Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #australiantelevision, aggregated by home.social.
Gnomes review – Asa Butterfield takes on murderous garden ornaments in pulpy horror-comedy
By Luke Buckmaster
Rightly described as ‘Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz’, this fun series has the high-spirit and gusto one hopes for in a show about evil killer gnomes
#Australiantelevision #AsaButterfield #HorrorTV #TVcomedy #Stan #Television #Disney #Culture #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Cop This review – this onerously unfunny telemovie can’t be saved by its huge cast of comedians
By Luke Buckmaster
Created by and starring Ed Kavalee, along with every other comedian in Australia and New Zealand, this Channel 10 police comedy feels less directed than crisis managed
#Australiantelevision #Television #Culture #ChannelTen #TVcomedy #Australianmedia #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Best TV and movies streaming in Australia on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, Prime, ABC and more
By Luke Buckmaster
Discover what’s coming to Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video and others in October, including a glitzy East of Eden adaptation, killer garden gnomes, yet another Marvel show and ‘one of cinema’s wildest rides’
#TVstreaming #Australiantelevision #Televisionradio #Television #Culture #Netflix #Stan #AmazonPrimeVideo #Disney #AppleTV #Binge #SBS #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #HBO #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Sammy J: ‘Wouldn’t it be fascinating to see an earthworm the size of a border collie?’
By Emma Joyce
The comedian on his lonely obsession with the Phantom, his love of Tom Lehrer, and his early life as a piracy criminal
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/27/australian-comedian-sammy-j-interview
#Comedy #Culture #Television #Comedy #Australiantelevision #Stage #TheGuardian #EmmaJoyce
Tasma Walton: ‘I understand what it’s like to be powerless’
By Rosamund Brennan
The actor and writer on her Perth homecoming, the family fairytale she felt compelled to rewrite, and why we need more middle-aged women on our screens
#Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #TheGuardian #RosamundBrennan
Last Seen review – this gripping Apple TV thriller is one of the standout shows of the year https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/09/last-seen-review-gripping-apple-tv-thriller-standout-shows-2026 #TvCrimeDrama #AppleTv #Television #TelevisionRadio #Culture #Drama #AustralianTelevision
Last Seen review – this gripping Apple TV thriller is one of the standout shows of the year
By Luke Buckmaster
Patrick Brammall and Maxine Peake star in this superbly acted and absolutely riveting drama about a father who thinks his missing daughter may still be alive after a mysterious phone call
#TVcrimedrama #AppleTV #Television #Televisionradio #Culture #Drama #Australiantelevision #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Goodbye, Colin From Accounts: how TV’s loveliest comedy stuck the landing
By Walter Marsh
For a show that started with a screech of car brakes and a wounded dog, Brammall and Dyer steer the finale home as if rolling comfortably down a familiar road
#ColinfromAccounts #Australiantelevision #Television #Culture #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #WalterMarsh
Luke McGregor: ‘I don’t like Pokémon. It really feels like animal cruelty to me’
By Sian Cain
The comedian and actor on his love of Ghostbusters, why Shaun Micallef made him stick his hand up a cow’s bum and trusting Robert Irwin with his life
#Television #Australiantelevision #Culture #Televisionradio #SBS #Comedy #Comedy #TheGuardian #SianCain
Best TV and movies streaming in Australia on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, Prime, ABC and more
By Luke Buckmaster
Discover what’s coming to Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video and others in September, including Toy Story 5, two Russell Crowe movies and a Tampa affair doco
#TVstreaming #Televisionradio #Film #Culture #Australiantelevision #Television #AppleTV #Netflix #Stan #AmazonPrimeVideo #Binge #HBO #Disney #Dramafilms #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #SBS #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
‘Taylor Swift is not losing any sleep over me!’: Don Spencer on Play School, fame and his 65-year music career
By Katie Cunningham
The 89-year-old appeared on Play School in Australia and the UK and rubbed shoulders with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – but it is his work with children that has been ‘an honour’
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/29/don-spencer-play-school-fame-music
#Television #ChildrensTV #Music #Culture #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #Australianmusic #Televisionradio #Australiantelevision #TheGuardian #KatieCunningham
The Airport Chaplain review – thoroughly bingeable TV about ‘Batman in a hi-vis vest’
By Luke Buckmaster
