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CARLA CAMETTI PD is a fast-paced and fresh crime series with a young Italian female as its lead. It is human drama with lashings of crime and a huge dollop of wit, casting an eye across the incongruity of earthy day-to-day life butting up against the heightened reality of designer-dressed gangsters roaming our streets.
On March 19, 2006, Mokbel, said to be Australia's richest gangster, became Australia's most wanted man. What followed was an intense manhunt that lasted 18 months and dismantled a drug empire. A miraculous tip-off to the Australian police revealed that Mokbel was living in Athens, Greece under a false name and documents. But how do you find one man in a population of four million? FAT TONY & CO follows Mokbel from his early beginnings in Melbourne's underworld to his eventual discovery and arrest in a cafe in Athens.
You don't stop fighting just because you're home. FIGHTING SEASON is the story of a group of soldiers freshly returned from the war in Afghanistan, their families, and the unfolding mystery around their commander's death. It's about the bonds of mateship forged in war, of experiences so intense those 'back home' can't understand and a deadly secret these men will do anything to keep.
Inspired by extraordinary accounts from people who survived the catastrophic fire season of 2019/20, 'Fires' is a serialised anthology that weaves character studies based on true stories into a narrative about the biggest fires of this century, if not in history. Each episode is based around reports from ordinary people caught in the unimaginable and the impossible choices they were forced to make. From volunteer firefighters risking everything, to families who lost homes and loved ones; from people who had to make agonising decisions about whether to stay or flee, to those who found themselves responsible for the lives of friends and strangers - 'Fires; tells the story of how one summer changed us forever.
Lambs of God follows the journey of three Catholic nuns, Sisters Iphigenia, Margarita and Carla, who are the last remaining members of the enclosed order of St Agnes. They have forgotten the world outside until a young priest, Father Ignatius, pushes his way through the undergrowth in the hope of finding prime real estate. What unfolds is a psychological and frightening game of survival; a thrilling ride in which the nuns become criminals and Father Ignatius is forced to confront his own personal weaknesses.
As night falls two men face their mortality in a prison cell. Both of different ages and backgrounds. Both prisoners of the past and the pain of unresolved memories. Des and Ralph fear a future that may never come... For them life on the inside is a life only half lived - but only time will tell.
The film is about digging the dirt both literally and figuratively. The area around Little Lonsdale Street (known as 'Little Lon') was notorious for almost a century as Melbourne's red light district. It was also home to thousands of poor working people and to successive groups of migrants from many backgrounds. The film draws on a variety of archival images to illustrate the history of the site as well as contributions made by archaelogists, historians and volunteers working on the site.
Adapted from the award winning novel by Markus Zusak, Ed Kennedy's life is one of peaceful routine until playing cards inscribed with cryptic tasks start to arrive in the mail. Choosing to care, Ed makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains - who's behind Ed's mission?
A cop show without a cop, MY LIFE IS MURDER is a contemporary mystery of the week series with a complex, charismatic and compelling investigator who can't help fighting the good fight - whether it's solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of daily life.
Bendigo Goldfields, 1855 - The charismatic 'headman' of the White Hills Chinese mining camp suddenly finds himself struggling to maintain the fragile harmony between the Chinese and European diggers, and authorities, when a murdered European woman is discovered to have links with the Chinese community.
The gaoling of the 'Fairlea Five' was the first many Australians had heard of the 'Save Our Sons' movement - a group of women formed in the sixties to protest against the Vietnam War. This documentary is an attempt to understand the SOS movement in the light of current theoretical debates and politics.
The new series, UNDERBELLY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES, will focus on the clash between anti-marijuana crusader Don Mackay and the organised crime groups that controlled the Griffith-based dope trade in the 1970s and 1980s. Mackay was murdered in the car park of the Griffith Hotel on 15 July 1977. Though bloodstains and several spent .22 cartridge cases were found at the scene, Mackay's body was never found.
Chronicles the story of Victorian cop Colin McClaren, who infiltrated the local Calabrian mafia and risked his life daily.
Dramatising the 1998 murders of Victorian police officers Gary Silk and Rod Miller.
Recounts the incredible tale of British-Australian drug smuggler David McMillan, the only man ever to escape from Bangkok's Klong Prem prison — The Bangkok Hilton.
UNDERBELLY: BADNESS chronicles the spider web of criminality spun by Anthony Perish and the quest by a dedicated team of police to bring him and his associates to justice.
Spanning the years from 1915 to 1927, UNDERBELLY: SQUIZZY tells the epic story of Squizzy's relentless quest for power, ultimately creating a public persona that made him the first superstar gangster of the 20th Century.
UNDERBELLY: THE GOLDEN MILE is the story of the most famous mile in Australia - Kings Cross. The story of this playground where anything is available is the story of excess, the rise and fall of the empire and the chaos that followed. It is the story of the ultimate victory of strong and honest police…seen through the eyes of some of the most sexy, charming, corrupt and deadly people of the time.
An animated television series dealing with endangered animals. Each episode looks at one endangered animal. Series 1 comprises six 13 minute episodes, Series 2 eight five minute episodes.
An animated television series dealing with endangered animals. Each episode looks at one endangered animal.
Inspired by the story of King Kong, a lowland Gorilla who lived in Taronga Zoo in the 1960s. This episode examines the role of zoos, and the improvement in conditions for captive animals.
This episode of THE WEB shows how human greed and arrogance can be directly responsible for the extinction of a species. The rhinoceros of the Vdjong Kulon region of Java would be safe from extinction of it were not for the big game hunters who make the long term viability of the small population difficult.
WOLF CREEK tells the story of Eve, a 19 year old American college student, orphaned in outback Australia where her family is killed by a lone gunman. Her quest for justice transforms her from ingenue to road warrior. But how does she distinguish justice from revenge?
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