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1. Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
22 min | Adventure, Comedy
Slapstick mockumentary about an enthusiastic Aussie wildlife expert, Russell Coight, whose haphazard and inept adventuring style ensures that he is a danger to anything and anyone he meets, not to mention himself.
Stars: Glenn Robbins, Hermann Iberg, Tom Martin, Birgit Mildenberger
Votes: 1,454
2. The Games (1998–2000)
30 min | Comedy, Sport
Mockumentary about the organisation of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 667
3. Who Do You Think You Are? (I) (2008– )
Documentary, Biography, History
Well-known Australians play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past.
Stars: Richard Mellick, Andrea Bentschneider, Kristoffer Born, Jack Thompson
Votes: 245
4. Resistance (1992)
Unrated | 112 min | Action
A society on the verge of total collapse is agitated by military forces who try to make sure needed crops are harvested before the farm workers begin to revolt. Then a worker is killed by a soldier.
Directors: Paul Elliott, Hugh Keays-Byrne | Stars: Lorna Lesley, Jennifer Claire, Robert Noble, Allan Penney
Votes: 86
5. First Contact (2014–2016)
60 min | Documentary
Six out of ten who call Australia home have had little or no contact with Indigenous people. 28 days. Six well-known Aussies. One life-changing journey.
Stars: Ray Martin, Jasmine Johnston, Alice Lardner, Trent Giles
Votes: 35
6. Greenhouse by Joost (2022)
95 min
Extending a lifetime's worth of zero-waste activism, visionary designer Joost Bakker devises the Future Food System, a self-sufficient residence that provides shelter, food and energy while reusing any by-products.
Directors: Bruce Permezel, Rhian Skirving | Star: Joost Bakker
Votes: 28
7.
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
Episode:
Cooktown
(2001)
23 min | Adventure, Comedy
After a long and hard life, destroying every life he comes across, Russell falls into a deep depression and decides to end his life where Australia's started.
Director: Tom Gleisner | Star: Glenn Robbins
Votes: 26
8.
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
Episode:
Daintree
(2001)
22 min | Adventure, Comedy
Russell makes his way to the North Queensland Daintree region. Again sharing his own version of the history of the region and historical figures. Whilst giving survival tips for the outback. All of which should not be taken seriously.
Director: Tom Gleisner | Star: Glenn Robbins
Votes: 26
9. World's Most Extreme (2014– )
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary
Stars: Colin Mace, Kaspar Eichel, Nadja Berlinghoff, Christoph Banken
Votes: 24
10.
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
Episode:
Muster
(2002)
22 min | Adventure, Comedy
Travel with Russell to outback New South Wales for more adventures. He'll teach you about tyre pressure, home-made camp chairs and more.
Director: Tom Gleisner | Stars: Glenn Robbins, Lee Kernaghan
Votes: 24
11.
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
Episode:
Tourists: Part 1
(2002)
23 min | Adventure, Comedy
Russell takes four friendly foreign folk up to the High Country for the trip of a life-time.
Director: Tom Gleisner | Stars: Glenn Robbins, Hermann Iberg, Tom Martin, Birgit Mildenberger
Votes: 22
12.
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
Episode:
Tourists: Part 2
(2002)
22 min | Adventure, Comedy
The outback trip with the four tourists continues with more amazing experiences and plenty more tips from Russell. He teaches them the finer points of a camp roast, of gun safety and runs into an old mate who joins them round the fire.
Director: Tom Gleisner | Stars: Glenn Robbins, Hermann Iberg, Tom Martin, Birgit Mildenberger
Votes: 22
13.
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
Episode:
Explorer: Part 2
(2002)
23 min | Adventure, Comedy
Russell continues his journey retracing the steps of explorers William Montgomery and Oscar Forbes and revealing plenty of historical information along the way.
Director: Tom Gleisner | Star: Glenn Robbins
Votes: 19
14.
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
Episode:
Explorer: Part 1
(2002)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy
Russell attempts to retrace the steps of two of the country's earliest explorers - Oscar Forbes and William Montgomery.
Director: Tom Gleisner | Star: Glenn Robbins
Votes: 19
15.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
100 Metre Track
(1998)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
Jasmine comes in and wants to update the Olympics. Jim, the construction engineer, causes problems when the 100 m straight is only 94 m long. How to solve it! The minister runs a very interesting and insightful press conference.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Denis Moore
Votes: 18
16.
