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LABOR IN POWER

ABC / 5x50m-e / 1993

Writer: Phil Chubb / Producer/Director: Sue Spencer

Documentary. A look at the inner workings of the labor party from 1983. Pretty detailed and indepth too.

LADY FOR A DAY

HSV-7 / x30m-e / 1960 black and white

An adaptation of the US show Queen For A Day in which someone from the audience after telling a hard luck story) was given a number of gifts. Hosted by Larry K. Nixon.

THE LADY FROM THE SEA

ABC / 1x85m-e / 1962 black and white

Producer/Director: William Sterling / Play: Ibsen

Drama (broadcast live from Melbourne). A woman suffers anguish after being forced to marry an older man (against her wishes) despite being in love with someone else.

With:- EDWARD HOWELL / LYNNE FLANAGAN / CAROLE POTTER / EVA FRIETAG / ROLAND REDSHAW / DAVID MITCHELL / WYN ROBERTS / CAMPBELL COPELIN

THE LANCASTER-MILLER AFFAIR

9 Network-Lancaster Miller Productions / 5x60m-e / 1985 - 6-8 July

Writer: Peter Yeldham / Camera: Ross Berryman / Design: David Copping / Costume: Bruce Finlayson / Music: Frank Strangio / Producer: Paul Davies / Director: Henri Safran

Period drama serial. The lives of 1920's air ace Bill Lancaster and his lover Chubbie Miller, especially Lancaster's attempt to become the first to fly from Britain to Australia and later Lancaster's trial for murdering one of Chubbie's lovers.

With:- NICHOLAS EADIE as Bill Lancaster /  KERRY MACK as Chubbie Miller / MALCOLM ROBERTSON as James Carson / WAYNE GULL as Haden Clarke / JUNE SALTER as Maud Lancaster / BARRY HILL as Edward Lancaster / LISA ARMYTAGE as Anne Lancaster / JOHN LEE as Charles Colby / EARL FRANCIS as Editor / STEPHEN COSTAIN as George / CHARLES DANCE as Aircraft Company Manager / BILL RICHARDSON as Stewart Cartwright / CHARLES 'BUD' TINGWELL as Sam Hayes

LANDLINE

ABC / x 30 m-e / 1992

Producer: Kerry Lonergan

This was initially a late evening show looking at rural issues and hosted by 
Doug Murray. For the 1992 series the show moved to Sunday Afternoons, the new host was 
Catherine Phillips.

LAND OF HOPE

7 Network / 10x60m-e / 1986 First Episode: 18 May

Writers: Tony Morphett, John Patterson, Anne Brooksbank / Camera: Jan Kenny / Design: Owen Williams / Costume: Terry Ryan, Fiona Reilly / Music: Mike Perjanik / Producer: Suzanne Baker / Executive producer: James Davern / Directors: Chris Adshead, Gary Conway

Period drama serial. 80 years in the lives of the Irish Quinn family starting in the 1890's and taking in all the key historical events, two world wars, the depression etc.

With:- MAUREEN GREEN as Young Maureen Quinn / PATRICIA KENNEDY as Old Maureen Quinn / PATRICK DICKSON as Paddy Quinn / BENJAMIN FRANKLIN as Kevin Quinn / PENELOPE STEWART as Young Nesta Quinn / MELISSA JAFFER as Old Nesta Quinn / MELITA JURISIC as Kathleen Quinn / DREW FORSYTHE as Old Frank Quinn / PETER KOWITZ as Leo Quinn / RICHARD MOIR as Dominic Quinn / MARK OWEN-TAYLOR as Andrew Quinn / HEATHER MITCHELL as Helen Davies

LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES

ABC / 10 x 30 m-e / 1975 

Producer/Director: Brian Adams / Writer: Robert Hughes

Documentary series presented by noted art writer and critic Robert Hughes looking at Australian art from the arrival of the first fleet to the then present day.

LANE END

ABC / x30m-e / 1972

Drama series. Life for the residents of an inner city district called Belmain. Created by Bellbird alumni Barbara Vernon and somewhat of an attempt to make this a city version of that show.

With:- LYNDALL BARBOUR / BEN GABRIEL / RAGULBA BERUCCI / JOHN MEILLON / MARGARET CHRISTENSEN

LANE'S LOOK AT THE LEAGUE

10 Network / x30m-e / 1971

Friday night at 7.30pm sports show hosted by Don Lane and featuring Rugby players talking about the games coming up over the weekend. Shown directly before this show was Football Quiz also hosted by Don Lane. Don Lane didn’t take a fee for presenting the show, doing it because he wanted to try and raise the profile of Rugby League.

LARGER THAN LIFE

10 Network -Media Arts /  x30m-e / 1990

Executive Producer: Doug McLeod

Sketch based comedy series that featured amongst the cast Mark Mitchell with Carole Patullo, James Cox, John Walker. The show was produced in conjunction with The Col'n Carpenter Show, as part of a comedy hour. Star Mitchell had previously been a stalwart of The Comedy Company. The show changed titles to The Big Time 4 episodes before it was axed. Thanks to Barry Bits for his contribution to this entry.  

