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THE SHIRALEE 7 Network-SAFC Prod / 2x120m-e / 1988 (June) Writer: Tony Morphett / Novel: D'Arcy Niland / Camera: Geoffrey Simpson / Design: Kristian Fredrikson / Costume: Anna French / Music: Chris Neal / Producer: Bruce Moir / Executive Producer: Jock Blair / Director: George Olgilvie Period drama serial. Macauley and his 'Shiralee' (his daughter called Buster) travel Australia as Macauley looks for work and a place to settle down. Filmed in Quorn in the outback and winner of three logies. With:- BRYAN BROWN as Macauley / NONI HAZLEHURST as Lily / REBECCA SMART as Buster / LEWIS FITZ-GERALD as Tony / LORNA LESLEY as Marge / NED MANNING as Jim / MADELAINE BLACKWELL as Lucy / SIMON CHILVERS as Thaddeus / JULIE HAMILTON as Bella / REG EVANS as Luke / WILLIAM ZAPPA as Donny / FRANK GALLACHER as Beauty / NORMAN KAYE as Desmond / RAY MEAGHER as Polkadot
SHIRLEY ABICAIR IN AUSTRALIA ABC / 6x30m-e / 1960 black and white Producer/Director: James Upshaw Musical variety series headlined by the visiting Australia Shirley Abicair.
SHIRL'S NEIGHBORHOOD HSV7-Puppetstuff /600+x30m-e / 1979-83 Children's entertainment with an educational slant mixing puppet fun, stories and music. Presented by Graham "Shirl" Strachan (one time lead singer with The Skyhooks). Star of the show was actually the puppet crow Claude and Bruce Spence was also a later addition.
A SHIT OF A JOB SBS / x30m-e / 2001 Documentary presented by Daryl Sparkes looking at what happens to our poo after we have got rid of it.
SHOCK JOCK TV1 / 26x30m-e / 2001-2002 Creator: Tim Ferguson / Producers: Tim Ferguson, Marc Gracie Period Comedy. In the early 1980's, Fed up with working on a small country town radio show DJ Barry Gold decides to move to a job with big city radio station Chat AM, only to find himself working in the graveyard night shift slot and up against the beurocracy of the station as well as the machinations of the ageing breakfast show DJ. With:- Matthew Dyktynski as Barry Gold / Michael Veitch as Jack Piper / Rod Mullinar as Basil Hannigan / Sancia Robinson as Tracy Tracey / Tom Budge as Clive Rank / Fiona Todd as Ruth Sharp / Tim Ferguson as Vox
A SHOE FROM YOUR HOMELAND SBS-AAV / 1x70m-e / 1980 Music: George Zabetes / Producer: Jill Robb / Director: Peter Bernardos Greek language drama about an immigrant family living in Australia. With:- JOHN CHRISOULIS / AMALIA VASSILLIADIS / DENNIS DRAGONAS
SHORTS ABC / 10x30m-e / 1987 Anthology series of non related short dramas. The writers included Cory Taylor (Funeral Going), Jeni Thornley (A Journey) and James Claydon (The Ventriloquist).
SHOUT! THE STORY OF JOHNNY O'KEEFE 7 Network-View Pictures / 2x120m-e / 1986 (April) Writer: Robert Caswell / Camera: Dan Burstall / Design: Owen Patterson / Music: Christine Woodruff / Producer: Ben Gannon / Director: Ted Robinson Period drama serial. The true life story of fifties rocker Johnny O'Keefe who never got the worldwide fame he craved and died young (in his sleep) at the age of 43. With:- TERRY SERIO as Johnny O'Keefe / MARCELLE SCHMITZ as Marianne O'Keefe / MELISSA JAFFER as Thelma O'Keefe / JOHN McTEMAN as Lee Gordon / TONY BARRY as Alan Heffernan / CANDY RAYMOND as Maureen O'Keefe / LIZ HARRIS as Valda Marshall / JOHN PARAMOR as Bill Haley / RITCHIE SINGER as Max Moore / CHUCK McKINNEY / MAX MOORE / ROGER WARD
THE SHOW ABC-USQ / 6x30m-e / 2000 Producer:
Gabrielle Jones / Director: Anthony Mullins
SHOWCASE ABC / x30m-e / 1959 black and white Producer: Oscar Whitbread Variety show offering music and comedy etc.
