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1 form y separately published work icon Mal.com Kym Goldsworthy , Drew Proffitt , Tim Pye , Mark Shirrefs , Chris Hawkshaw , Dan Osborn , Vincenzo Perrella , Gina Roncoli , ( dir. David Swann et. al. )agent Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2011 Z1844175 2011 series - publisher film/TV science fiction

When three homeless children discover that the country biggest television personality is actually a robot, they realise they can turn this to their advantage, promising to keep his secret in return for moving in with him and posing as his children.
1 form y separately published work icon Short Cuts Marieke Hardy , ( dir. Liz Hughes et. al. )agent Australia : Burberry Productions Seven Network , 2002 7496078 2002 series - publisher film/TV children's

'The video camera can be a tool of expression, exploration and communication. But it can also be an instrument of manipulation, secrecy and lies. SHORT CUTS depicts a group of young people facing the normal challenges of growing up, in and out of school, using a camera in all its functions to learn about their lives.'

Source: Screen Australia.
1 1 form y separately published work icon Crash Zone Chris Anastassiades , Shane Brennan , Philip Dalkin , Max Dann , Anthony Morris , Kevin Nemeth , Jeff Peck , Pino Amenta , Susan MacGillicuddy , ( dir. Pino Amenta et. al. )agent Melbourne : Australian Children's Television Foundation , 1999-2001 Z1847201 1999-2001 series - publisher film/TV children's science fiction

The president of Catalyst software company hires five high-school whiz-kids to help save her failing business.

The program's interest in artifical intelligence, the Internet, and the video-game industry was comparatively unusual for the time. As with other Australian Children's Television Foundation programs, the focus was on the child protagonists, all Melbourne high-school students with a keen interest in video gaming, who are recruited as games testers by Alexandra Davis, president of Catalyst, in the hopes that they will be able to revitalise her failing business.

Produced in association with the Disney Channel, Crash Zone was successful in Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as Australia.
1 1 form y separately published work icon Crackers David Swann , ( dir. David Swann ) Albert Park : Rooster Productions Pty Ltd , 1998 14219113 1998 single work film/TV humour

'Joey Dredge is in trouble: he's been expelled from school after throwing himself off the tuckshop roof again; is haunted by the death of his father; hates his mother's new boyfriend and his bully son; and has just discovered that he has to spend Christmas with the lot of them down at their beach house by the bay. All looks hopeless until Albert, Joey's long-lost great-grandfather appears unexpectedly after a stint in prison. Joey soon finds himself a wonderful friend and a partner in crime...'

Source: Screen Australia.
1 5 form y separately published work icon Round the Twist Paul Jennings , Esben Storm , Ray Boseley , Louise Fox , Robert Greenberg , Christine Madafferi , Chris Anastassiades , Seven Network (publisher), ( dir. Esben Storm et. al. )agent 1990 Fitzroy Australia : Seven Network Australian Children's Television Foundation , 1989-2001 Z1730103 1990 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy

Tony Twist and his three children (thirteen-year-old twins Pete and Linda and nine-year-old Bronson) move to an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast. They soon discover that the lighthouse and the outhouse are haunted.
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