Australian Encounters

Australia: The Story of Us is an extraordinary journey through the people, places and events that have shaped Australia, from the first footprints on our continent to the present day. Astounding visual sequences, amazing CGI and dramatic re-enactments bring these stories to life and show how we came to be the country we are today.

The true story of the brutal World War II military campaign fought between Australia and Japan in the green hell of the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Told from both the Japanese and Australian perspectives the documentary also explores the impact of the decisions of high command on the soldiers at the front line.

First Australians is an Australian historical documentary series produced by Blackfella Films over the course of six years, and first aired in October 2008. The documentary is part of a greater project that further consists of a hard-cover book, a community outreach program and a substantial website featuring over 200 mini-documentaries. The series chronicles the history of contemporary Australia, from the perspective of its first people, or Aborigines. The series is essentially a synthesis of well documented historical information. It relies heavily on archival documents and interpretations from historians and members of both the Indigenous and European community and leaders. The story begins in 1788 in Sydney, with the arrival of the First Fleet and ends in 1993 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia. The series comprises seven episodes in which it explores what unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was confronted by the British Empire. It explores the lives of particular individuals and uses their stories as a vehicle to explain the larger situations of the time. It explains violent aspects of European settlement of Australia, such as killings, battles, wars, as well as acts of friendship and decency between the early European settlers and Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australian history has until recently been clouded by the "great Australian silence" where ignorance of the real history of Australia can be seen as a way for non-Indigenous to hide shame for their own history. In this respect it has been controversial in that many of these stories have not been portrayed on Australian television before and the Indigenous Australian perspective of European settlement is confrontational for many.

Bill Peach explains the stories of the great 18th and 19th century explorers of Australia, complete with full-cast re-enactments.

In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.

An Australian educational comedy television series based on the American series (and earlier web series) of the same name. In each episode, an inebriated celebrity struggles to recount a historical event, while actors reconstruct and enact the narrator's anecdotes while lip syncing the dialogue.

Bastard Boys is an Australian television miniseries broadcast on the ABC in 2007. It tells the story of the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute. The script, published by Currency Press, won the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Television Script.

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

Orega Fire, the young, Oreca-loving main character. One day a mysterious treasure chest that has the power to summon monsters into this realm appears. His name is none other than Pandora. As they encounter countless battles together, the friendship between Fire and his monsters grows. However, Fire and his monsters are soon involved in a battle with the Demon King Mus who threatens the peace and harmony of the Oreca world. A never before seen Oreca Battle is about to unfold!

In a mystical world of Japanese gods and spirits, a courageous girl strives to follow in her mysterious father's footsteps and find her true powers.

Follows powerful matriarchs of the animal kingdom, spotlighting the universality of motherhood and exploring what mothers of any species will do to protect their young.

Karla is a sweet and charming chicken the age of 8. Karla has the best intentions and wants everyone to have a good time... as long as it doesn't mean she has to sacrifice anything herself. Team Nuggets is about relations. With quirky animated humour we focus on the dilemmas our characters are facing as they try to navigate between friends and foes, parents, siblings and most of all themselves.

Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconscious and two substyles - dream imagery, with its juxtaposition of objects and settings, and "automatic drawing," eliciting unplanned images from the unconscious.

Mark Lizotte, aka 'Diesel', revisits some of Australia's most seminal rock and country music concerts and the stories behind them. Learn about each exceptional, unforgettable concert, and what made them so special.

Granted unparalleled access, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan takes viewers on an adventure behind the curtains of Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. Learn what inspired some of the most legendary filmmakers in Hollywood history, and follow their stories from their earliest personal films to bringing George Lucas’ vision to life.

The fun starts in a little girl's room. Imagination, exploring, singing and dancing! Join Reagan and her sidekick, Jay the blue bird as they go on exciting adventures that guarantee a positive character building lesson in each episode.

Rav Wilding is hunting down the scammers plaguing our lives. Working with ethical hackers to hack into the fraudsters' illegal call centres, Rav uses cutting-edge technology to monitor the scammers' phone calls in an effort to stop victims losing out to real-time scams.

A documentary about the largest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico oil and the impact on the residents produced by the National Resource Defense Counsel (NRDC) and StoryCorps.

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Never-before-told story of how rural detective Charles Henry used his spare time to hunt down and bring Malcolm Webster - a ruthless killer who targeted wealthy women - to justice.