The series follows Uber driver Ben as tries to figure out what he should be doing while helping others get where they’re going. Against the ticking clock of impending fatherhood Ben must decipher what being ‘relevant’ looks like in a relationship that seems to think he’s surplus to requirements. Based on the popular blog by […]
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Serangoon Road (ABC 2013 | Don Hany, Joan Chen)
Serangoon Road is a fast-paced detective drama series set against the exotic, tumultuous backdrop of 1960s Singapore. It tells the story of Australian-born Sam Callaghan, whose childhood was spent in WWII’s Japanese internment camps and who returned to fight in the Malayan Emergency. When his neighbour Patricia asks him to help keep her recently-murdered husband’s […]
Seven Types of Ambiguity (ABC 2017 | Hugo Weaving, Alex Dimitriades)
Six-year-old Sam Geraghty is taken from his school. Much to the relief of his parents Anna and Joe, Sam is found unharmed hours later and the police arrest ex-schoolteacher, Simon Heywood. But this is far from an open and shut case as it turns out that Simon is Anna’s ex-lover, and his neighbour and possible […]
Doctor Blake Mysteries, The (ABC 2013 | Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner)
In this period medical mystery series Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over his dead father’s medical practice. And one of the unwanted duties his father left him is the on-call role of police surgeon. Set in the gothic gold rush town of Ballarat […]
Beautiful Lie, The (ABC 2015 | Sarah Snook, Rodger Corser)
nna is married to Alex, fifteen years her senior, both living off the spoils of their high profile sporting careers. Anna’s been able to juggle career and family up until now when her brother Kingsley is caught philandering. Anna is called on to intervene, and the issue of infidelity rises to the surface. She finds […]
Cut, The (ABC 2009 | John Wood, Matt Passmore)
A comedic six-part mini-series looking at the soft underbelly of professional sport through the eyes of a small, family-owned sports management business. cast John Wood as ‘Wild’ Bill Telford Matt Passmore as Andrew Telford Julieanne Newbould as Roz Telford Ben Oxenbould as Danny Holbrook Eloise Oxer as Naomi Sheean Ria Vandervis as Vanessa Stewart Ian […]
Cry, The (ABC – BBC 2018 | Jenna Coleman, Ewen Leslie)
A four-part psychological drama set in Scotland and Australia, which chronicles the collapse of a marriage in the aftermath of a tragedy, and explores the myths and truths of motherhood. The abduction of a baby from a small coastal town in Australia is the catalyst for a journey into the disintegrating psychology of a young […]
Les Norton (ABC 2019 | Alexander Bertrand, Rebel Wilson)
Set in 1985, the series follows the exploits of Les Norton, a country bloke from outback Queensland. On the run from a troubled past, he blows into Sydney where he lands a job as a bouncer at a notorious illegal casino in Kings Cross. A classic fish out of water who’s desperate to get home, […]
Mystery Road (ABC 2018 | Aaron Pedersen, Judy Davis)
Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) is assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of two young farm hands on an outback cattle station. One is a local Indigenous footy hero, and the other a backpacker. Working with local cop Emma James (Judy Davis), Jay’s investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole […]
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (ABC 2012 | Essie Davis, Miriam Margolyes)
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life. Based on author Kerry Greenwood’s Phryne […]