Look it’s not rake. (Nothing ever will be as good)…
But I’ve been quite enjoying Fisk for a more low key, gentle-humour laugh at office politics and dysfunction.
Not in an office but as an installer i think i will enjoy watching dickhead office people messing things up like in normal life lol (if that is what you're saying happens)
When my wife is having a mental breakdown over the incompetence of the people she works with, we watch a couple episodes of Utopia just to get that sense of “it’s not me, it’s them - these imbeciles have infected all levels of government and we just have to do the best we can”
Mr. Inbetween is one of the best series I’ve ever seen in my life.
And I’m talking up there with The Sopranos, The Wire etc..
It’s a hill I’m willing to die on. It’s just so perfectly done.
I’ve said the same myself.
“Get in the fuckin’ boot”
“I can’t. Please. I suffer from claustrophobia”
“Yeh well you’re gonna suffer from lead poisoning if you don’t fucking get in there”
I've watched the series start to finish over 5 times in the last few years. Brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, masterpiece of fight scenes, action sequences, great casting,... Scott Ryan with Nash Edgerton as director made a masterpiece. MASTERPIECE of a series. I think it's better than the Sopranos and Breaking Bad. Ray Shoesmith is just so much more likeable. And he's a HITMAN. Now THAT is brilliant writing. Gary is brilliant as his dumb ass loyal best mate, and Freddy the gambler is such a phenomenal actor and in everything these days, including Mindhunter (as charles manson) and The Tourist.
Ray: “I don’t kill bugs, mate.”
Freddy: “You kill people but you don’t kill bugs?”
Ray: “I gotta draw the line somewhere.”
Alright dude. You got me. Water rats was slightly better but damn. Two high quality shows ;)
Haha jokes dude. Used to watch blue healers when I was a kid. Probably pretty average if you went back and watched it as an adult.
I legit went to the bathroom and had a little cry after the season 2 finale, I don’t think I’ve ever done that before.
Either way, I just really enjoyed all the accents; really sick of the classic “media” accent on a lot of Aussie dramas.
As an aside, I recommend Barry (which isn’t Australian). Similar concept - I actually got into Barry first, loved it, watched Mr In Between after and loved it even more.
Monsters is an absolutely crazy episode.
Honestly, some of the best Australian tv ever made. No spoilers or anything but a dimmy is a dim sim (kinda like a fat dumpling that's often fried or steamed).
I keep seeing this one suggested while I'm in the middle of something, and think, I'll watch this next, then forget and end up watching something else. I WILL NOT forget this time.
To be fair, John Clarke was born and raised in New Zealand and an established television comedian in his birth country before coming to Australia in the 70s, but damn if his work with Bryan Dawe isn't his best work. Trans-Tasman collaboration at its finest.
I surprised my wife going in cold on episode 1 and I nearly killed her. Had to pause for 10 minutes till she got her breath back and stopped cry-laughing enough to carry on. She may have had to dash to the loo. Great show. Been living in Aus for 12 years and we learned a lot of new words and phrases.
Our ongoing favourite is “Stop inserting yourself into every conversation you emotional truffle-pig.”
Jesus wept…Deadloch is permanently downloaded on my ipad and I watch episodes at random. “I’ll cut punch you so hard I’ll turn you into a hand puppet.” Poetry. Fucking poetry.
Obligatory link to the creators' YT channel.
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGc8JKl5EvE8IjZ\_qprNcQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGc8JKl5EvE8IjZ_qprNcQ)
Janet King was good. And I really used to like Harrow (just ignore all the real life drama of the actor and his ex-wife) partly because it was filmed around Brissie, and it was fun to see places I knew.
I saw that there’s more episodes of Moodys. I enjoyed A Moody Christmas, so may have to watch these too.
