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Blackout (Australian TV Series)
This is a list of television programmes that are currently being broadcast or have been broadcast on ABC Television's ABC TV (formerly ABC1), ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC2 and ABC Comedy), ABC Kids (formerly ABC 4 Kids), ABC Me (formerly ABC3) or ABC News (Australian TV channel) (formerly ABC News 24) in Australia. Current programming Domestic News and current affairs *Local productions **'' ABC News'' 7pm weeknights in NSW/ACT/QLD/VIC/SA/NT/WA/TAS (1956–present) *National programs produced in Sydney **''7.30'' (2011–present) **'' ABC News Mornings'' (2010–present on ABC and ABC News) **'' ABC News at Noon'' (2005–present on ABC and ABC News) **'' ABC News Afternoons'' (2010–present on ABC News) **'' ABC Late News'' (2018–present) **'' Australian Story'' (1996–present) **'' The Business'' (2006–present) **'' The Drum'' (2010–present) **''Foreign Correspondent'' (1992–present) **''Four Corners'' (1961–present) **'' Landline'' (1991–present) **''The Mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Television (Australian TV Network)
ABC Television is the general name for the national television services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Until an organisational restructure in 2017/2018, ABC Television was also the name of a division of the ABC. The name was also used to refer to the first and for many years the only national ABC channel, before it was renamed ABC1 and then again to ABC TV. The Australian public broadcaster's television service was launched in November 1956 from its first television station in Australia, ABN Sydney. This was the second one in the country, with the commercial channel TCN having launched two months earlier. An ABC television network covering every state and territory was completed by 1971, and in 2000 the television operations joined the ABC radio and online divisions at the Corporation's Ultimo headquarters in Sydney in 2000. The ABC provides five non-commercial channels within Australia, headed by its flagship ABC TV channel, as well as ABC Australia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekend Breakfast
ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of the organisation, which is called ABC News, Analysis and Investigations. is responsible for all news-gathering and coverage across the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's various television, radio, and online platforms. Some of the services included under the auspices of the division are the ABC News TV channel (formerly ABC News 24); the long-running radio news programs, '' AM'', '' The World Today'', and '' PM''; ABC NewsRadio, a 24-hour continuous news radio channel; and radio news bulletins and programs on ABC Local Radio, ABC Radio National, ABC Classic FM, and Triple J. ABC News Online has an extensive online presence which includes many written news reports and videos available via ABC Online, an ABC News mobile app (ABC Listen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troppo (TV Series)
''Troppo'' is an Australian television drama series which premiered on ABC TV on 27 February 2022. Premise ''Troppo'' is based on the best-selling novel ''Crimson Lake'' by Candice Fox, in which a former police officer helps a private investigator look for a missing man in Far North Queensland. Cast Main Supporting and recurring Episodes Production The series was created by Yolanda Ramke, and Jocelyn Moorhouse is set-up director. Karl Zwicky is the series producer, with executive producers AGC's Stuart Ford and Lourdes Diaz; Thomas Jane and Courtney Lauren Penn (for Thomas' Renegade Entertainment banner); ABC's Sally Riley and Andrew Gregory; EQ Media Group's Greg Quail, Simonne Overend and Lisa Duff; Beyond Entertainment's Mikael Borglund and David Ogilvy; and Jack Christian and D.J. McPherson. The eight-part series was filmed in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia, although the story is set in Far North Queensland. Filming concluded in October 2021. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Control (TV Series)
''Total Control'' is an Australian television political drama series first screened on ABC TV in October 2019. Its working title was ''Black Bitch'', but that was deemed too controversial and the series was renamed. Season 2 began airing on 7 November 2021. Synopsis Rachel Anderson is the embattled but cunning Prime Minister of Australia. Alex is a charismatic Indigenous woman who finds herself the centre of media attention following her admirable actions in a high-risk situation. Rachel wants to use Alex to boost her popularity and further her own agenda, and recruits her as a senator. The government in the series appears to represent the Liberal-National coalition, with various factions and other parties mimicking current ones in Australia. There are several storylines and characters, including Alex's son, her mother, an ex-lover and rival clans in Winton, Queensland, her activist brother in the city, various other players in the Canberra political and office sphere, and a y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Significant Others (2022 TV Series)
The term significant other (SO) has different uses in psychology and in colloquial language. Colloquially, "significant other" is used as a gender-neutral term for a person's partner in an intimate relationship without disclosing or presuming anything about marital status, relationship status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Synonyms with similar properties include: sweetheart, other half, better half, spouse, domestic partner, lover, soulmate, and life partner. In the United States, the term is sometimes used in invitations, such as to weddings and office parties. This use of the term has become common in the UK in correspondence from hospitals, e.g., "you may be accompanied for your appointment by a significant other." Scientific use Its usage in psychology and sociology is very different from its colloquial use. In psychology, a significant other is any person who has great importance to an individual's life or well-being. In sociology, it describes any person or p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage River (TV Series)
