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Backed by the latest science, can renowned science journalist Dr Michael Mosley and local sports physiologist-turned diabetes warrior, Ray Kelly revolutionize the nation's health and reverse type 2 diabetes across the country, saving both lives and limbs?
Serial insomniac Dr Michael Mosley puts his body on the line to trial Australian-led, world first sleep treatments and together with the nation's top scientists, will wake up Australia to the dangers of bad slumber, inspiring a sleep revolution.
Belinda Wardlaw Jones is one of the few women in Australia to be born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, an incurable muscle-wasting disease which can drastically reduce life expectancy. Despite her condition and against the advice of many, she and her husband Andrew decide to have a child. Belinda defends her decision to proceed with this pregnancy, believing it to be her right to become a mother, whatever the medical risks and the ultimate social costs may be.
Drawing on long-hidden documents, including the secret Lowe Royal Commission and first person accounts AN AWKWARD TRUTH debunks conventional wisdom surrounding the bombing of Darwin in 1942. This was not a small, insignificant attack swept under the carpet to avoid unnecessary panic. It was a massive military failure, hidden from the public by those responsible.
BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS is an intimate portrait of the struggles and triumphs of three newly arrived refugee children, Filimon, Martin and Mujtaba as they prepare to leave the safety of an intensive English primary school and take their first tentative steps into mainstream Australian society.
In this half hour white-knuckle observational documentary, we follow an audacious attempt to implant Gen Y in the seat of ultimate power: that of the Lord Mayor of Perth.
The bush; raw, beautiful and isolated, is short on women - seriously short. Outback boys need potential wives, but where to find them? 'Desperately Seeking Sheila' played cupid and intervened. DESPERATELY KEEPING SHEILA is a follow up to this hugely successful series.
DESPERATELY SEEKING DOCTORS delves into the shortage of doctors crisis in Australia. It follows the experiences of an overseas-trained doctor from Scotland who responded to advertisements and two new graduates to take up GP positions in remote outback communities in the vast expanse of Western Australia.
Outspoken and zealous, Dr Mary Fortune leaves Scotland to take up the challenge of working in one of the most remote medical posts on the planet. With her fresh eyes we discover the realities of Australian health delivery in a new light.
Follows six lonely heart bachelors as they share their lives with girls who are prepared to give up urban comforts for love in the outback.
This film chronicles the daily antics of some of the 100 dolphins that live in the waters off Bunbury and the interaction research scientist, Stephen Honnor, has with them.
Don't Stop the Music! follows the transformation of teachers and children at a primary school when music is introduced.
In this refreshing 6 part series narrated by Adam Hills, three young adults with intellectual disabilities fly the nest and move into a new home for 10 weeks. Experiencing life away from parents and learning to live more independently is a dream for all of them. And if it works out, they can stay on and call The Dreamhouse home.
Presented by Noni Hazlehurst this masterfully crafted observational documentary series follows everyday Australians on a life changing journey, seeking out the hidden secrets within their families. Revealing dark pasts, lies and buried scandals, Every Family has a Secret tells astonishing stories that will shock, move and captivate.
Presented by Noni Hazlehurst, this masterfully crafted observational documentary series follows everyday Australians on a life changing journey, seeking out the hidden secrets within their families. Revealing dark pasts, lies and buried scandals, Every Family has a Secret tells astonishing stories that will shock, move and captivate.
Presented by Australian actor Noni Hazlehurst, Every Family has a Secret is an observational documentary series following everyday Australians on life changing journeys as they seek out the hidden secrets within their families. However confronting the revelations, it allows the participant to emerge with a new sense of identity. Do I have Royal blood? Was my father a war criminal? Who abandoned me on a doorstep as a baby? Is my grandfather Australia's most infamous John Doe? Did my father, a Roman Catholic priest, have other children? These are among the family secrets to be unravelled in Series 3, exploring compelling and dynamic social and political histories of Australians.
As Chinese medicine increases in popularity, the demand for tiger parts is huge and spreading rapidly from its Asian origins to cities around the world. Tony Lynam and his team from the Wildlife Conservation Society battle on to survey and research the dwindling numbers of tigers and campaign for their conservation. EYE OF THE TIGER takes us to the heart of this struggle for survival and shows that people with passion and commitment can make a difference.
Four people are given the chance to change their life by experiencing a job they've dreamed about under the watchful eye of a mentor.
Cattle-rustling, domestic violence, street drinking and payback. It is all in a day's work for Kimberley Magistrate Col Roberts and his entourage of prosecutors and defence lawyers. Once a month they set out on a five day 2000 kilometre round trip to dispense justice to the dusty, remote communities in the far north of Western Australia. A fascinating, sometimes disturbing and ultimately compelling portrait of human behaviour in the extreme circumstances of the Kimberley.