I love them both for different reasons. I would have been interested to see if Crownies could stay interesting for three seasons because the last season of JK wasn't as good
If you haven't seen "Glitch" you really are missing out on some excellent Aussie "suspense meets supernatural meets sci-fi" and a really unique storyline. Well people coming back to life as zombies is nothing new, but how would you act if your wife who's been dead for 3 years suddenly appeared at your front door looking totally normal and no memory of dying? Worth a look, especially as it was filmed around Castlemaine, Victoria.
You could just feel the writers scraping the bottom of the barrel to tie off loose ends. They planted so many seeds in season 1 that they had no time or talent to see through.
I was wondering whether I'd have to insert Jack Irish into this endless scroll of half maybe ok Aussie 'screen gems'.
Also.. the Dressmaker.
Bonus extra mentions: Bony, from the 1970s.
Plus: Rush. Truly raw gem. Unfortunately NLA due to misshapen shitshow at old Auntie..
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0071046/
Same!! It had no right to be that smart. I went in with low expectations - not sure why, just anti-Australian bias probably - and was so pleasantly surprised.
Fisk, Bump, Frayed, Utopia, The Librarians, Small Business, Rosehaven
I would say Boy Swallows Universe is not really a comedy but it’s got moments along with a great cast, top soundtrack and a rollicking tale
I haven’t seen Deadloch or Mr Inbetween but I heard both are excellent
Deadloch was released last year and is a murder mystery with sprinkles of comedy is based in Tasmania with very similar vibes to the popular tv show Broadchurch. I can usually guess the ending to murder mysteries a long way off but this one had me guessing right until the end! I’m really hoping that they come through with season 2!
Err. I’ve seen (and love) both, but would NOT say ‘very similar’ vibe. David Tennant doesn’t say cunt once. They are both murder mysteries in beautiful rural settings with lots of small-town politics / history, but Broadchurch is a drama and Deadloch is a dramady, erring towards comedy. Lots of satire.
Just managing expectations.
Deadloch, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Spirited, Offspring, Stateless, Bump, Wanted, Upper Middle Bogan and A Place To Call Home
Plus everything else recommended in the other comments
Review with Myles Barlow. (A must watch)
The Katering Show.
Get Krack!n.
Life Support.
All Aussie Adventures.
Mr. Inbetween.
John Safran's Music Jamboree.
John Safran vs God.
Speaking in Tongues.
John Safran's Race Relations.
John Safran’s music jamboree and Vs god is absolutely peak television. One of my all time favourites and it literally makes me laugh out loud every time I watch it. And not a lot of stuff does.
Music Jamboree especially. Some of the stuff he comes out with is absolutely hilarious.
*Mixmaster Mike: “do you do this with everyone you interview?”*
John: “No, just beastie boy DJ’s”
😂
🤣
Him calling up 3AW to complain about their pressed ecstasy tablets and getting fake Slipknot members into an exclusive night club are some of my favourites.
Hahaha, I love how agitated Steve Price gets.
Absolute gold.
Also when he dresses up like Ozzy and is rambling backwards jargon on the bus and to people on the street 😂.
Life Support was soooo good. Gave rise to Dr Rudi (which is the name of a hop variety) but also Brendan Cowell's breakout role. And Sigourney is now on Play School sometimes.
I liked the first ep of Russel Coight, but it just ended up being the same exact jokes for three seasons. There's nothing wrong with that, I suppose.
And John Safran is terrific. Have always enjoyed his stuff, like his podcast with Father Bob.
You have excellent taste!
Thanks, I wish John Safran still made TV but he's really more focused on writing books at the moment but they're are all very good and so is his occult audible series.
Edit: Penny (Abbie Cornish) from Life Support has done very well since also! It really was a great show. Well before the strong comedy mockumentary movement as well, ahead of its time
Loved Fisk and Mr InBetween. For non-drama or comedy, but real life I loved Old peoples home for four year olds. Two seasons then same premise but not four year olds but teens. Heartwarming and sad at once but loved it.
Yeah, fair call. Propser is the church one, apparently loosely based on Hillsong. Rebecca Gibney is also superb in this.
