TV DICTIONARY – BINGING/WATCHING/MAKING: ESCAPISM IN FLEABAG, FRIENDS, STRANGER THINGS, AND YELLOWJACKETS by Evelyn Kreutzer

Like many other contributors, I caught the TV Dictionary bug during the pandemic (bad pun intended). Making a short video and following a single idea without the pressures and efforts that go into a “traditional” video essay publication (if there is such a thing) and without the requirements of conventional scholarly-theoretical framing, appealed to me…

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UADE IN PACE?: FARSCAPE AND PEACEKEEPERS BY MELISSA BEATTIE

The international co-production Farscape (Syfy 1999-2003; 2004) is perhaps best known for its extensive use of puppets and its (for the time) fairly explicit sexualised content. Shot in Australia with a primarily American writers room for the American Syfy Channel, the series follows American scientist John Crichton (Ben Browder) who is inadvertently thrown into deep…

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Airdate: OneFour: Against All Odds

Documentary OneFour: Against All Odds looks to the rise of Australia’s first drill rap stars, defiant in the face of police’s efforts to stop them from performing. A group of Sydney-based, Pacific Islanders start recording drill raps to avoid a life of crime. Two years into their meteoric rise, a police task force shuts down…

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SAS Australia 2023: meet the cast

Fourteen celebrities will attempt to meet the selection standard of the SAS in the new season of SAS Australia. Filmed in the Jordanian desert, they spend 10 brutal days and nights, living in grim camp conditions.: drop toilets, one bucket of cold water to shower with daily, unappealing rations and stretcher beds over a sand…

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Auditions: TV hosts

Producers Abode Entertainment, who specialise in Lifetyle shows, recently posted on social media seeking new TV hosts. “We are on the lookout for hosts across Australia to be the face of our new shows. A background in architecture, building or interior design is essential,” they noted. Abode produces Beach House Hunters, Country House Hunters, Find…

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