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)
Episode:
Rare Roo
(2002)
23 min | Adventure, Comedy
Russell travels through the outback on a mission to release a rare kangaroo to its original habitat.
Director: Tom Gleisner | Star: Glenn Robbins
Votes: 17
17.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Dead Man
(1998)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
The revised swimming program is still causing problems. An IOC delegate dies and it causes some difficulties for the organisation. Entertaining the Olympic VIPs becomes farcical. There is also ambush marketing to deal with.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 16
18.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
A Conflict of Interest
(1998)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
John is concerned about a conflict of interest by a potential SOCOG board member, Joseph Williams. There is a problem when it comes to some American capital being invested in the venues. It's the weekend when the cameras see John at home.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Francis Greenslade
Votes: 15
19.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
The Press Conference
(1998)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
John, Bryan and Gina have been appointed to run the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Naturally, they have to introduce themselves by running a press conference, which doesn't run smoothly. Barrie Cassidy is brought in to improve their performance.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Barrie Cassidy
Votes: 14
20.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Transport!
(1998)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
There are problems with the diving pool at the new aquatic centre - it's in the wrong spot. Bryan is fixing the transport problems but the minister is interfering, pushing a bid by Citytrans World to run the transport system.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Sam Neill
Votes: 14
21.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
In the Public Interest
(2000)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
This episode is a documentary about SOCOG, and John in particular, by a TV show called 'In the Public Interest'. It covers some of the scandals occurring, in particular with regards to ticketing.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 14
22.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
The End
(2000)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
The games are almost about to start but there is a problem with the closing ceremony - the main act has gone missing. John's lateral thinking solves the problem. As Tim promotes himself the team manage to escape the problems of the games.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 14
23. Sporting Nation (2012)
Not Rated | Documentary
Australia is a sporting nation. Sport is officially everywhere. It even helps us describe matters other than sport. We speak of being in the home straight, dropping the baton, getting down ... See full summary »
Stars: John Clarke, Raelene Boyle, Joy Damousi, Malcolm Fraser
Votes: 13
24.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
A Management Course
(1998)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
John, Bryan and Gina go to a team-building weekend for some training on how they can use their full potential. John and Gina are not happy. The IOC committee is coming to inspect all the venues, but they're one venue short.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 13
25.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Athletics Schedule
(1998)
25 min | Comedy, Sport
They have changed the times for the athletics events, which causes problems with the athletes and swimmers. Some members of the public is not happy. Budgetary problems are upsetting Bryan and other scheduling problems crop up.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Ross Stevenson
Votes: 13
26.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Millennium Bug
(1998)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
Gina's voice recognition software is causing difficulties and John is having trouble with technology. The millennium bug looks like it might threaten the games. They then have a live webchat that doesn't quite go as they would have hoped.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Simon Palomares
Votes: 13
27.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Rural and Environment
(1998)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
The swimming program changes are still a problem. There is a very interesting 'rural' proposal for the opening ceremony by two women that finishes with a bang. John goes on Lateline and the subject of the skin cancer arises.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Maxine McKew
Votes: 13
28.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Addressing the Troops
(2000)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
John, Bryan and Gina have a pep talk with the SOCOG staff but it doesn't quite go as planned. There are quite a few upset employees, especially about ticketing and the first series of the 'The Games', and there are plenty of excuses.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 13
29.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
IOC Man
(2000)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
There is an unexpected visit by an IOC delegate and John is not happy. 100 000 trees destroyed in a storm are not being replaced - what to do? The Sydney Olympics are going to be rebranded as Australia's Olympics, but why? Bill knows.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 13
30.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Solar
(2000)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
Nicholas wants to save money by getting John to sack Gina. However, Gina manages to save her job by saving money using solar electricity credits. Spain wants to lend Sydney a Picasso as long as is it insured for $4 million.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 13
31.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Sponsor and Media Discontent
(2000)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
Sponsors are disappointed with the small number of tickets they've received. John then upsets the media with some disparaging comments about them and he is suspended. An athlete changes her... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 13
32.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Strike
(2000)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
There is a threat of a strike by the unions and John is put in charge of fixing it. However, it is Gina that fixes the problem. Bryan is concerned that people are trying to overcharge the games committee and goes penny-pinching.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 13
33. Hessie's Shed (1998–1999)
60 min | Comedy
Stars: Paul Hester, Kevin Garant, Barry Stockley, George Servanis
Votes: 12
34. Chris Humfrey's Wild Life (2011– )
26 min | Documentary, Family
Follow Chris in this chaotic, animal-crazy series that captures the drama, the danger, the animal antics and the sheer exhilaration of Chris Humfrey's Wild Life.
