ABC
The history of the goldfields too often focuses on men – but, as new Aussie TV series Gold Diggers gets right, the settlements were filled with women.
Stan
Vivian can’t believe her luck when she inherits a clifftop house – but the house comes with unexpected responsibilities.
SBS
Latecomers looks at the role of sex and sexuality in the lives of disabled people.
Dylan River/SBS
In her new SBS documentary, Rachel Perkins travels across vast territory to capture key aspects of a war that lasted more than 100 years.
Netflix
Heartbreak High avoids cliche and shows its teen heroes as complicated, messy people the audience can root for – even when they make mistakes.
ABC TV
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, this new ABC crime drama Savage River explores complex social territory.
ABC TV
A new docu-comedy, The Exhibitionists asks why the dominant image of an artist is a man – and places women back in the frame.
SBS
SBS’s new four part murder mystery examines Chinese experience on the Australian goldfields during the 1850s.
Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight.
Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions, CBS All Access
There are few politicians in The Good Fight, but it remains the most interesting American political series of the past few years.
Ben King/ABC
The new ABC drama Fires is a six-part series of interlinked stories inspired by the 2019-2020 Black Summer fire season.
Brook Rushton/Amazon Prime
Packed to the Rafters was an authentic TV show about an ordinary family. The new reboot has family at its centre while touching on issues such as climate change and homelessness.
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Bayo Gbadamosi in War of the Worlds.
AGC Television, Canal+ De Wereldvrede (in association with) Urban Myth Films
This gripping TV adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1898 novel, updated to a contemporary setting, is more layered, intimate and satisfying than the original story.
Olly Alexander (Ritchie) on left, Omari Douglas (Roscoe) and Callum Scott Howells (Colin) in It’s a Sin.
Red Production Company
The emotional centre of British TV series It’s a Sin is a home. But this home looks quite different to the one our leaders might imagine when they issue stay-at-home orders.
The Fountain Gate foxymorons with their partners and Kim’s second best friend at their movie premiere in 2012.
Paul Jeffers/AAP
Kath and Kim is being embraced by a new generation and this female-centered comedy series has much to say about Australian life.
Danmarks Radio (DR), Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Sveriges Television (SVT)
In cult Danish TV series The Killing, detective Sarah Lund displays courage in the face of politicians sadly lacking it.
NBCUniversal
Rutherford Falls shows strained relationships, but also friendships. And above all, it features joy.
Amazon Prime
Nine Perfect Strangers tries to be a satire on wellness culture — and yet celebrates its trappings all the same.
ABC Publicity
Helen Vatsikopoulos began her career as a TV journalist in the 1980s. Watching a new ABC drama set in this world brought her a sense of deja vu, with one caveat.
ABC TV
For a woman with brightly coloured hair and enormous earrings, Art Works host Namila Benson is adept at fading into the background and letting the artists do the talking.
SBS
Long past Margaret Atwood’s novel, the new season is increasingly violent – and the audience will find themselves increasingly numb.