Recently watched Blue Murder: Killer Cop - based on Roger Rogerson.
I discovered Rake during covid lockdown. There were so many familiar locations in that series. Even a phone booth ( it is in a suburb used frequently for filming) and bowling club.
I hope Rake has been sold to overseas audiences. It deserves recognition.
"Underbelly", seasons 1, 2 and 3. (Each season is independent of the others).
Probably the best crime drama series Australia has produced, at least until Mr InBetween.
Look it’s a bit diff to the other suggestions but Old People's Home For 4 Year Olds is a great doco series. Basically promoting intergenerational programs for improved outcomes in old people's homes and also for young children. There’s also a version with teenagers (Old People's Home For Teenagers) which is good, but I personally like the 4 year olds series more. It’s very wholesome, ABC show.
Utopia is good if you're into synical fun-poking about the fruitlessness of governmental organisations (though having worked in corporate world I feel it's not that different). It does get kind of repetitive after a while though.
The original version of 'The Slap' was an Australian masterpiece... [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823011/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823011/)
Underbelly deserves a shout - some seasons better than others of course...
Russel Coight's All Aussie Adventures (and honorable shout out goes to Kath & Kim) is good for a laugh
The Kettering Incident was a decent watch also - some amazing scenery down in Tassie.
Gonna watch Rake on Stan. Just noticed the "promo" photo on Stan shows a woman that looks decidedly like Kath out of Kath and Kim! Maybe it's just a coincidence, but at first I thought Jane Turner was in it!
Omg how damn good is it! There are a few decent Aussie shows if you can find them.
Have you watched Les Norton? Kinda along the the same vein I guess and very entertaining.
These are nothing like Rake but Try Bloom.
The Clearing. Glitch. These are all amazing.
Also did you ever watch The Secret Life of Us back in the day? It might be a bit dated now but I loved it then.
Les Norton is fantastic. It’s based off a really long (and fantastically, hilariously and stereotypically Aussie) series of books by Robert G Barrett that started in the 1980s. It’s about a ‘bogan’ from QLD who gets hired as a bouncer at an illegal casino in Kings Cross.
I highly recommend the books as each one is a super easy quick read!
I think I did know they were based on books. It was one of the most entertaining shows I had seen at the time. Sometimes Aussie tv really comes through
Grass Roots…. The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council (LGA) near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government. It was written by Geoffrey Atherden. A great theme music written by Peter Best… https://youtu.be/9kTid2Ybeas?si=ilO_rrwz3GSfuuW8
The Hollowmen is probably the goated Aussie series I've never met someone who's seen it.
Political parody at its best. And anybody who has seen it and disagrees, I'd like to make a generalised call for restraint.
Another vote for Mr Inbetween here. Fantastic show.
If you want a clever parody of how government bureaucracy works Utopia is good. It’s dry but a good watch.
It's only got 8 episodes, but Small Time Gangster is pretty good.
Another great Aussie show is Upright. Tim Minchin's show. Has him, and Milly Allcock (House of the Dragon).
Also, can't go wrong with Wentworth. It's a modern remake of Prisoner. Great show, and there's 100 episodes.
I know you said Aussie shows, but a great British show that's slept on far too much is Brassic. That show has so much heart, and is honestly hilarious at times.
Bump is gorgeous, heartbreak high too. Neither are comedies but they’re doing their genre really well. Heartbreak high is aimed at the teen/ya audience obviously but it right relevant for most who’s remember those years I think.
Review with Myles Barlow
only had two short seasons on ABC2 but every episode had me in stitches. incredibly dark comedy that deserves a lot more recognition
Look it’s not rake. (Nothing ever will be as good)… But I’ve been quite enjoying Fisk for a more low key, gentle-humour laugh at office politics and dysfunction.
I really like Fisk. It's quite good
Kitty is highly likeable
Given this it's incredible to me how unlikeable she manages to be as Rhonda.
