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- CreatorRalph W. PetersonStarsJohn MeillonJudi FarrStewart GinnSitcom concerened with the fortunes of a working class family in Sydney.
- 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.
- CreatorForrest RedlichStarsCecily PolsonLes DaymanTony MartinAn Australian soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there.
- CreatorDavid SaleStarsPat McDonaldJeff KevinJoe HashamFollows the lives and relationships of residents in a Sydney apartment building, exploring adult themes and featuring risky content like sex scenes.
- CreatorReg WatsonStarsStefan DennisAlan FletcherJackie WoodburneAustralian soap opera exploring the lives and relationships of the residents of Ramsay Street in a suburb of Melbourne called Erinsborough.
- CreatorAlan BatemanStarsRay MeagherLynne McGrangerEmily SymonsThis show chronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heartbreaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town jon the upper Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- CreatorHal McElroyTony MorphettStarsJulie NihillJohn WoodMartin SacksThe series primarily focuses on the daily lives of Victorian police officers working at a police station in the fictional small town of Mount Thomas.
- StarsJudith McGrathGeorgie ParkerTammy MacintoshA drama series centred on the lives of the nurses at All Saints Western General Hospital.
- CreatorReg WatsonLara RadulovichStarsKate AtkinsonKatrina MilosevicRobbie MagasivaThe confronting look into the lives of the inmates and prison staff of Wentworth Correctional Centre as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in the prison system.
- StarsElspeth BallantyneBarbara JungwirthBetty BobbittFollows the lives of inmates and staff at Wentworth, a high-security women's prison in Australia, exploring their backstories, daily struggles, and interpersonal relationships within the harsh realities of incarceration.
- CreatorTerry StapletonStarsPaula DuncanGregory RossGil TuckerLife in a suburban Australian police station.
- StarsLeonard TealeGeorge MallabyJohn FeganThe cases and crimes actioned by the Victoria (Australia) homicide squad, with many cases based of true events.
- StarsGerard KennedyChuck FaulknerFrank TaylorThis series was about the wide variety of cases dealt with by the Criminal Investigation and Uniform branches at Melbourne's fictional Yarra Central police station.
- CreatorIan JonesTerry StapletonStarsVic GordonPaul CroninMichael PatePolicing in a small rural town, popular in its day.
- StarsPaul CroninSteven TandyReg GormanFollows the Sullivan family from Melbourne, Australia during the Second World War.
- StarsPaul CroninAileen BrittonKeith EdenPaul Cronin as Senior Constable Gary Hogan, in the real country town of Emerald in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne.
- CreatorTerry StapletonJock BlairStarsKylie MinogueBill StalkerKen JamesPacific International Airport has five million passengers a year, and 800 people who work there; with Paul MacFarlane who is in charge.
- 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.
- StarsGrigor TaylorRebecca GillingElaine LeeSet in a Sydney secondary school located in a tough, under-privileged suburb; Greg Walker, the new English teacher has just transferred in from a country school.
- CreatorBen LewinStarsJohn WoodArky MichaelSimon ChilversMichael Rafferty, who is a Stipendiary Magistrate, drives to work in an old blue VW Kombi van. He owns a cat named Rhubarb.
- StarsLenore SmithMaurie FieldsRobert GrubbFollows the lives of a group of medical professions working for the Flying Doctors Service in the remote Australian outback.
- StarsShane PorteousBrian WenzelLorrae DesmondThe highs and lows of the Wandin Valley residents, from the patients and staff at the rural town's hospital, to the locals and their everyday lives.
- CreatorReg WatsonStarsTim PageLyn JamesGwen PlumbThe lives, loves and medical complaints of the doctors, nurses and patients at Sydney's Albert Memorial Hospital.
- StarsGrahame BondRory O'DonoghueSandra McGregorA large, violent, masculine, mustached, boxing glove-wearing, motorcycle riding woman and her troupe of other off-beat characters.
- StarsNancy CatoLiz HarrisTedd DunnIn the Magic Forest, Fredd and Fee Fee Bear, Mother Hubbard, Max and Nancy live in a magic cottage. The local baddies, Sir Jasper Crookly and Gaspar Goblin, regularly try to make life difficult for them.
- StarsSimon ReeveLizzy LovetteMitchell PapenhuyzenStudents from three schools answer various general knowledge questions from a wide range of subjects, including mathematics, geography, sport, pop culture and science. The winning school moves into finals which are played at the end of the seasons run.
- StarsSimon TownsendWoodrowAngela CatternsA hosted television current affairs program, about the world, and how it works from widgets to rock and roll.
