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Snakes and Ladders was a very short-lived Australian television game show which aired on Melbourne station HSV-7 in 1959. Hosted by Pat Hodgins, it was a half-hour "jackpot quiz" based on the board game of the same name. It was preceded on the HSV-7's schedule by Strictly for Mothers and followed by Home Decorator. It is extremely unlikely that any of the episodes exist as kinescope recordings, and as such it is likely lost.

The Dog Down Under calls on Australians to enter their dog, or a dog they know, into one or more of five competition categories: Most Talented, Sportiest, Heroic , Oldest, and the Hardest Working pooches for the chance to win the Top Dog prize in each category. More than just a competition, The Dog Down Under is a 5-part TV series hosted by Lara Shannon sharing the entertaining and heart-warming stories of the Finalists and Winners .

The Dingo Principle is an Australian satirical comedy series created by Patrick Cook and Phillip Scott which was produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1987. In addition to Cook and Scott, the show's cast included Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe, Geoff Kelso, Antonia Murphy and Deni Gordon. Cook, Scott, and Kelso had also written and performed in an earlier satirical program, The Gillies Report, but Cook stressed that the only similarities between the shows was that they "were both about current affairs and were both on the ABC". The program was recorded in front of a live audience on Saturday nights, and broadcast on Monday nights. Although only ten episodes were made and shown in a late night time-slot, the program is remembered for causing several diplomatic incidents. On 20 April 1987, the program performed a mock interview with the Ayatollah Khomeini, resulting in two Australian diplomats being expelled from Tehran and threats of trade sanctions from Iran. Two weeks later, when the program lampooned Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Lenin, the press attaché of the Soviet Embassy in Canberra wrote a letter of rebuke to the managing director of the ABC, David Hill:

A team trek onto the second largest ice sheet in the world to investigate the impact of a warming climate.

The Great South East is an Australian television programme, airing exclusively in Queensland. Currently hosted by Sofie Formica, the half-hour-long program showcases tourist attractions in the south-eastern corner of the state surrounding the state capital Brisbane. It airs Sunday afternoons at 5.30 pm. It is produced by Fiona Deadman.

A reality show on real alcohol and drug testing performed on Australian roads by the Police's RBT Squad.

The Russell Gilbert Show is a short-lived Australian comedy show hosted by Russell Gilbert in 1998. It was partially a spin-off from Hey Hey It's Saturday, where Gilbert had risen to prominence. The show's writers included Kevin Blond, Paul Calleja and Andrew Maj. Seven episodes were filmed and aired. In 2000, a similar concept was attempted: Russell Gilbert Live, which was followed in 2001 by Russell Gilbert Was Here!. Both new shows were relatively short-lived.

In a future where video games are everything, young Meta Runner Tari must do whatever she can to uncover her past. E-sports, sci-fi, and video games collide in Glitch Production's first fully animated series.

The Code: Crime and Justice was an Australian observational documentary series that first screened on the Nine Network on 5 February 2007. The Code followed Victorian police cases that were handed over to the Magistrates Court. It was narrated by William McInnes.

Go behind the scenes with investigators across the country as they battle the clock to find lost loved ones in the emotional new series Missing Persons Investigation.

Showcases the best comics and hilarious performances from the 2021 Sydney Comedy Festival, from acts such as Nick Cody, Stephen K. Amos, Ron Funches, Aaron Chen, Cameron James, Fern Brady, Dilruk Jayasinha, Amos Gill, Chris Ryan, and Mark Forward.

The intriguing stories behind rare treasures and curious collectables are revealed on Antiques DownUnder. Everyone loves the story behind an interesting old item. Where it came from, why it was made, its value and its journey through life. In this new 10-part series, antiques dealer Gregory Bickford and collector Claudia Chan Shaw, alongside the Antiques DownUnder team, will visit incredible and quirky collections around the country. From private collections, historic homes and backyard sheds to the best museums and galleries, they'll be talking to the experts, the custodians, and the passionate collectors.

An exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life – the decisive move to farming and herding the ration of permanent settlements and the discovery of metals setting the stage for the arrival of the world’s first civilisation. Explains why and how humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering and take up a completely new way of life - the decisive move to farming.

Challenger was an Australian children's game show that aired on the Nine Network in 1997 and 1998. The first host was Diarmid Heidenreich famous for playing Dougie the pizza delivery guy in the Pizza Hut commercials in the mid-1990s. After he left the show in early 1998 he was replaced by hosts Adrian DeVito and Zoe Sheridan. Adrian DeVito and Zoe Sheridan continued to film 265 episodes before the show was superseeded with a return of Now You See It.

South Side Story is a six-part observational documentary series about the takeover of National Rugby League team the South Sydney Rabbitohs by actor Russell Crowe and businessman Peter Holmes à Court in 2006.

The NightCap was an Australian television talk show broadcast on Seven HD. It was the first Australian television program to be produced exclusively for a HDTV multichannel. The show began broadcasting on the 12 February 2008 and screened every Tuesday and Thursday night at 10.30pm. It was cancelled after the Easter 2008 television non-ratings period. The show was hosted by Seven News sports anchor Matt White alongside a panel that included former Ten News and Today host Jessica Rowe, former Sunrise weather presenter Monique Wright and Triple M radio host Paul Murray. The show was created by Adam Boland, who was an executive producer for Sunrise and The Morning Show on the Seven Network.

The Australian version of Total Request Live started out in early April as a weekend show produced on a large cruising vessel known as The Pontoon, dubbed the "MTV Cruiser" which floated around Sydney Harbour containing the audience, performing bands and VJs. Australian band Killing Heidi were the first to perform on the show. After the summer months TRL Australia was broadcast from various venues around Sydney before moving into a studio with a live audience. The show is now live on Tuesday to Thursday and then TRL Weekend on Friday, each day from 5pm to 6pm EST. The show was originally hosted by Kyle Sandilands, Maz Compton and Jason Dundas and similcast on 2Day FM. Kyle withdrew from hosting duties during 2005, leaving the hosting of TRL Australia to Maz Compton, Lyndsey Rodrigues, Nathan Sapsford and Jason Robert Dundas. The show was largely Directed by Craig Tinetti. Craig had previously worked with high-profile acts including Prince, The Corrs, Jamiroquai, UB40, Fatboy Slim and The Who. Production of TRL Australia ceased during 2006 without any announcement. Other locally-produced shows such as Full Tank and The Lair replaced TRL.

Celebrity Circus was an Australian reality television series which aired in May 2005 on the Nine Network. The show took celebrities and, with the help of Silvers Circus, trained them into circus acts. In the final show the celebrities performed in front of a live crowd and showcased what they had learned. It was shown over five one-hour episodes and was hosted by Bud Tingwell. Various skills include "high-wire, flying trapeze, knife throwing, fire juggling and clowning. Even better, they will be trained in two events called the Human Cannon and the Wheel of Death". The participants were: actors Cameron Daddo and Kimberley Davies; former Home and Away star Dieter Brummer; Celebrity Big Brother winner Dylan Lewis; Australia's Funniest Home Video Show host Toni Pearen; Vadim Dale and his fiance, Natalie Franzman; Olympic beach volleyball gold medallist Kerri Pottharst; and Ricki-Lee Coulter from Australian Idol. The first episode, which aired on 1 May, was placed in the top ten of the ratings for that week. The series appeared in the Portugal on TVI in 2006 as Circo das Celebridades. On 11 June 2008 an American version began airing on NBC.

Nine News Melbourne is the weeknight, flagship news bulletin of the Nine Network. It is screened in Melbourne, and across Victoria. Like all Nine News bulletins, the Melbourne bulletin runs from 6-6.30pm every day. It local, national and international news, as well as sport, weather and finance.

Our Place is an Australian weekly live variety lifestyle programme broadcast on the Nine Network during early 2005.