This moreish show about a do-gooder keen to save the day stars Hugo Weaving and The Pitt’s Shabana Azeez … and it’s pressure-packed from the get-go
#Television #Australiantelevision #Culture #Televisionradio #Netflix #SBS #HugoWeaving #ClaudiaKarvan #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Shabana Azeez: ‘The most disgusting thing I’ve seen on The Pitt? American coffee’
By Rafqa Touma
The Australian actor on posing as a patient for medical schools, having multiple birthdays on The Airport Chaplain and the song ‘nobody likes’ by the Strokes
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/23/shabana-azeez-actor-interview-the-pitt
#Television #Australiantelevision #ThePitt #Televisionradio #Culture #TheGuardian #RafqaTouma
Australian-made children’s TV brought to heel as homegrown series commissions plummet
By Emma Joyce
Commercial networks ‘effectively stopped commissioning’ kids TV after government quota dropped, Screen Australia report finds
#Australiantelevision #ChildrensTV #Drama #Culture #Television #Televisionradio #Media #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #SevenNetwork #NineEntertainment #SBS #Australianmedia #Televisionindustry #Bluey #ChannelTen #TheGuardian #EmmaJoyce
Logies 2026: Sam Pang wins gold and Sam Neill wins posthumous best actor at Australia’s TV awards
By Sian Cain
Neill won for his performance in legal thriller The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer, at a ceremony dominated by wins for the ABC
#Logieawards #Televisionradio #Culture #Australiantelevision #Australianews #Television #Australianmedia #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #Netflix #MagdaSzubanski #SamNeill #TheGuardian #SianCain
Logies 2026 ceremony: the best moments and red carpet looks – in pictures
By Guardian Staff
The stars are out at Australian television’s biggest night of the year, with The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Goolagong and Deadloch leading the nominations
#Logieawards #Television #Televisionradio #Australiantelevision #Culture #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
My Brilliant Career review – Netflix’s take on this Australian classic is sassy and steamy – but a tad syrupy
By Luke Buckmaster
Philippa Northeast is entertaining as Sybylla Melvyn in this adaptation of Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel that has more erotica and a more pronounced love triangle
#Television #Australiantelevision #Australianbooks #Netflix #Culture #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
My Brilliant Career: inside Netflix’s horny, ‘bonkers’ take on an Australian classic the world is about to love
By Dee Jefferson
Starring Philippa Northeast and an extremely buff Christopher Chung, Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel has been adapted into a spirited series ‘unashamedly intended for women’
#Australiantelevision #Television #Televisionradio #Netflix #Culture #Australianbooks #Race #Women #Popandrock #Music #Books #IndigenousAustralians #TheGuardian #DeeJefferson
Natalie Tran: ‘For my first date with my partner I made a PDF of activities. It had maps and times’
By Sian Cain
The Great Australian Bake Off host and comedian on being ignored by Steve Carell, why it should be illegal not to own a rice cooker, and looking angry on Mr Inbetween
#Television #Australiantelevision #TheGreatAustralianBakeOff #Culture #Televisionradio #Comedy #Comedy #TheGuardian #SianCain
Best TV and movies streaming in Australia on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, Prime, ABC and more
By Luke Buckmaster
Discover what’s coming to Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, Prime Video and others in August, including new Ted Lasso, My Brilliant Career and Masters of the Universe
#TVstreaming #Televisionradio #Film #Culture #Australiantelevision #Stan #AppleTV #Netflix #AmazonPrimeVideo #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #SBS #HBO #Binge #Disney #Television #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Rhys Nicholson: ‘Get a hobby – don’t become a full-blown racist’
By Emma Joyce
The comedian and Drag Race Down Under judge on Harry Styles, not having the legs for short shorts, and why sleep is the most expensive beauty product
#Televisionradio #Australiantelevision #Culture #Stan #Television #RuPaul #TheGuardian #EmmaJoyce
The real love story behind Colin from Accounts: ‘I wouldn’t want to write with anyone else’
By Sian Cain
As the show takes its final bow, Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer reflect on ‘having a ball’ playing exes while being married with kids, ignoring notes from US TV executives and having ‘big old cries’ at the end
#ColinfromAccounts #Australiantelevision #Televisionradio #Culture #Television #TheGuardian #SianCain
Colin From Accounts season 3 review – TV’s most charming romcom comes to a funny, emotional end
By Luke Buckmaster
This season’s timeline jumps ahead three years, taking the audience back to the eternal question of ‘will they or won’t they?’
