Back Roads TV Showtimes

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

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‘Burketown QLD’

Guest presenter, chef and farmer Paul West heads to the Gulf of Carpentaria to see one of the world's most extraordinary weather events.

Series, Australia, English, Documentary, Real Life, Society & Culture, Season 5 Episode 4

ABC TV / ABC TV HD · 1:59pm, Tue, 3 Nov 2026 · 29 minutes

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‘Kulin, WA’

280kms from Perth, Kulin is home to less than 400 people. From the 'Tin Horse Highway' - horse-shaped sculptures made out of 44 gallon drums to a giant waterslide, the quirky town is known for its generosity of spirit.

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

ABC TV / ABC TV HD · 2:00pm, Wed, 4 Nov 2026 · 30 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