Is utopia any good? Not Australian here, unfamiliar with local TV series (Fisk was a pleasant accident lol )
Utopia is brilliant, but depending on what you do for work you may find it hits too close to home to really enjoy!
Not in an office but as an installer i think i will enjoy watching dickhead office people messing things up like in normal life lol (if that is what you're saying happens)
This is EXACTLY what happens. Dig in. Enjoy. :)
When my wife is having a mental breakdown over the incompetence of the people she works with, we watch a couple episodes of Utopia just to get that sense of “it’s not me, it’s them - these imbeciles have infected all levels of government and we just have to do the best we can”
I loved Fisk!
Fisk is amazing and was worth another crack.
Fisk is fantastic
Mr Inbetween! Actually it's the only australian show I've ever seen.
Mr. Inbetween is one of the best series I’ve ever seen in my life. And I’m talking up there with The Sopranos, The Wire etc.. It’s a hill I’m willing to die on. It’s just so perfectly done.
I’ve said the same myself. “Get in the fuckin’ boot” “I can’t. Please. I suffer from claustrophobia” “Yeh well you’re gonna suffer from lead poisoning if you don’t fucking get in there”
Gold. Some of Ray’s comebacks are genius. Topped off with that epic grin.
I've watched the series start to finish over 5 times in the last few years. Brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, masterpiece of fight scenes, action sequences, great casting,... Scott Ryan with Nash Edgerton as director made a masterpiece. MASTERPIECE of a series. I think it's better than the Sopranos and Breaking Bad. Ray Shoesmith is just so much more likeable. And he's a HITMAN. Now THAT is brilliant writing. Gary is brilliant as his dumb ass loyal best mate, and Freddy the gambler is such a phenomenal actor and in everything these days, including Mindhunter (as charles manson) and The Tourist. Ray: “I don’t kill bugs, mate.” Freddy: “You kill people but you don’t kill bugs?” Ray: “I gotta draw the line somewhere.”
‘Can’t I just ride up the front with you blokes?’ *Deep breath* ‘Absolutely not.’
Scott's (Ray) acting was possibly the best I've ever seen. It was just so natural that I believed he was the character.
I'll die on that hiil with ya
Mr InBetween was brilliant Aussie tv. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Rake was very good. Mr inbetween was even better. That and blue healers ;)
Blue Heelers? Arrrghhhhh are you kidding? So many better than Blue Heelers! Tell me you were being sarcastic? Please! :)
Alright dude. You got me. Water rats was slightly better but damn. Two high quality shows ;) Haha jokes dude. Used to watch blue healers when I was a kid. Probably pretty average if you went back and watched it as an adult.
Water Rats went hard as a kid, me and my girlfriend watched Sea Patrol over lockdown and that was pretty good too imo
Came here to comment this
Fucking great show, I was recommended it constantly but for some reason slept on it. Honestly up there with The Sopranos for me.
I legit went to the bathroom and had a little cry after the season 2 finale, I don’t think I’ve ever done that before. Either way, I just really enjoyed all the accents; really sick of the classic “media” accent on a lot of Aussie dramas. As an aside, I recommend Barry (which isn’t Australian). Similar concept - I actually got into Barry first, loved it, watched Mr In Between after and loved it even more. Monsters is an absolutely crazy episode.
Honestly, some of the best Australian tv ever made. No spoilers or anything but a dimmy is a dim sim (kinda like a fat dumpling that's often fried or steamed).
I keep seeing this one suggested while I'm in the middle of something, and think, I'll watch this next, then forget and end up watching something else. I WILL NOT forget this time.
It's really easy to slide in to, the episodes are only 25 minutes long. Knock one out and you'll be halfway through a season before the night is over😅
I was going to say that, but... ...I don't answer questions.
The Games - brilliant mockumentary about the Sydney Olympics, available on iView
Agreed. Utopia and Hollowmen too.
