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Throughout the Earth's history, the polar landscapes have undergone dynamic transformation through ice sheet expansion and retreat, glacial erosion, changes in sea ice extent, and permafrost dynamics, all influenced by variations in climate over time. As a result, ice has carved out the shape of life here on Earth. At the beginning of the 21st Century, we are seeing the fastest ever changes to the polar ice caps and there is great urgency to understand how our comfortable clement lives are tied to the extremes of the world.
BETTER DATE THAN NEVER is a character-led, multi-part docuseries following a diverse group of single love seekers as they take a huge step in anyone's life - into the dating world. Each participant has a unique story, and a different reason for a later start to their dating journey. But they all share a common goal - to step out on their first date. With a little help from the producers, they launch into a world they've always wanted to explore, on a journey that takes them on the sometimes rocky road to finding love.
The critically acclaimed documentary series Employable Me returns in 2019 following the stories of nine more people with disabilities as they battle to find work. The series brings them together with experts so that they can take on the challenge of finding meaningful employment.
Hardball follows fish out of water Mikey and his two misfit mates, Salwa and Jerry. Their goal - make Mikey the sweetest-bestest-acest handball champ Western Sydney's ever seen.
HARDBALL is a 13 x 30min live action comedy series that follows fish-out-of-water MIKEY and his two misfit mates, SALWA and JERRY. Their goal? Make Mikey the sweetest-bestest-acest handball champ Western Sydney's ever seen. He's got the most powerful strike in the world, if only he could make the ball land in the right suburb! Hardball is fast-paced, full of lol's and crammed with action-packed sport sequences - aimed squarely at 7 - 10 year olds, they'll be charmed by Mikey and his chums. While traversing the highs and lows of pre-teen life, Hardball explores themes of family, multiculturalism and acceptance. It's The Boy in a Dress meets Little Lunch with a sprinkling of Hunt for the Wilderpeople in a heart-warming and hilarious journey that will leave the audience wishing they'd gone to Mikey's school and had friends like him.
In Season 2 of Hardball, Mikey and the gang go on an epic adventure to win an even epic-er state doubles handball tournament. If it weren't for the not-actually-Russian twin villains, the end of primary school approaching, and a sweet scholarship opportunity for Mikey that could split up the gang for good, life would be skux as. Luckily for us, it's not eh!
We're told that trial by jury is the best justice available, but is it? In a television first, we are putting the jury system itself on trial, as we re-run a real, complex, close call murder case - word for word - in front of a new jury.
LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM is a documentary series following young adults on the autism spectrum as they explore the unpredictable world of love, dating and relationships.
Relationships and the dating game is an exciting and sometimes overwhelming time for everyone … particularly for those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
OUTBACK RANGERS is the fast paced, exciting spin off of the ABC TV 4-parter KAKADU; stunning images are blended with incredible human and animal jeopardy in wildest Australia. The series focuses on the inspiring stories of the 70-strong group of highly trained rangers, as well as firefighters, rescuers and adventurers who call the area home. In this unrelenting and unbelievable 20,000 sq km world heritage site, what doesn't kill you or could kill you is all worth fighting for!
A team of marine explorers will head our expedition to the reef to provide insights and perspective during the live broadcast. Through their eyes, we learn about the fragile nature of the reef and how it forms one of the richest and most complex natural ecosystems on Earth. The broadcast event is timed to lunar cycle, as corals have set their biological clocks for the largest mass breeding event on the planet. From Heron Island, Moore's Reef and Townsville, the action will filter back to our Reef HQ in Cairns, where leading scientists and passionate ambassadors and will discuss conservation initiatives, indigenous perspectives, and how we can all get involved in citizen science projects on the Reef.
Andrew Ettinghausen is going to discover what it takes to make it as a commercial fisherman in a country known for its tough land, rough sea and rugged people. He will travel to every dirty, deadly, slimy and smelly nook across the expanse of Australia to join the fisher folk and work alongside the waterproofed warriors of our nations marine industry, whilst experiencing first-hand why people are willing to risk their lives on a daily basis. Plus he'll reveal some Australian-first hi-tech aquaculture solutions that are poised to not only solve some of our oceans' biggest problems, but save declining fish stocks around the world as well. Thousands depend on the oceans for their livelihood, but are facing unprecedented pressures to survive: poachers, disease, climate change all threaten the only way of life they know. This is a series about our toughest folk and a disappearing way of life on the oceans across 8 million square kilometers of our island continent.
The intriguing story of Australia's South Sea Pearl, the rarest and most value marine gem, is a story of a remarkable collaboration. Forged from nature and nurtured by man, it begins in one of the most remote and dramatic landscapes on Earth. The divers' search for wild pearl oysters is just the first step in a high-risk venture which, if successful, may result in a harvest worth in excess of $100 million, to be sold through the jewellery houses of New York, London and Paris two years later.
In this three-part series we go under the cloak of domestic abuse to better understand the men who choose to be violent and the women who have stayed with them, too often until death. We meet the families who are fighting to protect themselves and the people at the coal face determined to rewrite this story.
During this extraordinary night of broadcast, we will witness stories about whales, great white sharks, cuttlefish, albatross along our Southern coastlines. We will meet traditional owners, marine biologists, oceanographers, abalone divers and big wave surfers. We will learn how the southern coastline of Australia is warming and changing four times faster than anywhere in the world, and what this means for scientists trying to protect fragile ecosystems. SOUTHERN OCEAN LIVE promises big creatures, big science and big thrills, as we take the audience on a live adventure that's as wild as it gets.
From the makers of SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO?, STRONG FEMALE LEAD explores the gender politics during Julia Gillard's term as Australia's first and still only female Prime Minister. Looking back at Ms Gillard's time as Prime Minister, the film examines the response and tone from media commentators, the Australian public and within Parliament itself.
A visual journey into the life and legacy of one of Australia's most celebrated artists, Brett Whiteley. Through archive, drama and visual effects, this raw and intimate film shows Whiteley's driving passion to express himself through his art.
Australia's fauna has a long, impressive history of surviving on the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Fire is a force that has shaped the nature of Australia. However, as this bushfire season has made brutally clear, climate change is increasing the scale and intensity of bushfires. 'After the Fires' charts the long-term recovery of wildlife in the aftermath of Australia's recent catastrophic bushfires through stories of hope, human intervention and resilience. It provides an urgent message to safeguard our environment and bring about the necessary intervention required to maintain biodiversity on our planet, before it is too late.
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