List of Christmas television specials
Australia
Table:
Series
Episode
Year
Channel
Description

The Adventures of Blinky Bill
Blinky Bill's White Christmas
2005
Seven Network

Johnson and Friends
The Christmas Tree
1997
ABC Television

Johnson and Friends
Christmas Presents
1997
ABC Television

Kath & Kim
Da Kath and Kim Code
2005
ABC Television

The Koala Brothers
Outback Christmas
2005
ABC Television

McLeod's Daughters
Silent Night
2007
Nine Network

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Murder Under the Mistletoe
2013
ABC Television

Mother and Son
Christmas Drinks
1985
ABC Television

Round the Twist
Santa Claws
1989
Seven Network

SheZow
SheZon's Greetings
2013
Network Ten

Skinner Boys: Guardians of the Lost Secrets
Drums of Doom
2014
9Go!

Swift and Shift Couriers
A Swifty Shifty Christmas
2008
SBS Television

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The Adventures of Blinky Bill is an Australian animated television series based on Dorothy Wall 's books about Blinky Bill . The series is produced by the Yoram Gross companies : Yoram Gross Film Studio ( from 1993 to 1995 ) and Yoram Gross-EM.TV ( from 2004 to 2005 ) , with the main co-production of EM.TV and WDR . All three seasons of the series and the TV movie were animated overseas by Colorland Animation Productions Ltd. in Hong Kong . Set in Greenpatch , a fictional Australian town , the series presents stories of conservation and nature through the activities of Blinky Bill and his family and friends .
This is a list of episodes of the Australian children 's television series The Adventures of Blinky Bill .
The Seven Network ( commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven ) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network . It is owned by Seven West Media Limited , and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia . Channel Seven 's head office is in Sydney . As of 2019 , the Seven Network is the second-highest rated television network and primary channel in Australia , behind the Nine Network and ahead of Network 10 , the ABC and SBS . The Seven Network is the broadcaster of popular franchises and programs , including the AFL , the Cricket , the Olympics , Sunrise , My Kitchen Rules , Big Brother Australia , The Chase Australia , Australia 's Got Talent , House Rules , Home and Away , Better Homes & Gardens and Seven News . In 2011 the Seven Network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers . Seven is the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001 . As of 2014 , it is the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach .
Johnson and Friends ( stylised as Johnson & Friends ) is an Australian childrens television program broadcast on the ABC from 3 September 1990 to 10 July 1997 . It was produced by Film Australia and lasted for four series . In the UK it was shown on TCC , CBBC , and then on UK Living 's Tiny Living strand for under-fives . It was later aired in the United States with dubbed American voices as a part of The Fox Cubhouse , an educational children 's anthology series on Fox Kids , between 1994 and early 1996 . The series was last repeated on ABC1 , with this run ending on 19 March 2002 . The fourth series was produced in 1995 for Fox and was not aired in Australia until 1997 .
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956 . As a public service broadcaster , the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia , and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas . ABC is one of five main free-to-air networks in Australia .
Kath & Kim is an Australian television situation comedy . The programme was created by its stars Jane Turner and Gina Riley , who play the title characters of suburban mother Kath Day-Knight , a cheery middle-aged woman and her self-indulgent daughter Kim Craig . The other main characters are Kath 's boyfriend and , later , husband , the metrosexual Kel Knight , Kim 's husband Brett Craig , and her lonely , overweight second-best friend Sharon Strzelecki . The series is set in Fountain Lakes , a fictional suburb of Melbourne , Victoria . It is primarily filmed in Patterson Lakes . [ citation needed ] There were four 8-part seasons , a telemovie and a feature film . The series also spawned a short-lived American version .
Da Kath & Kim Code is a 2005 Australian comedy telemovie of the television series Kath & Kim . After three seasons of Kath & Kim ( 2002-04 ) , Gina Riley and Jane Turner initially planned to take 2005 off from television . But in July , they announced that they would be writing and filming a 90-minute telemovie . The telemovie screened in Australia and New Zealand in November and December 2005 respectively . The telemovie was sold to networks in the United Kingdom and the United States . It was the last Kath & Kim production shown on the ABC before it moved to the Seven Network for the 2007 season .
The Koala Brothers is an Australian-British stop-motion animated children 's television show that features the adventures of two koala brothers named Frank and Buster , as they seek to help their friends in a sleepy town in the Australian outback . A notable quality of the TV series is that although there can be differences of opinion and occasional instances of antisocial or thoughtless behaviour , there are no villains or disagreeable characters . Rather , the emphasis is on helping and being a good friend . Originally aired on ABC Kids , the show later aired on CBeebies in the United Kingdom , having premiered on 16 February 2004 and Playhouse Disney in the United States , as well as various other international stations .
McLeod 's Daughters is an Australian television drama program created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton . It was produced by Millennium Television and later Southern Star for the Nine Network , and premiered on the Nine Network on 8 August 2001 , becoming one of the most successful series on Australian television , as it was met with critical acclaim . Initially , the series starred Lisa Chappell and Bridie Carter as two main protagonists , with Sonia Todd , Jessica Napier , Rachael Carpani , Aaron Jeffery , and Myles Pollard in leading roles . John Jarrett had a recurring role as a Killarney station hand and Meg Fountain 's love interest , Terry Dodge . Following the third season , the series took a different direction , as main cast members began to depart , with a high cast turnover occurring throughout the remaining years . After eight seasons and 224 episodes , the series was cancelled and the final episode was broadcast on 31 January 2009 . The series was conceived by Graeme-Evans in the early 1990s ; he had the idea of creating a television series set in rural Australia with women in the leading roles . A television film was produced and aired on 11 May 1996 , and it was extremely successful and remains the most successful telemovie in Australian history . The series was intended to follow the film soon after , but failed to do so when the Nine Network refused to pick it up . It eventually went into production in 2000 . The film starred Jack Thompson as Jack McLeod , Kym Wilson as Tess Silverman McLeod , and Tammy MacIntosh as Claire McLeod . The series was an instant success in Australia , averaging at 1.51 million viewers for its first season and continued to achieve high ratings until it peaked during its fourth season , averaging at 1.52 million viewers .
