Bluey is a parenting program cleverly disguised as a kids' program. It's my favourite show on TV at the moment.
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Anyone remember water rats? Peak 90's crime of the week show with as much drama off the set as on.
Bloody loved Water Rats! Aaron Pedersen was fantastic.
That whole era of Police Rescue / Water Rats was such a good time for TV!
Edit: oh! Something in the Air!
- The Curiosity Show
- Skippy
- Ask the Leyland Brothers
+1 for curiosity
There's quite a lot of Curiosity Show clips on YT, with more being added all the time. Brings back great memories...
The Big Gig
In case you weren't aware "The Archive" runs a pretty substantial repository of Australian TV shows. r/DownUnderTv has instructions on how to get access.
For now, The Archive is shutdown. It's uncertain if it's coming back but, if anyone here is on their Discord, please share what you know.
Oh, that's a real shame. It's been a while since I found it and grabbed some old shows not available anywhere else ( The Chaser, CNNNN, The Mole). Hopefully it makes a comeback at some point.
Ones I already have:
- Acropolis Now
- Bush Tucker Man
- Kingswood Country (missing 15 eps)
- Mother and Son (the original, not the shithouse remake)
- Rake
- The Hollowmen (only have shitty DVD rips, would love something better)
Ones I want, but haven't started looking for:
- Stingers
- The Late Show
- Hey Hey
- Full Frontal
- Fast Forward
- Comedy Company
- The Big Gig
- Good News Week
- Front Line
- Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (I have the 2018 eps - not the early 2000s ones)
- All Together Now
Ones I enjoyed, but am on the fence about committing storage space to:
- Kath and Kim
- Caron's Law
- The Sullivans
- Blue Heelers
- Rafferty's Rules
- Cop Shop
How embarrassment I don't know if I should watch it again or just hold the happy memory of acropolis now.
I think Kath and Kim is a keeper. Like Kingswood Country, the suburban social commentary runs deeper than the gags make it appear. Based on your mention of The Sullivans, I would also recomend Power Without Glory if you can find it. That is a largely true story from that era which was very well done.
Ah, I forgot Power Without Glory. Good memory!
The one about a big city lawyer going to a small seaside town. Sea Change?
The one about a big city ~~lawyer~~ heart surgeon going to work in a small hospital in the outback. Heart-something?
The one about a big city lawyer going insane. Rake.
The one about a quirky Melbourne OB/GNY and her quirky family.
The one that had great promise, but was cancelled after one season. Oh, there are 100 of those.
Second one might be heartbeat? Literally know nothing about it other than hearing ads for it as a kid
Doctor Doctor (also known outside of Australasia as The Heart Guy) is an Australian television drama created by Tony McNamara, Ian Collie and Alan Harris, which premiered on the Nine Network on 14 September 2016, lasting five seasons, concluding on 23 June 2021. The cast includes Rodger Corser, Nicole da Silva, Ryan Johnson, Tina Bursill, Hayley McElhinney and Steve Bisley, and follows the story of Hugh Knight, a rising heart surgeon who is gifted, charming and infallible. He is a hedonist who, due to his sheer talent, believes he can live outside the rules. His "work hard, play harder" philosophy eventually comes to 'bite' him.
Mr Inbetween. First season is gold.
The girl from tomorrow. I see it's on Stan now.
Love is a four letter word.
All of Mr Inbetween is incredibly good. It's just a shame they stopped at three seasons. And hat off to Fox for actually making some good Aussie content for once.
I liked watching A*mazing as a kid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*mazing
There's a bunch of kids game shows that are very difficult if not impossible to find these days.
Skithouse
I was going to suggest Plasmo, but it turns out some mad lad has already upscaled it to 4K! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2U98Joe6Hs
Soup Opera and Trapdoor
I watched a lot of crap. I didn't realise it was crap at the time, I just didn't know any better. In the 80's/early 90's I was watching:
- A Country Practice
- Early Home & Away
- Flying doctors
- Some show where Georgie Parker was a female firefighter (Gasp!).
- Some hospital show with Georgie Parker as the main character
- Comedy Company
- Hey Hey its Saturday
- Its a Knockout
- Hey, Dad (This one has been tainted now it turned out that the Dad was not wholesome at all)
As to what to actually preserve, some of those shows likely haven't aged well. The Paul Hogan Show was great, but a product of its time. I'm sure it would never be allowed on the air today. Same with Number 96 (not that I was supposed to be watching that one).
While these are the answer to your question - what were my favourite shows at the time, I wouldn't nominate any of them for preservation.
I remember loving the show Good Guys, Bad Guys when I was a teenager. Occasionally look for it on the torrents but never found it.
Haha I got it on sale a JB. I should make a digital backup of it actually. Can't believe I haven't done it yet...
let me know if you need some off site storage of you digital backups...
I vaguely remember watching and liking the first couple of seasons of Underbelly.
Looking at IMDB, there were 6 seasons all up, so I missed the last 3 to 4 seasons of the show.
Ready Steady Wiggle!
I loved The Ferals, Mulligrubs and Take Off as a kid. So many cool and imaginative things.
Honorable mentions are Big Square Eye, Beyond 2000 and Hey, Hey, it's Saturday.
Do you mean "Lift off"?
Yes! That's the one. With the talking backpacks etc.
And EC the creepy silent faceless puppet
Wtf.. I might have missed it I guess.. maybe it’s how I’ll reconcile it with myself over time..
But where the fuck was E Street on everyone’s list lol.. Mr Bad!!
Does anyone really want to remember Mr Bad?
Recent show, 'Pine Gap.' US/Australian electronic intelligence monitoring station. Political drama, and interpersonal drama. Supposedly getting a second season.
The Henderson Kids.
