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Across Australia
- 1987
- Documentary
- 4 x 75mins
- Status: Completed
A collection of vignettes on the life, the stories, the achievements of rural Australia. Heroes, international figures, eccentrics, ordinary people, strange and spectacular places, the past, the present, the future - they all find a place in this series produced to commemorate Australia's bicentennial year.
Angels Of The Sea
- 1995
- Documentary
- 2 x 55mins
- Status: Completed
This two part documentary series features some of the most incredible whale footage ever caught on film. ANGELS OF THE SEA documents the research of 'The Oceania Project': a husband and wife research group who experience incredible encounters with Humpback whales and dolphins on board the tall ship 'Our Svanen'. Witness whales reaching out to touch people, babies feeding and spectacular play behaviour never before filmed.
Australia - The Top End
- 1986
- Documentary
- 96mins
- Status: Completed
A journey through the Top End of Australia
Australia: Unknown Country
- 1988
- Documentary
- 7 x 60mins
- Status: Completed
'Australian Pilbara', together with 'Australian Kimberley' are the first two episodes in a proposed series the overall title of AUSTRALIA: UNKNOWN COUNTRY. The Kimberley plateau is a land of contrast and change. The area is rich in Aboriginal culture, and many of the local customs are still being practised today. The Australian Pilbara was first discovered in 1620 by the Dutch, but such is the desolation of the area that no claim was made.
Australian Heritage
- 1989
- Documentary
- 14 x 60mins
- Status: Completed
Documentary series highlighting the challenges faced in a harsh and unforgiving country. Episodes deal with specific topics, and while the series has a common theme, the episodes can be used in a stand-alone format. The programs cover such topics as the Flying Doctors, the Great Barrier Reef, roadtrains, riverboats and many other topics typically unique to Australia.
Australian Panorama
- 1989
- Documentary
- 13 x 60mins
- Status: Completed
Depicts Australia's vast, wondrous and sometimes cruel countryside. Titles include: Land of the Rainbow Gold (Central Australia), Land of Nature's Dreaming (Northern Territory), Land of Tropical Spendour (Far North Queensland),Land of Timelss Beauty (Kimberleys), Land of Ancient Grandeur (The Flinders Ranges), Land of the Mighty Murray (Murray River) and Land of Island Treasures (Kangaroo Island).
Australian Tales of Mystery and Treasure
- 1989
- Documentary
- 13 x 50mins
- Status: Completed
Each program presents three separate segments which examine an area of conjecture of a historic, geographic or social nature. Thus the series examines such diverse topics as pirate treasure, Aboriginal culture, the disappearance of HMAS Sydney and many other aspects of our unique Australian culture. No conclusions are drawn, the effect is to stimulate audience consideration of the matters raised. In this way the series is both educational and provocative.
Bali Hash
- 1989
- Documentary
- 3 x 50mins
- Status: Completed
About the inter-Hash meeting in Bali celebrating the 50th year since the founding of the 60,000 strong Hash House Harrier organisation - a club for runners who drink or a club for drinkers who run! An extraordinary look at the Southeast Asian world of western expatriates against the beautiful backdrop of the island of Bali.
The Battle Of Broken Hill
- 1981
- Documentary
- 55mins
- Status: Completed
The story of two Turkish immigrants to Australia during World War I. To them, Allied hostilities were an extension of the Islamic Holy War, so they attacked a troop train in Australia. The subsequent events reflect every aspect of divided patriotism that a major world war causes in a multi-racial community.
Black Box
- 1998
- Feature
- 70mins
- Status: Completed
A relatively new Australian airline which has moved into the international market loses contact with one of its planes inbound to Melbourne from Tokyo. The key management group gather in the boardroom to plan the company's response. As snippets of news on the plane's fate trickle into the media, pressure for answers grows and all sorts of secrets are unveiled.