- StarsNorman HetheringtonPatricia LovellJane FennellMr. Squiggle is a marionette with a pencil for a nose, who visits his friends from his home at 93 Crater Crescent on the Moon, flying in his pet rocket (named Rocket).
- StarsGillian BlakeneyGayle BlakeneyJamie DunnWombat was an Australian children's TV show produced at BTQ Channel 7 in Brisbane from 1979 to 1990. It was aired on weekday afternoons, and later Saturday and Sunday mornings, across Australia.
- StarsSusan JamiesonHelena BaileyPatricia GodfreyA preschool program created by Bert and Nancy Claster (USA), franchised in Australia, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Australia first produced it at ATN-7 Sydney in February 1963, hosted by Susan Jamieson.
- StarsNorman SwainJoff EllenGeoff CorkeLive Children's TV Show, presenting cartoons and featuring sketch comedy, competitions and variety entertainment.
- StarsAnnie JonesKylie MinogueNicholas EadieA brother and sister move to a Melbourne suburb where they have an old block of land belonging to their ancestors. However, they have to deal with a rich businessman who is trying to buy their land at any cost.
- StarsRob Morrison
- StarsIan 'Molly' MeldrumDaryl SomersRussell GilbertHosted by Daryl Somers, Hey Hey was a variety show, featuring sketches, performances, a talent show of sorts, and an array of celebrity guests, ranging from Australian television stars, to actors in big Hollywood blockbuster movies.
- CreatorNick GiannopoulosGeorge KapiniarisSimon PalomaresStarsNick GiannopoulosGeorge KapiniarisMary CoustasThe lives of the owners and workers at a Greek cafe in Melbourne.
- CreatorAlan HopgoodStarsGraeme BlundellChris HaywoodDawn LakeA waterbed salesman who is irresistible to women gets a job as a gardener in a convent
- StarsMark MitchellMary-Anne FaheyIan McFadyenSketch show launched from the success of "The D-Generation." The show was disbanded after the first season, but was given another shot in 1990 to become a well-loved hit comedy show. It went on to transition into "Fast Forward" (1991).
- CreatorJohn FlanaganGary ReillyStarsJulie McGregorRobert HughesSarah MonahanThis is Australia's longest-running comedy series, following the hilarious adventures of top architect Martin Kelly, who gives up his business to raise his three children. And the kid next door, Nudge.
- CreatorGeoffrey AtherdenStarsRuth CracknellGarry McDonaldHenri SzepsThe story of Maggie Beare, an elderly woman suffering from dementia (or so she says), and her faithful, yet long suffering son, Arthur. Despite all of Maggies manipulative ways, he is her carer, even if they don't always get along.
- StarsAlyssa-Jane CookScott BurgessBridie CarterLife for the residents of an apartment complex that has a police station on the ground floor.
- StarsMary LarkinKerry McGuireJon EnglishEighteen-year-old Mary Mulvane gets convicted for trying to get back her father's cow. She has to endure the travel in a prison ship from Ireland and living the life of a convict in Australia.
- CreatorBevan LeeStarsJohn HowardAnne TenneyMichala BanasEvery city-dweller daydreams sometimes about dropping out of the rat-race and moving to the country. Every country-dweller wonders what it might be like to try their luck in the "Big Smoke". Always Greener is the story of two families who actually dare to give it a go.
- CreatorJock BlairIan JonesStarsLucky GrillsGerda NicolsonJohn DiedrichBluey was set at Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters (Victoria, Australia), with "Bluey" Hills heading his own squad ("Department B"), due to his inability to work within the existing police squads.
- StarsDennis GrosvenorTony HughesRobert ColebyThe series was based around the work of a helicopter rescue team operating on Dee Why beach in Sydney. It has been said that the American series Baywatch was based upon Chopper Squad.
- StarsRobert BruningEric OldfieldAnna VolskaA wheelchair-bound widow with a small son takes in three male boarders, each of whom becomes a father-figure to the boy.
- StarsDenise RobertsMichael CraigMichael O'NeillSet around a fictional Ross St Surgery medical practice in inner Sydney explored both the personal and professional lives of the general practitioners working together, and the other doctors and staff who worked in the clinic.
- StarsRebecca GibneyRobyn NevinSusanne ChapmanJane Halifax is a freelance forensic psychiatrist (f.p.) a psychological super-sleuth immersed in a mire of crime and punishment: Jane is an expert of the human mind.
- CreatorJohn EdwardsClaudia KarvanJacquelin PerskeStarsClaudia KarvanAsher KeddieBrendan CowellA story about a group of thirty-somethings dealing with the ups and downs of life.