The Patriots was an Australian television drama mini-series. A period-drama, it aired for 10 episodes on ABC in 1962. It was among a series of period dramas produced by the broadcaster, being preceded by Stormy Petrel and The Outcasts, and followed by The Hungry Ones. The cast included James Condon as William Charles Wentworth, who gets into trouble while running a newspaper called The Australian. Telerecordings of the episodes are held by National Archives of Australia.

Take it Easy was an Australian television variety series which aired from 1959 to 1960 on Melbourne station GTV-9. Hosted by Bob Horsfall and Joy Mountain, the series aired at 1:00PM on Tuesdays, and included guests, contests and quizzes. It represented an early attempt at midday programming by a Melbourne station, as television in the city was not yet a 24-hour service. Little else is known about the series.

Weekend Today is an Australian breakfast television program and has been broadcast live by the Nine Network since 2009. The program airs after children's programming and runs from 7am to 10am on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Magistrate is a 1989 mini series about an Italian fighting the Mafia.

After years of secrecy, veterans of the legendary Z Special reveal their extraordinary WW2 exploits as six of their descendants recreate the training.

Y? was an educational children's science program shown on the Nine Network in Australia. It was produced by Southern Star Endemol between 1999 and 2002. Each episode ran for 22 minutes. A total of five seasons were recorded. Each season was 65 episodes long. Season 1 was hosted by Joanne Nova with Alanna Edwards and seasons 2 to 5 were hosted by Tara Colegrave and 'science host' David Lampard. The show featured in-studio science experiments. In season 1 these were presented by Nova but in later seasons these were presented by Lampard. The program was interspersed with external segments where other presenters go to forests, factories, etc. and explain practical science phenomena, usually based upon questions sent in by viewers. The presenters included Brad Hills, Kristy Mollica, Joseph May, Lisa Barry and Taryn Onafaro. The show was in many ways similar to The Curiosity Show, which ran many years earlier. However, the hosts of Y? were charismatic younger adults, compared with the older academic Prof. Rob Morrison and Dr. Deane Hutton who hosted the earlier counterpart, making Y? inherently more appealing to children. Y? did not labour to "dumb down" the science content of its experiments and explanations, aiming its explanations at a late-primary school audience with above average intelligence. It endeavoured to respond to questions sent in by children, such as "How do radio stations broadcast to all our radios in our cars or in our houses?" and "Where do flies go at night?"

Battlefronts is an Australian lifestyle and DIY television series that aired on the Nine Network in 2008. It is hosted by former Olympic swimmer, Giaan Rooney.

Tells the inside story of the challenges the Lebanese Australian community has faced in Australia and how they have fought to overcome them. This landmark documentary series hears from community leaders, police, families and individuals, as they combine to tell the compelling and dramatic story of a proud and resilient community, under intense pressure and scrutiny. The story begins in the 1970s when large numbers of Lebanese migrants flooded into Australia. Many were Muslim, most were traumatised by civil war, all were desperate to build a better future. Over the coming decades, these new Australians struggled to establish a new life in their adopted country.

This Week Live is an Australian comedy chat show screening weekly on Network Ten from 24 July 2013. It is hosted by comedians Dave Thornton, Tommy Little, Tom Gleeson and Meshel Laurie. The show features discussions of topical subjets, guests on the panel and pre-recorded interviews and skits. The show is created and produced by Craig Campbell and Kevin Whyte. Rove McManus, Charlie Pickering and Peter Helliar have been guest panelists.

Snake Gully with Dad and Dave was a 1972 TV series based on characters created by Steele Rudd. It was adapted from the radio series Dad and Dave from Snake Gully rather than Rudd's original stories. The series was not a success with viewers or the public.

Brynne: My Bedazzled Life is an Australian TV show, which follows the extravagant life of Brynne Edelsten, the wife of multi-millionaire Geoffrey Edelsten. The show is filmed primarily in Melbourne.