Black Neon
- 1991
- Feature
- 90mins
- Status: Completed
Tom Maranta has been a 'bouncer' for years, but he has decided to give the toughs, pushers, pimps and prostitutes the flick. As he makes that decision, Pharoah, his bitter enemy, is released from prison for stabbing him in a bloody and vicious street fight three years earlier. After three years of sleepless nights and haunting nightmares, Tom realises a showdown is inevitable and he enlists the help of a friend and together they are confronted by Pharoah and his army.
Bohemians In The Bush
- 1993
- Documentary
- 55mins
- Status: Completed
A new look at the Australian Impressionist painters. Albie Thoms revisits the Artists' Camps of Mosman and discovers the origins of the innovative style of painting adopted by Ashton, Fullwood, Conder, Roberts and Streeton. The film explores the relationship of the painters with the Bulletin Magazine and Australian nationalism.
The Boomerang Story
- 1994
- Documentary
- 48mins
- Status: Completed
It was small, aerobatic and Australian. With its rugged construction and proven agility at low altitudes, it achieved its fame during World War II with the Army support squadrons particularly in the Pacific Islands. It was the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang. Chronicles the development of the aircraft from the start of World War II through its use during the war.
Bush Photographer
- 1989
- Documentary
- 3 x 60mins
- Status: Completed
Producer and international photographer Don Meller narrates these specials looking at unusual outback Australian life, at men patrolling 2,500 miles of dog fence keeping dingoes from Australia's sheep, at bush cops and tribal laws, an outback festival, the Nullabor desert people, at opals, dinosaur and other tracks and the railway go-cart man.
Continent In Crisis
- 1990
- Documentary
- 46mins
- Status: Completed
Much gloom and doom surrounds Australia's environmental crises: soil degradation, salinity and deforestation. But thanks to silicon chip technology, help is at hand. Computer-based systems have greatly enhanced our ability to understand and manage our rainforests, reefs, deserts and grazing lands.
Cthulhu
- 1996
- Feature
- 85mins
- Status: Completed
A small town is terrorized by an unspeakable horror. Two unlikely heroes must save the town and indeed the world from the threat of the Cthulhu cult. Battling a savage cult and an invisible creature proves to be an adventure of terrifying proportions.
Dead to the World
- 1990
- Feature
- 84mins
- Status: Completed
Set amidst the grim world of a Sydney boxing gym, one woman must fight for both honour and tradition whilst another woman is poised to destroy all in the pursuit of greed. This is a world in which men hide behind the shadows of the past and their fists are often the only way to survive.
The Departure
- 1987
- Feature
- 93mins
- Status: Completed
Based on the highly acclaimed play by Michael Gurr, 'A Pair of Claws', it revolves around a couple who have been married for more than 30 years. Although there is a great mutual warmth between them, they are both aware that a gulf exists between them. Their son, Simon, is involved in a scandal and to preserve his career Simon must publicly denounce his father.
Edge of the Abyss
- 1989
- Documentary
- 57mins
- Status: Completed
An adventurous look at an expedition, sampling for the first time ever, creatures living off the edge of the continental shelf of Australia at extreme depths of up to 3,000 metres.
Escape
- 1989
- Documentary
- 14 x 60mins
- Status: Completed
This adventure series is pure escapism with the intrigue of fascinating places, people and activities, and definitely not for the faint-hearted. Program segments include bicycling down a volcano, India's Pushkar Fair, crossing the Sahara, a tree house hotel in Botswana and many other fascinating adventures. The 'ESCAPE' team visits locations in Alaska, Laplant, Nepal, Australia - all over the world - to focus on the unusual and the bizarre.
Flight For Life
- 1994
- Documentary
- Status: Completed
Twenty ultralight aircraft travel from Sydney to Australia's Cape York Peninsula to raise money for children dying with cancer. Along the way they encounter crocodiles, sharks, and explore wilderness areas along the Eastern Australian coastline. FLIGHT FOR LIFE is a fun adventure filled with excitement and wildlife.
