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The TouristThe Tourist
BBC One, 2022 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | ► Trailer
3.9


In the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, a British man is pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. An epic cat and mouse chase unfolds and The Man later wakes in hospital, hurt, but somehow alive. Except he has no idea who he is. With merciless figures from his past pursuing him, The Man's search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback.


TerritoryTerritory
Netflix, 2024 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Adventure, Western | ► Trailer
4.1


When the world's largest cattle station is left without a clear successor, generational clashes threaten to tear the Lawson family apart. Sensing this once great dynasty is in decline, the outback's most powerful factions - rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners - move in for the kill.


Darby & JoanDarby & Joan
Acorn TV, 2022 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Mystery | ► Trailer
4.0


Retired Australian detective Jack Darby is fleeing his past mistakes, while English widow Joan Kirkhope is attempting to outrun her grief. Their worlds collide on a remote backroad. They couldn't be more different: the directionless, blunt Aussie and the sharp-tongued Englishwoman. But thrown together and drawn into the intriguing mysteries lurking in the isolated, tropical corners of a vast continent, it quickly becomes clear the most fascinating mystery they face is each other. Thus begins an epic love story; a non-stop road movie; a mystery series; an Outback odyssey. Darby and Joan asks: can you find yourself in the middle of nowhere?


Aussie Gold HuntersAussie Gold Hunters
Discovery (AU), 2016 Running | Reality, Documentary
4.7


Follow gold prospectors in Australia while they're risking their dreams and futures in pursuit of the ultimate golden reward.


Wolf CreekWolf Creek
Stan, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Horror | ► Trailer
4.0


Eve, a 19-year-old American tourist is targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor. She survives his attack and embarks on a mission of revenge.


McLeod's DaughtersMcLeod's Daughters
Nine, 2001 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Romance, Western
3.8


"McLeod's Daughters" tells the story of the two McLeod sisters who are reunited when they inherit a vast outback cattle property.


Opal Hunters: Red Dirt RoadtripOpal Hunters: Red Dirt Roadtrip
Discovery+, 2022 On Hiatus | Adventure, Reality, Documentary
5.0


Opal greenhorn James "JC" Caruana and veteran miner Rod Manning go on an Aussie adventure through the brutal outback. Their mission: to earn as much as possible and to teach JC all about opal mining before he becomes a father in just three months' time.


Aussie Gold Hunters: Mine SOSAussie Gold Hunters: Mine SOS
Discovery, 2022 Cancelled/Ended | Reality, Documentary
5.0


Aussie Gold Hunters: Mine SOS is a 6×60 spin-off of our long running series Aussie Gold Hunters. The show follows gold guru Paul Mackie and his team of mining experts as they overhaul struggling mining operations, and turn around the fortunes of miners who've fallen on hard times. The series will premiere on Discovery later in 2022.


Thou Shalt Not StealThou Shalt Not Steal
Stan, 2024 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama
4.0


On a search for the truth behind a mysterious family secret, Robyn, a young Aboriginal, escapes from detention and reluctantly teams up with awkward teenager Gidge. Together they flee her small central desert community on a perilous journey across the outback, finding answers and learning some hard life lessons along the way. Hot on their heels are Maxine, a sex trafficker whose taxi Robyn stole, and Gidge's domineering father Robert, a fraudulent preacher.


True ColoursTrue Colours
SBS On Demand, 2022 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime | ► Trailer
3.0


A murder in central Australia takes Detective Toni Alma back to her hometown of Perdar Theendar. As the clues lead back to her own family, she must navigate two cultures and two laws to find justice. This is a murder mystery like no other, exploring culture, community, family and one woman's pursuit to find her place within it.


The Thorn BirdsThe Thorn Birds
ABC, 1983 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Adventure, Romance, Mini-Series
2.7


Set primarily on Drogheda, a fictional sheep station in the Australian outback, the story focuses on three generations of the Cleary Family and spans the years 1920 to 1962.


Outback FarmOutback Farm
7mate, 2023 On Hiatus | Reality, Documentary
4.0


Follows Danyelle and Anthony and their two kids, Theo and Heath, who are about to embark on their greatest Outback adventure yet. In the harsh desert wilderness of the Northern Territory (NT), the Haigh family is risking it all. They've moved thousands of kilometres from their support network of friends and family in Queensland, to buy a $7 million farm in the dead heart of Australia, 200km from Alice Springs.


Russell Coight's All Aussie AdventuresRussell Coight's All Aussie Adventures
Ten, 2001 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Adventure, Documentary
4.0


Australia - a land as massive as it is vast. And when it comes to outback adventures they don't come any better, bigger or more reckless than Russell Coight. Winner of the prestigious Ocker Award for services to khaki shorts, Russell is back with his unique blend of over-the-top, off road, outback, in-your-face Aussie Adventures. So let's get started on another All Aussie Adventure!