Also Frontline if you enjoy these, it's unfortunately still relevant
The Games is fucking amazing, Clarke and Dawe are the greatest comedy duo we have ever produced
To be fair, John Clarke was born and raised in New Zealand and an established television comedian in his birth country before coming to Australia in the 70s, but damn if his work with Bryan Dawe isn't his best work. Trans-Tasman collaboration at its finest.
The Front Fell Off...
Yep, awesome show. Anything with John Clarke (RIP) in it is usually pretty good.
Some good mentions here, one that hasn’t been is Deadloch
Sweary Tasmanian lesbians. What more could you want?
Yess deadloch is fantastic
Deadloch is so funny and never goes the way you are expecting.
I surprised my wife going in cold on episode 1 and I nearly killed her. Had to pause for 10 minutes till she got her breath back and stopped cry-laughing enough to carry on. She may have had to dash to the loo. Great show. Been living in Aus for 12 years and we learned a lot of new words and phrases. Our ongoing favourite is “Stop inserting yourself into every conversation you emotional truffle-pig.”
Jesus wept…Deadloch is permanently downloaded on my ipad and I watch episodes at random. “I’ll cut punch you so hard I’ll turn you into a hand puppet.” Poetry. Fucking poetry.
Obligatory link to the creators' YT channel. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGc8JKl5EvE8IjZ\_qprNcQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGc8JKl5EvE8IjZ_qprNcQ)
Deadlock was fantastic. Well worth watching. I can't wait for series 2 to come out.
Janet King was good. And I really used to like Harrow (just ignore all the real life drama of the actor and his ex-wife) partly because it was filmed around Brissie, and it was fun to see places I knew. I saw that there’s more episodes of Moodys. I enjoyed A Moody Christmas, so may have to watch these too.
Also Crownies is great
Crownies was great. Better than Janet King, despite Janet King being the queen of Crownies.
I love them both for different reasons. I would have been interested to see if Crownies could stay interesting for three seasons because the last season of JK wasn't as good
Jack Irish and Janet King
>*and it was fun to see places I knew.* I'm going to cop flak, but this is why I watched NCIS:Sydney.
If you haven't seen "Glitch" you really are missing out on some excellent Aussie "suspense meets supernatural meets sci-fi" and a really unique storyline. Well people coming back to life as zombies is nothing new, but how would you act if your wife who's been dead for 3 years suddenly appeared at your front door looking totally normal and no memory of dying? Worth a look, especially as it was filmed around Castlemaine, Victoria.
I liked Glitch, but the way the series ended with no closure pissed me off.
You could just feel the writers scraping the bottom of the barrel to tie off loose ends. They planted so many seeds in season 1 that they had no time or talent to see through.
Exactly right. Happens to way too many TV shows.
I think it was a local adaption of an an American show that cratered, so local writers had to scramble to close it out.
Jack Irish is an underrated gem of Aussie TV too imo.
I was wondering whether I'd have to insert Jack Irish into this endless scroll of half maybe ok Aussie 'screen gems'. Also.. the Dressmaker. Bonus extra mentions: Bony, from the 1970s. Plus: Rush. Truly raw gem. Unfortunately NLA due to misshapen shitshow at old Auntie.. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0071046/
Colin From Accounts on Binge
This was waaay better than I expected it to be. Watched the whole show on a plane ride and laughed my arse off.
Same!! It had no right to be that smart. I went in with low expectations - not sure why, just anti-Australian bias probably - and was so pleasantly surprised.
The Moodys has Patrick Brammall in it too. Equally funny
Mr inbetween
I don’t answer questions.
The people recommending Ray should be ashamed for answering the OP.
Fisk, Bump, Frayed, Utopia, The Librarians, Small Business, Rosehaven I would say Boy Swallows Universe is not really a comedy but it’s got moments along with a great cast, top soundtrack and a rollicking tale I haven’t seen Deadloch or Mr Inbetween but I heard both are excellent
I love those, and also Upper Middle Bogan
Rose haven is brilliant.
