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Australian Epic

  • 2023
  • Returning Series
  • Comedy · Documentary
  • 1 season

A musical extravaganza that breathes new life into some of the country's most defining stories, by giving them the full musical treatment they've always deserved.

Latest: Season 1 · 2023

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  1. E1. Doing a Bradbury

    Nov 8, 2023 · 28m

    The unlikely triumph of ice-skater Steven Bradbury, who became the first Australian to win a Winter Olympic gold medal after everyone else in his race fell over.

  2. E2. Princess Mary

    Nov 15, 2023 · 28m

    The fairy-tale of the young Tasmanian woman Mary Donaldson, who met a European prince inside a pub during the Sydney Olympics and lived happily ever after.

  3. E3. Pistol and Boo

    Nov 22, 2023 · 28m

    A musical comedy about the international meltdown caused by Johnny Depp when he brought his two Yorkshire terriers, Pistol and Boo into Australia.

  4. E4. The Wheel

    Nov 29, 2023 · 28m

    The comedy of errors that befell Melbourne's cursed Ferris wheel, conceived as an international landmark to put the city on the map, but plagued by construction mishaps and the world's worst views.

  5. E5. Our Schapelle

    Dec 6, 2023 · 29m

    The saga of Schapelle Corby, who became Australia's most famous drug smuggler when she was caught with 4.2 kilograms of cannabis inside her boogie board bag at Bali's international airport.

  6. E6. The Tampa

    Dec 13, 2023 · 30m

    The political showdown of the Tampa affair, when a Norwegian freighter carrying 433 rescued asylum seekers was denied entry into Australian waters by the Howard government.

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