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The Go-Betweens : Right Here is the feature length documentary about the people who created the seminal rock band the Go-Betweens. It is a heartfelt story of discovery, uncovering the intensely passionate, creative and fraught relationships that formed one of the most loved and influential bands in Australian rock history. It is also the universal story of a great creative adventure that spanned three decades, through countless successes, failures, romances, break-ups, betrayals, triumphs and tragedies (Screen Australia). 

'When a privileged suburban teen is critically assaulted, the blame is quickly laid on a group of young men from Melbourne’s South Sudanese community – jeopardising the dreams of 18-year-old star basketballer Jacob Chagai. But the truth is never black and white.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Jack Irish becomes entangled in a missing persons case, which leads to a false accusation of murder, and a mystery that stretches to a remote village in the Philippines.

'When he is knocked off his pedestal and on to the Impaired Registrants Program, prodigal Sydney surgeon and party boy Hugh Knight must return to his family home in rural Whyhope where he might learn to swallow his pride and mend his ways – or not.'

Source: Production blurb.

An animated series for pre-school viewers.

'The Principal is a story of intrigue and personal identity set against the backdrop of a boys high school in turmoil in South West Sydney.

'Matt Bashir, history teacher and former Deputy at a prestigious girls’ school, is swiftly promoted to the position of Principal of Boxdale Boys High. Boxdale is a troubled school with a history of conflict and Matt is determined to turn it around but his attempts at reform are met with scepticism and in some quarters, hostility from his beleaguered colleagues. But just when it seems he is making progress, a 17-year-old student is found dead on the school grounds.'

Source: Production company's blurb.

'Shifting back and forth between 1961 and 1907, this film tells the story of P.L. Travers (Pamela), the woman who created Mary Poppins. Framed by her experiences negotiating with Walt Disney and his team for the film of Mary Poppins, the main story of the film is of Pamela's childhood, in rural Queensland. Living in a small country town with a depressed mother and an alcoholic father, Pamela used her vivid imagination to create a richer, more welcoming environment for herself. From the characters of her childhood, and the worlds she invented, Pamela eventually created Mary Poppins, a character who has given pleasure to generations of readers and filmgoers, adults and children alike.'

Source: Essential Media Entertainment website, www.essential-media.com (sighted: 17/04/2012)

An American re-make of the Australian series of the same name. The re-make was not popular with audiences, and no further episodes were made after the initial thirteen.

For a full list of episodes, see Film Details.

'After a big city detective is posted to a quiet Australian coastal town, a murder of a local philanthropist throws the town into unrest.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 14/6/2013)

'Jack Irish is a part-time lawyer, mug punter and finder of people who'd rather remain lost. When a high profile Judge, Justice Loder commissions him to locate a mysterious red book, Jack is thrown into a world of sexy club owners, dodgy drug dealers, blackmailers, and unhinged killers. Anyone who touches the red book turns up dead. Jack should follow his instinct and back away — if only the judge wasn't family. Instead he finds himself chasing the red book in a dangerous race to a remote coastal property with an ominous name: Dead Point.' (Source:

http://www.australiantelevision.net/jack-irish/dead-point.html)

'Life is hard enough for Jack - his beloved football club has moved interstate, the odds of his latest plunge at the track seem too long and he's still cooking for one. So a phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop (Simon Russell) doesn't ring any bells. But then Danny turns up dead and Jack must take a walk back into a dark and dangerous past.'

Source: http://blogs.abc.net.au/ and David Knox, 'All-Star Cast Joins Jack Irish Telemovies', 21 October 2011 (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/). (Sighted 06/01/2012)

Jack helps an old family friend whose son has gone missing. As Jack begins to dig, he discovers the missing man has something to hide, and his friends are people with deadly secrets.

Source: David Knox, 'All-Star Cast Joins Jack Irish Telemovies'. 21 October 2011 (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/). (Sighted 06/01/2012)

'Hunger has no limit

The Last Confession on Alexander Pearce follows the final days of Irish convict Alexander Pearce's life as he awaits execution. It draws a visceral and compelling picture of a hell on earth and tells how one man endured the unimaginable by doing the unthinkable.'

Source: Production company's website https://eqmedia.group/productions/the-last-confession-of-alexander-pearce/