SHOWCASE 10 Network-Crawford / x60m-e / 1965-70 1973-74 and 1978 Variety series for
new talent hosted by singer Gordon Boyd and then Ron McLean. Revived twice, in
1973 (once more with Gordon Boyd) and then in 1978 with Stuart Wagstaff. SILENT NUMBER 9 Network-South Pacific / 349x60m-e / 1974 Producer: Roger Mirams Crime drama
series. Cases of Doctor Steve Hamilton who finds himself working with the police
on numerous criminal With:- GRIGOR TAYLOR as Dr Steve Hamilton / ELIZABETH ALEXANDER / DERYCK BARNES / TONY WAGNER (replaced quickly by Don Reid) / ROBIN TOLHURST (replaced by Ros Spiers)
SILENT REACH 9 Network-AAV Australian Prod / 2x150m-e / 1983 Writer: Ted Roberts / Novel: Oscar White / Costume: Anna Jakob / Design: John Roberts / Music: Ray Cook / Producer: Jill Robb / Director: Howard Rubie Thriller serial. Steven Sinclair, working for Hamish Wrightson a diamond mining magnate in North Queensland discovers corruption and fraud going on within the company involving two of Wrightson's right hand men, Peter Mountford and Ben Burnie (who then decide to get Sinclair out of the way by trying to kill him). Working title was "The Alcheringa Stone". With:- ROBERT VAUGHN as Steven Sinclair / HELEN MORSE as Antonia Russell / GRAHAM KENNEDY as Chas Fitzpatrick / LEONARD TEALE as Hamish Wrightson / TOMMY LEWIS as Ben Burnie / JOHN HOWARD as Peter Mountford / JUSTINE SAUNDERS / ILLONA RODGERS / RON GRAHAM THE SILVER BRUMBY Animation Works / x20m-e / 1997 Book: Elyne Mitchell / Writers: Jon Stephens, Judy Malmgren / Script Editors: John Tatoulis, Paul Williams / Producers: Colin J South, John Tatoulis Children's animated tales of King of all the Wild Horse - Thowra - an amazing silver colt. Voices: Richard Aspel / Andrew Balloch / Leah Campbell / Michael Carmen / Brett Climo / Daniel Daperis / MargDowney / Edward Hepple / Abbe Holmes / Hamish Hughes / Matthew King
THE SIMON GALLAGHER SHOW ABC / 12x50m-e / 1982-83 Producer/Director: Ted Emery Variety series with the emphasis on music and starring of course Simon Gallagher. Also on hand were dance troupe Natural Seven.
SIMON TOWNSEND'S WONDER WORLD! 10 Network / x30m-e / 1979-87 Magazine-style half-hour show created and hosted by Simon Townsend. It was the first Australian TV program to receive a "C" classification by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (now the Australian Broadcasting Authority). The coveted "C" allows programs to be broadcast in a children's timeslot (nominally 4pm to 5pm weekdays), and such broadcasts count towards the children's TV quota which all Australian commercial stations must fill. Network TEN immediately bought Townsend's show, and stripped it Monday to Friday at 4pm, thinking at first it would merely fill their quota. But it soon achieved much more for the network, eventually becoming one of the most popular children's show in Australian TV history and attracting a huge adult audience. The first episode went to air in Sydney on 3 Sept 1979. As ratings soared, other network stations and affiliates added it to their schedule until it was airing every weekday afternoon throughout Australia. In addition to Simon Townsend, many famous media faces got their first break on this show - including Jonathan Coleman, Angela Catterns, Phillip Tanner, Maurice Parker, Wednesday Kennedy. Under producer Harvey Shore, the show won five Logie Awards as the most popular "C"-rated show in Australia. At one stage it was out-rating TENs evening news. Finally, after 2,000 episodes over eight years of top ratings, the last show went to air on 3 Sept 1987. In 1990, the Nine Network licenced the series and launched it under the title Wonder World! Harvey Shore was again executive producer, and again the show rated well and launched the careers of its star reporters, including Pascall Fox, Tony Johnston, Jodie Young and Catriona Rowntree. Nine's version finished its three-series run in 1992, although episodes were still being repeated in New Guinea and Fiji in 2003. Memorable TV would like to thank Harvey Shore for his contribution to this entry.