Flying Scotsman In Australia
- 1989
- Documentary
- 60mins
- Status: Completed
Without doubt, the Flying Scotsman is the world's most famous locomotive. It was the first locomotive in Britain to officially clock 100 miles an hour on the run to Scotland. This program is the story of the Scotsman, and features historic footage of it travelling through the English countryside and visiting America, but chiefly it is the story of its journey to Australia for the Bicentennial Celebrations.
From Neck To Knee To Nude
- 1985
- Documentary
- 47mins
- Status: Completed
This documentary traces the development of the bathing costume and the changes in Australian laws governing public bathing.
Gone Fishing
- 1989
- Documentary
- 26 x 30mins
- Status: Completed
A series of 26 half hour programs about the world's most popular recreational sport. Each program looks at one type of fish, where to find it, how to get there, what type of tackle is required and most importantly how to catch it. The first 13 episodes of the series feature television host Evan Green and his wife Yolanta. The second 13 episodes feature Gus Mercurio, former boxer, actor and now world rated referee.
Gus Mercurio's Australia
- 1990
- Documentary
- 13 x 30mins
- Status: Completed
Australia is fascinating, harsh and remote. The climate is difficult, with blazing days and freezing nights, little water, few people, mostly tiny towns and weather-beaten characters who view the rugged lifestyle of Central Australia as the perfect way to live. The Australian outback has a unique beauty but one where death lies quietly in waiting for the unwary traveller. The perfect setting for a dramatic documentary series.
Hawkins' Rivers
- 1986
- Documentary
- 48mins
- Status: Completed
John Hawkins, legendary surgeon to the far-flung desert communitites of Australia's arid Red Centre. John Hawkins, adventurer, cinematographer; obsessed by the roaring rivers of Tasmania, Australia's rain-drenched state. Remote, unmapped and dangerous, the rivers were virtually unknown. The most beautiful, the most treacherous, was the Franklin. Against the background of one of the last great wilderness adventures, HAWKIN'S RIVERS also documents one of the great environmental dilemmas of our age - and one nation's attempts to solve it.
Heartbeat of the Coral Coast
- 1990
- Documentary
- 2 x 57mins
- Status: Completed
When Darren McDonald and Tony Gordon set off in their small yacht, they had no idea of the adventures, dangers and accidents that lay ahead.
Horsemen of the High Country
- 1994
- Documentary
- 47mins
- Status: Completed
A journey through the unspoiled beauty of the high country, capturing the richness of the hardy mountain horsemen - a dying breed of Australians. The program celebrates their love and trust of their horses culminating in the heart-stopping excitement of bush racing as the younger generation competes in the Great Mountain Race.
Houseboat Horror
- 1989
- Feature
- 82mins
- Status: Completed
A group of zany rock and rollers arrive at Lake Infinity to shoot a film clip. Along for the ride is DJ Jimmy Costello, who quickly alienates the director. One by one the rock group and film crew are bumped off by a madman who doesn't like film people. Soundtrack by Brian Mannix.
In The Shadow Of Annapurna
- 1989
- Documentary
- 60mins
- Status: Completed
This unique documentary explores the remote Nyeshyang Valley situated on the border of Nepal and Tibet, and the lives of its inhabitants, the Nyeshyangba. Life in Nyeshyang, one of the highest inhabited valleys in the world, is necessarily tough, despite the magical grandeur and awesome beauty of the surrounding Himalayan peaks.
J O'K, The Wild One
- 1983
- Documentary
- 47mins
- Status: Completed
The story of Johnny O'Keefe, Australia's first rock star. Includes interviews with Col Joye and Pee Wee Wilson.
John Williamson's Home Ground
- 1992
- Documentary
- 47mins
- Status: Completed
Shows a diverse group of Australians working to counter the effects of soil degradation, our most pressing environmental problem. The program shows Williamson travelling around Australia by DC3 aircraft, the Ghan central Australian railway service and his favourite car, an old FJ Holden.
