Charles Kingsford Smith, an adventurer, a crusader, a fighter, a lover. Against impossible odds, he went out to explore the sky, and soared higher than most.
Gladiators was an Australian television series which aired on the Seven Network in 2008. It was a revival of the earlier series of the same name, and was based on the American version of the show, which was also revived in 2008.
The show was filmed at The Dome at the Sydney Showground, and was hosted by Tom Williams and Zoe Naylor. Well known NRL referee Bill Harrigan was one of the two referees for the show, the other was John Forsythe, who was a referee on the original series. Although not credited, the Sydney Altitude Cheerleaders were present in every episode, doing various routines throughout each episode whether an event was taking place or not.
Behind the scenes, highly respected military fitness expert 'Chief' Brabon was responsible for preparing the gladiators for their extremely physical roles.
The revival of Gladiators was first announced on 9 September 2007, and premiered on 30 March 2008 at 6:30 pm. The Challengers in this series competed to win A$50,000 and a new Subaru Forester.
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In a celebration of skill, precision, creativity and joy, Blow Up transforms the humble balloon into jaw-dropping and awe-inspiring artistic creations.
Prepare to suspend your disbelief, as 10 incredibly talented Australian balloon artists converge on the Blow Up studio to weave their magic, with mind-blowing results that will delight fans of all ages.
The Voice Generations is a global-first special event featuring superstar coaches, coming to Channel 7 and 7plus on January 31 2022, for one week only. In a huge twist on the world’s biggest singing competition, The Voice Generations will see the nation’s greatest voices from each generation come together to perform in The Voice arena. Talented families, friends, neighbours, and even students and teachers will team up to vie for Voice glory in this special edition of the smash-hit series. Across powerful Blind Auditions and epic Battles, the generations will sing head-to-head to claim their spot in the first-ever The Voice Generations Grand Finale. And Keith Urban, Rita Ora, Guy Sebastian and Jessica Mauboy will be there to coach them along.
Gangs of Oz is an Australian television documentary series on the Seven Network narrated by actor Colin Friels. The show looks at real stories of Australia's criminal underworld with accounts from criminals, their families and the police who risk their lives to catch them.
Tessa returns home to Melbourne to establish her own label while battling her devious younger sister, the mob, and a slew of other enemies including an alcoholic competitor, a stalker, drug dealers, jealous wives, corrupt police, and militant unions. Tessa also juggles love affairs with a married Australian businessman who may be a gangster, an American photographer, and a hot-tempered Irish thug, in between surviving various attempts on her life and investigating the “accidental” death of her father.
The 1% Club is a game show like no other! Unlike most quizzes, they don't need to brush up on general knowledge to do well. All they need is logic and common sense. Hosted by comedian Jim Jefferies.
Castaway is an Australian children's television series premiered in Australia on the Seven Network on 12 February 2011. The series is a sequel to the 2008 series Trapped. It had been delayed from its initial premiere date in 2010 and as a result first aired on Swedish television, with the premiere on 1 November 2010 and ending on 6 December 2010.
Celebrity Survivor, also known promotionally as Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu and Australia's Celebrity Survivor, was an Australian television series that screened on the Seven Network in 2006, based on the popular reality television show, Survivor. The new series joined the many celebrity-oriented reality programs already in their lineup, such as It Takes Two and Dancing with the Stars. It was hosted by Ian "Dicko" Dickson. Guy Leech, the eventual winner, or "Sole Survivor" of the show, donated A$100,000 to the charity of his choice, Ride Aid Inc, with the other contestants' charities receiving A$5000 each. Although better received than the earlier Australian Survivor, Celebrity Survivor was still only a modest success in the ratings and a follow-up series has not materialised.
Beach Cops follows the police men and women who operate along Sydney's Northern Beaches. From driving offences to missing persons to drugs, see how the officers respond to the dangerous, tragic and often funny situations that are part of their everyday lives through Summer, when the stretch of coastline, from Manly to Palm Beach, swells by seven million visitors.
Seven people get shipwrecked on an island that turns out to be the famous "Treasure Island" from Robert L. Stevenson's famous novel. But the island is occupied by three tribes, each of them very dangerous. The shipwrecked have to fight for their lives and have to find a way to escape from the island.
Big Girl's Blouse is an Australian skit program that aired in the mid-1990s on the Seven Network. The show was created by Gina Riley, Jane Turner and Magda Szubanski who all went on to star in Kath & Kim. There were four one-hour episodes, plus the pilot, which are usually shown as eight half-hour episodes. The phrase "Big Girl's Blouse" is a British English idiom meaning "ineffectual or weak, someone failing to show masculine strength or determination".
In Australia The Comedy Channel currently airs the series as part of their Aussie Gold block hosted by Frank Woodley. In America it occasionally appears on the Sundance Channel.
The show has been released in its entirety by Shock DVD in Australia.
Children's game show where players from two schools competed over the course of a week, in a rolling format - where games could be started in the middle of an episode, and stopped and continued on the next episode. The school team earning the most points won a major prize for their school, such as an encyclopedia.
Dating coach Matthew Hussey helps four divorced women get back in the game, teaching them the ins-and-outs of the dating world, what men are thinking and how to get their attention.
They call it The Great Race, and surely there can be no better description of the annual October Bathurst 1000 touring car endurance race. This mammoth DVD Box Set covers the first six decades of The Great Race, Tracing it’s origins at Phillip Island in 1960, the move to Bathurst three years later and the rapid evolution of the event into the nation-stopping Australian sporting icon it is today. This box set is the ultimate argument settler for any Bathurst fan.