The Outsiders

Season

1976

Australia

8.8

Charlie Cole and his grandson Pete Jarrett travel around outback Australia in a beaten-up ute, finding itinerant work along the way. In each place they befriend locals and become involved in an adventure, culminating in their solving a mystery, crime or local conflict.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Drop Out

Pete Jarrett leaves his secure job in the city and joins his nomadic grandfather Charlie Cole in his search for freedom.

S1 • E2

Change of Image

Pete and Charlie become embroiled in a feud and sabotage between two Barossa Valley wineries.

S1 • E3

Ghost Town

Pete and Charlie spend a night in an old deserted gold mining town, and begin to suspect that they are not alone when they encounter a series of unusual events.

S1 • E4

Roustabouts

Pete and Charlie work on a sheep station as roustabouts. When the gun shearer takes an immediate dislike to Charlie, it causes trouble with the station owner.

S1 • E5

Golden Girl

Pete and Charlie take jobs at a seaside resort and become involved with a confidence trickster. Pete finds out that things are not always what they seem.

S1 • E6

Rip Off

Pete and Charlie arrive at Cripple Creek, a remote outback settlement, and find that the general store has been robbed and its owner bashed. Later, the youths responsible hold them captive.

S1 • E7

Bad Dream Town

Pete and Charlie become suspects in a murder in the small town of Karee. When Pete is found at the house of a second killing, the local police constable takes some unorthodox action.

S1 • E8

Bush Boy

Pete and Charlie get caught up in the affairs of a small town when they find a burning shack and a teenage pyromaniac.

S1 • E9

Sophie's Mob

Pete and Charlie stop at a small pub several kilometres off the beaten track and are greeted by a man lost in the bush, an attempted murder and the peculiar attitudes of locals who feel isolated from the outside world.

S1 • E10

Charlie Cole Esq.

While passing through Canberra, Pete and Charlie are caught up in political intrigue and shady dealings. When they uncover a plot that will lead to an innocent man's downfall, they have to race against time to stop the corruption.

S1 • E11

Opal Strike

Pete and Charlie get mixed up in an attempt to steal a prize opal from an eccentric miner in the small town of Baroola Tank.

S1 • E12

Ambush

When Pete and Charlie assist Chet Murdoch in transporting his wool to the railway, they get involved in a payroll robbery and a set-up for the crime.

S1 • E13

Last Campaign

The editor of Black Mountain's town newspaper bitterly opposes a wood-chip industry that the Japanese are financing, causing Pete and Charlie to become involved in some local town politics.