THE LAST BASTION

10 Network-Classic Films / 3x120m-e / 1984

Writers: David Williamson, Dennis Whitburn / Camera: Louis Irving / Design: Laurence Eastwood / Costume: David Rowe / Music: Colin Stead / Producers: Brian Rosen, David Williamson, Denis Whitburn / Director: Chris Thomson

Period drama serial. In 1941 Australia readies itself for hard times when it looks as if the Japanese might invade.

With:- MICHAEL BLAKEMORE as John Curtin / JOHN WOOD as Robert Menzies / ROBERT VAUGHAN as Douglas MacArthur / TIMOTHY WEST as Winston Churchill / RAY BARRETT as General Blamey / WARREN MITCHELL as Franklin Roosevelt / PETER WHITFORD as Evatt / GRAEME ROUSE as Sutherland / MAX CULLEN as Eddie Ward / BILL HUNTER as Ben Chiefley / RHYS MacCONNOCHIE as Vice Marshall Portal / JOHN HAMBLIN as Anthony Eden / LESLIE WRIGHT as Stanley Bruce

THE LAST FRONTIER

10 Network-Taft Hardie-McElroy and McElroy-Hanna Barbera / 2x120m-e / 1986 27-28 November

Writers: Michael Laurence, John Misto / Story: Michael Laurence / Camera: Ian Baker / Design: Ross Major / Costume: Miv Brewer / Music: Brian May / producer: Tim Saunders / Executive Producer: Hal McElroy / Director: Simon Wincer

Drama serial. American Kate Hannon and her family start a new life in the Australian outback.

With:- LINDA EVANS as Kate Hannon / JACK THOMPSON as Nick Stenning / JASON ROBARDS as Ed Stenning / LES FOXCROFT as Ralph / PETER FORD as Phil / JUDY MORRIS / TONY BONNER / BARRY DONNELLY as Simmo / NICOLE MERCURIO as Judy / LOIS FORAKER as Mary / BILL SANDY as Gillie / MICHAEL GOW as Bert    

LAST OF THE AUSTRALIANS

9 Network-Crawford / 26x30m-e / 1974-75 2 Seasons

Producer: Terry Stapleton / Executive Producer: Ian Crawford

Sitcom. The exploits of Alf Garnett like middle aged bigot Ted Cook, a true blue Aussie and proud of it. Ted was married to the long suffering Dot and had a teenage son called Gary.

With:- ALWYN KURTS as Ted Cook / ROSIE STURGESS as Dot / RICHARD HIBBARD as Gary (season one) / STEPHEN THOMAS as Gary (season two)

THE LAST OUTLAW

7 Network-Pegasus Productions / 4x90m-e / 1980

Writers: Bronwyn Binns, Ian Jones / Camera: Ernest Clark / Design: Les Binns / Costume: Jane Hyland / Music: Brian May / Producer: Roger Le Mesurier / Executive Producers: Ian Jones, BronwynBinns / Directors: George Miller, Kevin Dobson

Period drama serial. Ned Kelly, an outlaw, manages to become a major folk hero before being executed in 1880.

With:- JOHN JARRATT as Ned Kelly / ELAINE CUSICK as Mrs Kelly / STEVE BISLEY as Joe Byrne / SIGRID THORNTON as Kate Kelly / JOHN LEY as Dan Kelly / LEWIS FITZ-GERALD as Tom Lloyd / PETER HEHIR as Aaron Sherritt / RIC HERBERT as Steve Hart / DEBRA LAWRANCE as Maggie Kelly / TIM ELIOTT as Steele  

THE LAST RESORT 

ABC / 30 x 50m-e / 1988

Creator: Louis Nowra / Music: Martin Armiger / Producer: Jan Chapman / Directors: Geoffrey Nottage, Ron Elliott, Mike Smith, Peter Fisk, Colin Englert, Kate Woods 

Drama series about a trio of sisters who take over a run down hotel. Hoped to become a long running soap but didn't catch the imagination, ABC's first attempt at a long runner for over 10 years.

With:- Kate Fitzpatrick / Kris McQuade / Juliet Jordan / Nell Schofield / Wyn Roberts / Les Foxcroft / Grigor Taylor / Clarissa Kaye-Mason / Claudia Karvan / Saran Deling / Joe Petruzzi / Paul Chubb

THE LAST RITES

ABC / 1X65m-e / 1975

Writer: Colin Free / Producer: Charles Russell / Director: Brian Bell 

Thriller. With his wife having been missing for 7 years businessman Eric Cordett feels its time his wife should be declared dead so that he can take over the full reigns of their joint owned company. 

With:- Michael Craig as Eric Cordett / Cornelia Frances / Nigel Lovell / John Hargreaves / John Derum / Rhoda Walker / Max Osbiston

LAST TRAIN TO SILVERTON

7 Network / 1x60m-e / 1970

Documentary about a history making Australian project - the Indian - Pacific railway, looking at the completion of the idea - linking the Eastern and Western capitals along some 2460 miles of uninterrupted railway tracks showing the uniqueness of a journey across Australia.