SINGALONG 9 Network / x60m-e / 1962-63 black and white Producer: Keith Walshe / Director: Warwick Freeman Musical variety show hosted by Leonard Teale and Bill Newman. One interesting aspect was the early version of karaoke which saw the words to some of the songs printed on the screen for viewers at home to sing along to. Regulars also included Ross Higgins, Jimmy Parkinson, The Bob Gibson Band.
SINGAPORE SLING 9 Network-Barron Ent / 3x90m-e / 1990 Writers: Keith Aberdeen, David Phillips, Peter Schreck / Design: Larry Eastwood / Music: Mario Millo / Camera: Louis Irving / Producer: Paul D. Barron A trio of crime dramas about Aussie private eye John Stamford, based in Singapore Stamford's cases often took him into the heart of the Asian underworld. With:- JOHN WATERS as John Stamford
SINGLE GIRLS 9 Network / x60m-e / 2000 (First Episode: Monday October 16 / 9.30pm) Producer: Fiona Baker Reality game show in which five girls, Candy, Tia, Fiona, Nadia and Jennifer share a three story beach house at Coogee in Sydney. The object of the game was for the girls to try and find Mr Right.
SINGLES ABC / 5x60m-e / 1984 Writers: Robert Caswell, Linda Aronson, Michael Aitkens, Alma De Groen, Anne Brooksbank / Camera: Tony Wilson / Producer: Martin Williams / Directors: David Goldie, Ted Robinson, Graham Thorburn, Helena Harris, Riccardo Pellizzeri Drama serial. Sydney doctor Alison advertises in a singles magazine and meets five different men, the serial looked at a different date each episode. With:- ELIZABETH ALEXANDER as Alison / BARRY OTTO / ROBERT COLEBY / RICHARD MOIR / DENNIS MILLER / STEVEN JACOBS / FRANCIS YIN / PHILIP ROSS / SUSAN LEITH / MELISSA JAFFER / DINAH SHEARING / DAVID DOWNER / JULIE HAMILTON
SING SING SING ATN 7 / x60m-e / 1962-65 black and white Musical variety series hosted for the first year by Lionel Long and then by Johnny O'Keefe, the show only ending when O'Keefe had his much publicised breakdown.
SIT DOWN, SHUT UP 10 Network-Red Heart / 13x30m-e / 2001 Creators: Brendan Reed, Tim Loughlan / Executive Producer: Peter Herbert / Producers: Doug MacLeod, Marc Gracie / Director: Marc Gracie Sitcom. The hard pressed lives of 8 teachers working at Carpen Heights Secondary College. The staffroom being at the hub of most of the action, the staff room was also full of petty jealousies, insecurities and in fighting, Vice Principal Sue Dirkin tried to keep her staff under control (Dirkin was somewhat bitter after being passed over for the top job. With:- Marg Downey as Sue Dirkin / STEVEN CURRY / PAUL GLEESON / JODIE DRY / TIM McLOUGHLIN as Chaps / JACQUELINE BRENNAN / CHRISTOPHER BROWN / TAYLOR KANE / BRENDAN REED as Dean Date
SIT YOURSELF DOWN, TAKE A LOOK AROUND ABC / 26x30m-e / 1974 black and white Producer: Peter Vendrell Music/comedy variety series that came from different clubs around the country. Hosted by comic Bernard Bolan.
