AustLit

'In a survival-of-the-fiercest, two twenty-something black millennials decide it's time to call the racists out. They think it could cause a revolution, instead it causes a downgrade in lifestyle.'

Source: ABC iView.

Five Bedrooms 'revolves around five strangers, all misfits, who find themselves at a singles table at a wedding. After an excess of alcohol they decide the solution to all their problems is buying a big five bedroom house together. Stewart is Liz, a once high-flying lawyer who has fallen from grace. Peacocke is Ben, a tradie who lives in a caravan. Younane is Heather, a middle-aged woman who is at the crossroads of her life and landlord to Ainsley (Robertson). Ainsley is secretly in love with Lachlan (Sheridan), who has a toxic marriage with Melanie (Jenkinson). Joseph is Harry, an Indian surgeon who cannot bring himself to tell his mother that he’s gay.'

Source: IF Magazine (https://www.if.com.au/peter-templeman-explains-why-hoodlums-five-bedrooms-rings-true/). (Sighted: 13/05/2019)

'Ioan Gruffudd stars as brilliant forensic pathologist Dr Daniel Harrow in this major new 10-part Australian crime drama. He investigates the apparent suicide of a young woman whose grieving father suspects she was murdered.' (Production summary)

'As a sweltering Australia Day dawns over Brisbane, three seemingly unconnected figures – a farmer (Bryan Brown), an Indigenous policewoman (Shari Sebbens) and an illegal Chinese immigrant (Jenny Wu) – are thrown together by chance and misfortune. As their stories arc and connect, they'll find themselves drawn into a web of racism, violence and simmering resentment that will leave none of them unscathed, and challenge everything they thought they knew about the country they call home.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

An American adaptation of the Australian television series of the same name. Originally, the series followed the plot of the Australian version: a man (the character was 'Ben Crawford' in both versions) becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a young boy from his neighbourhood. Ben Crawford (who has confessed to the original murder to protect the actual murderer) is revealed in series two to have been killed in prison.

When the program was renewed for a second series, it adopted an anthology television approach: the main character of Detective Andrea Cornell remained, but the series followed an entirely new murder investigation (the death of a young wife, whose husband–heir to a private security firm–becomes the prime suspect).

'In each episode, Cal [Wilson] will be joined by a special guest comedian who will be asked to solve the crime in front of a live studio audience. They will have no script - just witness statements, footage flashback and forensic evidence. And finally, in homage to the classic murder mysteries, the suspects return to the scene of the crime where our novice detective will make their accusation. But will they be right?'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 3/5/2013)

Fat Cow is a small and dying town. Desperate to keep the town alive, motel proprietor Cassie Brown claims that an '80s pop legend recently died in the town's motel, hoping to draw tourists to the location. When the story is punctured by visiting journalist Jack Green, he and Cassie combine forces to keep Fat Cow alive and solve a succession of mysteries on the way.

Fat Cow Motel was an interactive, multi-platform series. Each episode ended on a cliffhanger, and viewers were invited to solve the mystery at the official website before the resolution aired on the next week's episode.