Eat Carpet was an Australian television

Australian television

Television in Australia began experimentally as early as 1929 in Melbourne with stations 3DB and 3UZ using the Radiovision system by Gilbert Miles and Donal McDonald, and later from other locations, such as Brisbane in 1934....

 series aired on SBS

Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...

 1989–2005. It premiered alongside MC Tee Vee

MC Tee Vee

MC Tee Vee was a music program that aired on Australia's SBS TV television network in the early to mid 1990s. The program was a 30 minute dance music video showcase hosted by presenter Annette Shun Wah....

 and The Noise

The Noise

the Noise is a monthly newspaper serving the cities of Flagstaff, Prescott, Sedona, Cottonwood, Jerome, Clarkdale, and Winslow in northern Arizona...

. Each hour-long episode consisted of up to a dozen short film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s shot by amateur directors or film student

Student

A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...

s from all over the world.

An estimated 3,000 films ranging from 2 to 24 minutes duration were broadcast over the course of the series, covering all styles and genres, including documentaries, music videos, stage performances, drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

s, comedies, interview

Interview

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s and even mildly pornographic films.

Eat Carpet ended in 2005 after 16 years. It was replaced by the similarly themed Shorts on Screen.