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Five months after its US premiere, Ramy – 'the best show not on Australian television' in Chris Boyd’s rarely humble opinion – drops on STAN this week.

'Happy Android - a robot saved my life' is on the ABC via Compass. The filmmaker Jaina Kalifa is as much fun as its lead character, Tubby the Robot.

Paranormal ABC thrills, voyeuristic couch-critics, hot craft competition and a very useful podcast from Screen Australia.

Videogames offer many opportunities for audio experts, but how do you crack into this evolving industry? Here are our 6 key steps to get you started.

Irish eyes were smiling all over the audience of writers at the Australian Writers Guild's annual awards. And TV featured an Irish jack. While a Favourite McNamara comes from a storied Western Isle as well.

This television role is crucial – but strangely elusive. Darren Paul Fisher sheds some light on the secret life of showrunners.

The Sydney Theatre Company’s The Harp in the South sweeps up the big prizes in the Australian Writers Guild awards.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's writing on Fleabag is as formally intriguing as it is emotionally complex.

The epic novel by Gregory David Roberts will film in Victoria in October for Apple TV, with Justin Kurzel directing.

Screen Australia's Head of Development Nerida Moore says the Generate Fund's first year has been a roaring success.

Audiences flocked back to Pearl Bay after a 20-year break, SBS tackled teen sexting and we sample some new reality, virtually.

30-years of shaping disability access programming for America's largest cultural institutions brings lessons for change and a strong read on today's shifting tides.

The ABC brings 80s pulp crime classic to the small screen with larrikin energy but mixed results.

The perfect series: Turkish woman astronaut brings her children home from abroad to face their vampire father.

Powerful, topical and superbly produced, this is a rare event in Australian television history, writes Chris Boyd.

Dylan Rivers delivers a tough love letter to Alice Springs, Lucy Lawless turns up for the murder of the week, plus a couple of inspiring docos and a video game.

Shockingly violent and pointedly political, this Amazon series is an ironic but refreshing antidote to supe franchising.

Feed your paranoia with actual proof, including easy-to-read graphs.

‘Intimacy can be anything from holding hands, looking into someone’s eyes, sex, dancing, masturbation or nudity.’ Miriama McDowell tells us about her new role in the arts.

Eccentric nuns defend their way of life with devilish consequences, in Foxtel's new mini-series adaptation. Chris Boyd says it pays big dividends despite some clumsiness.