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The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows 

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List of popular Australian Broadcasting Corporation shows, ranked from best to worst. This list of the top current and cancelled Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV series includes the date when each show first aired, as well as which actors starred in the show. The best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV programs of all time include the most viewed shows on Australian Broadcasting Corporation, as this list covers the entire history of the network. This list is sorted by popularity, so the shows with the most votes are at the top of the list.

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Brides of Christ is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Brides of Christ Naomi Watts, Russell Crowe, Brenda Fricker

Premiered: 1991

Genres (Tv): Drama

Brides of Christ was an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991. The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals ...more
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Skunk Fu! is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows

Premiered: 2007

Genres (Tv): Animation, Action/Adventure, Animated cartoon, Children's television series, Anime, + more

Skunk Fu! is an Irish 2D animated children's television series featuring the fables of anthropomorphic animals protecting their valley using martial arts. The show chronicles the adventures of ...more
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The Twins of Destiny is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows

Premiered: 1991

Genres (Tv): Crime Fiction, Animation, Suspense, Children's television series, Mystery, + more

The Twins of Destiny was a 1991 animated television series produced by French writer Jean Chalopin. It followed the quest of two children, Jules and Julie, in their travels across Eurasia ...more
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Wicked Science is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Bridget Neval, Saskia Burmeister, André de Vanny

Premiered: 2004

Genres (Tv): Children's television series, Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Wicked Science is an Australian television series, which debuted on 2 July 2004. The series focuses on Toby and Elizabeth, two teenagers who are mysteriously turned into wizards of science. The ...more
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Blue Murder is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Richard Roxburgh, Bill Hunter, Peter Phelps

Premiered: 1995

Genres (Tv): Miniseries, Crime Fiction, Drama

Blue Murder is a two-part Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995 and is based on true events. Given its confronting content, the DVD release ...more
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Janus is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Chris Haywood, Simon Westaway, Jeremy Kewley

Premiered: 1994

Genres (Tv): Crime Fiction, Drama, Legal drama

Janus is an Australian drama television series screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994 and 1995. Two series were produced, with a total of 26 episodes. Janus was a spin-off ...more

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Double the Fist is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Craig Anderson, Tony Walters

Premiered: 2004

Genres (Tv): Non-fiction, Action/Adventure, Satire, Comedy

Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of ...more
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Stickin' Around is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Ashley Taylor, Ashley Brown, Andrew Sabiston

Premiered: 1996

Genres (Tv): Animation, Animated cartoon, Children's television series, Comedy, Animated series

Stickin' Around is a Canadian animated children's television series from Nelvana, which originally aired on YTV in Canada and on ABC in Australia. In Latin America, it was broadcast by ...more
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The Glass House is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Rhys Muldoon, Corinne Grant, Dave Hughes

Premiered: 2001

Genres (Tv): Sports, Satire, Talk show, News, Comedy, + more

The Glass House was a half-hour Australian comedy talk show which screened on the ABC from 2001 to 2006. It was hosted by stand-up comedian Wil Anderson, and co-hosted by fellow television and ...more
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Parallax is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Parallax David Ngoombujarra, Gillian Alexy, Caroline Brazier

Premiered: 2004

Genres (Tv): Sitcom, Children's television series, Science Fiction

Parallax is a 2004 Australian and British children's television series that screened on the ABC and the Nine Network. It was a 26 part series funded by the Film Finance Corporation Australia and ...more
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A Kind of Magic is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
A Kind of Magic

Premiered: 2006

Genres (Tv): Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

A Kind of Magic is a French animated television series created by Michel Coulon, based upon Arthur de Pins's original design. It was produced by French animation company Xilam Animation, ...more
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Cybergirl is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Cybergirl Jessica Origliasso, Craig Horner, Paul Phillips

Premiered: 2001

Genres (Tv): Children's television series, Science Fiction

Cybergirl is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in Australia. The 26 episode series was created by Jonathan M. Shiff, whose previous series include the ...more
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Good News Week is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Mikey Robins, Julie McCrossin, Claire Hooper

Premiered: 1996

Genres (Tv): Satire, News, Game show, Panel game, Comedy, + more

Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run ...more
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Noah and Saskia is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Noah and Saskia Jack Blumenau, Cameron Nugent, Emily Wheaton

Premiered: 2004

Genres (Tv): Children's television series

Noah and Saskia is a 13-episode children's television program co-produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation. The show explores a situation in which ...more
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Telebugs is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Ron Moody

Premiered: 1986

Genres (Tv): Animation, Children's television series

The Telebugs is a cartoon from the 1980s about the adventures of three robots with televisions for heads.
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The Genie From Down Unde... is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
The Genie From Down Under Ian McFadyen, Rhys Muldoon, Monica Maughan

Premiered: 1996

Genres (Tv): Sitcom, Children's television series, Comedy

The Genie From Down Under is an Australian children's comedy television series. It was a co-production between the ACTF, the BBC and the ABC from 1995 to 1998. It was released on video in the ...more
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Sweet and Sour is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Sweet and Sour David Reyne, Tracy Mann, Sandie Lillingston

Premiered: 1984

Genres (Tv): Drama

Sweet and Sour was an Australian television series that screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1984. It was created by Tim Gooding and Johanna Pigott and was produced internally ...more
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The Winners is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
The Winners
The Winners is the name of two Australian television shows that show highlights of Australian rules football matches.
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Johnson and Friends is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows

Premiered: 1990

Genres (Tv): Children's television series

Johnson and Friends is an Australian children’s television programme broadcast on the ABC from 3 September 1990 to 30 October 1995. It was produced by Film Australia and lasted four seasons. In ...more
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Lift Off is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows

Premiered: 1992

Genres (Tv): Children's television series, Educational television

Lift Off was an Australian educational television series that was broadcast on ABC Television from 1992 until the series ended in 1995. Each episode featured a live action storyline about a ...more
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Ship to Shore is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Ship to Shore Heath Ledger, Wendy Strehlow, Michael Loney

Premiered: 1993

Genres (Tv): Children's television series

Ship to Shore is an Australian children's television series devised by David Rapsey and written by Glenda Hambly, John Rapsey, Mary Morris, Everett de Roche, Jon Stephens and others. The program ...more
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George Negus Tonight is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
George Negus Tonight George Negus

Premiered: 2001

George Negus Tonight was an Australian current affairs television series hosted by George Negus, which ran on ABC Television from 2001 to 2004.
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D*A*A*S Kapital is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
D*A*A*S Kapital Paul McDermott, Paul Livingston

Premiered: 1991

Genres (Tv): Comedy

DAAS Kapital is an Australian television comedy series written by and starring comedy trio the Doug Anthony All Stars with supporting cast members Flacco, Michael Petroni, Bob Downe and Khym ...more
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Beached Az is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Beached Az

Premiered: 2009

Genres (Tv): Animation, Comedy

Beached Az is an animated cartoon series broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is shown on both ABC1 and ABC2.
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Frog & Friends is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list The Best Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Shows
Frog & Friends

Premiered: 2009

Genres (Tv): Animation, Children's television series

Frog & Friends is a new animated TV series about Frog and his friends based on the work of Max Velthuijs.