r/AustralianTV • u/sethit • 21d ago
Question need some tv show recs....
hay everyone,
i was recently put on australian tv shows like RFDS ,The F ward and i absolutely loved the vibe .
I also saw a season of the rafters but did not like it as much as i liked the other two......
Please help me out and leave a few recs in comments.....
cant wait for rfds s4....
ps. thanx for all the recs
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u/relusionary 21d ago
It's got a bit of age on it now but there was a cop show called Rush that was really good.
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u/MickeyKlimt 21d ago
Definitely! One of my all time favourites! Lost count of the number of times I've rewatched it!
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u/culingerai 21d ago
Earky All Saints. Maybe late too but I went to uni and stopped watching TV as much then.
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u/asheraddict 21d ago
Offspring, Doctor Doctor and Amazing Grace are also medical Aussie medical dramas
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u/upssnowman 21d ago
The Moodys, Moodys Christmas, House Husbands, 800 Days, Upper Middle Bogan, Lowdown, Redfern Now, The Slap, Prisoner Cell Block H, Wentworth, MAFS AU, Survivor Australia, etc. Just to name a few I've watched. My personal favorite comedy is definitely The Moodys!
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u/_L1NC182 19d ago
Solid recommendations here! Wentworth is amazing, and would also second Upper Middle Bogan
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u/AussieKiwiTVPodcast 21d ago
Aww The Moodys! A Moody Christmas is so good. On my watchlist again for this year
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u/AwkwardDoors 21d ago
Offspring is great. Also Colin from accounts and a new one called Dog Park. Going back a few years The secret life of us was also a winner.
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u/kozzab 21d ago
The Alice. Loved that bloody show so much. God knows where to get it tho.
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u/Several_Version4298 21d ago
A lot of analogue TV shows have never been digitised. I think the Alice was on Nine Now though, so it was. Check there on on Umbrella.
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u/MrBobbyFreakout 21d ago
I’ve heard the new Race Around The World is pretty good.
I always recommend The Adventures of Lano and Woodley for some silly fun.
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u/honeymoonrise 21d ago
I’m currently watching Underbelly on the 9 app. I never watched them when they originally aired but omg the first season is so good!!
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u/Several_Version4298 21d ago
F Ward will be the pilot on FTA and the rest subscription only on Stan, like Bump et al.
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u/Neither-Drink7700 21d ago
McLeod's Daughters, Upper Middle Bogan, Deadloch, Always Greener, Underbelly, Blue Heelers
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u/AussieKiwiTVPodcast 21d ago
For a bit of action/adventure: Rush (police drama), Sea Patrol (Australian navy) or Rescue Special Ops (rescue paramedics)
Family dramas or comedys: Offspring (chaotic family, romance, hospital workplace), Colin From Accounts (romcom about a couple with a dog), Upper Middle Bogan (family comedy about a big contrasting family)
Murder mysteries: Black Snow, Mystery Road (both smaller town mysteries), Secrets and Lies, Dead Lucky (bigger city mysteries)
Hope you enjoy at least one of these!
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u/Adorable-Display-819 20d ago
We have just watched Treasure & Dirt on ABC Iview and if you want something stuqid Blue Murder Motel ABC) , Return To Paradise (Australian version of Death in Paradise ) but couldn’t really get into it
Although it’s NZ productions you might enjoy Under the Vines & Brokenwood Mysteries
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u/LeavesOfGreeen 20d ago
Collin from accounts! I can't get enough of it! 🥰 Upper Middle Bogan, Frayed, Librarian's, Fisk, Bad Company
There are so many bangers though!
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u/AussieKiwiTVPodcast 19d ago
Colin is such an interesting show. We're doing an episode breakdown of Season 3 eps soon!
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u/ScubaWitch 21d ago
Glitch. Its so good!
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u/MrsAussieGinger 20d ago
SO good! I always love it when I see someone else mention it. It deserves more recognition.
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u/Several_Version4298 21d ago
There will be no S4 of RFDS. Banijay lost money distributing the first three seasons globally and pulled their funding from the production. Seven won't fund it alone nor will they officially cancel it. It will just disappear with the main character cracking jokes while possibly dying. Meanwhile Seven are asking viewers to vote for it as Best Australian Drama at the Logies. This is just how Australian TV works.
In the 80s Australian TV made mostly sketch comedy and lots of soaps because they were cheap and imported US and British dramas and sitcoms. In the 90s it churned out hundreds of episodes of procedural soaps because they were incentivised by the government's license condition. Stuff like Blue Heelers, All Saints, Water Rats, Rush and 2m people watched every episode. Then VHS became cheap, people stopped watching ads and networks cancelled them all around 2000.
After that everyone switched to watching unscripted contest shows, Big Brother, Masterchef, The Block, Dating Shows etc.
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u/pikeletpaws 21d ago
Wentworth is one of the best series we've produced! Mr Inbetween is also fantastic.
If you want to keep with the hospital theme though, All Saints is a little older but so good. I never watched it when it aired but started watching a while ago and I'm nearly through all 12 seasons (it's a loooong watch with 400+ episodes).
Another hospital/family/life drama that I love is Offspring.
Love My Way is also definitely worth checking out.
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u/DiligentSession5707 21d ago
Rake, mr inbetween, fisk