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/27/colin-from-accounts-season-3-review-tv-show
#Australiantelevision #Television #Televisionradio #Culture #TVcomedy #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Shabana Azeez: ‘The most disgusting thing I’ve seen on The Pitt? American coffee’
By Rafqa Touma
The Australian actor on posing as a patient for medical schools, having multiple birthdays on The Airport Chaplain and the song ‘nobody likes’ by the Strokes
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/22/shabana-azeez-actor-interview-the-pitt
#Television #Australiantelevision #ThePitt #Televisionradio #Culture #TheGuardian #RafqaTouma
Treasure & Dirt review – a gloriously strange detective mystery, unlike any you’ve seen before
By Luke Buckmaster
A beheading in the outback kicks off this terrific six-part series, in which the greatest pleasure is not solving the crime but learning about the peculiar locals
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/21/treasure-and-dirt-tv-show-review
#Australiantelevision #Television #Televisionradio #Culture #TVcrimedrama #Drama #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Amy Shark, stripped back: ‘Everyone thinks being famous is amazing, and it’s not. It’s quite ugly’
By Katie Cunningham
Ten years after Adore sparked a major-label bidding war, the Gold Coast singer’s fourth album ditches the pop production and the drums – and delivers the best work of her career
#Australianmusic #Popandrock #Music #Australianews #Culture #Australiantelevision #TheGuardian #KatieCunningham
Anna Friel: ‘I go to every location with a bag full of lightbulbs. Lighting really affects how one thinks’
By Sian Cain
The British actor on no-nonsense women, learning her lines in the bath and encountering a ‘nation of beautiful people’ while filming a new medical drama in Australia
#Australiantelevision #Film #Culture #Television #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #SianCain
The F Ward review – Anna Friel medical drama doesn’t quite scrub up
By Luke Buckmaster
The six-part Australian series about intern doctors at an underfunded hospital is missing an essential ingredient
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/17/the-f-ward-review-tv-show
#Australiantelevision #Stan #Television #Culture #Drama #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Gillian Armstrong remembers Sam Neill: ‘I can’t believe that the very next day he was gone’
By Gillian Armstrong
The Australian director who gave the actor his big break in My Brilliant Career remembers ‘a smart, gentle, decent, passionate, loyal, surprisingly funny man’
#SamNeill #Film #Culture #Australianfilm #GillianArmstrong #Australiantelevision #Australianews #Television #TheGuardian #GillianArmstrong
Derryn Hinch, broadcaster once known as ‘the human headline’, dies aged 82
By Guardian staff
Media figure and former senator died overnight at home, with radio station 3AW leading tributes
#Australianmedia #Victoria #Australianews #Radio #Australiantelevision #Guardianstaff
Derryn Hinch, broadcaster once known as ‘the human headline’, dies age 82 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/10/derryn-hinch-broadcaster-once-known-as-the-human-headline-dies-age-82 #AustralianMedia #Victoria #AustraliaNews #VictorianPolitics #Radio #AustralianTelevision
I have always wished the best for Karl Stefanovic. But if he’s selling racists, thugs and conspiracy theorists, I hope he fails | Hugh Riminton https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/28/i-have-always-wished-the-best-for-karl-stefanovic-but-if-hes-selling-racists-thugs-and-conspiracy-theorists-i-hope-he-fails-ntwnfb #AustralianMedia #AustraliaNews #NineEntertainment #TommyRobinson #AustralianTelevision
Bluey to be available in an Australian Indigenous language for the first time https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/17/bluey-indigenous-language-naidoc-week #Bluey #ChildrensTv #AustralianTelevision #Culture #Television #IndigenousAustralians #AustraliaNews
If you’re a fan of laughing, you should invest in Australian comedy – take my (and Nick Offerman’s) word for it | Rebecca Shaw
By Rebecca Shaw