THE LAST WARHORSE

7 Network-JNP Productions / 1x93m-e / 1986 

Writer: Colin Free / Producer: Helen Boyd / Director: Bob Meillon /  Music: Simon Walker / Photography: Peter Knevitt

Children's drama. Scrap dealer Pop McKenzie tangles with Japanese business Ishikawa over a water front development. Pop's three grandkids determine to put a stop to the businessman's plans.

With:- Graham Dow / Robert Carlton / Olivia Martin / Kristin Veriga / Ritchie Singer / Kurt Schneider / Kazue Matsumoto

LATE FOR SCHOOL

10 Network / 13 x 25m-e / 1992

Writers: Robert Caldwell,  Rob Menzies /  Producer: John Holmes / Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri 

Sitcom. A teacher returns to teach at the same school she attended years before, her children, who go to the school, are far from impressed.

With:- Ross Higgins / Sarah Chadwick / Frankie J. Holden / Matthew Newton / Melissa Thomas / Harry Cripps / Stephen Curry

LATE NIGHT AUSTRALIA

10 Network / x 50 m-e / 1988

Don Lane hosted late night talk show, one aspect of which featured viewers phoning in to talk to Lane. Cancelled after four months.

LATE NIGHT WITH JONO AND DANNO

7 Network-McElroy & McElroy / x 50 mins / 1986

A mixture of comedy and chat shown late night, hence the title and hosted by the radio pair Jono Coleman and Ian Rogerson. Coleman later moved to the UK, continuing as a DJ and sometime TV presenter.

LATELINE

ABC / x 30 m-e / 1990

Latenight current affairs shows hosted by Kerry O'Brien.

THE LATE SHOW

ABC / x30m-e / 1992-93

Creators: Rob Sitch, Scott Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy.

Comedy. Fast paced sketch show.

LAW OF THE LAND

9 Network-Roadshow Coote & Carroll / 26 x 50m-e / 1993-94

Creators: Ru Hume, Sue Masters / Producers: Matt Carroll, Bruce Best, Terrie Vincent / Directors: lan Watson, Richard Sarell, Michael Offer ,  Julia Pringle / Music: Chris Neal,  Peter Sullivan / Camera:  James Grant

Quirky drama series. A lawyer, tired of working in the city, takes a job as magistrate in the small town of Merringaree. Filmed at Whittlesea, Victoria.

With:- Lisa Hensley / David Roberts / Debbie Byrne /  Tamblyn Lord /  Wyn Roberts / Shane Connor /  Angelo D'Angelo /  David Walters / Richard Moir / Michael O'Neill (1994) / Ally Fowler (1994) / Peter O'Brien(1994) / Tessa Humphries (1994)

LAWSON'S MATES

ABC / 6 x 55m-e / 1980

Producer: Oscar Whitbread / Directors: Oscar Whitbread, John Gauci, Douglas Sharp Writer: Cliff Green / Music: George Dreyfus / Camera: lan Warburton

Anthology series based on the short stories of Henry Lawson. Each edition featured a number of different intertwined stories. Narrator was George Mallaby. The titles for the six episodes were:-

1. Bob Brothers cast:- Robbie McGregor / Sigrid Thornton / John Wood / lan Gilmour / Harold Baigent / 2. Steelman And Smith cast:-Frank Wilson / Steve Bisley / Sean Myers / Patrick Edgeworth / 3. Joe Wilson cast:- Tony Bonner, Barbara Llewellyn / 4. Swamp and Brumby cast:- Graeme Blundell / Max Gillies / 5. Dave Regan And Party cast:- Michael Carmen /  Rosie Sturgess / Alan Hardy / 6. Tommy cast:- George Mallaby / Frank Gallachacher / Charles Tingwell / Jamie Adamson.

LEARNED FRIENDS

ABC / 10x50m-e / 1983

Creators: Charles Dinney and Roger Simpson / Producer: Eric Taylor / Directors: Di Drew, Geoffrey Nottage, Eric Taylor,  Peter Fisk

Legal drama series. Stories of the professional and personal lives of a pair of lawyers working out of Sydney District Court.

With:-  Vic Hawkins, Penny Downie

LEARNERS

ABC-C5-Primetime / 5x30m-e / 1998

Music: Craig Harnath / Producer: Debbie Byrne / Executive Producer: Tim Worner, Rhonda Byrne, Emma McLean

Documentary. On the road with all manner of learner drivers. Narrated by Marilyn Milgrom.

LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS

9 Network / x30m-e / 1957  black and white

Panel based show featuring a team of ladies attempting to solve viewers problems. Based on a radio show of the name and hosted by Terry Dear, with Margo Lee and Elizabeth Riddell.

LEAVE SOMETHING FOR US

ABC / 6x30m-e / 1971 black and white 

Producer: Jim Allan

Debate show for teenagers and focusing on contemporary issues. Hosted by Roger Simpson who would go on to be a  tv writer and producer.

THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL

ABC / 2x120m-e / 1992

Writers: John Alsop (part 1), Sue Smnith (part 2) / Camera: Steve Windon / Design: Marcus North / Costume: Annie Marshall / Music: Peter Best / Producer: Steve Knapman / Executive Producers: Penny Chapman, Michael Wearing / Director: Michael Jenkins

Period drama serial. In the 1950's a trio of orphans (along with many others) are sent to Australia in order to start new lives; however hard times await them. 

With:-  CHRISTINE TREMARCO as Lily / KEVIN JONES as Bert / BILL HUNTER as Brother O'Neill / MARTIN JACOBS as Brother Matthew / FRANK WHITTEN as Brother Jerome / JOHN HARGREAVES as Harry / FRANCES BARBER as Ellen / DAVID KAFF as Wilson / DARREN YAP as David / KERRY WALKER as Mrs Dunne / BOGDAN KOCA as Pavel / PAMELA RABE as Mrs Lang / COLIN MOODY as Mr Symonds / GARY HENSHAW as Alf 

LEGACY OF THE SILVER SHADOW 

Ten Network-ACFF / 13x30m-e / 2002

Creators: Chris Anastassiades and Ray Boseley / Executive Producer: Patricia Edgar / Producer: Bernadette O'Mahony / Directors: Ray Boseley, Pino Amenta, Stephen Johnson, Julian McSwiney

Children's fantasy adventure series. A quartet of kids get involved with the myth surrounding a long dead superhero.

With:- Aljin Abella as Campbell / Sage Butler as Gretel / Alexander Hopkins as Josh / Hannah Greenwood as Alex 
Tayler Kane as The Silver Shadow / Ronald Faulk as Crab / Eloise Mignon as Finona 

LETS DO LUNCH

ABC-Lunchtime Legends Productions / 4x45m-e / 1990

Producer: Maurice Murphy

Strange talk show featuring Maurice Murphy interviewing well known celebrities over lunch, the strange part was Murphy did the filming himself with a hand held camera.

LET'S MAKE A DATE

ABC / x30m-e / 1962 black and white 

Producer: Oscar Whitbread 

A Melbourne based variety show  hosted by Corinne Kelly. Frank Thorn and the ABC Melbourne Dance Band provided the music.

LET'S MAKE A DEAL

A game show that saw life on three different occasions:-

1968-69: 9 Network/NLT [~ Productions x 25 mins B+W Producer: Mike Myers 

1977: 9 Network/McCabe-Collins Productions x 25 mins Producer: Carry Dyer 

1991: 10 Network

The show was based on the greed factor with contestants being asked to risk what money they had already gained in the hope of winning more. Hosts were Mike Dyer (1968), John Laws (1969), Jimmy Hannan (1977), Garry Meadows(1977), Vince Sorrenti(1991). One interesting aspect is that the audience were encouraged to come in fancy dress.

LETTER BOX

7 Network / x30m-e / 1963 and then 1981 black and white (1963)

Producer: Norman Spencer

Game show that used the Scrabble format for it's format. Host was Bill Achfield and adjudicator was Myra Roper. The show came back in 1991 for a short run  hosted first by  Paul Makin and Debbie Hillhouse and then Garry Carrolth and Ann Sanders.

LETTER CHARADES

9 Network-NLT Productions / x25 mins / 1967 black and white 

Daytime game show based on the parlour game Charades with team captains Joe Martin and Sean Kramer in charge of a pair of teams. Host was Frank Wilson.

LET THE BLOOD RUN FREE

10 Network-Media Arts / 26x30m-e / 1990-94

Writers: The Blood Group (The Cast, Mark Cutler, John Thomson) / Producer: Bobbie Waterman / Director: John Thomson

Sitcom. Spoof of soapy medical dramas and detailing the exploits of the staff of St Christopher's.

With:- JANE KITTSON as Nurse Pam Sandwich / BRIAN NANKERVIS as Dr Raymond Good / HELEN KNIGHT as Nurse Effie Shunt / PETER ROWSTHORN as Orderly Warren Cronkshonk / LINDA GIBSON as Matron Dorothy Conniving Bitch 

LEVEL 23

10 Network-Beyond International / x25m-e / 1994

Producer: John Luscombe

Lifestyle show for the younger generation focusing on fashion, popular culture and the like. Presented by Melissa Thomas,  Nathan Harvey, Brent Meyer, Anja Coleby and Nick Testoni. The show didn't last long.

LEVKAS MAN

ABC-Portman / 6x60m-e / 1981 March-April

Writer: Peter Yeldham / Novel: Hammond Innes / Camera: Michael Ewers, Peter Hendry / Music: Roy Nicolson / Producers: Eric Taylor, Dickie Bamber / Executive Producers: T.L. Donald, Ian Warren / Director: Carl Schultz

Thriller serial. Australian Dr Peter Gerrard travels to Greece to try and prove a theory about prehistoric man and gets caught up in a blackmail plot over ancient Greek antiquities. 

