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10 episodes

0.3 Update
07/04/2026 | 4 mins.
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7. Called to Bourke
11/03/2026 | 48 mins.
'Back of Bourke’ is a podcast dedicated to unravelling the mysterious 1960s Australian television program Back of Bourke. The show has no remaining footage and limited information about any of the episodes, only confusing and at times outright contradictory information regarding the writers, directors, and overall narrative. We are, currently, entirely dependent on the memories of its previous viewers and dedicated sleuths.
If you have any information about Back of Bourke please get in touch with us! The link to the podcast website is in the show notes and you can email us at ⁠BoB@3pwidget.com⁠

Links
The Back of Bourke title sequence and all things podcast-related can be found at
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.3pwidget.com/backofbourke ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Back of Bourke geo-cities Fan Archive
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bob-fan-archive.neocities.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Special Thanks
Adrian Dilger
Arthur Rostig
Deb Hughes
Josh Vant Padje
Lucy Dilger
Michelle Wilby
Sam Prior
0.2 Apology
03/03/2026 | 0 mins.
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6. Boxes and Biographies
24/02/2026 | 25 mins.
Back of Bourke’ is a podcast dedicated to unravelling the mysterious 1960s Australian television program Back of Bourke. The show has no remaining footage and limited information about any of the episodes, only confusing and at times outright contradictory information regarding the writers, directors, and overall narrative. We are, currently, entirely dependent on the memories of its previous viewers and dedicated sleuths.
If you have any information about Back of Bourke please get in touch with us! The link to the podcast website is in the show notes and you can email us at ⁠BoB@3pwidget.com⁠

Links
The Back of Bourke title sequence and all things podcast-related can be found at
⁠⁠⁠⁠www.3pwidget.com/backofbourke ⁠⁠⁠

Back of Bourke geo-cities Fan Archive
⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bob-fan-archive.neocities.org/⁠⁠⁠

Trove articles
‘Seen on city screens’, Boom Town, The Advertiser, 13 December 1941

Special Thanks
Arthur Rostig
Josh Vant Padje
Michelle Wilby
5. The Academic and Episode One
17/02/2026 | 17 mins.
Back of Bourke’ is a podcast dedicated to unravelling the mysterious 1960s Australian television program Back of Bourke. The show has no remaining footage and limited information about any of the episodes, only confusing and at times outright contradictory information regarding the writers, directors, and overall narrative. We are, currently, entirely dependent on the memories of its previous viewers and dedicated sleuths.
If you have any information about Back of Bourke please get in touch with us! The link to the podcast website is in the show notes and you can email us at ⁠BoB@3pwidget.com⁠

Links
The Back of Bourke title sequence and all things podcast-related can be found at
⁠⁠⁠www.3pwidget.com/backofbourke ⁠⁠

Back of Bourke geo-cities Fan Archive
⁠⁠⁠https://bob-fan-archive.neocities.org/⁠⁠

Wireless Institute of Australia’s Complete Australian Amateur Radio Magazine, 1933, ‘Long delayed cosmic echoes or galactic dx’ by Alan Shawsmith

Special Thanks
Lucy Dilger
Michelle Wilby

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About Back of Bourke

Siblings Michael and Alice investigate a mystery: a vintage Australian television show called Back of Bourke that many remember, but no one can prove existed. With only a VHS tape containing the show's opening sequence and fragmented childhood memories, they dive into online forums, cryptic web archives, and testimonies from amnesiac fans. Join as they search for evidence of their great aunt's involvement with the show, uncover threatening emails, and a spooky conspiracy that seems to reach from the outback town of Bourke. https://www.3pwidget.com/backofbourke bob@3pwidget.com

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