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- Australia is the world capital of pools; they are both our playground and our battleground - that's why the pool is so central to our identity.
- Julia Zemiro explores some of the greatest places in Australia during a series of one-day walks and shares a treasure trove of untold stories.
- 'Code of Silence' is an award winning one-hour observational documentary that follows the parallel journeys of a fervently Orthodox Jewish father and his now-secular son, after the son breaks the code of silence in Melbourne's Chabad-Lubavitch community going public with his story about being sexually abused as a student. Manny Waks demands the perpetrators be brought to justice, as well as the rabbis, whom he claims covered it up. His father Zephaniah, who claims he has been virtually excommunicated for informing secular authorities, demands his name be publicly cleared. But what price will the father and son pay for blowing the whistle on the leaders of this powerful Jewish sect? This is a deeply personal journey filled with intimate, emotionally charged and candid behind-the-scenes moments of two people waging the fight of their lives.
- Rachel Griffiths explores iconic Australian landscapes that have inspired artworks and reveals the untold stories behind them.
- The Ghan is an innovative three-hour documentary that takes the viewer on an immersive, visually stunning journey on Australia's most iconic passenger train. In Australia's first 'Slow TV' documentary, The Ghan doesn't just travel through the heart of Australia, from Adelaide to Darwin, it explores the part the Ghan played in the foundation of modern multicultural Australia.
- The Chocolate Factory takes viewers from the sugarcane fields of Queensland to a dairy farm in Tasmania before revealing the slow journey of millions of Easter eggs and bunnies inside the Cadbury factories in Hobart and Melbourne.
- A never-before-seen insight into the creation, preparation and fruition of a world-first surf event at one of the deadliest break spots on the planet. Narrated by Joel Edgerton and featuring some of the world's boldest big wave chargers.
- Country Town Pride follows the inspirational story of Holly Conroy, a transgender woman from country NSW, as she bids to stage a Mardi Gras in her home town of Wagga Wagga - Australia's No 1 Christian town. As she herself undergoes gender reassignment surgery to complete her transition, Holly has to confront Christian priests, conservative politicians, her homophobic neighbour, and even her own brother as she attempts to pull off the first-ever pride parade in this conservative stronghold. With an official green light from Wagga Wagga City Council, sponsors, supporters and floats ready to roll, will the Wagga locals turn out in force? Or will the town's Christians and conservatives rain on Holly's parade?
- Crossing Australia from Perth to Sydney, the pivotal part played by the transcontinental railway line in linking the far-flung west coast with the eastern states is explored.
- The epic battle for justice by the families of three Aboriginal children murdered 30 years ago in a rural NSW town. A microcosm of the systemic racism inside the justice system.
- Come on a journey to a hidden world that's right under our noses, where the impossible is possible and even the tiniest things can be totally epic! This series pivots on a simple premise: in every kid's backyard and playground lives a secret world of rarely seen or understood bugs. Every day and night these guys do extraordinary things! Hosted by Kamil Ellis and featuring ten kids who love bugs, this is a mini-Bushwhacked! with high-quality macro-photography!
- Travelling by boat from Broome to Darwin, this route in Australia's top end is a breathtaking coastline of open seas, bays, basins, islands and estuaries. This area is dubbed 'Australia's last great witness' and surprising stories of multicultural history abound - from Aboriginal cave paintings to Japanese pearlers, a Filipino missionary to a proposed Jewish refuge from the Nazis, Vietnamese boat people, WWII bombings, shipwrecks, and modern-day mining.
- By his own admission, rugby union legend John Eales has only one regret in his illustrious playing career - that as captain of his country in 1996, he and the Wallabies turned their backs on the All Blacks as they performed the Haka in Wellington, triggering outrage on both sides of The Ditch. For two decades, Eales has rued that decision and now he's ready to make peace with his past. This one-hour documentary follows Eales as he sets out to understand the deep cultural, historical, social, communal and psychological aspects that makes the Haka not just the greatest pre-match ritual in world sport, but a pivotal part of New Zealand's culture and identity. Under the stewardship of All Black legend Wayne 'Buck' Shelford, Eales immerses himself in the Haka as he crisscrosses New Zealand - from Maori communities in Rotorua to Eden Park in Auckland - on his road to redemption. John Eales Reveals: The Haka also features interviews with some of Australia and New Zealand's rugby greats.
- The Secret Life of Death reveals a sneak peek inside one of the oldest family-run funeral homes in Australia - Walter Carter Funerals, which has been based in Bondi Junction since the 1870s. Told through the eyes of two of its youngest and most recent female recruits - Jasmine Cameron, a funeral director, and Amber Coote, the mortuary manager - this observational documentary lifts the lid on one of the last great taboos: death.
