Links Media/TV

Media, TV and other resources for information

Newsgroups and Mailing lists
(although most of these have very little traffic of late, feel free to check)

alt.tv.ocean-girl - newsgroup I made, clicking the link will open your newsreader (web: here & here)
German Ocean Girl Discussion List - German Language only/Deutsche Sprache
NOREO's Web-Board - probably the only web-board or mailing list that gets any messages lately
Ocean Girl Mailing List- unmoderated mailing list - oldest Ocean Girl list that is still active
Ocean Girl-Mailingliste - Auf dieser Liste können Fragen zur australischen Fernsehserie (german)
Magical Ocean Girl - unmoderated mailing list
Ocean Girl - unmoderated mailing list

Ocean Girl, episode resources and other media:
(only sites with no other content are listed, check the "fans" page for other sites with episode guides and other media)

Amazon.com: A Glance: Ocean Girl book - North America/US Title (out of print)
Australian Soundtracks - Catalog information on the Ocean Girl soundtrack
Audioteca - a few midi files here, look below X-Files
Ocean Girl. Das Mädchen aus dem Meer - Deutsche bush - site in english
Ocean Girl Theme song - WAV file available for download
OG Episode Guide All 4 Seasons - Seasons 1 - 4
Ocean Girl (an Episodes and Air Dates Guide) - just a list of episodes and original airing dates
SF Lovers - First Season episode guide
THE GUIDE to science-fiction and other selected programmes in the UK - Ocean Odyssey
TV Chronicles Children's TV - Short description of the show and cast
US IMDB - "Ocean Girl" - source for general data about actors/shows (UK Mirror)(Deutsche)
View the sites on the Ocean Girl Webring - all the sites on the webring are listed, browse the ring
ZAP2IT Show List - a page with some links to other sites, including episode guides

Press & Media clippings:
(clippings are original unless specified "[copy of article]")

Children crown best TV shows - BBC News (October 18, 1998)
Children's Television in the Digital Age - Quotes, including one from Jonathan Shiff, Summary is here
Conquering the Kids - Time Magazine (December 22, 1997)
Disney Floats An Enchanting Aquatic Fantasy Series - Entertainment Weekly (September 30, 1994)
Frontier.online - preview article on "The New Adventures of Ocean Girl", from Aussie sci-fi magazine
It's graduation year for Ocean Girl - from live to animated work - The Age (November 17, 1998)
Jonathan Shiff - Shiff in the top 50 Australian entertainers (he was #31) at $1.4Million (April 13, 1998)
Lights, camera and location: hey, its Melbourne! - The Age (June 12, 1997)
Media Column - Small article on a fire on the set of Ocean Girl (near bottom) (1995)
Neri comes up for some air - [copy of article] The Sunday Mail (December 7, 1997)
Ocean Girl news article about movie - [copy of article] The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney - November 1998)
Oz's `Ocean Girl' gets animated - "The New Adventures of Ocean Girl" - Variety (Sept. 27, 1999)
TV producer may leave state over funding crisis - The Age (November 22, 1999)

Ocean Girl on TV - Around the World:
(NOTE: Some sites here are not in English)

Canada - YTV - Saturday & Sunday late nights at 2:07am(also here)
Finland - MTV3 - Merenneito ("Ocean Girl") Saturdays - around noon (also see here)
Germany - KK - Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag 14:10
Germany - ZDF - jeden Samstag um 11.15 Uhr im ZDF tivi
Jordan - JTV2 - Tuesdays at 16:30
Netherlands - RTL4 - Zondag 08:40
Norway - NRK1 - Tirsdag/Onsdag 16:00/16:30
Singapore - STV12 - Sunday 6:30 pm (Chinese)
Switzerland - SF2 - Samstagmorgen bei 8:20am
United Kingdom - TCC - Ocean Odyssey (also on Discovery Kids - Saturday 4:30pm)

Awards & Nominations:

AFI Awards - 1998 Creature in the Corner Award for Best Children's Television Drama
ATOM 2000 - Children’s Television Series Finalist - New Adventures of Ocean Girl (near bottom)
Australian Writers' Guild - 1998 AWGIES AWARDS - Children's: Ocean Girl Ep21 (Annie Fox)
BAFTA - 1998 Children's Awards - International Award in 1998 for Ocean Girl series (bottom of page)