The seventh season of the long-running Australian outback drama McLeod 's Daughters began airing on 7 February 2007 and concluded on 17 October 2007 with a total of 32 episodes .
The Nine Network ( commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine ) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network , that is a division of Nine Entertainment Co. with headquarters in Willoughby , a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney , Australia . The Nine Network is one of five main free-to-air commercial networks in Australia . As of 2019 , the Nine Network is the highest-rating television network in Australia , ahead of the Seven Network , Network 10 , ABC , and SBS . Since 2017 , the network 's slogan has been We Are the One .
Miss Fisher 's Murder Mysteries is an Australian drama television series . It was first broadcast on ABC on 24 February 2012 . It is based on author Kerry Greenwood 's historical mystery novels , and it was created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger . The series revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher ( Essie Davis ) , a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne . Three series have been broadcast , and a feature film titled Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears is due for release . A television spin-off Ms Fisher 's Modern Murder Mysteries was broadcast in 2019 . Miss Fisher 's Murder Mysteries has been aired in over 100 territories .
Mother and Son is an Australian television sitcom that was broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ( ABC ) from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994 . The show stars Ruth Cracknell , Garry McDonald , Henri Szeps and Judy Morris . It featured many Australian actors of the time in guest roles . It was created and written by Geoffrey Atherden . Its theme song features the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra , playing to I Want a Girl , a jazz standard which was recorded by Al Jolson in the 1920s . A stage version of Mother and Son was written by Geoffrey Atherden and premiered at the Comedy Theatre , Melbourne on 18 July 2014 .
Round the Twist is an Australian children 's fantasy television program about three children and their widowed father who live in a lighthouse in the fictional coastal town of Port Niranda and become involved in many bizarre magical adventures .
SheZow is an Australian-Canadian animated superhero comedy television series . It features the adventures of a boy who inadvertently inherits the role of a superheroine , which imposes an explicit feminine theme to his costumed appearance and equipment . It began airing on Network Ten in Australia on 15 December 2012 . The series is aimed at children from 6 to 11 years old . Produced by Moody Street Kids and Kickstart Productions , it is distributed by DHX Media , and funded in part by Film Victoria . It was designed by Australian artist Kyla May . As of December 2013 [ update ] , 52 eleven-minute episodes have been made , which are broadcast in pairs to make one season of 26 half-hour episodes . In a 2013 interview , Wade expressed interest in making a second season .
Network 10 ( commonly known as Channel 10 or simply 10 ) is an Australian commercial television network . One of five national free-to-air networks , 10 's owned-and-operated stations can be found in the state capital cities of Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Adelaide and Perth , while affiliates extend the network to regional areas of the country . The network is owned by Ten Network Holdings , which in-turn is owned by ViacomCBS . As of 2019 , Network 10 is the third rated television network and primary channel in Australia , behind the Nine Network , the Seven Network ahead of the ABC and SBS .
The Skinner Boys : Guardians of the Lost Secrets is an Australian children 's animated television series . It first season of 26 episodes screened on GO ! on 6 July 2014 as part of Kids ' WB . The second season screened in 2017 .
9Go ! is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel , which was launched by the Nine Network on 9 August 2009 . It is a youthful channel that offers a mix of comedy , reality , general entertainment , movies , animation and drama aimed at people between the ages of 4 to 18 .
Swift and Shift Couriers is an Australian comedy television series that first screened on SBS TV in October 2008 . The series is produced , directed and written by Paul Fenech , who was also responsible for the comedy series Pizza . It is set around the staff of the fictional 'Swift and Shift ' Courier Company , in the central business district of Sydney . Episodes have been partly filmed in Egypt , India , Thailand and the United States . The second season of Swift and Shift Couriers began screening on 15 August 2011 on SBS One . The 1st and second season of Swift and Shift Couriers came out on DVD , The complete series box set came out after by Madman Entertainment
The Special Broadcasting Service ( SBS ) is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio , online and television network . About 80 per cent of funding for the SBS Corporation is derived from the Australian Government . SBS operates five TV channels ( SBS , SBS Viceland , SBS World Movies , SBS Food and NITV ) and eight radio networks ( SBS Radios 1 , 2 and 3 , Arabic24 , SBS Chill , SBS PopDesi and SBS PopAsia ) . SBS Online is home to SBS On Demand video streaming service . The stated purpose of SBS is to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform , educate and entertain all Australians and , in doing so , reflect Australia 's multicultural society . SBS is one of five main free-to-air networks in Australia .