- For more than a year, TV cameras were given unique access into a secret subculture: the 200 families of the Adass Israel community, Australia's most ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, as they strive to maintain their ancient faith in the modern world. Though they themselves shun television and the seductive temptations and trappings of modernity, they agreed to go on camera for the very first time. But not everyone inside this ultra-strict, ultra-insular and virtually self-sufficient community approved: some members opposed the filming because they view exposure to the outside world as a challenge to their strictly Jewish way of life, which largely comprises of piety and prayer. Told through the eyes of three members - Raizel Fogel, Shlomo Abelesz and Rabbi Aryeh Goldman - Strictly Jewish lifts the lid on this closely guarded Jewish sect, revealing a community steeped in ancient rites and rituals, and managing to maintain an ancient faith more than 5000 years old.
- 'The Archibald' will give viewers a behind-the-scenes pass into the nation's pre-eminent portraiture prize - from blank canvas to finished artwork.
- 'Breaking the Silence' is a courtroom drama inside the 2015 Royal Commission hearing into the Chabad Yeshiva in Australia. The film sifts through t the fallout and tracks major developments as the story goes global in Israel and America.
- 'Birdsville Or Bust' transports viewers to one of Australia's most isolated and iconic Outback towns through an eclectic cast of locals during a turbulent year.
- Gus Worland, a clinically obese radio host is challenged by his best mate Hugh Jackman to run the New York City Marathon. Gus is tested in a set of challenges to shed 40kgs in preparation for 42km of marathon hell.
- Pitch Battle follows the against-all-odds story of the Palestinian football team as they compete for the first time in the biggest football tournament in Asia.
- Rachel travels to the Hawkesbury River to find the exact spot where Arthur Streeton painted his 1896 masterpiece.
- Art lover Rachel Griffiths embarks on a romp around her own hometown of Melbourne to find the exact spot where Clarice Beckett painted her iconic Luna Park during a global pandemic over a 100 years ago.
- Art lover Rachel Griffiths voyages to Kati Thanda, Lake Eyre, to find the spot where John Olsen drew inspiration for his 1975 painting of Lake Eyre.
- Art lover Rachel Griffiths travels to Tower Hill in country Victoria to find the exact spot where Eugene Von Guerard painted his legacy painting of 1855.
- Art lover Rachel Griffiths travels to Western Australia to find the exact spot where Narelle Autio framed her iconic 2004 snapshot.
- Art lover Rachel Griffiths treks to Western Arrernte country in central Australia to find the very spot Albert Namatjira painted his 1954 masterpiece of Rutjipma, Mount Sonder.
- Julia Zemiro tours the Mornington Peninsula, where she discovers a quarantine station that reminds her of COVID-19 times and visits Cheviot Beach, which swallowed a prime minister.
- Julia Zemiro travels to Dorrigo National Park for her first time ever being inside a rainforest, where she is showered by the sights of cascading waterfalls.
- Julia Zemiro explores the goldfields and discovers not only the real thing, but also treasures of history on the surface and under it.
- Julia Zemiro treks along the south-west coast of NSW, receiving an insider's guide to the biggest blowhole in the world.
- Julia Zemiro walks around the lake located at Australia's capital, Canberra, discovering ancient and modern history. She also learns about the country's largest musical instrument.
- Julie leaves Sydney for the mountains, walking the Grand Clifftops Walk and taking a ride on a cable car.
- Julia explores Hobart's rich tapestry of stories, waltzing down old cobbled streets and narrow streets and sneaking cameos of Kunanyi (Mount Wellington).
- Julia heads to the mecca for hippies, surfers and influencers to discover why the sun-kissed Byron Bay is such a magnet.
- Julia explores Melbourne's famous waterway, the Yarra River, giving her a unique perspective on the city.
- Julia travels to one of world's most famous strips of sand, finding hidden gems along Bondi's coastal track.
- Howard Jacobson explores four cultural iconoclasts: satirist Barry Humphries, art critic Bob Hughes, feminist/academic Germaine Greer and writer/broadcaster Clive James, who left Australia to change the world.
- The Gang of Four are at their peak: Hughes becomes Time Magazine's art critic; Germaine writes The Female Eunuch; Clive is a junior member of the London literati; Barry makes a Barry MacKenzie movie.
- Cape Fear. The name says it all. And for the uninitiated, it's a deadly wave break in Sydney, Australia that is even more daunting than it sounds. Twelve surfers, will be tasked with the ultimate challenge, a one-on-one Red surfing battle.