With:- ROBERT COLEBY as Paul Gerrard / ANN MICHELLE as Nicola / MARIUS GORING as Dr Pieter Gerrard / DIANA KORNER / T.P. McKENNA / TAKIS EMMANUEL / CYRIL LUCKHAM / KENNETH COPE/ FERDY MAYNE 

LIBERACE IN AUSTRALIA

7 Network / 1x60 minute episode / Sunday 7 November 1971 @ 7.30pm

Filmed at Melbourne ’s Festival Hall this special features Liberace at his most outrageous with outfits that include striped hot pants and a suit made of 7000 mirrors. Musical selection include songs by Burt Bacharach and songs from Love Story and Hair.

THE LIBERATION OF SKOPJE

SBS-Ferryman / 1x100m-e / 1981

Producer: Eric Fullilove / Director: Bill Fitzwater / Writer: Dusan Jovanovic

Drama. The events surrounding the liberation of Skopje prison.

With:- Sasa Stanojevic / Perica Martinovic / Inge Apelt

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD II

ABC / 1x90m-e / 1960 black and white

Producer/Director: Ray Menmuir / Writer: Alan Seymour / Music: Robert Hughes

Live version of the William Shakespeare drama with innovative produciton techniques used, namely the use of a seperate studio for all exterior shots.

With:- Ric Hutton /  Richard Parry / Hugh Stewart / James Condon / Max Meldrum / Leonard Teale / Malcolm Billings / Nancye Stewart

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SANDY STONE

ABC / 4x30m-e / 1991

Producer/Director: Greg Shears / Writer: Barry Humphries

A quartet of often funny monologues by Barry Humphries playing the character of Sandy Stone whom he first used back in the 1950's.

LIFE BE IN IT

ABC / 20x30m-e / 1988

Producer: Dick Oilling

Lifestyle show focusing on health matters. The show was also known as 'The Bodyshow'.  Hosted by Bryan Smith with Ann-Louise Martin, Rosemarie Netterfield, John Harrison and Terry Lye.

THE LIFE OF THUNDERBOLT

TCN 9 / 1x60m-e / 1970 (Broadcast: Tuesday 26 May / 7.30pm) black and white

Period drama. Thunderbolt was  one of Australia's most notorious bushrangers. He roamed  the New England district (where most of the scenes were shot) between 1865 and 1870, robbing mainly rich squatters and merchants. His career began when he was falsely imprisoned In Cockatoo Island prison, where he later escaped with a friend, They turned to bush-ranging in order to survive. Thunderbolt was well liked and was hidden and protected by many. Shown to mark the hundredth anniversary of his death.

With:- TOM OLIVER as Thunderbolt / BEN GAUL as Fred Ward / JULIAN ALLEN as Mary Anne / PETER McPHIE as Constable Walker 

LIFE SUPPORT

SBS / 18x30m-e / 2001-2003 (First Episode: Monday 27 August 2001/ 9.00pm)

Producer: John Eastway

Satirical comedy show poking fun at the ever growing number of lifestyle shows, this took the form of a proper such show where things don't usually go to plan. Brendan Cowell was handyman Todd; Abbie Cornish was Penne; Simon Van Der Stap was doctor Rudi; Rachael Cooper was handicrafts whizz Sigourney. The show itself was called the Television Lifestyle Show.

LIFT OFF 1992/91

ABC-ACTF /52x30m-e 1992-94

Producer: Patricia Edgar / Directors: Steve Jodrell, Mario Andreacchio, Paul Nichola / Music: Chris Neal and Chris Maubach / Camera: Jaems Grant and Craig Barden

Children's educational series mixing in live action with animation and puppetry and featuring stories of the Wakadoo Cafe and its users.

With:-  Mark Mitchell / Paul Cheyne / Erin Patten / Luke Carroll / Maria Nguyen / Madeline Blackwell.

LIGHT ME A LUCIFER

ABC / 1x75m-e / 1962 black and white

Producer/Director: William Sterling / Writer: John O'Qrady

Fantasy. The Devil checks out Sydney (along with his wife) to try and find a few new "customers"

With:- Frank Thring / Lynne Flanagan / Edward Howell / Ken Goodlet / Wyn Roberts / Joan Harris

LI'L HORRORS

Beyond / 26x30m-e / 2000

Children's comedy show about a kindergarten that was run by a former horror actress, the show mixed puppetry and animatronics with the latest in computer trickery.

LINDSAY'S BOY

ABC / 1x90m-e / 1974

Producer/Director: Frank Arnold / Writer: Ted Roberts

Period drama. After world war II a young boy has to adjust to having his widowed father back in his life.

With:- Vincent Ball / Joan Bruce / Jenny Lee / Mark Lee / Julieanne Newbould / Ken Wayne / Chris King.

LINEHAUL

ABC / 1x100m-e / 1973 black and white

Writer: Tony Morphett / Director: Frank Arnold

Drama. Truck driver Dave Morgan puts his job on the line after being hit by a tragedy in his life. Pilot for a possible series that never emerged.