Votes: 12
35.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Horse and Dream Team
(1998)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
There is no top accommodation for the American 'Dream Team' and it is causing problems. How to make the Americans welcome. What are they going to do when an equestrian rider wants to use a genetically engineered horse?
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Frank Woodley
Votes: 12
36.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Funding
(1998)
25 min | Comedy, Sport
Tickets sales are slow and the money is getting tight as the budget goes up. The minister authorises a marketing video about Sydney but John is not happy. Bryan gets some controversial tobacco sponsorship. They all just have to smoke.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 12
37.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Past Sports Stars and Gender
(1998)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
The Asian financial problems are causing problems with the games. There is an argument about whether the athletes were better in the old days. Gina is put on the games help desk. What will they do with an athlete that has had a sex change?
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Neil Pigot
Votes: 12
38.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
J'Accuse
(1998)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
A new drug testing regime going to be introduced but is it a good thing? The lacrosse centre is not going to schedule with some cost over-runs. John is upset with some negative publicity and comes up with an ingenious plan to stop it.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Gerry Connolly
Votes: 12
39.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Immigration
(2000)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
A lot is happening but is coming from the minister and the team don't know anything about it. A Bulgarian wrestler is seeking asylum in Australia and Nicholas is pressuring John to support his bid. But all is not as it seems.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 12
40.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Land Claim
(2000)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
A man has registered his name as 'Sydney Olympic Games' and is causing problems. The problems with aborigines has the US ambassador calling for a top-level apology. There is also a land rights claim on the shooting range.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 12
41. Peking to Paris (2006)
220 min | Documentary
A group of Australian adventurers led by Lang Kidby OAM, and including "Top Gear Australia" co-host Warren Brown, re-enact the 1907 Peking to Paris car race in five 100-year-old vehicles identical to those in the original race.
Stars: Warren Brown, Keith Brodie, Mick Matheson
Votes: 11
42. Bodyline: The Ultimate Test (2013 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Bruce Permezel | Star: Adam Zwar
Votes: 11
43. Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader (2018)
Biography
Australians have never been so wary of politicians. But there was a time when things were different. From the moment Bob Hawke blazed onto the national stage, he was the rock god of ... See full summary »
Votes: 11
44.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Four Corners
(2000)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
The ABC's Four Corners is planning an exposé on the games - John and Bryan have been secretly recorded advocating that the rich pay more taxes. However, a much bigger story overtakes the exposé and leaves Nicholas with egg on his face.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 11
45.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Inquiry
(2000)
27 min | Comedy, Sport
There is a proposal for the sponsorship of the opening ceremony. There are government inquiries into art purchases, accommodation prices and the sale of the database information. How can they say nothing?
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 11
46.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Job Search
(2000)
26 min | Comedy, Sport
The Games team consider what the future holds after The Games.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 11
47.
The Games (1998–2000)
Episode:
Pommy Visitor
(2000)
28 min | Comedy, Sport
A visitor from the UK arrives from the London 2012 bid committee and highlights some airport shortcomings. Nicholas is trying to sell all the furniture. Is it really to lift their spirits? It's sold, but with an unexpected outcome.
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 11
48. In Search of the Lonesome Yodel (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Bruce Permezel | Stars: Lynda Topp, Jools Topp, Frank Ifield, Lucy Lawless
Votes: 10
50. Australian Pirate Patrol (2010– )
60 min | Reality-TV
Australian Pirate Patrol follows the 193 men and women aboard the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Toowoomba, as they join the US led task force set up to combat piracy and smuggling.
Stars: Christopher Stoll, Simon Howard, Samantha Whitfield, Adam Basket
Votes: 7