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Preppers follows Charlie (Nakkiah Lui), a young Aboriginal woman whose world crumbles around her after experiencing a personal, cataclysmic event. Escaping the fallout, Charlie finds herself at the centre of a hilariously mismatched community of doomsday preppers. With climate change, economic catastrophe, terrorism, pandemics, meteor strikes, hostile AI, nuclear proliferation, alien invasion it looks almost certain that the end is nigh. So, when the end comes-no matter how it happens- maybe the craziest thing is to NOT be prepared?

When a six-year-old boy (Sam) is taken from school, his parents, Joe and Anna, are frantic. The boy is returned unharmed and the police arrest the mother's ex-boyfriend Simon and then investigate his suspected accomplice Angela, who has a connection to the boy's father. Simon's psychiatrist Dr Alex Klima, his lawyer Gina, and Joe's best mate Mitch are pulled into the entangled relationships and moral dilemmas.

Summer Love is an anthology series which sees eight very different sets of people rent the same beachside holiday house. Eight different writing teams bring eight different stories to life, each connected through the house and through the theme of love. Summer Love captures the collision between the dreamy enchantment of the beach and the clumsy reality of humans on holiday. It explores the anonymity, the possibility, and the escape that we all feel, alongside the ever-present threat of sand in the sheets.

This Australian comedy features the life of Frances O'Brien, a devout Catholic woman who suffers from a panic disorder and serves as Head Librarian at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre. Life gets interesting when her former best friend who is facing criminal charges becomes her co-worker.

After years of trying, Tasmania has finally been given the green light to field a team in the AFL - but there's a catch. The locals have to build a new stadium.

Follow Marc Fennell on a globe-trotting, emotional quest for the truth as he unravels the twisted mysteries behind six iconic and priceless objects taken by the British Empire and meets those who want them back.

Shaun Micallef is Mad as Hell is a hilarious Australian news-comedy show that satirizes current events and politics. Hosted by the talented Shaun Micallef, the show is a must-watch for anyone who loves witty humor and sharp commentary.

Goolagong is based on the inspiring true-life story of world champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong, one of Australia's most revered sporting heroes. Evonne's story is one of family, love, loss, and an unwavering spirit. In the time of burgeoning black rights and women's lib, Evonne proved to herself, her people, and the world that she was a true champion.

Jane is a cocky Korean-Australian adoptee with a love of hairy white guys - the hairier and whiter the better. When her friends call her out for having a white man fetish she sets out to try and reprogram her libido, reignites a connection with childhood friend, Yu Chang and stumbles into the process of finding out who she really is. From hens' nights to country weddings, moon crystals, "gotcha" days and adoptee dinners, it's a K-Pop-infused, action-packed, wild ride filled with revelations, surprises and a large helping of Asian pop culture.

When ten-year-old Maudie, a freakishly gifted observer of human behaviour, forms an investigator agency with her classmates Ezra, Ava and Kyle, no school or neighbourhood crime is left unsolved.

Australia's boldest and most inspired home renovators put their skills, finances and relationships to the test in the quest to create their perfect homes.

House of Gods follows the lives of an ambitious Iraqi Australian family grappling with newfound power and privilege when their charismatic patriarch is elected head cleric of their local mosque.

When a family from Queensland enters witness protection in Sydney, they must adapt to new identities and face the dangers of their past. Hiding is a thrilling drama that explores the complexities of family, loyalty, and survival. Watch as the family navigates through their new lives.

Inspired by Australia's radical response to AIDS in the 1980s, In Our Blood tells the story of a community grappling with a terrifying new disease. With no cure in sight, they realise they will need something truly radical to survive, trust.

Award-winning actor and producer Anthony LaPaglia unravels an epic story of Italian organised crime gang - the Black Hand - which terrorised Italian Australians working around the cane fields of North Queensland in the 1930s.

Get ready to laugh and learn with The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. This half-hour news comedy exposes the absurd and hypocritical, 24/7, once a week. Join Charlie Pickering as he delivers witty commentary on current events and politics. Premiering in 2015, this show is a must-watch for anyone who wants to stay informed and entertained.

This six-part comedy series tracks the trials and tribulations of five car loads of travellers in peak hour morning transit and again on their drive home to find out how the workday turned out.

Our thirties and forties are the busiest time of our lives. The extended Tivolli clan is right in the thick of it - kids, career advancement, home ownership, settling in with the one you love; still trying to find the one you love; getting away from the one you used to love. It's the time of our frantic, messy, frustrating, funny, sometimes awful, lives.

This is a wacky TV series written by the hilarious children's author, Paul Jennings. It follows the bizarre lives of the Twist family. Tony Twist (aka dad) and his three children- the twins Pete and Linda and youngest son, Bronson- move from "The Big Smoke" (the city) to the sea-side village of Port Niranda. They move into an old lighthouse, previously owned by their new neighbour, Nell, and their new lives begin. Strange things happen to the Twist family, strange but hilarious things. The series has been running since 1989 with several new actors stepping in to fill the spaces of those all grown up.

With no sense of on-camera technique, the Kate's will shuffle through a roster of unsafe demonstrations, surly guests, underprepared experts and the over-lit decomposition of the duo's already rocky relationship. Like any televisual format that The Kates put their rough, manly hands to, things on Get Krack!n' will go downhill fast. Frankly, whatever the hour, an audience deserves better.

A 3-part observational documentary investigating a key cultural issue of our time - Australia's changing sense of nationhood during a period of increasing globalisation and fractious identity politics - through the deeply personal lens of Miriam Margolyes's own sense of becoming a new Australian.

SEX. MURDER. SECRETS. LIES. A missing baby. Her mother behind bars. In this ground-breaking three-part television event, Caro Meldrum-Hanna investigates one of Australia's most notorious crimes: the disappearance of two-day old Tegan Lane and the conviction of her mother Keli Lane of her murder.

As our third longest serving Prime Minister, Andrew Dugdale mattered. He dined with presidents and kings, hosted world summits and changed the lives of millions of his fellow Australians. But now he's retired; a not-so-elder statesman with time on his hands to ponder the question - was it all worth it? Not that he's asking of course. No, his inquisitive and over enthusiastic ghostwriter Ellen has an unhelpfully insatiable appetite for the truth.

Hot Fuzz meets Haven, Aussie-style: A lighthearted, supernatural cop show set in a fictional Australian seaside community called Coolum. A young constable arrives to take the night shift, answering calls from the residents who apparently have some special problems at night. His girlfriend dumps him; his office is a beat-up trailer; and his side-kick is an elderly gentleman who favors a Dungeons-and-Dragons style board game. "It can get pretty weird around here when the sun goes down."

The Hollowmen is a political comedy/drama which follows the goings-on of the Central Policy Unit, a think tank set up by the Prime Minister to help him get re-elected.