The best TV shows to grace our screens in 2024
Rising high above the writers’ and actors’ strikes, streamers delivered a dizzying array of spectacular shows. Add these to your list for summer holiday viewing.
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Spy stories are everywhere on TV. Here’s another for your must-watch list
The Bureau remains one of the most viewed, commented upon and appreciated French TV series throughout the world. This new series – with a stellar cast including Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith and Richard Gere – is based on it, and will grip you.
Wackadoo! Bluey hits the big screen
Bluey is set to star in her very own animated feature film, with the Queensland-made movie to hit the big screen in 2027.
The bold, the bizarre and the brilliant get award nods
From a CGI chimpanzee playing Robbie Williams, to Toni Collette and Nicole Kidman battling it out for Best Actress, this year’s AACTA Awards nominations celebrate the bold, the bizarre, and the brilliant in film and television | FULL LIST
Behind the wall of silence surrounding The Troubles
Based on the remarkable book of the same name, Say Nothing speaks loudly about the radicalisation of one woman and the murder of another in Northern Ireland.
Golden Globes 2025: see the nominees
Australia punched above its weight this year, with acting nods for Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Guy Pearce and Naomi Watts. And a best Animated Motion Picture nomination for claymation auteur Adam Elliott.
Catatouille, anyone? Viewers urged to eat invasive species
Inspired by subversive artist Kirsha Kaechele’s recipe book, ABC is screening a six-part series on devouring the animals and plants that threaten Australia’s unique biodiversity.
Senna legacy fuels art and inspiration
Thirty years after his death, the Formula 1 world champion has transcended his sport to become a cultural icon.
‘Full recovery takes time’: Maggie Beer on her fall and mission to help older Australians
The much-loved chef sustained shocking injuries after a fall at home in August. After three emergency surgeries and an extended period of recovery, the beloved cook is set on returning to the kitchen for Christmas.
‘Is my phone spying on me?’: Ronan Farrow answers the question we’re all asking
Why do those pesky, eerily relevant advertisements pop up shortly after we chat with somebody or finish a call? An alarming new documentary contains startling revelations.
Osher Günsberg’s world of pain
When Osher Günsberg’s chronic pain started to affect his relationship he decided to find a way out of it. What he ended up discovering changed his life.
The Day of the Jackal hits right on target
Eddie Redmayne is particularly well chosen as the Jackal in this slick, astutely engineered adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s thriller.
World in the Moog for a fresh sound
From Donna Summer to Doctor Who, the world would sound very different without the groovy synthesiser that was invented 60 years ago.
Australia’s version of The Office needs to knock off for the day
It seems like the work of an amateur suburban theatre group: too contrived, too set-up, too much ‘big’ acting.
Jussie Smollett has conviction over ‘hoax hate attack’ overturned
An actor accused of hiring two men to stage a racially motivated attack on him has had his conviction for lying about the incident overturned.
Leonard Cohen’s Greek island love story with his muse, Marianne
A spellbinding new series on SBS explores the stormy and passionate romance between musical icon Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen.
Countdown was the great awakening for my generation
Molly Meldrum and Countdown single-handedly skyrocketed the local music scene and irrevocably influenced the lives of Australia’s youth … including me.
Death threats, toilet tapes: how Countdown changed Molly’s life
When Countdown began screening on November 8, 1974 – 50 years ago today – its host could not have known how the weekly music program would change his life.
This Top End family drama will suck you in
It’s more surprising than I was prepared for, exasperating at times and, damn its soapy soul, wonderfully watchable. Anna Torv is the standout.
Stakes – and body count – upped in Australia’s most watched TV show
With a round of applause please welcome back Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, and another of his entertaining quests for justice in a treacherous Los Angeles.
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