Best Australian TV Series' of all Time
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- CreatorsDeb CoxAndrew KnightStarsJohn HowardSigrid ThorntonKerry ArmstrongA big-city lawyer is prompted to undergo a "sea change" with her children and becomes the magistrate at the small coastal town of Pearl Bay, where the family comes to love its people and the quality time with one another.
- CreatorsPeter DuncanRichard RoxburghCharles WaterstreetStarsRichard RoxburghMatt DayKate BoxCleaver Greene is a drug addict who has a massive gambling debt with some very shady characters and is in love with a prostitute. He's also a very good criminal lawyer, capable of winning unwinnable cases.
- CreatorsSanto CilauroTom GleisnerJane KennedyStarsRob SitchJane KennedyTiriel MoraBased on the making of a fictitious Australian CURRENT AFFAIRS show, Frontline blends invented events with REAL LIFE events. A true reflection of THE TIMES we live in.
- StarsCaroline CraigPaul TassoneDieter BrummerEach season of this multi-award-winning television series takes you through a 13-episode run in the rise and fall of real-life Australian underworld figures as told from both sides of the law.
- 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.
- 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.
- CreatorsDebra OswaldImogen BanksJohn EdwardsStarsAsher KeddieKat StewartRichard DaviesThe story of the impossible loves of 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her fabulously messy family.
- CreatorsHal 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.
- CreatorsBen GannonMichael JenkinsStarsCallan 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.
- StarsSanto CilauroTom GleisnerJane KennedyThe D-Generation comedy group reunited for this hit Australian late-night show, delivering live sketches like Shitscared, Charlie the wonder dog, and The Oz brothers.
- StarsTom GleisnerRob SitchKate LangbroekA comedy show talking about the events from the week gone. Made by Australia's Working Dog and featuring guests each week. The team is known for the movie The Castle.
- CreatorsJohn EdwardsAmanda HiggsStarsDeborah MailmanDavid TredinnickSamuel JohnsonThis iconic Australian series follows eight people living in St Kilda, Melbourne who are all looking for the same things: love, sex, romance, success, and anything else that's worth pursuing.
- CreatorsReg 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.
- StarsShaun MicallefFrancis GreensladeEmily TahenyNo-holds-barred news satire show presented by comedian Shaun Micallef that gleefully riffs on Aussie politics.
- CreatorsGina RileyJane TurnerStarsJane TurnerGina RileyGlenn RobbinsA mother, her daughter, and their respective "hunks of spunk" negotiate life in suburban Australia.
- 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.
- StarsJohn YoungJane ScaliPhilip GouldYoung Talent Time was produced in Australia by Television House and Johnny Young, for the 18 years. It was a show only intended for a 13 week run, but ended up being a success.
- CreatorReg WatsonStarsJackie WoodburneAlan FletcherRyan MoloneyAustralian television soap opera exploring the lives and relationships of the residents of Ramsay Street in a fictional suburb of Melbourne called Erinsborough.
- CreatorAlan BatemanStarsRay MeagherLynne McGrangerEmily SymonsAustralian television soap opera chronicling the lives, loves, happiness, and heartbreaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town in the upper Northern Beaches of Sydney in New South Wales.
- CreatorChris LilleyStarsChris LilleyGeorgie JenningsGeorgia TreuJa'mie: Private School Girl follows the eponymous school captain during the last few months of school, far removed from the grounds of Summer Heights High and back on the lush manicured lawns of Hillford Girls Grammar School.
- StarsMark MitchellEsben StormRian McLeanTony Twist and his three children--14-year-old twins Pete and Linda and 7-year-old Bronson--move to an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast.
- 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.
- StarsEden GahaScott McRaeVidiot was a pop culture quiz show on Australia's ABC in the early 90s.