From Wireless to Web

In this clip, Liz Jacka explains that public broadcasting in Australia in the 1920s and 30s followed the British model and was designed to inform, educate and entertain – in that order.

In this clip, Tim Bowden explains how ABC radio, which was broadcast nationally, became a unifying factor in a big country.

In this clip, Tim Bowden explains that newsreels were how people received their visual 'current affairs fix' before television.

Liz Jacka describes the initial programming and influences on early television in Australia.

Tim Bowden describes the popularity of radio dramas and soap operas in the 1950s and 60s, before television took over people's attention in the evenings.

Writer Mac Gudgeon talks about the importance of Australian content on our screens – it reflects our culture and society. If we are unable to tell our stories, diversity will disappear.

Tim Bowden talks about how the introduction of TV in Australia in 1956 affected radio.

Ray Edmondon describes how, following the advent of television in 1956, newsreels in Australia shared the common fate of cinema newsreels in other parts of the world.

At a garden party, Douglas Jardine (Hugo Weaving), the very model of an English gentleman and a very fine cricketer, is discussing the phenomenon of the young Donald Bradman (Gary Sweet) with his f

In this clip, Scott Goodings talks about the reality TV revolution in Australia in the early 2000s.

In this clip from 2005, Mac Gudgeon talks about the origins of community television (CTV) in the 1990s and why it is so important.

In this clip from an interview recorded in 2005, Christina Spurgeon talks about social inclusion aspects of 'crossing the digital divide', in the transition from analogue to digital TV transmission