Australian Must Watch
Here are some shows from Down Under that are so worth the watch. No particular order! Mix of Past and Present hits
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- CreatorJonathan M. ShiffStarsCariba HeinePhoebe TonkinAngus McLarenThree girls become mermaids after a mysterious island transforms them and gives them special powers.
- StarsBrooke SatchwellMichael TheoMark RadburnA documentary series following young adults on the autism spectrum as they explore the unpredictable world of love, dating and relationships.
- CreatorPatrick BrammallHarriet DyerStarsTai HaraPatrick BrammallHarriet DyerAshley and Gordon, two single-ish, complex humans who are brought together by a car accident and an injured dog. Flawed, funny people choosing each other and being brave enough to show their true selves and navigate life together.
- StarsLuke ArnoldBella HeathcoteJay RyanFollows investigative journalist Martin Scarsden as he has to uncover the truth of the case of killing of five parishioners by a charismatic and dedicated young priest.
- CreatorDaniel BrocklehurstStarsWarren BrownFaye MarsayMichelle KeeganA group of Brits leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure. The Roberts family tries to make the best of their situation, but life at the shelter tests them, but they're not the only ones avoiding the truth.
- CreatorDebra OswaldImogen BanksJohn EdwardsStarsAsher KeddieKat StewartRichard DaviesThe story of the impossible loves of 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her fabulously messy family.
- CreatorGlen DolmanStarsBryan BrownPhoebe TonkinGenevieve MorrisA year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, a mysterious new plant appears. The plant's phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values.
- CreatorBevan LeeStarsRebecca GibneyErik ThomsonMichael CatonMeet Dave and Julie Rafter: just your average Australians with three adult children. On the eve of their 25th wedding anniversary it seems that they're about to have their house to themselves at long last.
- CreatorCam BakkerStarsTom GleesonTom CashmanAnne EdmondsEach week, tough-love Taskmaster, Tom Gleeson, and his trusty sidekick Tom Cashman, set a panel of contestants a series of challenges, each more mind-bending and head-scratching than the last. Who will master the tasks?
- StarsSophie LuckKate BellMartin LynesSeven top Australian teen surfers live, study, and train together, while they fight to win sponsorship and a spot on the Professional Circuit.
- CreatorRobyn ButlerWayne HopeStarsAnnie MaynardPatrick BrammallRobyn MalcolmMiddle class woman, Bess Denyar, discovers she's adopted. She's shocked to find her birth parents head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs.
- CreatorImogen BanksJohn EdwardsStarsBrenna HardingAshleigh CummingsSean KeenanTeen best friends Debbie and Sue grow up and find love and freedom on the beaches of Sydney's Sutherland Shire during the tumultuous 1970s.
- CreatorEllie BeaumontDrew ProffittStarsSullivan StapletonMichelle Lim DavidsonLincoln YounesFollowing a high profile murder trial, four everyday people try to piece together their lives again as they begin to question the case, the outcome and the day that changed their lives.
- CreatorSarah DoddStarsKia LubySophie BennettKeenan MacwilliamThe adventures of the girls in the Saddle Club.
- CreatorPosie Graeme-EvansHelena HarrisStarsKellie CrawfordCharli RobinsonNathan FoleyAustralian weekly children's educational series.
- StarsRuPaulMichelle VisageRhys NicholsonRuPaul's Drag Race spin-off series featuring drag queens from Australia and New Zealand competing to become Down Under's Drag Superstar.
- StarsSteve IrwinTerri IrwinWes MannionSteve and wife Terri educate and entertain on the subject of Australia's all too often dangerous wildlife.
- CreatorKeith ThompsonTim PyeKen KelsoStarsSean KeenanRhys MuldoonBriony WilliamsTwelve and 3/4-year-old Lockie Leonard is a surf rat and when his family move to the most remote town on Earth, Angelus, Lockie's convinced that this is a total disaster - no friends, a new school and a house that is truly in danger of disappearing into a swamp. But then Lockie spots the one thing that makes it all okay. This weird little town has the best surf he has ever seen. Based upon the novels by Western Australian, Booker nominated author, Tim Winton. Filmed on the West Australian coast in the town of Albany.
