I’m trying to download, archive, and upscale as much older Australian TV content as I can, and would love to see what other people watched or enjoyed so I can try to preserve it as well.
Round the Twist was 4 seasons of straight bangers
What were some of your favourite Australian TV shos?w
Submitted 9 months ago by Marsupial@quokk.au to australia@aussie.zone
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gerbler@lemmy.world 9 months ago
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Adincar@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Anyone remember water rats? Peak 90’s crime of the week show with as much drama off the set as on.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 9 months ago
Bloody loved Water Rats! Aaron Pedersen was fantastic.
athos77@kbin.social 9 months ago
That whole era of Police Rescue / Water Rats was such a good time for TV!
Nath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Bluey is a parenting program cleverly disguised as a kids’ program. It’s my favourite show on TV at the moment.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This, it’s amazing and you don’t need to be a parent to enjoy it. Skip the first season though - it’s a bit rough.
(go back and watch the first season after you’re already a fan)
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 9 months ago
My daughter is 9yo, and well and truly no longer watching Bluey. But I still download it…
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 9 months ago
- The Curiosity Show
- Skippy
- Ask the Leyland Brothers
notgold@aussie.zone 9 months ago
+1 for curiosity
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 9 months ago
There’s quite a lot of Curiosity Show clips on YT, with more being added all the time. Brings back great memories…
ace_garp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
A pisstake of A Country Practice. Comedic gold adapted to TV after an improv theatrical run.
A phone-in Choose Your Own Adventure style narrative from show to show, was cutting edge interactivity in the 90s.
Greatest Aussie show ever (yes, I know Big Gig, D-Gen, Late Show and DAAS were a thing).
Do yourself a favour and search out some episodes on your favourite video services.
(* I saw Peter Rowsthorn in Fremantle on the street, and I was too slow to shout out a “W W W W Warren”)
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I remember it being over the top gross and phoning in after every episode.
ace_garp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So hilariously and ridiculously gross. The fake blood cost must have been half the show budget!
WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Rake is excellent, and pretty grounded in real events, boy eats universe is new, and they’re probably cultural relevance to some of the dozens of reality and daytime/morning shows out there, and the chaser for the same reason. I also think a lot of kids’ stuff is worth archiving - some because it’s great, others because it’s bizarre, others because it’s a cultural touchstone that’ll almost certainly be lost - round the twist, Liftoff, Aggro, cheez TV, ship to shore, ocean girl, the ferals… I’m showing my age.
I think the ABC have some kind of archive that’s probably a great start for home grown content.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 9 months ago
Ones I already have:
- Acropolis Now
- Bush Tucker Man
- Kingswood Country (missing 15 eps)
- Mother and Son (the original, not the shithouse remake)
- Rake
- The Hollowmen (only have shitty DVD rips, would love something better)
Ones I want, but haven’t started looking for:
- Stingers
- The Late Show
- Hey Hey
- Full Frontal
- Fast Forward
- Comedy Company
- The Big Gig
- Good News Week
- Front Line
- Russell Coight’s All Aussie Adventures (I have the 2018 eps - not the early 2000s ones)
- All Together Now
Ones I enjoyed, but am on the fence about committing storage space to:
- Kath and Kim
- Caron’s Law
- The Sullivans
- Blue Heelers
- Rafferty’s Rules
- Cop Shop
notgold@aussie.zone 9 months ago
How embarrassment I don’t know if I should watch it again or just hold the happy memory of acropolis now.
flathead@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I think Kath and Kim is a keeper. Like Kingswood Country, the suburban social commentary runs deeper than the gags make it appear. Based on your mention of The Sullivans, I would also recomend Power Without Glory if you can find it. That is a largely true story from that era which was very well done.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 9 months ago
Ah, I forgot Power Without Glory. Good memory!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 9 months ago
The Big Gig
dan@upvote.au 9 months ago
I liked watching A*mazing as a kid. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*mazing
There’s a bunch of kids game shows that are very difficult if not impossible to find these days.
dracs@programming.dev 9 months ago
In case you weren’t aware “The Archive” runs a pretty substantial repository of Australian TV shows. r/DownUnderTv has instructions on how to get access.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 9 months ago
For now, The Archive is shutdown. It’s uncertain if it’s coming back but, if anyone here is on their Discord, please share what you know.
dracs@programming.dev 9 months ago
Oh, that’s a real shame. It’s been a while since I found it and grabbed some old shows not available anywhere else ( The Chaser, CNNNN, The Mole). Hopefully it makes a comeback at some point.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I was going to suggest Plasmo, but it turns out some mad lad has already upscaled it to 4K! Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2U98Joe6Hs
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Upscaled to 4k, what’s the big idea?
Haus@kbin.social 9 months ago
The one about a big city lawyer going to a small seaside town. Sea Change?