With:-  Jack Thompson as Dave Morgan / Peter Gwynne / Keith Lee

LINE-UP

ABC / x30m-e / 1978-80

Producer: Richard Walsh

Current affairs show presented by Paul Griffiths.

THE LITTLE PEOPLE

10 Network-Screen Gems / x25m-e / 1968 black and white

Children's show broadcast daily and featuring a panel of youngsters trying to solve other kids problems. Based on a Canadian show of the same name and hosted by Colin Hill and later Howard Craven.

LIVE AND SWEATY

ABC / x55m-e / 1991-95

Producer: Ted Robinson

Friday evening mix of chat, entertainment but with the emphasis on sports. Hosted by Andrew Denton (until 1993) when regular panellist Elle McFeast (aka Libby Gore) took over.  Rex Mossop., Debbie Spillane, Peter 'Crackers' Keenan and Lex Marinos were all also regulars.

LIVE AT FIVE

9 Network / x50m-e / 1988-89

Early evening magazine show that was actually based on a US original called "Eye on LA". Presenters were Richard Wilkins, Greg Matthews, Tony Pilkingotn, Jo Pearson and Terry Willesee.

LIVE AUCTION SPECIAL

7 Network / 1x120m-e / 2001 (Wednesday February 14 / 7.30pm)

A special combining three shows Better Homes and Gardens, Ground Force and Hot Auctions  with the crew of those shows all teaming up to work on the Sydney home of Mike and Mel Turner renovating the house and garden and then selling it in on Live TV. Hosted by Noni Hazlehurst.

LIVE IT UP

7 and then 10 - Live It Up Productions / 8x50m-e (7 netowrk) x30m-e (10 network) / 1992-?

Producers: Philip Gerlach and Trish Goddard

A healthy lifestyle show hosted by Trisha Goddard that was initally on 7 in an early evening slot before moving to a daytime slot on 10. Trisha would later move to the UK in the late 1990's to host a weekday morning Jerry Springer type show called simply Trisha.

LIVE THIS

Ten Network / x30m-e / 2000

Lifestyle show presented by Leah McLeod offering tips on home decor, food, people, places and entertainment, also with DIYer Rob Palmer, gardener Michael Bates, designer Eszter Morosszeky and chef Darren Simpson.

LIVING MAN

ABC / 10x30m-e / 1963 black and white

Producer/Director: John Power 

Science based show exploring the psychology of man beginning with childhood and progressing to adulthood. Hosted by Professor John Clark

THE LIZARD KING

ABC-Revcom / 1x96m-e / 1987

Producer: Jan Chapman /Director: Geoffrey Nottage / Witer: Louise Nowra / Music: Martin Armiger 

Drama. French Beatrice Aumond travels to Australia to search for her missing son.

With:- John Hargreaves / Marie-Christine Barrault / Manuel De La Roche / Sarah De Teliga. 

LOCATION, LOCATION

9 Network / 20x30m-e / 2001 (First Episode Broadcast: Thursday 22 March / 7.30pm)

Lifestyle show presented by Deborah Hutton and offering advice to people looking to both buy and sell homes and even rent too.

LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY

ABC / 3x60m-e / 1980 13 - 27 April

Writer: Everett de Roche / Camera: Ian Warburton / Design: Alwyn Harbott, Bob Walters / Music: Greg Sneddon / Executive Producer: Oscar Whitbread / Director: Douglas Sharp

Scifi drama serial. In the small town of Westernport Bay the residents claim to be witnessing signs of UFO activity - then two girls go missing. Filmed at Flinders in Victoria.

With:- BEVERLY BLANKENSHIP as Anna Callinan / FRANK GALLACHER / JANE NORRIS / SARAH NORRIS / TIM ROBERTSON / GERARD KENNEDY / JULIA BLAKE

THE LOGIES

Television's annual award festival to itself began in 1958 and held annually since then at first in Melbourne and then in Sydney. Bert Newton has hosted the most (some 18 at the last count and fourteen of them in a row). Most of the televised shows still exist however the ones from the years 1962-69 seem to have been lost. 

LOLA MONTEZ

ABC / 1x90m-e / 1962  black and white

Producer/Director/Writer: Alan Burke

Musical, ABC's first in fact, about the adventures of Lola Montez in Ballarat during the 1850's.

With:- Brigid Lenihan / Frank Wilson / Johnny Rohan / Patsy Hemmingway / Alan Hopgood / Campbell Copelin.

THE LONG ARM

10 Network-Ron Beck Productions / 18x50m-e / 1970 black and white 

Producer/Creator: Ron Beck / Directors: David Eastman and Colin Eggleston / Music: Richard Bowden / Camera: Terry Minear

Crime drama series about a team of detectives. Very much in the style of Homicide and filmed in both Sydney and Melbourne. Michael Pate took over as producer after three weeks. This was the 10 networks first dramatic series.

With:-  Robert Bruning / Sandy Harbutt / Bill Hunter / Lyndal Moor / Tony Ward / Barbara Mason. 

