rescue

Waterrats

McLeod's Daughters

White Collar Blue

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (known from the late 60s)

Barrier Reef (known from the early 70s)

Sons & Daughters

Time Trax (together with US but mostly filmed in Australia)

Halifax f.p.

All Saints

Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River - The McGregor Saga

Cody

Special Squad

just to name a few. But I'm sure I'd find more if I dig in my brains.

I'm not an Aussie tv junkie but a German who's frequently travelling to Australia.

Answer 2

An excellent 4-part series on ABC recently was "East of Everything" with Richard Roxborough, Tom Long. Quite realistic.

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/eastofeverythin...

Another one currently on ABC running for 8 weeks is

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bedofroses/

Answer 3

Flying Doctors

Police Rescue

A Country Practice

Answer 4

I don't think your going to get a realistic view from TV, maybe from the current affair programs.

A new TV series in Australia is 'Underbelly', it is based on a true story but very loosely. Pizza is a funny show based on... wogs in Australia I guess, it's just funny not too realistic though!

Neighbours and H&A do give you a slight idea, but even shows like All Saints (long running medical drama) are full of soap opera bits.

Answer 5

Boney

Accropolous Now  (where wog boy started from )

Co'ln Carpenter

Rolf Harris (years ago,early 70's,I think )

Prisoner

Answer 6

i surpose neighbours

Answer 7

For very Australian humour, definitely Kath & Kim or The Chasers War On Everything.

Answer 8

kath and kim.

it wont give you a necissarily realistic view on australia, but it is meant to be based on your 'typical' australian family.

but it is one of my favourite tv shows, its amazing.

Answer 9

The Secret Life of Us

Blue Heelers

Sea Change

Always Greener

G.P.

Rain Shadow

Police Rescue

MDA

Summer Heights High (Realistic parody - very funny)

The Chaser's War on Everything (Comedy)

Sadly, not one of the above is still on TV, though I think Chaser is returning later this year and the Summer Heights creator will probably have something too.

Answer 10

kath and kim is about the only decent one left, we need more soapies like, all the rivers run, seven mile creek,  country practice, etc, used to be a huge fan of neighbours and seriously cant stand the show now and so sick of seeing snotty teenage dramas, have enough of that at home with out seeing it on tv

Answer 11

Simone de beauvois babies (abc-mini series)

Mother & son (abc - comedy starring Garry Mcdonald)

Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (abc ~ talk show -not a fictional series)

Spicks and Specks (abc)

Sleek Geeks (abc - science program)

The Chasers War on Everything (abc -comedy)

Eat Carpet (sbs)

The Aunty Jack Show (70's comedy ~ Kind of Australias version of monty python ~ very silly-funny show)

The Norman Gunston Show (comedy - Norman Gunston aka Garry Mcdonald would interview celebs ~ very funny show)

Answer 12

the chasers war on everything

prisoner

underbelly

hey hey its saturday

dangerous

bondi rescue

satisfaction

blue murder

most of these shows are not on any more but you may find them on you tube or mininova

also look at this site about aussie t.v shows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Aus...