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In the final part of our major investigation into the often inaccurate portrayal of hot air ballooning on Aussie TV, we look back at Rake, Please Like Me, All Saints, Home and Away and The Simpsons to see if they can get hot air ballooning right. Stay tuned for our lowest and highest ever scores!

In an explosive major investigation, Olek is joined at the news desk by the inimitable Ben De Klerk, AKA Undertelly's newly appointed Senior Director for Music and News Themes. Together, Ben and Olek aim to get to the bottom of the question on everyone's minds - just what is Australia's greatest news theme of all time?

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music featured within this podcast.

Undertelly Intro Sting Music: bensound.com.au

In Undertelly's supersized Blue Heelers Restrospective, we're joined by special guest Tobias Virgona from the Forever Movie Boys! Together with Toby we head all the way to Mount Thomas where we revisit some of the show's biggest and most controversial storylines!

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music or clips featured in this video.

Undertelly Sting Music: bensound.com.au

Blue Heelers Theme & Clips: Endemol Shine & Seven Network

In part two of our first international special, DCI Warren Powell joins us again as we go back on the beat in cobble-stoned Sun Hill to revisit some of the show's most controversial storylines!

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music or clips featured in this video.

Undertelly Sting Music: bensound.com.au

The Bill Theme & Clips: Thames Television & Fremantle Media

The Bill Theme Music: Andy Pask and Charlie Morgan

In our very first international special, DCI Warren Powell joins us as we go back on the beat in cobble-stoned Sun Hill! In Part 1 we test Warren's Bill knowledge and Olek's skills as a game show host, look back at three decades of very catchy theme music and revisit two classic episodes as well as lots more Sun Hill nostalgia and trivia!

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music or clips featured in this video.

Undertelly Sting Music: bensound.com.au

The Bill Theme & Clips: Thames Television & Fremantle Media

Original The Bill Theme Music: Andy Pask and Charlie Morgan

Co-founder of FOBGays Sidd Sharma joins us for the Final Part of our Diversity special. We got Sidd's take on an entire week of Neighbours, including the first gay wedding proposal in the shows history!

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music clips or theme music featured in this episode.

Intro & Outro Music: bensound.com.au

Neighbours Clips & Theme: Fremantle Media Australia & Network Ten

Co-founder of FOBGays Sidd Sharma joins us for Part 2 of our special on LGBT and Ethnic Representation in Aussie TV. We introduce Sidd to an entire flamin' week's worth of Home and Away to see just how diverse Summer Bay really is?

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music clips or theme music featured in this episode.

Intro & Outro Music: bensound.com.au

Home and Away Clips & Theme: Seven Network Australia

This week's special guest is Sidd Sharma, the co-founder of FOBgays - that’s friends and family of brown gays. They’re a grassroots community network creating visbility and support for family and friends of LGBT people in the South Asian community.

Sidd joined us for a bumper three part special on LGBT and Ethnic representation in Aussie TV! In Part 1 we discuss the importance of LGBT and ethnic representation on screen, how good a job Australia does at reflecting diversity on TV, the general greatness of Lee Lin Chin and why Hi-5's Kathleen was so important to Sidd growing up.

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music clips or theme music featured in this episode.

Intro & Outro Music: bensound.com.au

The Simpsons: 20th Century Fox

Home and Away: Seven Network Australia

Hi-5: Nine Network Australia

Please Like Me Clip: ABC

This week's special guest is the Script Producer of Wentworth, Marcia Gardner. With an extensive CV ranging from the likes of Heartbreak High to Stingers to Sea Patrol, and to what the Sydney Morning Herald now calls "the best drama on TV at the moment, Aussie or international", Marcia is a stalwart of the Aussie TV industry. With season 6 of Wentworth fast approaching we were lucky to sit down with Marcia to chat about how TV dramas are written in Australia, how that compares to America, the role of the Script Producer, and what the future holds for Aussie TV writers.

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music clips or theme music featured in this episode.

Hot Air Ballooning is an extremely tranquil sport. Rescue Special Ops didn't give that impression. John Turnbull joins us again for Part 2 of Undertelly's Ballooning Exposé.

NB: Undertelly does not own any of the music or clips featured in this episode. All music and clips belongs to Southern Star, Nine Entertainment, 20th Century Fox and Big Brother Canada

Intro music: bensound.com