
Fireflies
Fireflies is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487. It was centred on the lives of a group of volunteer firefighters, during the hottest, driest summer in decades. The theme song "Beautiful Feeling" was written and performed by Paul Kelly.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Fireflies (Part 1)
07-02-200460mThe smell of smoke and Lost River is enveloped in an eerie haze. Newcomer to the town, Lill, is anxious. Her husband Perry is at work and she is out alone on their 25-hectare once...
- Ep 2
2.Fireflies (Part 2)
07-02-200460mThe Fireflies continue their work to fight against the raging fire.
- Ep 3
3.Sifting Through The Ashes
14-02-200460mLost River is in recovery from a devastating fire that nearly took the lives of some of their best firefighters and local farmers. Perry struggles to come to terms with the loss o...
- Ep 4
4.Hide And Seek
21-02-200460mGossip is spreading like wildfire through town about the fire brigade officer Eris Parsons shooting his dog. Eris and his wife Luisa aren’t around to set the record straight, they’...
- Ep 5
5.Best Laid Plans
28-02-200460mOne of the realities of living in the bush is making the best out of a bad situation, which Lill and Perry are learning to do fast. Their shed has been overrun with rats, Perry is...
- Ep 6
6.Training Daze
06-03-200460mBacka and Svettie each have a vision for their financial future. Unfortunately they are vastly different. And they are both about to make a deal with the devil. Svettie wants to in...
- Ep 7
7.Hazard Reduction
13-03-200460mFifi has to deal with her unpredictable brother Hank who has just returned from prison and has a different story to tell to everyone he meets. But it's Fifi he's most interested in...
- Ep 8
8.Ride With Style
20-03-200460mThe Lost River rodeo could be the last throw of the dice for Backa and Svettie's shop. Stocked up for their biggest annual trading day, they hope to pay off their immediate debt an...
- Ep 9
9.Home Is Where The Heat Is
25-03-200460mIn a last bid attempt to save her failing shop and keep her family together Svettie has borrowed a large amount of cash from a loan shark. But she's keeping it a secret from Backa,...
- Ep 10
10.The Longest Day
01-04-200460mIt's the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and the fourth anniversary of the death of Jeff's teenage son Damien. It's always been a long day for Jeff and today is no di...
- Ep 11
11.While The Cat's Away
08-04-200460mIn the midst of the Lost River Christmas carols, Backa gets a call. A Section 44 has been declared in Shoalhaven and Backa is asked to join a strike team travelling down to help fi...
- Ep 12
12.Home Time
15-04-200460mAfter battling huge fires down the south coast, the firies return to Lost River. They might have been away for Christmas but they're determined to make up for it when they get home...
- Ep 13
13.Clouds Got In The Way
22-04-200460mLill's newly published children's book arrives and she prepares to test it out on the kids of Lost River. Surrounded by children at play and talking through issues of motherhood wi...
- Ep 14
14.Keep Your Enemies Close
29-04-200460mLill and Svettie have been living it up at Lill's "Which Witch?" children's book launch in Sydney and are on a road trip back to Lost River. As the two women bond, Lill reveals inf...
- Ep 15
15.Fish Or Cut Bait
06-05-200460mFifi has a new job at the Fire Control Centre and Joey is already doing the maths working out what sort of property they could buy with the extra money. For now though, they’ll hav...
- Ep 16
16.Between A Rock And A Rock
13-05-200460mBacka dusts off his suit for a lunch meeting with the golf course developers. What Backa doesn’t know is that they need 40ha of Uncle Jeff’s property for their prospective resort....
- Ep 17
17.Kin Oath
20-05-200460mPeg is back. Escaping from her nursing home, she makes a beeline for her house only to find it's been rented out to the new doctor and his family. When Peg lands on Lill's doorstep...
- Ep 18
18.Sons And Lovers
27-05-200460mFor Svettie, the little Russian housewife come drug dealer, life is about to take a drastic turn. An old business acquaintance, Kim Porter, turns up and convinces Svettie to invest...
- Ep 19
19.Closing In
03-06-200460mPerry’s moved into the mudbrick house and Lill is happy about that-or is she? During a drunken phone call with Perry’s ex-wife, Lill realises her relationship may really be over. T...
- Ep 20
20.Fighting Fire With Fire
17-06-200460mLost River’s very existence is threatened in this gripping episode of Fireflies. Fearfully, Backa watches the fire trucks roll in to Lost River. Backa believes that it is less than...
- Ep 21
21.Precious Things
24-06-200460mThe fire front is racing into Lost River, it’s much bigger than they thought and the water pressure has failed. The trucks are going to have to relay back and forth to the dam at...
- Ep 22
22.When the Smoke Clears
24-06-200460mIn the final hour of Fireflies, days have passed since the fires. Everyone is trying to return to normal and clean up the damage, but it’s not going to be easy. Lill tries her han...
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