r/AustralianNostalgia

The old dolarmites account

I looked it up and we’ve had Red Ripperz for 6yrs now.

Do any of you remember the TV show Beyond 2000??

Well they have a series on prime called Before 2000 done by the same company "Beyond Productions"

Ours did due to kids going to the corner shop before school, stocking up on these and then turning a profit in the schoolyard.

Tuesday's 8.30 could never miss it. Rewatched it many times on DVD and glad it's still on 7+ for streaming. So much nostalgia and great characters. Still not over Mitch's death though 🥺

Rewatching the early seasons at the moment. Realizing how many big topics it handled at the time; abortion, DV and even murder suicide around custody issues ( does anyone remember Sophie Williams!? Very intense storyline!!), asbestos legal case, sexual assault of both women and men, gambling (Bron!) immigration, de-institutionalisation, Jared's Jewish heritage and naturally with Terri so many conflicting views around the churches stances on things like abuse, the historical issues around the church and forcing young women to give up their children, various religions practices, homosexuality, a couple of transgender characters and more.

For what I kinda viewed as a basic drama as a teenager it's interesting to see the topical storylines it actually presented.