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In the tradition of the international smash hit, 10 brave Australians will face the ultimate survival test as they endure the merciless forces of the Tasmanian wilderness.

The drama unfolds when detectives Tori Lustigman (Yael Stone) and Nick Manning (Noah Taylor) are assigned a brutal murder case. They begin to uncover mounting evidence to suggest the killing is connected to a spate of unexplained deaths, "suicides" and disappearances throughout the 80s and 90s. Is this the result of shoddy police work, indifference, or something far more sinister? Haunted by the disappearance of her teenage brother, Tori's fascination with the case soon turns to fixation. And when more ritualistic murders occur with the same bizarre signature, Tori and Nick will need to put their relationships, their careers and their lives on the line to finally reveal the truth.

Based on the popular British version of "Top Gear", "Top Gear Australia" looks to give a unique Aussie spin on the car scene while still having all thrills and spills that we all love.

Follows the theft of a multi-million-dollar necklace and the women from different walks of life who come together to ensure that justice is served.

At the center of this sitcom is a cranky dog who believes he is human, and lives to torment the live-in boyfriend of his loving, oblivious owner Sarah. Jason Gann plays the superstar mutt Wilfred.

Set in a bizarre, 1960's inspired version of World War II, action comedy series DANGER 5 follows a team of five spies on a mission to kill Adolf Hitler.

Dead Lucky is a crime drama with a difference starring Rachel Griffiths, revealing the complexities and tensions in cross - cultural relationships.

The story begins when a group of six friends embark on a yacht trip from Brisbane to Indonesia, a chance for adventure and to enjoy a holiday at the same time. The group is just a day's sail from their destination when something appears on the horizon. Another boat. The group come to the aid of a broken-down asylum seekers' boat, leading to a tragic series of events that return to haunt them four years later.

The Hunting is about two high school teachers who discover students are sharing nude photos of their underage friends and peers, and the consequence this has on the teens and their families.

A cruel and vicious judge who wields power only for herself, who meets a warm and cheerful detective who puts the victims first.

Smilla Jaspersen lives in a surveillance state facing an impending energy crisis, leading a withdrawn life until she meets a young Inuit boy. The boy's mysterious death leads her on a search for answers.

1855, the height of the Australian gold fever, coming just a few years after the peak of the California gold rush. For the Chinese, this new opportunity is known as the 'New Gold Mountain'. Wei Shing, the intriguingly charismatic - and occasionally ruthless - 'headman' leader of the White Hills Chinese mining camp, struggles to maintain the fragile harmony between the Chinese and European diggers. But, when Shing discovers the murdered body of a European woman, he uncovers a series of connections to the Chinese camp with implications disastrous both for himself and his people.

An Australian adaptation of the long-running BBC documentary series, in which a celebrity explores the past through the history of an ancestor.

The Family Law unfolds in the dysfunctional world of one Chinese-Australian family - as seen through the eyes of 14 year-old Benjamin Law. As Benjamin dreams of soap opera stardom, his parents contemplate separation. Over the course of one long, hot Queensland summer, the self-absorbed clarinet-playing teenager increasingly finds himself embroiled in other people's dramas.

Fed up with the Magical Realm's obsession with large-scale fantasy warfare, Jack the Wizard decides to migrate to the sanest place he can think of: Melbourne's Western suburbs. After accidentally causing a magical catastrophe, his existence (and that of his fellow magical immigrants) is revealed to the Australian public. Fearing a backlash against himself and his kind, Jack swears off using magic in a bid to better assimilate into human life. But of course, fitting in was never going to be easy when people tend to get a bit 'explode-y' whenever you sneeze...

Swift Street follows 21-year-old street smart and spiritually Afro-punk Elsie who teams up with her jaded old-school hustler father, Robert to get him out of debt and save him from a merciless crime boss who wants her money NOW. The pair embark on a series of hectic scrapes and near misses, as Elsie commits to help Robert hustle for the money. But with an unhinged gang of debt collectors on their trail, the duo must carry out a series of increasingly serious crimes against a ticking clock while fumbling through their dysfunctional relationship.

Hungry Ghosts is a new four-part Australian drama series that takes elements of the Japanese and Korean "supernatural thriller" genre to explore the lives of three generations of Vietnamese Australian families dealing with the aftermath of war. It's about lost loves, buried secrets, and how unresolved trauma can be handed down through generations until a young woman, planning for the future, connects with her past as a way forward.

This satirical comedy series by Paul Fenech (Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers) focuses on the residents of Housing Commission public housing.

Best friends on-screen and off, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan, famed for portraying the lovable and mischievous hobbits in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, are embarking on a quest to eat the world. They'll be travelling the globe to gain new insights into different countries unique culinary cultures, trying local cuisines, and getting up to plenty of shenanigans.

Yoon Gab (Yook Sung-Jae) is a government officer and works within the palace. He has a good reputation and has a handsome appearance. One day, Yoon Gab's body becomes possessed by an Imoogi creature. Soon afterwards, people begin to talk about him as if he has lost his mind. The Imoogi that has possessed Yoon Gab is related to Yeo-Ri (Bona), whose first love is Yoon Gab.Yeo-Ri is the only granddaughter of a famous shaman and Yeo-Ri herself has a divine gift, but she refuses her fate as a spirit medium. She instead works as a glasses craftswoman. The Imoogi needs Yeo-Ri's body to ascend to Heaven, but Yeo-Ri won't allow it. After Yoon Gab becomes possessed, Yeo-Ri enters the palace that is filled with powerful female ghosts and evil spirts. Meanwhile, King Lee Sung (Kim Ji-Hoon) is a reformist monarch who dreams of a strong Joseon nation. Weird and terrible incidents continue to take place within the palace. These are related to the powerful female ghosts, who holds a grudge against the royal family. To get rid of the ghosts, Yoon Gab, Yeo-Ri, and King Lee Sung searches for the secret of the female ghosts.

While the Men Are Away is a queer revisionist historical dramedy set in 1940s rural Australia. While the men are off fighting in WWII, the people who have been excluded from power suddenly find themselves running the show. Two Women's Land Army recruits from Sydney arrive in the country and undergo a heady course in race relations, rural politics, spirituality, sex, and personal growth - oh, and farming.

"Pizza" is a funny series about a pizza shop and its wild employees, based on the hilarious lives of five Ethnic people and one Australian pot-head.

The show is set around the Major Crime Squad in metropolitan Sydney. It is based upon the experiences of actual detectives in a crime unit in Sydney's western suburbs. It is filmed on location, in Sydney suburbs such as Auburn, Lidcombe, Redfern, Chinatown and Sefton.

The story of Sunshine follows the life of Jacob, a young, aspiring South Sudanese-Australian basketball player who is on the cusp of being picked up by US scouts for the US College league.

The Circuit is an Australian television drama series. The six part first season screened on SBS TV, premiering on 8 July 2007 at 9:30 pm, and concluding on 12 August 2007. A second series is currently being filmed for screening in 2009. The series stars Aaron Pedersen and Gary Sweet, and centres around indigenous Australian lawyer Drew Ellis (Pederson).