Outback Car HuntersOutback Car Hunters
QUEST, 2021 On Hiatus | Reality, Documentary
3.5


Car fanatics GT and Dave set off on a road trip in search of abandoned or forgotten classic cars (as well as other memorabilia) to buy and sell for serious profit. Their journey features the spectacular scenery of the West Australian Outback, but this is no sightseeing trip - with their own money on the line, the stakes couldn't be higher as the boys decide which cars to buy, and how much to spend. Over the series, they uncover and restore 20 classic cars from the USA, Japan, Great Britain and Europe.


Murder in the OutbackMurder in the Outback
Channel 4, 2020 Cancelled/Ended | Crime, Documentary
2.0


A major, revealing in-depth re-examination of the Falconio and Lees mystery, an infamous case from 2001 concerning a horror story of abduction and death on a lonely Australian highway


Aussie Road Train TruckersAussie Road Train Truckers
9Now, 2025 Running | Reality



'Aussie Road Train Truckers' follows a cast of charismatic road traindrivers as they haul monster pay loads across the Outback in some ofthe biggest trucks on the planet.


Back RoadsBack Roads


Back Roads transports audiences to some of the nation's most remote and inspiring communities that highlight rural Australia's trademark grit, generosity, humour and innovation.Each week award-winning ABC journalist, Heather Ewart, who grew up on a sheep and wheat farm in Victoria, uncovers corners of Australia where misfortune has brought some to their knees, but imagination, faith and fun has lifted them back up.


Outback LockdownOutback Lockdown
Discovery, 2020 On Hiatus | Adventure, Reality



Hollywood stuntwoman Ky and British chef Calem isolate together in the Australian Outback to see if they can live off the land.


Outback RingerOutback Ringer
ABC (AU), 2020 Cancelled/Ended | Reality, Documentary



Follow a handful of brave men and women making a living catching feral bulls and buffalo in the desolate Australian outback. It's a high-risk, dangerous job, filled with high-reward and a hell of a lot of deal-making.


Australia with Simon ReeveAustralia with Simon Reeve
BBC Two, 2013 Cancelled/Ended | Travel, Documentary



Simon Reeve sets off on an extraordinary adventure across Australia. Simon's adventure starts in the magnificent 'red centre' of the continent and onwards through South Australia, via the extraordinary Indian Pacific Railway until he reaches the west coast city of Perth. On the way, he joins an Aussie rancher in the parched outback and takes part in a spectacular camel round-up. This mad adventure, involving specially adapted off-road vehicles and a chopper, is part of an ongoing effort to stop the damaging spread of up to a million feral camels across the country. Finally in Perth, Simon discovers a full scale British invasion. Working in a mine or driving a lorry can bring a salary of a hundred thousand pounds a year, as evidenced when Simon meets a former bin man from hull who is now living the dream, with a beautiful house in the sun, private pool and his very own boat. Simon travels from Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory or 'Top End', across to the remote Cape York Peninsula, and on to the Great Barrier Reef. Simon sets off from Kakadu, the largest national park in the world, where the wildlife is under threat from the march of millions of poisonous cane toads. He joins a team of toad-busters catching the amphibian invaders - originally introduced to the country to kill pests. In Robertson barracks Simon meets Australia's best - and only - tank regiment. They will soon host 6,000 American Marines - evidence of Australia's strategic importance in the Asia Pacific region. On the Cape York Peninsula Simon joins scientists catching deadly box jellyfish, whose venom could prove to have great medicinal value. And on the Great Barrier Reef he dives in search of the starfish destroying coral, before flying 100 miles out into the ocean to watch as a huge tanker is expertly guided through the fragile reef. Simon travels travels down the east coast to the magnificent cities of Sydney and Melbourne in the final part of his journey. Simon's journey starts in Surfers


Desert VetDesert Vet
Nine, 2019 On Hiatus | Documentary
4.0


From the wild West of Australia comes the story of Red Dog's vet, Rick Fenny, and his network of vets who encounter extraordinary animal stories while working in the most remote places in Australia.


Skippy The Bush KangarooSkippy The Bush Kangaroo
Animal Planet, 1968 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Family, Action, Adventure



Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series for children, produced from 1966-1969. Set in the fictional Waratah National Park (Duffys Forest, near Sydney, NSW) the series follows the adventures of Sonny Hammond, the son of the park ranger, and his intelligent pet kangaroo Skippy, as they help to protect the game preserve.


EdenEden
Channel 4, 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Reality, Game Show



Eden is an interactive reality game show in which members of the public (through internet and telephone voting) control what happens on the show. The show originally began with 6 people, all of them voted onto the show by the UK public into and sent to an undisclosed location in the Australian Outback. Irish beauty Clione was the show's winner and won a big cash prize as a reward.


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