SIX AUSTRALIANS ABC / 6x30m-e / 1984 Producer/Director: John McCowan Profiles of six well known Australains, those featured were Sylvia Branco, Maurice Rioli, Nennya Charles, Trevor Adamson, Freda Glyn and Cliff Coulthard.
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR ABC / 1x90m-e / 1964 black and white Writer: Philip Grenville-Mann / Producer/Director: Christopher Muuir Drama. When his TV serial is interrupted by the arrival of a mourning family a producer attempts to turn the cameras on them. With:- NORMAN KAYE / PATRICIA KENNEDY / MAREA LETHO / LANCE BENNETT / CHERYL FISHER / MICHAEL NORMAN / TERRY NORRIS
SIX O'CLOCK ROCK ABC / x45m-e / 1959-62 black and white Influential (amongst the teenage viewers anyway) rock and roll show that was hosted by self proclaimed wild man Johnny O'Keefe, although O'Keefe didn't actually start hosting until 61 he quickly made the show his own. Original host wa sRick Merriman.
SIX O'CLOCK STATEWIDE ABC / x60m-e / 1979 Regional Friday night weekly news round up.
SIX TONIGHT BTVG / 1972-84 Nightime variety show hosted by Fred Farghers, some well known names appeared amongst the local talent.
SIXTY MINUTES 9 Network / x60m-e / 1979-continuing Long running current affairs shows based on a US original. Hosts have included Ian Leslie (1979-80), Ray Martin (1979-84), George Negus (1979-86), Liz Hayes, Charles Woolley (1993-), Richard Carleton, Tara Brown and Peter Overton. 60 Minutes initial budget was some $2 million a year. The original producer was Gerald Stone.
0-10 Network / 18x60m-e / 1966 black and white Producers/Directors: Win Frecker, Kevin Ryder Comedy variety series hosted by Mike Walsh and headlined by Barry Crocker and Carol Raye. The title was changed to The Barry Crocker Show after the departure of Raye. Also involved were Carlu Carter, Bill McGrath, Gerry Gallagher and Peter Whitford.
SKIPPY THE BUSH KANGAROO Syndicated-Norfolk International / 91x25m-e / 1968-70 Executive Producers: John McCallum, Bud Austin / Music: Eric Jupp / Producers: Lee Robinson, Dennis Hill Adventure series. Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo, uses his brains to alert his best friend, the human Sonny, whenever anyone hits trouble in the outback area of Warratah National Park. The show was incredibly popular with kids and in an early example of merchandising spawned books, money boxes and the like, "skippy" even made personal appearances. The series was actually seen overseas before its Australian showing and there was a film version made in 1968 utilising the TV crew and called The Intruders. With:- GARRY PARKHURST as Sonny Hammond / ED DEVEREAUX as Matt Hammond / LIZA GODDARD as Clarissa 'Clancy' Merrick / KEN JAMES as Mark Hammond / FRANK THRING as Dr Alexander Stark / TONY BONNER as Ranger
SKIRTS 7 Network-Simpson Le Mesurier / 13x60m-e / 1990 Producers: Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson / Directors: Brendan Maher, Richard Sarell, Ian Gilmour / Music: David Hirschfielder Crime drama series detailing the work and home lives of a group of women coppers. The show was apparently inspired by UK show The Bill. With:- Tracy Mann / Nicholas Bell / Mary Coustas / Kate Gillick / Karen Davitt / Ben Mitchell
SKYTRACKERS 26x30m-e / 1994 Creators: Jeff Peck, Tony Morphett / Script Consultants: Cameron Clark, Esben Storm, Ray Boseley / Producers: Patricia Edgar, Margot McDonald Children's drama series. Stories of three kids whose parents run a space tracking station deep in the Australian outback. With:- PETRA JARED as Nikki Colbert / EMILY-JANE ROMIS as Maggie Colbert / ANNA MARIA MONTICELLI as Marie Colbert / ZBYCH TROFIMIUK as Mike Masters / STEVE JACOBS as Tony Masters / MARCO CHIAPPI as Christian / ROASLIND HAMMOND as Effie / PAUL SONKKILA as Frank Giles