With widespread praise for Colin from Accounts and the release of Bad Company, Australian TV comedy is finally getting its flowers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/rebecca-shaw-australian-tv-comedy
#Comedy #TVcomedy #Culture #Comedy #Australiantelevision #Television #RebeccaShaw
If you’re a fan of laughing, you should invest in Australian comedy – take my (and Nick Offerman’s) word for it | Rebecca Shaw https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/rebecca-shaw-australian-tv-comedy #Comedy #TvComedy #Culture #Comedy #AustralianTelevision #Television
ABC switches to BBC programming as staff walk off the job for 24-hour strike https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/25/abc-staff-strike #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #AustralianMedia #IndustrialRelations #AustralianTradeUnions #AustraliaNews #Media #AustralianTelevision #Radio
Plibersek accuses Mafs of platforming ‘coercive control’ after contestant wanted a woman ‘obedient’ like a dog https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/04/mafs-coercive-control-plibersek-ntwnfb #TanyaPlibersek #AustraliaNews #MarriedAtFirstSightAustralia #AustralianTelevision #AustralianMedia #AustralianPolitics
Bluey tops US streaming charts in 2025 for second year in a row, with 45bn minutes watched https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/29/bluey-tops-us-streaming-charts-in-2025-for-second-year-in-a-row-with-45bn-minutes-watched #Bluey #ChildrensTv #AnimationOnTv #Television #Culture #AustraliaNews #TelevisionRadio #AustralianTelevision #Disney
Myf Warhurst: ‘I felt a bit lost. I’ve been too scared for too long’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/12/myf-warhurst-i-felt-a-bit-lost-ive-been-too-scared-for-too-long #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Australianmusic #Australianmedia #Lifeandstyle #Podcasts #Culture #Radio
Cricket Legend’s Daughter Grace Hayden Turns Heads on the Golf Course in Tiny Beige Outfit
Grace Hayden turned a day on the green into a style moment on Tuesday, December 9, sharing new…
#NewsBeep #News #Cricket #Australiantelevision #contentcreator #cricket #dayonthegreen #gracehayden #Instagram #MatthewHayden #NationalEnquirer #Sports #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/309843/
Bryan Brown: ‘I found rejection quite easy because I’d been a salesman’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/29/bryan-brown-interview-australian-actor #Australiantelevision #Australianbooks #Australianfilm #Lifeandstyle #Crimefiction #Culture
Telling authentically Australian stories on screen takes more than just a content quota | Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/commentisfree/2025/nov/09/telling-authentically-australian-stories-on-screen-takes-more-than-ontent-quotas #Australiantelevision #Australianpolitics #Australianfilm #Australianews #Television #Culture #Netflix #Film
Logies 2025 ceremony: the best moments and red carpet looks – in pictures | Television & radio
Australian television’s night of nights has been dotted with plenty of big frocks, surprise wins, and stars from…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Celebrities #Australianews #Australiantelevision #Culture #Entertainment #Logieawards #Media #Netflix #television #Television&radio
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/55637/
Mark Humphries: ‘When did the Australian dream go from owning your own home to owning somebody else’s?’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/26/mark-humphries-walk-with-interview #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Lifeandstyle #TVcomedy #Renting #Housing #Comedy
Heartbreak High’s Chloé Hayden: ‘I left the op-shop bawling my eyes out’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/21/heartbreak-highs-chloe-hayden-i-left-the-op-shop-bawling-my-eyes-out #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Television&radio #Lifeandstyle #Television #Museums #Culture #Sydney
New ACMA report confirms collapse in Aussie drama investment
#ACMA #AsherKeddie #AustralianCommunicationsandMediaAuthority #AustralianDrama #AustralianTelevision #Fake #KidsTV #MatthewDeaner #ScreenProducers #ScreenProducersAustralia #Spa