- CreatorCharlie ParsonsStarsLincoln HowesSophie WoodsSylvan DorneyAustralian version of the Swedish desert island-based reality TV series.
- CreatorCharlie ParsonsStarsJonathan LaPagliaShonee FairfaxLocklan GilbertA reality show where a group of twenty-four Australians are stranded in a remote location with little more than the clothes on their back. The winner takes home $500,000 and the title of Sole Survivor.
- StarsJohn AikenGeorgie GardnerMel SchillingEight singles, chosen by clinical physiologist John Aiken, neuropsychotherapist Dr. Trisha Stratford and psychologist Sabina Read, come to find themselves looking for love on a TV show.
- StarsChris LilleyAsolima TauatiIro UtaifeauThe life of a public school epitomized by disobedient student Jonah Takalua, self-absorbed private school exchange student Ja'mie King, and megalomaniac drama teacher Mr. G.
- CreatorOsamah SamiShahin ShafaeiStarsKamel El BashaOsamah SamiMaia AbbasThe life of a powerful Iraqi family in Australia, who confront new power, politics and privilege when their prominent patriarch, Sheikh Mohammad, is chosen as the head cleric of a local mosque.
- CreatorLiz DoranMichael LawrenceJohn MolloyStarsBen O'TooleJillian NguyenSean Keenan70s surf counter culture and commerce collide as a group of best friends, inspired by the ocean, create what will become iconic rival surf brands. Little do they know that their success will tear them, and their world, apart.
- CreatorJack YabsleyStarsClaire LoveringDanielle WalkerEddie PerfectIt's 1853, and two ratbag sisters from Sydney travel to the Australian Gold Rush in search of their own treasure: newly rich idiots.
- DirectorPeter FaimanStarsPaul HoganLinda KozlowskiJohn MeillonAn American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.
- DirectorChris NoonanStarsJames CromwellMagda SzubanskiChristine CavanaughGentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other animals accept him?
- DirectorSimon BakerStarsSamson CoulterBen SpenceSimon BakerAfter developing an interest in surfing, a teenage boy and his friend forge an unlikely friendship with an older surfer.
- DirectorGeorge MillerWarren ColemanJudy MorrisStarsElijah WoodBrittany MurphyHugh JackmanInto the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsToni ColletteRachel GriffithsBill HunterA young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
- DirectorNeil ArmfieldStarsHeath LedgerAbbie CornishGeoffrey RushA poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanEwan McGregorJohn LeguizamoA poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsGeorge MacKayEssie DavisNicholas HoultAustralian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.
- DirectorChris GodfreyStarsNick BarklaMichael BremerColin FrielsBuck and Sam decide to take action against a bully.Starring my brother Jake
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsEverlyn SampiTianna SansburyKenneth BranaghIn 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.
- CreatorScott RyanStarsScott RyanChika YasumuraJustin RosniakRay Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend, brother and best friend, tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Especially when you're also a criminal for hire.
- CreatorLee RobinsonDennis HillStarsEd DevereauxTony BonnerKen JamesSonny and his kangaroo Skippy live in Waratah National Park in New South Wales. Matt Hammond, Sonny's father is the park ranger. Skippy saves the day in many adventures.
- StarsCallan MulveyLara CoxEmma RocheA crash course in the turbulence of being a teen is always on the schedule for the students at Hartley High School in this 1990s series set in Sydney.
- CreatorHannah Carroll ChapmanBen GannonMichael JenkinsStarsAyesha MadonJames MajoosChloe HaydenA fresh look at Hartley High over 20 years on. With her new friends - outsiders Quinni and Darren - Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, sex, and heartbreak.