''Savage River'' is a six-part Australian crime drama, produced by Aquarius Films, which premiered on ABC TV and iview on 4 September 2022. Set in country Victoria, the series is led by director Jocelyn Moorhouse and cinematographer Don McAlpine, and stars Katherine Langford, Virginia Gay, Jacqueline McKenzie. Synopsis Miki Anderson who returns to her hometown in rural Victoria after ten years in prison, intending to get on with her life. However a murder is committed in the town, and the townspeople suspect Miki, and she sets out to prove her innocence. Cast * Katherine Langford as Miki Anderson * Mark Coles Smith as Joel Thorpe * Robert Grubb as Senior Sgt Bill Kirby * Cooper Van Grootel as Terry Anderson * Nadine Garner as Lynne Anderson * Jacqueline McKenzie as Colleen Lang * Jack Kenny as Adam Lang * Daniel Henshall as Kevin Pattison * Bernard Curry as Connor Kirby * James Mackay as Simon Englert * Richard Piper as Max Englert * Andrew Gilbert as Hugh Lang * Leah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Newsreader
''The Newsreader'' is an Australian television drama series created by Michael Lucas, broadcast on ABC. The six-part series, exploring the personal and professional lives of journalists and crew within a 1980s Australian newsroom, premiered on 15 August 2021. It was ABC's most-watched drama programme of 2021, received positive reactions from critics, and achieved the most nominations of any show or film at the 11th AACTA Awards. In March 2022, it was renewed for a second series for broadcast in 2023. Cast Main * Anna Torv as Helen Norville, the first female newsreader of the ratings-dominant ''News at Six''. Coming to the position in a time of misogyny and sexism sets up roadblocks in her career, especially as her fragile mental health begins to worsen, and charts a journey of recovery by leaping head-first into a relationship with junior reporter Dale. * Robert Taylor as Geoff Walters, the long-time co-anchor of the ''News at Six'', who is critical of Helen's position, believin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Road (TV Series)
''Mystery Road'' is an Australian television crime mystery series whose first series screened on ABC TV from 3 June 2018. The series is a spin-off from Ivan Sen's feature films '' Mystery Road'' and ''Goldstone'', taking place in-between the two. Aboriginal Australian detective Jay Swan, played by Aaron Pedersen, is the main character and actor in both the films and in the first two TV series, each of six episodes. Series 1 was directed by Rachel Perkins. Swan is brought in to solve a murder, with the local police officer played by Judy Davis. In Series 2, directed by Warwick Thornton and Wayne Blair, which began airing on ABC on 19 April 2020, Swan is brought in to solve a murder in a different location, with the "local copper" this time played by Jada Alberts. Both series were shot in northern Western Australia. Series 3, directed by Dylan River, is a prequel set in 1999, titled ''Mystery Road: Origin''. Mark Coles Smith plays a younger version of Swan. Plot Series 1 Taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Irish
''Jack Irish'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on ABC TV on 14 October 2012. The series stars Guy Pearce as the title character, a former criminal lawyer turned private investigator and debt collector. Much of the action is set in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. Adapted from the crime fiction novels by author Peter Temple, the telemovies and series ''Jack Irish'' were developed by Andrew Anastasios, Matt Cameron and Andrew Knight. They began as three feature-length movies, before being adapted into three six-episode series, the final one airing from June 2021. All three movies were directed by Jeffrey Walker, while Kieran Darcy-Smith serves as lead director on the series. ''Bad Debts'', the first of the three feature-length movies, was watched by an average of 950,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the sixth most watched programme of the week. ''Black Tide'', the second movie, was watched by an average of 851,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heights (Australian TV Series)
''The Heights'' is an Australian television drama series which premiered on ABC on 22 February 2019. In August 2019, the series was renewed for a second season of 30 episodes. Plot The series is set in the inner‐city neighbourhood of Arcadia Heights. It explores the relationships between the residents of the Arcadia social housing tower and the people who live in the rapidly gentrifying community that surrounds it. Cast Main * Marcus Graham (series 1) and Rupert Reid (series 2) as Krez “Pav” Pavlovic, retired cop * Shari Sebbens as Leonie Farrell, Pav's estranged wife and corporate lawyer * Calen Tassone as Mich Pavlovic-Farrell, Pav and Leonie's son * Roz Hammond as Claudia Rosso, an emergency doctor new to the area * Bridie McKim as Sabine Rosso, Claudia's teenage daughter with mild cerebral palsy * Fiona Press as Hazel Murphy, landlady who runs the local pub * Mitchell Bourke as Ryan Murphy, Hazel's estranged son * Dan Paris as Mark Davies, local tradie * Saskia Hamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrow (TV Series)
''Harrow'' is an Australian television drama series, which ran for three series of ten episodes each. The first series premiered on ABC on 9 March 2018. The second began on 12 May 2019, while the third started on 7 February 2021. The series was created by Stephen M. Irwin and Leigh McGrath, who are also its scriptwriters, and stars Ioan Gruffudd. Gruffudd made his directorial debut during the third series in February 2021. The series revolves around the titular Daniel Harrow (Gruffudd), a Queensland-based forensic pathologist. Each episode finds Daniel solving a specific case with the assistance of Brisbane police officer, Soroya Dass (Mirrah Foulkes) and fellow pathologists Grace Molyneux (Jolene Anderson) and Simon Van Reyk (Remy Hii). Alongside these cases are more long-term concerns revolving around Daniel's private life and family. Premise ''Harrow'' details the life and work of Dr. Daniel Harrow, a Queensland-based forensic pathologist, who often disregards au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fires (TV Series)
''Fires'' is a six-part Australian television drama series on ABC TV which first screened on 26 September 2021, set against the background of the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season. Synopsis ''Fires'' is an anthology series about the megafires which devastated Australia in 2019 and 2020, and captured the world's attention. Cast Production The series was commissioned by the ABC Television network in August 2020. Episodes Release The series aired on ABC TV from 26 September 2021. It aired on the CTV Drama Channel in Canada, and RTÉ 2 in Ireland. Awards * 2021: Winner, AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Mini Series * 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...: Winner, Logie Award for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