When high profile lawyer Lloyd Rayney was accused of murdering his wife Corryn in 2007, it divided a city, the legal fraternity and a family, amidst a frenzy of sensational media. Having been found 'not guilty', Rayney finally shares his ordeal.
This 'animal meets people' program about crayfish, brings together a kaleidoscope of people from different subcultures whose lives are affected by these ancient creatures.
Australia's food icon, Maggie Beer, leads an ambitious world first social experiment to transform the meals and dining experience at an aged care home.
Walkley award-winning investigative journalist and war correspondent Peter Greste embarks on a journey to demystify the story of Australia's Great War hero, Sir John Monash. While examining the battles that made Monash famous, Peter also discovers his own family's previously unknown role in Monash's First Australian Imperial Force. For Peter, Monash's war becomes personal.
A six-part series which looks at some of the 'alternative' or complementary medical treatments used widely among the community, yet only just gaining acceptance among traditional practioners. Ep. 1 Meditation Ep. 2 Touch Ep. 3 Acupuncture Ep. 4 Homeopathy Ep. 5 Movement Ep. 6 Biomagnetic
Mental health issues and loneliness in Australia are on the rise and so are dogs on death row. Joel Creasey has a solution: a mutual rescue.
Celebrated Australian author Tim Winton takes us on a lyrical and passionate exploration of Ningaloo Reef, Cape Range and Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia to reveal how this pristine natural environment can enrich all of humanity.
In the pristine landscape on the north-west of Australia a slender peninsula with red sandstone cliffs juts into the indigo blue waters of the Indian Ocean. Peron was once a veritable Eden. But right now a battle is being waged for territory between two opposing forces; feral animals versus native animals.
In 1961, at the age of two, Rosalie Fraser was taken from her Aboriginal family by the Western Australian Child Welfare Department and made a ward of the state. For years, she suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her foster mother. Beautifully photographed, this dramatised documentary tells her inspiring story of triumph over adversity. As Rosalie recounts her journey of self-discovery, we experience her pain, anguish and finally joy at being able to confront and accept the past.
A 12 year fight for justice by the family and supporters of convicted murderer Andrew Mallard who forced the system to take another look.
Celebrated comedian and writer Shaun Micallef journeys to India to immerse himself in some of the key tenets of Hinduism in the hope that the oldest religion in the world and the fastest growing faith in Australia can help him better understand his own relationship with God.
Comedian Shaun Micallef journeys into worlds of extreme faith on three extraordinary spiritual adventures. He visits a spirit healing-psychic surgeon in Brazil, The Mormon Church in Salt Lake City including outcast Polygamists in the Utah Desert and he explores Armageddon with Born Again Doomsday Preppers from the U.S. to Jerusalem's temple mount. This is his adventure out of suburban Australia on a quest to find the meaning of life itself.
Storm In a Teacup is an intimate portrait of Western Australian artist Leon Pericles as he embarks on his biggest challenge yet - an exhibition of his life's works at a time when he has least support. His wife Moira played a huge part in Leon's success as his creative counsel and business manager, but now Moira has Alzheimers and Leon must juggle his role as artist, husband and carer.
Well-known Australians go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Australia's multicultural background makes this is a global story, with each celebrity tracing their ancestors around the world. They travel to the places where their forebears would have lived, loved and died, and learn about the hardships and hurdles their ancestors overcame. This is a fascinating chronicle of the social, ethnic and cultural evolution of Australia's national identity.
Well-known Australians go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. With secrets uncovered and histories revealed, each individual discovers that their ancestors form an integral part of not only their own identity, but that of the nation. Combining personal journeys with big-picture history, the stories show how Australians have come to be today. Australia's multicultural background makes this is a global story, with each celebrity tracing their ancestors around the world. They travel to the places where their forebears would have lived, loved and died, and learn about the hardships and hurdles their ancestors overcame. This is a fascinating chronicle of the social, ethnic and cultural evolution of Australia's national identity.
Well known Australians play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets and surprises from the past.
Well-known Australian identities play detective as they go in search of their family genealogy.
WILD BUTTERFLY is a true crime documentary that uncovers the tragic story behind 24-year-old Claire Murray and her desperate search for a life-saving liver transplant that became a trial by national media. Depicted as an ungrateful junkie who recklessly destroyed her first transplant, Claire is condemned by the public. WILD BUTTERFLY investigates the true story behind the events that lead to Claire's death in 2010. Catholic institutional cover-up, medical negligence, missing police records, and trial by mainstream and social media, are all at play in this heartbreaking and gripping real-life drama.
Animals and people. Four unique stories in distinctly Australian locations.
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