- CreatorPosie Graeme-EvansCaroline StantonStarsAaron JefferyRachael CarpaniSimmone MackinnonEstranged sisters Claire and Tess are reunited after 20 years when they inherit their family's cattle station, "Drover's Run", in the outback of South Australia, following their father's death.
- CreatorSarah LambertStarsJessica MaraisMandy McElhinneyMiranda TapsellThe lives of staff and residents at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and Stanton House in Sydney in 1969.
- CreatorTony CavanaughSimone NorthStarsGrant BowlerLisa ForrestCaroline Marie KenisonMedivac, also known as Adrenalin Junkies, is the story of the emergency ward of Brisbane's Bethlehem West Hospital.
- CreatorJames DavernStarsAndrew McFarlaneRobert ColebyRobert BaxterPatrol Boat was about the activities of the crew of a Royal Australian Navy patrol boat which patrolled Australia's coastline.
- CreatorChristopher LeeJohn EdwardsStarsRodger CorserCallan MulveyNicole da SilvaThey are trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged - Melbourne's answer for a cutting edge trend in policing worldwide.
- CreatorBevan LeeJohn HolmesStarsMelissa BerglandVirginia GayMelanie VallejoThe lives of four friends Bec, Sophie, Jenny and Frances are intertwined since their high school days when they were called losers. A reunion makes them realise that they are actually winners.
- StarsJohn HargreavesSerge LazareffBarbara LlewellynTired of city life, a young veterinarian moves to the countryside and connects with the locals.
- CreatorTerry StapletonStarsNick TateAlyson BestSteven Grives
- StarsFred BettsKen JamesBarrie BarklaExamines the day-to-day running of Melbourne television station UCV-12, the professional and personal lives of its staff, both in front of, and behind, the camera.
- CreatorTerry StapletonStarsLorraine BaylyKevin MilesChristine AmorSet in the 1920s. A female lawyer faces prejudice when she marries into a influentual family law firm. On top of this she has to bring up three children when her husband is killed in a plane crash.
- CreatorDavid PhillipsDebra OswaldTed RobertsStarsMichael CatonMercia Deane-JohnsJeremy SimsA family's life changes after winning the lottery jackpot. Initially focusing on their newfound wealth, the show takes an absurd turn with neo-Nazis, Chinese gangsters, supernatural entities, and man-eating flora.
- CreatorAlan ColemanStarsJohn HamblinGordon GlenwrightLeonard TealeClass of '74 (and later Class of '75) was a secondary school-based, daily soap opera produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and screened on the Seven Network in Australia starting March 1974.
- 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.
- CreatorReg WatsonStarsJune SalterMalcolm ThompsonKim LewisTragedy tinged story of various school-leavers entering the adult world of careers and relationships as overseen by matriarchal former teacher Miss MacKenzie.
- StarsRebecca GillingJames ReyneWendy HughesMeet plain but privileged multi-millionairess Stephanie Harper, whose sole mistake is to fall for handsome young sporting hero Greg Marsden.
- CreatorReg WatsonStarsPaula DuncanTim ElstonMarc Aden GrayAn Australian soap opera, set in and based around the lives and loves of a small country town.
- CreatorReg WatsonStarsIan RawlingsLeila HayesBrian BlainLinked by a secret affair, the wealthy Hamiltons and working-class Palmers are dramatic families. Twins separated at birth, one raised in each family, encounter the Morells who marry into the Hamiltons.
- StarsPatrick PhillipsJulianne WhiteSteven GrivesThe lives and loves of the staff of a busy Sydney police station.
- CreatorPino AmentaPhilip DalkinJohn PowditchStarsJon EnglishSteven JacobsJane HallOne-time Rock'n'Roll star Bobby Rivers discovers he has 15-year-old twins when his former lover dies in a plane crash. They and Tracy, the woman who looked after them when their mother was travelling the world, move in with him.
- StarsGlenn ButcherRoss WilliamsKim GyngellFull Frontal, a sketch comedy series, followed the format of its predecessor Fast Forward, rapid-firing skits to simulate channel surfing after each punchline.
- StarsGraham KennedyStuart WagstaffUgly Dave GrayThe first Australian version of the popular American game show Match Game 73 (1973).
- StarsBilly J. SmithFiona MacDonaldMax Rowley"It's a Knockout" was a loud, colourful and downright silly game show that was a hallmark of 1980s Australian television. Small town representatives from Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland would battle it out on all sorts of ridiculous physical contests.
- StarsRob GuestJohn Deeks
- StarsAnthony O'DonohueHumphrey B. BearTony BalzanHumphrey is designed to entertain and educate its audience as they join in the fun with the character of Humphrey B Bear. Humphrey enjoys exploring and pretending. He likes playing, singing, dancing and being with his friends.