LONGPLAY

10 Network / x 25m-e / 1977

Music themed quiz show, broadcast daily and hosted by Ronnie Burns, aimed squarely at the teenage market and quickly replaced by the show "Right On".

THE LONG WAY HOME

ABC / 1x75m-e / 1985

 Producer: Erina Rayner / Director: Catherine Millar / Writer: Stephen Sewell / Camera: Julian Penney

Drama. A pair of Vietnam vets have a hard time adjusting to life after the war and decide to do something about their situation.

With:-  Richard Moir / Genevieve Picot / Peter Kowitz / Joanne Samuel

LONG WAY TO THE TOP: Stories of Australian Rock and Roll

ABC / 6x60m-e / 2001 (First Episode: Wednesday 8 August / 6.30pm)

Indepth documentary series tracing the roots of Australian popular music from the end of the second world war to now, with contributions from the likes of Col Joye and the Joys, ACDC, Kylie Minogue, INXS, The Easy Beats, Dinah Lee, The Masters Apprentices, Johnny O'Keefe and The Aztecs. The series was some four years in the making.

LOOKING GOOD

9 Network / 5x25m-e / 1993 

Producers: Steve Wood and Fiona Baker

Lifestyle show with the emphasis on fashion and based on the UK's The Clothes Show.  Hosted by Liz Hayes with model Toneya Bird, photographer and writer Renee Ellis and Jo Bailey.

THE LORRAE DESMOND SHOW

ABC / 45x30m-e / 1960-63  Black +White 

Producer: James Upshaw 

Variety show starring Lorrae Desmond in a series of skits, sketches and musical interludes. ABC brought her back especially from England to star in the series after she had previously made three specials for them in 1959.

LOSS OF INNOCENCE

ABC / 4x60m-e / 1978 First episode 17 February

Writer: John May / Design: Neave Catchpool, Graeme Gould / Producer: Eric Taylor / Director: Michael Carson, Eric Taylor

Period drama serial. 40 years in the life and times of Peter Robinson from the 1930's to the 1970's.

With:- JOHN FITZGERALD as Peter Robinson / CAROL BURNS as Eleanor / RONALD FALK / MONICA MAUGHAN / ALWYN KURTS / CAROL RAYE / JACQUELINE KOTT / LOUISE HOWITT / PAUL BERTRAM / ENID LORIMER / MICHELE FAWDON / DAVID FRANKLIN  

THE LOST ISLANDS

LOVE AND WAR

ABC / 6 episodes (either 60 or 90 minutes) / 1967 black and white

Producers: Patrick Barton, John Croyston, Oscar Whitbread

An anthology series of plays, three of which dealt with love, the other three war.

The Love Plays were:- 1. ROMEO AND JULIET with Sean Scully, Liza Goddard, Joan Harris and Robin Ramsay / 2. INTERSECTION with Helen Morse, Kit Taylor, John Gregg, Bob McDarra, Frank Lloyd and Slim DeGray / 3. THE BRASS BUTTERFLY with Peter Rowley, Peter Collingwood and Mark Albiston.

The War plays were:- 1. MAN OF DESTINY with Brian Hannan, Anne Charleston, Dennis Miller / 2. O'FLAHERTY with Ted Hodgeman, Moray Powell, Audrey Teasdale, Kerry McGuire / 3. SERGEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE with Wyn Roberts, Sean Scully, Richard Meikle, Edward Hepple, Tom Oliver and Ron Graham

THE LOVE GAME

7 Network / x25m-e / 1984

Creators: Julian Jover and Graham McPherson. / Producer: Julian Jover

A Blind Date style entertainment in which young couples were sent on a chaperoned weekend away together to see if they hit it off.  Original host,  Mark Holden, was replaced by voice-over man Gavin Wood almost immediately. Alex Wileman and Denise Drysdale also appeared on a regular basis. 

LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD

ABC / 26x30m-e / 2001 

Creators: Shelley Birse, Michael Miller, Ellie Beaumont, Matt Ford

Comedy drama series following the lives of the people, mostly 20 somethings living and working in inner city Sydney pub The Courthouse. Main characters include Angus O'Neil who ran the pub and his dad Bernie and Angus's best friend, the womanising Paul. Final Episode broadcast 24 July 2001.

With:- PETER FENTON as Angus O'Neill / KATE BEAHAN as Alicia 'Albee' Barrett / PAUL BARRY as Paul Bannister / LEANNA WALSMAN as Larissa Barrett / LINAL HAFT as Bernie O'Neill / MATT DORAN as Phil 'Klaus' Kapberg / TERESA PAGE as Juliette Briones / JOHN MOLLOY as Roy Williams / GARRY McDONALD as Tom Mattingly / ANNIE DAVIS McCUBBIN as Maya Fink 

LOVE IS DEEP DOWN UNDER

10 Network / 1x60m-e / 1971 (Broadcast: Tuesday 10 August / 7.30pm)

Special featuring singer Lovelace Watkins with songs performed including This Is My Life, For Once in My Life, Once Upon a Time, Bridge Over Troubled Water and Down on the corner. Special guest was Janice Slater.