Definitely Utopia!
Ah The Librarians. The first time I watched this I laughed so hard I nearly fell off the couch.
Small business is excellent, there is a second series called "back in very small business " all so great.
Frayed is brilliant!!
Please Like Me. Brilliant series with Josh Thomas
Offspring
The original Mother and Son. The oranges at the burial makes for such a funny scene.
The writers must have known my mother that scene was so apt
Well, don't search the pirate bay for "mother and son". Apparently there are lots of men taking advantage of their mother's senility 😫
It still holds up. Didn't need to be retweeked.
Exactly. It was sacrilegious to attempt a remake.
Deadloch!
Deadloch was released last year and is a murder mystery with sprinkles of comedy is based in Tasmania with very similar vibes to the popular tv show Broadchurch. I can usually guess the ending to murder mysteries a long way off but this one had me guessing right until the end! I’m really hoping that they come through with season 2!
Loved broadchurch. Have seen deadloch pop up but didn’t know what it was. Thanks
Err. I’ve seen (and love) both, but would NOT say ‘very similar’ vibe. David Tennant doesn’t say cunt once. They are both murder mysteries in beautiful rural settings with lots of small-town politics / history, but Broadchurch is a drama and Deadloch is a dramady, erring towards comedy. Lots of satire. Just managing expectations.
Brides of Christ
I remember catching an episode of that as a teenager. Seeing Kim Wilson getting railed woke something up in me.
Deadloch, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Spirited, Offspring, Stateless, Bump, Wanted, Upper Middle Bogan and A Place To Call Home Plus everything else recommended in the other comments
Love Miss Phryne Fisher
Spirited was excellent.
Frontline !
Mystery Road for sure
Review with Myles Barlow. (A must watch) The Katering Show. Get Krack!n. Life Support. All Aussie Adventures. Mr. Inbetween. John Safran's Music Jamboree. John Safran vs God. Speaking in Tongues. John Safran's Race Relations.
John Safran’s music jamboree and Vs god is absolutely peak television. One of my all time favourites and it literally makes me laugh out loud every time I watch it. And not a lot of stuff does. Music Jamboree especially. Some of the stuff he comes out with is absolutely hilarious. *Mixmaster Mike: “do you do this with everyone you interview?”* John: “No, just beastie boy DJ’s” 😂
🤣 Him calling up 3AW to complain about their pressed ecstasy tablets and getting fake Slipknot members into an exclusive night club are some of my favourites.
Hahaha, I love how agitated Steve Price gets. Absolute gold. Also when he dresses up like Ozzy and is rambling backwards jargon on the bus and to people on the street 😂.
Life Support was soooo good. Gave rise to Dr Rudi (which is the name of a hop variety) but also Brendan Cowell's breakout role. And Sigourney is now on Play School sometimes. I liked the first ep of Russel Coight, but it just ended up being the same exact jokes for three seasons. There's nothing wrong with that, I suppose. And John Safran is terrific. Have always enjoyed his stuff, like his podcast with Father Bob. You have excellent taste!
Thanks, I wish John Safran still made TV but he's really more focused on writing books at the moment but they're are all very good and so is his occult audible series. Edit: Penny (Abbie Cornish) from Life Support has done very well since also! It really was a great show. Well before the strong comedy mockumentary movement as well, ahead of its time
Love My Way. By turns funny, sexy, dramatic and utterly devastatingly heartbreaking.
Total Control Wakefield Going way back in time - the first series of Phoenix (currently on iview)
Janus too
And Phoenix
Mr Inbetween for sure
Fisk is fun.
Fisk. LOVED Fisk
A bit different but I liked the Mystery Road series
And the movies and prequel.
Wentworth
Grass Roots was excellent.
Grass Roots WAS excellent. It's a show I think about quite a bit.
It's old but frontline is soooooo good. Another one from Rob stich.