Lawson's Australia
- 1988
- Documentary
- 57mins
- Status: Completed
Looks at Henry Lawson's life through the poems he wrote at various stages in his life and gives insight into his complex charater.
The Leading Edge
- 1989
- Documentary
- 11 x 30mins
- Status: Completed
A documentary series that seeks to de-mystify technology by presenting it in a sympathetic and human way and exploring its incursion and impact on various arenas of life. Titles include: 'Technology in the Office', 'Technology in Medicine', 'Technology in the Air', and reviews innovations in a very entertaining manner. THE LEADING EDGE has been filmed in locations around the world.
Leawuleena - The Dreaming Lake
- 1989
- Documentary
- 50mins
- Status: Completed
Leeawalena, the dreaming lake, was for centuries an important meeting place of the Tasmanian Aborigines. Set like a jewel in the highlands of Tasmania, Leeawalena (Lake St.Clair) had for countless aeons echoed to the stories of a people now extinct - the tribal Aborigines of Tasmania. This film tells for the first time some of their beautiful legends.
Living Color
- 1992
- Feature
- 92mins
- Status: Completed
Molly and Douglas Galielo's glowing life together begins to fade under the dark clouds of reality. A bleak marriage and the premature birth of their only child strains their relationship to breaking point. Her baby daughter's ensuing illness and her husband's cold-heartededness leave Molly feeling lifeless, despondent and shattered. She didn't believe Hell could be any worse. Until Hell arrived on her doorstep...
The Long Line
- 1993
- Feature
- 88mins
- Status: Completed
Laurie Shields and Tracey have their lives shattered when the criminally insane Desmond declares war on the hospital where Laurie works. In an exchange of gunfire, Laurie is shot and rushed to hospital. In the confusion, Laurie's identification bracelet is accidentally switched with another patient's who dies, and Laurie is presumed dead. Later, Laurie awakes with temporary amnesia, whilst Tracey attempts to rebuild her life. The fine line between mad and bad is crossed.
Mark Richards' Tapes
- 1989
- Documentary
- 60mins
- Status: Completed
Four times world champion surfer Mark Richards shows exactly why he was world champion through many of his efforts to gain the title being captured. Spectacular, exciting surf action.
No Deposit, No Return
- 1989
- Documentary
- 60mins
- Status: Completed
Two young Australians, tired of being unemployed, devised a novel way of not only getting a job, but having a holiday and some great adventures at the same time. Phil Daniel and Nick Soames left Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia for 1370 kilometre walk south to Port Augusta in South Australia to collect recycable and returnable rubbish. Not only did they earn a living, but they also made a tidy profit, and saw some of outback Australia's famous landmarks along the way.
One Perfect Day
- 1989
- Documentary
- 60mins
- Status: Completed
Follows four Tasmanian climbers (one of them a partial paraplegic after a climbing accident) as they attack Mount Geryon. Geryon has had both its sides whittled away by glacial action. From the base of the North Peak, their route takes them up the central pinnacle, down the other side of it, and up the final rock wall of the South Peak. The scenery is amazing, the weather superb, the climbing and positions spectacularly exposed.
The Opera House
- 1986
- Documentary
- 50mins
- Status: Completed
The story of the construction of the Sydney Opera House, one of the great controversial architectural events of the modern world.
Outback Steam
- 1992
- Documentary
- 46mins
- Status: Completed
Looks at the adventure of taking the 3801 steam train from Sydney to Alice Springs focusing on behind-the-scenes workings of the crew preparation and organisation. Scenes include lots of landscape from coastal Australia to the red desert of the outback.
Pals
- 1986
- TV drama
- 10 x 25mins
- Status: Completed
Sammy, a 13-year-old boy, has been living with his maternal grandparents since his mother died. He longs to join his father Oscar and so father and son hit the road together. Despite trying to remain incognito it seems that everywhere they go trouble plagues them. Sammy and Oscar are forced to move on trying to remain one step ahead of the law. (Also available as an 86 minute telemovie.)
