Hello and welcome to From Set to Sofa with Lulu — I’m Lulu.

If you ever watched 70s Australian TV and thought, “How did they get away with that?” this is your backstage pass. Before PR teams, social media apologies, and careful messaging, Australian television went straight for the jugular — taboo topics, fearless performances, and storylines that had families arguing at the dinner table. The “golden era” wasn’t polite. It was provocative, chaotic, and completely unfiltered.

In this pilot episode, Lulu (Louise Howitt) outlines what you can expect  in “From Set To Sofa” podcast.  Join Lulu for a relaxed, funny, thoughtful Aussie chat that feels like catching up over a cuppa, except your “old friends” are the legends who actually made the magic. You’ll hear what it was really like for actors, writers, directors and crew working flat out in very ordinary conditions to create extraordinary television.

And for a naughty preview, we’re kicking off with a teaser montage of moments from guests like Wendy Blacklock, Roger Ward and Belinda Giblin, stories so outrageous you’ll wonder how they ever survived the shoot, let alone the broadcast.

If you loved Sons and Daughters, The Box, Number 96, The Young Doctors and the classics that shaped Australian TV and Film, press play and come back with us to the sets where everything was bigger, bolder, and far less supervised.

Subscribe, follow, and send in your questions about the actors, the shows, and the scenes you still remember. We’ll put your questions to future guests and give the audience a real voice on the sofa.