THE LOVE OF LIONEL'S LIFE  

Ten Network / 1x12m-e / 2000 (broadcast: 9 July)

Writers: Tony Cavanaugh, Des Power / Director: John Ruane / Executive Producers: Mikael Borglund, John Sexton / Producers: Simone North, Tony Cavanaugh, Des Power

Comedy drama. Best mates Lionel Burke and Steve live in a small Queensland town called Gundeena, a town with a population of 200 men and only 7 women, when Lionel falls in love with Lena, Steve feels pushed out and decides to do something about it.

With:- Matt Day as Lionel Burke/ Alex Dimitriades as Steve / Nadine Garner as Lena / Steven Vidler / Graeme Blundell / Carol Burns / Heather Mitchell / Chris Betts / Paul Denny / Catherine Miller / Chris Anderson / Jean-Marc Russ / Joelan Reti / Harvey Shaw / Isaac Nicholson / Mathilda Muller / Matsuo Kajisa / Scarlett North Remati / Kathryn Borglund

LOVE RULES

9 Network / 4x50m-e / 1994 

Producer: Tim Clucas

A relationships guide and how to make your relationship work from the team behind "Sex". Hosted by actress Diane Craig, with reporters including Dr Martyn Baker, Toby Green, Lisa Wilkinson, Andre Geoghegan, Sheila Joan Harvey and Lisbeth Kennelly. 

LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR  

7 Network / 7x30m-e / 1980 4 May - 15 June

Writers: Vince Powell, Ken Sterling / Producer/Director: William G. Stewart

Sitcom. Brief revival of the contentious UK show that saw bigoted Eddie Booth freshly ensconced in a Sidney suburb called Blacktown. 

With:- JACK SMETHURST as Eddie Booth / ROBERT HUGHES as Bernard Smith / RUSSELL NEWMAN as Jim Lawson / SUE JONES as Joyce Smith / GRAHAM ROUSE as Cyril / KEN GOODLET as Joe Marley

LUCINDA BRAYFORD

ABC / 4x60m-e / 1980 First episode: 15 June

Writer: Cliff Green / Novel: Martin Boyd / Design: Alwyn Harbott, Bob Walters / Executive Producer: Oscar Whitbread / Producer/Director: John Gauci

Period drama serial. Episodes in the life of Lucinda Brayford from her marriage to a senior politician and her then spending time in England.

With:- WENDY HUGHES as Lucinda Brayford / SAM NEILL as Tony Duff / BARRY QUINN as Hugo Brayford / EDMUND PAGE as Pat Lanfranc / CAROL BURNS as Julie Vaine / STEPHEN OLDIELD as Stephen Brayford / VIRGINIA ROOKSBY as Mrs Fabian Parker 

LUCK OF A CHINAMAN

ABC / 1x45m-e / 1971 (Broadcast: Tuesday 25 May / 9.25pm)

Documentary. The story of the Chinese in Australia from the gold rush days of the 1850's to their present day acceptance as some of the wealthiest and most respected members of the community.

LUCKY COLOUR BLUE

ABC / 10x30m-e / 1975

Writers: monty Miller, Virginia Duigan / Producer: Christopher Muir

Filmed at Balnaring close to Melbourne this period drama serial was a sequel to A Taste For Blue Ribbons. This told the story of a young girl and her attempts to make the equestrian team heading for the Olympics.

With:- SALLY CONABERE / MAX MELDRUM / BRENDON LUNNEY / TIMOTHY GOOD

LUKE'S KINGDOM

Channel 9-Yorkshire / 13x60m-e / 1976

Executive Producer: Tony Essex / Novel: E.V. Timms

Period drama series. In the early 19th century the Firbank family attempt to start a new life in Australia. The family after emigrating had learned that the land they thought they would be getting had been taken by someone else forcing them to fight for their rights. The series started in the present day with a young woman reading the memoirs of an E.V. Timm's called Pages From a Squatter's Diary, New South Wales 1829 to 1836. The series was a UK-Australia co production. Director Peter Weir then went on to make Picnic at Hanging Rock. Filmed in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and at a cost of $2 million. Producer Anthony Essex died not long after the completion of the series.

With:- OLIVER TOBIAS as Luke Firbeck / GERARD McGUIRE as Samuel Firneck / ELISABETH CROSBY as Jassy / JAMES CONDON as Jason / DAVID BAXTER as Jack Skelton / HELEN MORSE

LUTHER

ABC / 1x90m-e / 1964 black and white

Writer: Philip Grenville Mann / Play: John Osborne / Producer/Director: Christopher Muir

Period drama. The story of the 16th century Augustine monk Martin Luther who started his own religion leading to trouble with the pope and the peasants revolt.

With:- TERRY NORRIS / DOUGLAS KELLY / BRIAN JAMES / SYD CONABERE / GEORGE WHALEY / JAMES LYNCH / WILLIAM LLOYD / MICHAEL DUFFIELD / BEVERLEY DUNN / MICHAEL COLE