Backyard Science is an Australian educational children's television show based on the Dorling Kindersley books. In this series, children experiment with everyday items in order to make something fun and practical and also provide scientific insights in a child's world.
The show is co-hosted by Tarun Victor Gordon and Dana Kronental, is co-produced by Beyond Television Productions and Penguin Television and airs on Australian free-to-air television on both the Seven Network and ABC. The series was composed of more than 78 episodes. Jason Smith was a presenter for some time.
It was broadcast in the USA under the title Crash! Bang! Splat! on the former Discovery Kids Channel.
An idyllic holiday cruising the backwaters of the South Pacific becomes a voyage into hell for a group of passengers on board The Sea Tramp. The magnificent sailing boat is set upon by modern day pirates and seized in a bloody battle which claims the lives of many. Those who escape the pirates find themselves marooned on a deserted tropical island. Putting aside their not inconsiderable differences, they band together to ensure their own survival. With the constant threat that the murderous pirates will return to finish the job, the members of this tribe depend on each other for their very existence. But they will soon discover they not only have to protect themselves from external threats, but from the treachery of one of their own as well.
Who Dares Wins is an Australian adventure game show that aired on the Seven Network between 1996 and 1998, with re-runs airing in 2005 and 2007. Hosted by former test cricketer Mike Whitney and co-hosted by Tania Zaetta, the show has been screened in over 50 countries around the world.
As an adventure game show in which contestants are expected to complete undesirable tasks in order to win prizes, Who Dares Wins could be considered a precursor to contemporary reality TV series such as Fear Factor. It was created by David Mason and Adrian Brant.
Hollywood heavyweights, political powerhouses, your next door neighbour... no-one is safe in Double Take.
This classic Aussie sketch show balances the satirical with the downright silly with spoofs of TV shows, movies, celebrities and much more.
Double Take features eerily close to the bone video clips which shed new light on the world's hottest musical acts, including Beyonce, Silverchair, Britney Spears, Kings of Leon, the Veronicas and rocking royal Prince Harry.
Air Ways is an Australian factual television series broadcast on the Seven Network, narrated by Corinne Grant and produced by Lyndal Marks, the executive producer in charge of Border Security. It began screening in July 2009 and was filmed in airports including Melbourne, Coolangatta, Rockhampton, Mackay, Adelaide, Launceston, Hobart and Alice Springs.
Air Ways follows the day-to-day operations of budget Australian airline Tiger Airways Australia. It has a similar premise to the successful UK factual television series Airline.
Air Ways returned for a second series on Sunday, 7 February 2010.
Seven psychics undergo a series of challenges designed to test their abilities in clairvoyance, telepathy and mediumship, among others. At the end of each episode the judges decide who stays and who goes, until the final instalment, when the audience gets to decide which of the remaining spoon-benders is truly The One.
Consider Your Verdict is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network originally screening from February 1961 through to June 1964. It was based on a radio series with the same name broadcast on 3DB in Melbourne from 1958 to 1960.
The television series was recorded at the HSV-7 Fitzroy tele-theatre in Melbourne. There were 163 one hour episodes.
The series made use of a revolving cast to portray various court cases. The actors were given the details of a given case and instructed to improvise their performances to give the series a more authentic, immediate feel.
It won a Logie Award in 1961 for Best Australian Drama Series
The Paul Hogan Show is a popular Australian comedy show which aired on Australian television from 1973 until 1984. It made a star of Paul Hogan, who later appeared in "Crocodile" Dundee. Hogan's friend John Cornell also appeared in the show, playing Hogan's dim flatmate Strop. The show also aired on the New York Tri-State area television WWOR channel 9, in the early 1980s.
Episodes of the series generally opened with Hogan, playing a version of himself he called 'Hoges', presenting a stand-up comedy routine dressed in his bridge rigger's costume of boots, shorts, and shirt with sleeves cut off. The show then presented a series of comedy sketches, usually with Hogan in the lead role and playing various recurring characters, these include:
⁕Leo Wanker: an inept daredevil stuntman;
⁕George Fungus: a take-off of real-life television journalist George Negus of the Australian 60 Minutes;
⁕Super Dag: an ocker superhero complete with terry-towelling hat and zinc-creamed nose. His powers include his ab
Sky Trackers was a television series created by Jeff Peck and Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian Children's Television Foundation. The series was a winner of various Television Awards.
The pilot was produced by Anthony Buckley.
Bullpitt! sees the return of the character Ted Bullpitt (from Kingwood Country). The legend of Wombat Crescent has packed up the Kingswood, loaded Neville the statue and moved into “Whispering Pines” retirement village. Australia’s favourite hero, Ted Bullpitt, tries to retire gracefully but can’t help plunging the village into chaos and confusion.
The Potato Factory tells the story of three strong-willed people battling against a background of hardship and poverty to escape a past that tries to catch up with them.
Based on the best-selling novel by iconic Australian author Bryce Courtenay.
The Fairies is an Australian television show based on two fairies: Harmony and Rhapsody. They also have friends, including Elf, the Fairycake maker, Barnaby, the Bizzy Buzzy Bee and "Wizzy the Wizard".
Nancy Wake tells the true story of Australia's greatest war heroine - the woman the Gestapo dubbed the 'White Mouse'. This miniseries event begins in 1939 when Nancy meets Henri Fiocca, while she is working on assignment as a journalist in Marseilles. With Europe on the brink of war, they fall desperately in love and are married as Hitler begins his relentless march oh Holland and Belgium.
The World's Strictest Parents is a television series developed by TwentyTwenty Television, originally broadcast in Britain by the BBC. America's CMT and Australia's Channel Seven have both created localised versions of the programme, with the CMT episodes frequently rebroadcasting on MTV. There is also a German version called "Die strengsten Eltern der Welt".
The concept is that two so-called "unruly" teenagers are sent to live abroad with a strict host family for a week in an attempt to change their behaviour. During the week they receive an impact letter from their real parents with a list of issues they should try to fix.
Million Dollar Island presents a ground- breaking concept: 100 everyday Australians stay on a remote island, vying for a chance to win $1 million, the biggest prize money on Australian TV. But braving the harsh conditions with limited means isn't the only challenge on an island full of mystery, surprise, hardships and rewards.
Daily at Dawn was an Australian sitcom that screened in 1981 on the Seven Network. The series was written and produced by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler, the team behind other popular Australian comedy series such as Kingswood Country, Hey Dad..! and The Naked Vicar Show.