SKYWAYS
Seven Network-Crawfords / 188x60m-e / 1979-81 Creators: Jock
Blair, Terry Stapleton / Executive Producers: Ian Crawford, Jock Blair /
Producer: Graham Moore With:- Tony Bonner as Paul MacFarlane / Tina Bursill as Louise Carter / Ken James as Simon Young / Bruce Barry as Captain Douglas Stewart / Carmen Duncan as Elaine MacFarlane / Bartholomew John as Nick Grainger / Judy Morris as Robyn Davies / Bill Stalker as Peter Fanelli / Brian James as George Tippett / Kris McQuade as Faye Peterson / Deborah Coullis as Jacki Soong / Joanne Samuel as Kelly Morgan / Irene Inescort as Mrs. Young / Andrew McKaige as Alan MacFarlane / Gaynor Martin as Mandy MacFarlane
THE SLAUGHTER OF ST THERESA'S DAY ABC / 1x75m-e / 1960 Writer: Peter Kenna / Producer/Director: Alan Burke Comedy drama. A shady female crime boss decides to throw a lavish party for the St Theresa of the title because she thinks the Saint was responsible for saving her life. With:- NEVA CARR GLYN / FRANK WATERS / ROD MILGATE / MARY McKAY / ANNETTE ANDRE / WALTER SULLIVAN / ALMA BUTTERFIELD
SLOW BOAT FROM SURABAYA ABC-Film Australia / 6x55m-e / 1988 Writer: Jack Pizzey / Music: Peter Kaldor / Producer: David Douglas Documentary. Jack Pizzey looks at the intermingling of cultures to be found in different parts of the world thanks to the effects of the colonisation of previously unadulterated places.
THE SMALLEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE ABC / 14x30m-e / 1999 Director: Geoff Portman Stand up series that featured (with each getting a show to themselves) Matt King, Sue-Ann Post, Alan Brough, Greg Smith, Tracy Harvey, Denise Scott, Simon Palomares, Brian Nankervis, Lily Bragge, Corinne Grant, Brad Oaks, Lynda Gibson and Meshel Laurie.
SMUGGLERS BEWARE ABC / 4x30m-e / 1963 First Episode: 4 January black and white Writer: Eleanor Witcombe / Producer: Beverly Gledhill / Directors: Philip East, Peter Summerton Children's series about a group of kids who find themselves caught up in various adventures with a band of less than successful pirates. The stories were all pretty broad and tended towards the daft. This was the ABC's first attempt at a comedy drama for kids. With:- JACK ALLEN / PADDY CONROY / BRENDON LUNNEY / ANN BEECHER / RUTH CRACKNELL / ALASTAIR ROBERTS / NOEL BROPHY / NIGEL LOVELL
SNAKE GULLY WITH DAD AND DAVE 7 Network-ATN / 13x30m-e / 1972 (First Episode: 9 August) Producer: Ralph Peterson / Director: Hugh Taylor / Writers: Ralph Peterson, Ken Shadie Period comedy drama series. Episodes in the 19th century life of the Rudd family who lived and worked on their property in Darling Downs. Originally to have been called Dad and Dave like a popular radio series before it (in fact this series utilised scripts from that radio show), the longer title came into play because of contractual difficulties. With:- GORDON CHATER / MARION EDWARD / DIANE CRAIG / GARRY McDONALD