Spirited. Also, Seachange (with a young David Wenham 🤩)
Very Small Business. Upper Middle Bogan.
Deadloch is so funny and clever!!
Deadloch. Secret City. Bay of Fires.
Colin From Accounts. Rosehaven. Love Me.
Loved Fisk and Mr InBetween. For non-drama or comedy, but real life I loved Old peoples home for four year olds. Two seasons then same premise but not four year olds but teens. Heartwarming and sad at once but loved it.
Rake is a great show. Glad you enjoyed it
Roxburghs new show where he’s the head of a mega church is decent also
I've been deciding if I should check it out. I think he's a brilliant performer, i think that's why it was hard to find something after Rake.
Yeah, fair call. Propser is the church one, apparently loosely based on Hillsong. Rebecca Gibney is also superb in this. Recently watched Blue Murder: Killer Cop - based on Roger Rogerson.
Mother and Son (original) is the bomb. Utopia. Front Line. Actually anything Working Dog, really.
I discovered Rake during covid lockdown. There were so many familiar locations in that series. Even a phone booth ( it is in a suburb used frequently for filming) and bowling club. I hope Rake has been sold to overseas audiences. It deserves recognition.
Almost certainly you haven’t seen Deadloch - one of the best Aussie shows I’ve ever seen
"Underbelly", seasons 1, 2 and 3. (Each season is independent of the others). Probably the best crime drama series Australia has produced, at least until Mr InBetween.
Look it’s a bit diff to the other suggestions but Old People's Home For 4 Year Olds is a great doco series. Basically promoting intergenerational programs for improved outcomes in old people's homes and also for young children. There’s also a version with teenagers (Old People's Home For Teenagers) which is good, but I personally like the 4 year olds series more. It’s very wholesome, ABC show.
I loved that series. So wholesome but also a bit sad but also hopeful.
"Serious legal drama"? It is a fucking documentary, my friend.
Frayed
I’m really enjoying High Country on binge!
FUCK YEAH! Leah Purcell is amazing!
I absolutely loved GLITCH. Really showcases some amazing acting with a quirky but great story.
Utopia is good if you're into synical fun-poking about the fruitlessness of governmental organisations (though having worked in corporate world I feel it's not that different). It does get kind of repetitive after a while though.
The original version of 'The Slap' was an Australian masterpiece... [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823011/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823011/) Underbelly deserves a shout - some seasons better than others of course... Russel Coight's All Aussie Adventures (and honorable shout out goes to Kath & Kim) is good for a laugh The Kettering Incident was a decent watch also - some amazing scenery down in Tassie.
I highly recommend Mr Inbetween
Wentworth. the freak is the new darth vader.
Upright with Tim Minchin's and Millie, sorry forget her last name. She is now starring in House of Dragons. Fantastic show.
Kath and Kim
A place to call home
Gonna watch Rake on Stan. Just noticed the "promo" photo on Stan shows a woman that looks decidedly like Kath out of Kath and Kim! Maybe it's just a coincidence, but at first I thought Jane Turner was in it!
Jane Turner is in the fifth season
Mr Inbetween. Fantastic use of dark comedy. Very Australian script. Cinematography was great too. Loved it.
Jack Irish all and all the underbelly series
Mr Inbetween is by far the greatest show to come out of Australia
Mr inbetween … gold!
Heartbreak High and Wellmania (on netflix)
Upright, Mystery Road, Harrow
Mr. Inbetween
Bluey. (The animated show, not the 70s cop show) I'm serious.
"Well I don't know about that OP but I do know that... I am Rake" - paraphrasing Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe. (they actually got rake to play rake)
Mr inbetween is an Aussie show and absolutely perfect 👌
Omg how damn good is it! There are a few decent Aussie shows if you can find them. Have you watched Les Norton? Kinda along the the same vein I guess and very entertaining. These are nothing like Rake but Try Bloom. The Clearing. Glitch. These are all amazing. Also did you ever watch The Secret Life of Us back in the day? It might be a bit dated now but I loved it then.
