Australian TV review
Last night's TV, as watched by us
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4 out of 5 stars.
Stateless review – thrilling, surprising drama interrogates painful Australian truths
4 out of 5 stars.The Cate Blanchett-led ABC series, just picked up by Netflix, offers a psychologically charged and nail-biting depiction of immigration detention
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2 out of 5 stars.
Everything's Gonna Be Okay review – Josh Thomas's Please Like Me follow-up misses its marks
2 out of 5 stars.Based on the first two episodes, the comedian’s US-made show suffers from disjointed direction and soap opera shots – but there are hints it will get better
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3 out of 5 stars.With such a commanding screen presence, it’s hard to believe this Canberra-set series is Deborah Mailman’s first leading role
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The public broadcasters dominate again, in a great year for the telling of marginalised stories
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ABC show tells the story of Australia’s ‘black superman’, set in a time of deadly Afros, chunky boots and stratified racism
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2 out of 5 stars.
Glitch season two review – flounders between necrophiliac soap opera and boring zombie show
2 out of 5 stars.Despite admirable acting, the new series of this sumptuous Australian gothic fails to revive drop-dead boring characters or its dramatic credibility
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In her new web series, art historian Christina Chau asks whether disgusting viewers runs the risk of closing minds instead of opening them
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3 out of 5 stars.The ABC’s six-part series aims for complex characterisation but gives us cookie-cutter corpses – these stiffs are drop-dead boring
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The home renovation show is as much a new TV format as Frankenstein’s monster cobbled out of other people’s rotting dead bits is a newborn baby
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Gogglebox is TV turducken, force-feeding us the telly filler we avoided the first time round. At least there’s one less show we need to watch people watching …
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Presenter offers a fresh take on evolution that’s visually arresting – but with far too much back-slapping for humankind’s ventures into space, says Jazz Twemlow
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After the real-life Hunger Games of the Christmas shopping season, it was Doctor Who that packed the biggest festive punch with a moral message to boot, writes Jazz Twemlow
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Keating was illuminating about his complex relationship with Bob Hawke, and what politics can learn from the great composers, in this riveting second instalment
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In this long ABC interview with Kerry O'Brien, Paul Keating proves that he divides opinion now as he did then
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Two episodes in, and the ABC drama is proving as compelling and incisive as the first time around
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Q&A ditched the politicians in favour of speakers from the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. So how dangerous were they?
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Ten’s new breakfast show needs more gravitas: three cool people chewing the fat on the beach just isn’t enough
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A nation can celebrate as a Brisbane-based piano teacher with mighty vocal pipes takes the X Factor crown
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This revealing documentary brings an ambitious, complex young Kelly to life – making a relisten of his work essential
The Heights review – finally, a warm, complex and credible Australian soap opera
4 out of 5 stars.