SNOWY 9 Network-Simpson Le Mesurier-Beyond / 13x60m-e / 1993 Creator: Roger Simpson / Producer: Roger Le Mesurier / Directors: Paul Moloney, Ian Gilmour Snowy is an epic Australian drama set in the mountains of the legendary cattleman - the men from Snowy River - following the Second World War. Using a mass immigration program that would resettle the mighty Snowy River inland under the mountains and away from the sea. Snowy tells the saga of the people who made it happen, Australians whose lives would never be the same again; immigrants from war torn Europe who served their two year contracts as virtual slave labour away from their wives and families; contractors from France, Italy, England, Norway and the United States; gamblers and opportunists who inhabit any frontier; those who made their fortunes on the giant Scheme and those who died in the tunnels. The series begins in 1949,the year the scheme was opened, and tells the story of a young man from mountains who finds friendship with a former enemy from Germany and who comes of age during an era of tumult and hope. With:- Rebecca Gibney / Annie Jones / Catherine Wilkin / Bill Kerr / Charlie Powles / Neil Melville / Lucy Bell / Bernard Curry / Jochen Horst / William McInnes
SNOWY RIVER: THE McGREGOR SAGA Nine Network-Family / 65x60m-e / 1993-97 Executive Producers: Richard Becker, Russell Becker / Theme Music: Frank Strangis / Producer: Jock Blair Period drama series. Stories of Matt McGregor and his family as they try to make a go of their ranch in the Snowy Mountains during the 19th Century. This series is known in Australia as Banjo Paterson's Man From Snowy River and is also listed under that title. With:- ANDREW CLARKE as Matt McGregor / BRETT CLIMO as Colin McGregor / GUY PEARCE as Rob McGregor / SHERYL MUNKS as Emily McGregor / KRISTIE RAYMOND as Danni McGregor / DANIEL DAPERIS as Josh / GABRIELLE FITZPATRICK as Montana Hale / JOSEPHINE BYRNES as Jessie McCluskey / WENDY HUGHES as Kathleen McGregor (93-96) / GREG PARKER as Herbert Elliott (93-96) / JON FINLAYSON as James Gleeson (93-96) / RODNEY BELL as Frank Blackwood (93-95)
SNOWY
SPECTACULAR 7
Network-Artransa / 1x60 minute episode / 1964 black and white A
documentary depicting life in the
SOLO ONE
Crawfords / 13x30m-e / 1976 Writers included: Sonia Borg, Everett De Roche, Peter A. Kinloch, Peter Schreck / Directors: Rod Hardy, David Stevens / Music: Mike Brady, Peter Sullivan / Producer: Henry Crawford Crime drama series, a spin of from Matlock Police. In the country town of Emerald, Snr Constable Gary Hogan is the law, sorting out the problems of the locals. Solo One was his call sign. With:- PAUL CRONIN as Gary Hogan / AILEEN BRITTON as Aunt Nan / KEITH EDEN as Joe Porter
SOMEBODY'S MOTHER 9 Network / 1x60m-e / 2000 (Tuesday 11 July / 7.30pm) Documentary presented by Tracey Curro and telling the stories of three women who have battled against Ovarian cancer.
SOMETHING IN THE AIR ABC-Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier / 300+x30m-e / 2000-2001 Creator: Roger Simpson / Script Editors: Galia Hardy, Sue Hore, Jennifer Sharp / Producers: Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson / Executive Producers: Sue Masters, Mikael Borglund, Rainer Mockert Drama series. Stories from the lives of the residents of rural Emu Springs, a former gold mining town. The local pub is the Emu Springs Station Hotel. Shown Mondays to Thursdays 6.30pm. With:- ERIC BANA as Joe Sabantani / STEVE ADAMS as Father Brian O'Rourke / ULLI BIRVE as Helen Virtue / THOMAS BLACKBURNE as Harry Virtue / RAY BARRETT as Len Taylor / DANIELLE CARTER as Sally Sabatini / KATE FITZPATRICK as Julia Rutherford / MELITA JURASIC as Dr Eva Petrovska / COLINN MOODY as Tom Dooly / ANNE PHELAN as Monica Taylor / MARIEL McCLOREY as Megan McGregor / NINA LIU as Annie Young (2001-) / SULLIVAN STAPLETON as Wayne Stapleton (2001-) /
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