No long-running TV show is complete without a heart-meltingly lovable animal, and its related storylines -- here are some of our favourite Australian animal of the small screen.
Ray Meagher, 66, who plays Alf Stewart in iconic Australia soap Home and Away, has escaped Australia's steamy summer to embrace the UK winter, where he has taken on a role in the stage version of the camp classic, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on London's West End.
Kate Winslet will star as the eponymous Mildred Pierce in a new five-part miniseries, which will also feature Aussie fave Guy Pearce and Marilyn Manson's on-and-off squeeze Evan Rachel Wood.
For years, Neighbours has been the soap of choice for television viewers around the world who are craving a dash of Australiana. But, in recent years, the show has never received the same amount of adulation in its home country as it has overseas.
Guy Pearce is a true actor. You really believe that he got into acting because he loves it for what it is. You'll never see him in any tabloids and you won't hear any gossip about him. In his roles, you sense more realism than many other actor's who are considered more talented than he. Of all of his roles in all of his movies, my favorite has to be "L.A. Confidential."