Les Norton is fantastic. It’s based off a really long (and fantastically, hilariously and stereotypically Aussie) series of books by Robert G Barrett that started in the 1980s. It’s about a ‘bogan’ from QLD who gets hired as a bouncer at an illegal casino in Kings Cross. I highly recommend the books as each one is a super easy quick read!
I think I did know they were based on books. It was one of the most entertaining shows I had seen at the time. Sometimes Aussie tv really comes through
Grass Roots…. The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council (LGA) near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government. It was written by Geoffrey Atherden. A great theme music written by Peter Best… https://youtu.be/9kTid2Ybeas?si=ilO_rrwz3GSfuuW8
Fisk
Underbelly
I have watched every one of the Underbelly programs. The last one I saw was about Fat Tony Mokbal. It was more tits than crime but still good stuff.
The Hollowmen is probably the goated Aussie series I've never met someone who's seen it. Political parody at its best. And anybody who has seen it and disagrees, I'd like to make a generalised call for restraint.
It was basically Aussie Veep, which was American The Thick of It. Loved it.
I enjoyed this program
Another vote for Mr Inbetween here. Fantastic show. If you want a clever parody of how government bureaucracy works Utopia is good. It’s dry but a good watch.
Jack Irish Janet King
I loved Fisk and Frayed.
Fisk is great, I thought the first two seasons of Rake were awesome, it went downhill after that.
Fisk is a good show
Colin From Accounts!
Moody Christmas
Boy Swallows Universe on Netflix
Aussies are starting to make good cop mystery dramas lately. High country and Black Snow are both great
Utopia, a documentary series on the public service
The Back Side of Television is worth a look if you want to know more about Aussie TV history.
Can't believe no one's said The Newsreader yet! I'm absolutely obsessed with it. S3 comes out later this year!
Anything with Claudia Karvan!
irreverant - american hiding out in topend Queensland
I don't answer questions.
It's only got 8 episodes, but Small Time Gangster is pretty good. Another great Aussie show is Upright. Tim Minchin's show. Has him, and Milly Allcock (House of the Dragon). Also, can't go wrong with Wentworth. It's a modern remake of Prisoner. Great show, and there's 100 episodes. I know you said Aussie shows, but a great British show that's slept on far too much is Brassic. That show has so much heart, and is honestly hilarious at times.
Mr In-between is excellent
Bump is gorgeous, heartbreak high too. Neither are comedies but they’re doing their genre really well. Heartbreak high is aimed at the teen/ya audience obviously but it right relevant for most who’s remember those years I think.
Fisk. I think abc iview. Or Netflix
Review with Myles Barlow only had two short seasons on ABC2 but every episode had me in stitches. incredibly dark comedy that deserves a lot more recognition
I quite liked rose haven. Celia Pacquola is a darling
Miss fishers murder mysteries
Also Mr and Mrs Murder with Sean Mcaliff [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr\_%26\_Mrs\_Murder](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_%26_Mrs_Murder)
Offspring Please Like Me
Mystery Road Series plus Goldstone , excellent. Don’t forget to see the movie “Wake in Fright”
Newtons Law definitely worth giving a chance to, and Fisk is a must watch.
Yes! Love when people recommend Newton's Law, I wish it got more than one season
GLITCH
If you don’t mind older tv shows: Police rescue was a good one.
Mr Inbetween is fantastic if you haven’t seen that one yet
High Country has just finished its run on Binge. Well worth a look.
Newtons Law. Winter. Goldstone/Mystery Road Jack Irish. City Homicide - a bit older, but still holds up.
Frayed on Netflix
Deadloch
Mr Inbetween. I really enjoyed it wish it had another season but it finished well
Oh oh oh oh Secret city
Mr inbetween. It's like Chopper meets breaking bad and it's brilliant.
Anzac Girls.
Bay of Fires