Back Roads TV Showtimes

ABC TV / ABC TV HD · 2:01pm, Wed, 4 Nov 2026 · 29 minutes

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‘Fish Creek, Vic’

Fish Creek is a whimsical town straight from a storybook, home to children's book authors and illustrators, world-renowned botanical artists, musicians and sculptors. It is near the southernmost tip of Australia's mainland.

Series, 2019, Australia, English, Documentary, Real Life, Society & Culture, Season 5 Episode 6

ABC TV / ABC TV HD · 2:02pm, Thu, 5 Nov 2026 · 30 minutes

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‘Flinders Ranges, SA’

Incoming News Breakfast co-host Lisa Millar traces the footsteps of her Prussian ancestors who migrated to SA in the mid-1800s, discovering a town rich in film history and a spectacularly coloured yellow-footed rock wallaby.

Series, 2019, Australia, English, Documentary, Real Life, Society & Culture, Season 5 Episode 7

ABC NEWS · 7:31pm, Sat, 7 Nov 2026 · 29 minutes

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‘Shearers, NSW’

Back Roads meets today's sheep shearers. Lisa Millar heads to the Riverina in NSW to join a new breed of shearers, and finds out what it takes to be a competitive sheep shearer.

Series, 2026, Australia, English, Documentary, Real Life, Society & Culture, Season 12 Episode 4

ABC TV / ABC TV HD · 2:01pm, Mon, 9 Nov 2026 · 29 minutes

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‘Riverina NSW’

Heather visits one of the flattest places on earth, the dusty Hay Plains. Home to a fascinating bunch with a dry sense of humour, the town hosts the Hay Rodeo and Rainbow on the Plains - the Hay Mardi Gras. (Midseason Final)

Series, Australia, English, Documentary, Real Life, Society & Culture, Season 5 Episode 8

ABC TV / ABC TV HD · 2:00pm, Tue, 10 Nov 2026 · 30 minutes

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‘Snow Journey VIC + NSW’

Heather Ewart discovers a very different type of community on the roof of Australia as she visits the peaks of Victoria and New South Wales' snow country.

Series, Australia, English, Documentary, Real Life, Society & Culture, Season 5 Episode 9