Wide Open Road

Cars quickly became integral to every aspect of our lives. By the end of the 1950s most parents experienced the world through the windscreen and most kids watched it go by from the back seat upon which many of them were spawned.

Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:5Last broadcast:16/04/2016 at 15:34

April 2016

Season 1, Episode 3 (Car Wars)

16/04/2016 3.0 34 x

Australia's love of cars provoked major conflicts in society: between the inner cities and the suburbs, the drinking drivers versus the police, the local industry versus the world, the petrol car and the future. (Final)

Season 1, Episode 2 (Dream Machines)

09/04/2016 3.0 22 x

Season 1, Episode 2 (Dream Machines) of Wide Open Road was broadcast by ABC1 on Saturday 9 April 2016 at 15:34.

Season 1, Episode 1 (Here Come The Petrol Heads)

02/04/2016 3.0 25 x

Throughout the 20th century the car has been tangled up in the social, political and economic fabric of Australia. It conquered the interior, shaped the design of our cities and created some of our best-loved heroes.

December 2014

Series 1 Episode 3 Car Wars

Expired30/12/2014 3.0 100 x

Australia's love of cars provoked major conflicts in society: between the inner cities and the suburbs, the drinking drivers versus the police, the local industry versus the international world, the petrol car and the future.

Series 1 Episode 2 Dream Machines

Expired23/12/2014 3.0 180 x

Cars quickly became integral to every aspect of our lives. By the end of the 1950s most parents experienced the world through the windscreen and most kids watched it go by from the back seat upon which many of them were spawned.

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