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'Muriel Heslop is back! In this highly-anticipated world premiere, the iconic Australian film is set to become an equally iconic laugh-out-loud musical.

'Stuck in a dead-end life in Porpoise Spit, Muriel dreams of the perfect wedding – the white dress, the church, the attention. Unfortunately, there’s one thing missing. A groom. Following her dreams to Sydney, Muriel ends up with everything she ever wanted – a man, a fortune and a million Twitter followers. That’s when things start to go really wrong.

'The film’s original writer-director PJ Hogan has updated his screenplay into a dazzling new stage show, bringing the story into the present but keeping all the irreverence and naughtiness of the film along with its dark edge.' (Production summary)

'When local politician Barry Moochmore commits his wife to a mental hospital he suddenly finds himself alone and with five teenage daughters that he barely knows. Desperate, he impulsively picks up a hitchhiker named Shaz and installs her as the nanny in their home. Shaz is charismatic, hot-tempered, inspiring and completely crazy ... and the best thing that's ever happened to the Moochmore family.'

Source: Screen Australia.

The first live-action sound film version of J.M. Barrie's work, Peter Pan tells the story of the boy who never grew up, and his adventures in Neverland with both the Lost Boys and London children Wendy, John, and Michael, as well as the Lost Boys' ongoing battle with the sinister Captain Hook.

The film preserves the stage tradition of using the same actor to play both Captain Hook and Wendy, John, and Michael's father, Mr Darling, but breaks with tradition in casting a male actor (rather than a young girl) as Peter.

Muriel is a shy young woman living in the seaside resort of Porpoise Spit, a suburban wonderland of shopping malls, marine parks, and holiday homes. The excessive expectations of her 'friends' and family cause her to take refuge in a dreamworld of ABBA songs. She also dreams of a Prince Charming who will rescue her from her dull and boring life. Then one day, she steals some money and goes on a tropical vacation where she meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, and turns her entire world upside down.

A mixture of live-action, puppetry, animation, and documentary, Lift Off centred on a group of children who lived in the same neighbourhood and whose imaginations made their environment a world of fun and excitement. However, the program also explored issues such as pain, loneliness, jealousy, and anger. The program was aimed at three-year-old to eight-year-old viewers (as defined by Harvard University developmental psychologist Howard Gardner), and was linked to school curricula through the Curriculum Corporation of Australia.

The Miraculous Mellops centred on the curious adventures of the Mellop children who, after the death of their mother, live at the Lazy Daisy Nursery with their father and aunt, but manage to get caught up in events of intergalactic significance. Series one centred on the search for the new Grand Baby, leader of the Moon, after the former Grand Baby's powers were accidentally fractured into ordinary objects in the Mellops' home. Series two concerned the intergalactic threat offered by the Grubs, who turn anything into their path into toffee before devouring it.

'They're women of action, they're women of the '90s, they're intelligent, highly trained and resourceful. But in the police force they call them "skirts".'

Source: Screen Australia

According to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, c/o The Bartons was based on a sixteen-minute student film written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse while she was studying at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.

Says Moran, 'Entitled The Siege of the Bartons' Bathroom, the film was in effect a kind of pilot for the series and became the basis of the first episode'. Moorhouse also contributed nearly half the scripts for the series. To quote Moran, 'The various episodes both comic and serious dealt with their family life and that of their community'.

'A fast-paced youth thriller set at a holiday resort where high school student Jason stumbles upon a series of horrific murders.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 6/8/2013)

'Based on the 1983 spy scandal involving David Combe. A story of intrigue, power, politics and murder set in Australia's national capital, Canberra.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 29/1/2014)

'This award-winning drama revolves around the awakening sexual interests of fifteen year old Alex, who goes with his family on their annual seaside summer holiday. Accompanying them this summer is Brenda, an attractive young woman. Alex has naive designs on Brenda, but has to compete with his older brother Michael...'

Source: Cover of VHS release.