The one about a big city lawyer going to work in a small hospital in the outback. Heart-something?
The one about a big city lawyer going insane. Rake.
The one about a quirky Melbourne OB/GNY and her quirky family.
The one that had great promise, but was cancelled after one season. Oh, there are 100 of those.
Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 9 months ago
Second one might be heartbeat? Literally know nothing about it other than hearing ads for it as a kid
Haus@kbin.social 9 months ago
Doctor Doctor (also known outside of Australasia as The Heart Guy) is an Australian television drama created by Tony McNamara, Ian Collie and Alan Harris, which premiered on the Nine Network on 14 September 2016, lasting five seasons, concluding on 23 June 2021. The cast includes Rodger Corser, Nicole da Silva, Ryan Johnson, Tina Bursill, Hayley McElhinney and Steve Bisley, and follows the story of Hugh Knight, a rising heart surgeon who is gifted, charming and infallible. He is a hedonist who, due to his sheer talent, believes he can live outside the rules. His "work hard, play harder" philosophy eventually comes to 'bite' him.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Mr Inbetween. First season is gold.
The girl from tomorrow. I see it’s on Stan now.
Love is a four letter word.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 9 months ago
All of Mr Inbetween is incredibly good. It’s just a shame they stopped at three seasons. And hat off to Fox for actually making some good Aussie content for once.
halfaxial@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Skithouse
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 9 months ago
From a prom, I liked Rake .
Prisoner Cell Block H was cult here too .
Then, Angry Boys, Chris Lilleys comedy.
Um, Under Belly about Tony Mockba was good I think .
Any Ashes cricket where we didn’t lose 5-0
nevetsg@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I remember loving the show Good Guys, Bad Guys when I was a teenager. Occasionally look for it on the torrents but never found it.
legios@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Haha I got it on sale a JB. I should make a digital backup of it actually. Can’t believe I haven’t done it yet…
nevetsg@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Good Guy
let me know if you need some off site storage of you digital backups…
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Maybe it’ll go on sale one day at jb - Good Guys Bad Guys.
CameronDev@programming.dev 9 months ago
Soup Opera and Trapdoor
SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Anyone remember Secret Valley? At one point my family was planning on moving to a largish property in/near bushland and me and my brothers had drawn up blueprints for a fortified base complete with treetop platforms connected by rope swings, pitfall traps and catapults, inspired by the show.
Taleya@aussie.zone 8 months ago
MCGLUUUUUUUUUURK!
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 9 months ago
The Henderson Kids.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Nath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I watched a lot of crap. I didn’t realise it was crap at the time, I just didn’t know any better. In the 80’s/early 90’s I was watching:
- A Country Practice
- Early Home & Away
- Flying doctors
- Some show where Georgie Parker was a female firefighter (Gasp!).
- Some hospital show with Georgie Parker as the main character
- Comedy Company
- Hey Hey its Saturday
- Its a Knockout
- Hey, Dad (This one has been tainted now it turned out that the Dad was not wholesome at all)
As to what to actually preserve, some of those shows likely haven’t aged well. The Paul Hogan Show was great, but a product of its time. I’m sure it would never be allowed on the air today. Same with Number 96 (not that I was supposed to be watching that one).
While these are the answer to your question - what were my favourite shows at the time, I wouldn’t nominate any of them for preservation.
Peddlephile@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I loved The Ferals, Mulligrubs and Take Off as a kid. So many cool and imaginative things.
Honorable mentions are Big Square Eye, Beyond 2000 and Hey, Hey, it’s Saturday.
boogetyboo@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Do you mean “Lift off”?
Peddlephile@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Yes! That’s the one. With the talking backpacks etc.
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Ready Steady Wiggle!
PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Ilandar@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Silversun! All episodes have been uploaded to YouTube (though the quality is terrible).
Vodica@lemmy.world 9 months ago
P.C.B.H.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Recent show, ‘Pine Gap.’ US/Australian electronic intelligence monitoring station. Political drama, and interpersonal drama. Supposedly getting a second season.
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
If you ever find Elly & Jools, hit me tf up.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I totally forgot this show. If you’re happy with random YouTube uploads someone seems to have created a playlist of all the episodes.
ace_garp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Alexander Bunyip’s Billabong! !
Before Agro there was a semi-neurotic bunyip named Alexander.
Where they dreamt up sketches like “The Muffler Bird”
Off the wall and Aussie as.
Ringmasterincestuous@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Wtf… I might have missed it I guess… maybe it’s how I’ll reconcile it with myself over time…
But where the fuck was E Street on everyone’s list lol… Mr Bad!!
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Does anyone really want to remember Mr Bad?
MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The Chaser’s War on Everything
dan@upvote.au 9 months ago
Yes!! I miss it.
Custoslibera@lemmy.world 9 months ago
CNNNN forever!