The Narrow Road to the Deep North review – Jacob Elordi’s fine turn in complex, confronting war drama https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/18/the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north-review-jacob-elordis-fine-turn-in-complex-confronting-war-drama #Australiantelevision #AmazonPrimeVideo #Television&radio #JacobElordi #Television #Warfilms #Culture
‘We were all in it together’: Jacob Elordi on his wartime epic The Narrow Road to the Deep North https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/16/we-were-all-in-it-together-jacob-elordi-on-his-wartime-epic-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north #Australiantelevision #RichardFlanagan #Australianews #JacobElordi #Television #Culture #Books
Away with Stephen Curry: ‘My biggest travel regret? Going to Pisa and not seeing the Leaning Tower’ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/mar/03/away-with-stephen-curry-my-biggest-travel-regret-going-to-pisa-and-not-seeing-the-leaning-tower #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Lifeandstyle #Culture #Travel
Away with Rachel Griffiths: ‘I feel more relaxed holidaying in Australia’ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/feb/24/away-with-rachel-griffiths-i-feel-more-relaxed-holidaying-in-australia #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Lifeandstyle #Culture #Travel
Belle Gibson really pretended to have cancer. So why is Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar only ‘true-ish’? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/08/belle-gibson-apple-cider-vinegar-netflix-series-interview-creator-samantha-strauss-ntwnfb #Australiantelevision #Television&radio #Television #Netflix #Culture #Cancer #Health
Away with Adam Liaw: ‘One of my pet peeves when travelling is people who say they’re happy to go with the flow’ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/dec/30/away-with-adam-liaw-one-of-my-pet-peeves-when-travelling-is-people-who-say-theyre-happy-to-go-with-the-flow #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Lifeandstyle #Culture #Travel
Away with Heather Ewart: ‘An outback pub was the last place you’d expect a gourmet meal’ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/dec/23/away-with-heather-ewart-an-outback-pub-was-the-last-place-youd-expect-a-gourmet-meal #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Australianmedia #Lifeandstyle #Travel #Media
Claudia Karvan: ‘I’m a hashtag lazy girl … It’s a priority I set for myself’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/21/claudia-karvan-interview-bump-season-5 #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Australianfilm #Deathanddying #Lifeandstyle #Television #Culture
Luke McGregor: ‘I was fearing I was an impostor and I was going to lose it’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/14/luke-mcgregor-i-was-fearing-i-was-an-impostor-and-i-was-going-to-lose-it #Australiantelevision #Television&radio #Lifeandstyle #Television #Culture #Comedy
Three things with Lisa McCune: ‘I’ve never found coffee nirvana, but this machine comes close’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/25/lisa-mccune-sydney-theatre-company-sweat-interview #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Lifeandstyle
Three things with Tim Rogers: ‘Reading is the only real way to quell bad thoughts’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/18/tim-rogers-headliners-abc-interview-three-things #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Australianmusic #Lifeandstyle #Popandrock #Culture #Music #Punk
Osher Günsberg: ‘The worst thing is being told the pain is all in your head. But holy moly, was it empowering!’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/16/osher-gunsberg-the-worst-thing-is-being-told-the-pain-is-all-in-your-head-but-holy-moly-was-it-empowering #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #Lifeandstyle #Psychology #Health #Health
Three things with Yael Stone: ‘Please just remember – I am not talking about a vibrator’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/11/yael-stone-actor-climate-activist-interview-three-things #Australiantelevision #Australianlifestyle #OrangeistheNewBlack #Lifeandstyle