Ramp Riot
- 1989
- Documentary
- 60mins
- Status: Completed
This thrilling skateboarding program features music by 'Painters and Dockers', Exploding White Mice', 'The Saints', 'S.I.C', Bored' and 'God'. Skateboarding as it's never been seen before, featuring the amazing talents of the world's hottest pro skaters.
See Jack Run
- 1994
- TV drama
- 73mins
- Status: Completed
Seventeen-year-old Brian Johnson lives with his mother in a highrise housing complex on the industrial side of town. Brian has had many knocks in his life - a father who has deserted him, two elder brothers living on the edge of criminal activity, and his own hot-headed temper to deal with. If Brian has only one wish, it is to escape the shattered world of a dysfunctional family. The story follows Brian as he tries to get out of these disturbing surroundings and ends up with him beginning work at the local steel mill.
Spirit of the Blue Mountains
- 1990
- Documentary
- 47mins
- Status: Completed
Aboriginal actor Steve Dodd takes us on a journey through some of the most beautiful scenery in Australia. This film was filmed through the seasons.The emphasis is the environment.
Spook
- 1988
- Feature
- 90mins
- Status: Completed
A young family spend a week in a cabin in the Blue Mountains. The story reveals something very menacing in the surrounding bushland and only the local townspeople know about it but have their own reasons for not reporting it.
Stalking Terror at 20 Fathoms
- 1984
- Documentary
- 60mins
- Status: Completed
The film is about the live capture of sharks for the oceanarium at SeaWorld on the Gold Coast.
Steam Across The Mountains
- 1993
- Documentary
- 47mins
- Status: Completed
The story of crossing the mountains by steam and the lives of engine drivers, firemen and train buffs etc, using the characters to tell the story in an interesting and often humorous way.
Steam Alive In Victoria
- 1989
- Documentary
- 60mins
- Status: Completed
The history of Victoria's steam engines runs parallel to the history of the State itself. Steam locomotives puffing their way into country towns were the life blood of the State, bringing in supplies and passengers and taking away produce and goods. Today the steam locomotives have been replaced and left to rust and decay. But a number of them have been restored by dedicated groups of volunteers determined to preserve this exciting part of our heritage.
Taronga: Wildly Different
- 1992
- Documentary
- 43mins
- Status: Completed
A unique look at one of the world's great zoos — Sydney's Taronga Zoo as it celebrates its 75th Birthday. It includes rare archival footage and the first footage ever taken of the worlds rarest lizard: The Fijian Crested Iguana and explores the zoo's conservation program throughout Australia.
Tasmania: The Last Wilderness
- 1993
- Documentary
- 50mins
- Status: Completed
TASMANIA: THE LAST WILDERNESS shows a land, richly-endowed, taking stock of its assets and preparing for the future where clean air, clean water and the natural quality of life are paramount. It traces the history of white settlement in Tasmania and its impact on the environment.
Taylor's Australia
- 1993
- Documentary
- 7 x 47mins
- Status: Completed
A series of one-hour television documentaries featuring Bert Taylor, who travels around Australia's vast countryside. Taylor travels from Alice Springs to Port Arthur, through outback Queensland, the Magnetic North, and Broken Hill.
Taylor's Tasmania
- 1988
- Documentary
- 8 x 50mins
- Status: Completed
One hour television documentaries featuring Australia's southernmost State, Tasmania. They provide viewers with a rare opportunity to see island life in Australia. Magnificent scenery that can only be found in Australia's island state is the key to each episode.
The Ultimate Adventure
- 1989
- Documentary
- 90mins
- Status: Completed
At the end of the rafting season in Far North Queensland, river guide David Wilson sets out to experience the adventures the Outback holds in store. His six month trek takes him over three thousand kilometres through this remote country. From daredevil flying with the helimusterers to riding in the Camel Cup, David finds that life in the Australian inland offers excitement and adventure.

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