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ABC Program Sales Worldwide offers a range of distinctive award-winning Factual programming to entertain, inform and educate audiences worldwide. From world class documentaries to science, natural history, education and current affairs, there is something to fill all your factual programming needs. Family Footsteps
SOCIETY Series 1: 4 x 60’ Series 2: 4 x 60’
Family Footsteps creates a sliding-doors experience for a group of diverse young people by returning them to their migrant parents’ homeland. Faced with challenges of living like a local, these intrepid explorers experience how their lives could have been today if fate had taken a different course. It is a journey of self discovery – as they explore their parents’ homeland, their connection between two countries is strengthened as they come to understand and appreciate more about their families, their culture and ultimately themselves.
DIRECTOR (SERIES 1) SEAN COUSINS, MALCOLM MCDONALD; (SERIES 2) SEAN COUSINS, KAY PAVLOU; PRODUCER (SERIES 1) TONY WRIGHT; PRODUCERS (SERIES 2) TARNI JAMES, TONY WRIGHT; ASSOCIATE PRODUCER (SERIES 1) SOPHIE MEYRICK; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEPHEN AMEZDROZ; DECEMBER FILMS PTY LTD
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The Snakebuster
WILDLIFE / ADVENTURE 26 x 27’
Bruce George is a man on a mission. Dressed in black, covered in tattoos, and riding a Harley Davidson, Bruce is The Snakebuster. When Bruce gets the call this rough tough Aussie bloke hits the road and races to the scene. It’s his job to remove highly venomous snakes from domestic situations. But for the Snakebuster, it’s often a question of saving the snake from the people rather than the people from the snake. While he may look tough Bruce has a soft spot for snakes – the deadlier the better! This is adventure television with serious bite!
Narrator/Presenter Bruce George; Writers/Directors Duncan Chard, Sam Smith, Rhian Skirving, Julia Redwood; Line Producer Andrea Quesnelle; Series Producer Sam Smith; Executive Producer for Discovery Networks Europe Leonie Hutchinson; Executive Producers Ed Punchard, Julia Redwood; Prospero Productions World rights excluding German Speaking Territories, SAARC, China and Taiwan
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All Points of the Compass SOCIETY / 1 x 55’ HISTORY While the Vietnam War raged, senior political leader Charles Tran Van Lam recorded his family’s domestic life on his Super 8 camera. As his sons dressed up in cowboy suits and his daughters pirouetted through ballet lessons, he held meetings with the most powerful political players in the world. But when Saigon fell in 1975, Tran Van Lam left his country with nothing – not even his citizenship. Told by his nine children from their now disparate locations around the globe, the Trans’ story is a unique window to an extraordinary era and an insight into an eastern diaspora, flung to all points of the compass.
WRITER/DIRECTOR JUDY RYMER; PRODUCERS BEVAN CHILDS, JUDY RYMER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC DAVID JOWSEY, BBC SCOTLAND EWAN ANGUS; RYMER BAYLY WATSON PTY LTD
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Navy Divers
REALITY 4 x 27’
Enter the highly competitive and dangerous underwater world and discover just what it takes to make it as a navy diver. Action-packed and highly charged, Navy Divers follows clearance diver trainees as they embark on the biggest challenge of their lives. Plunging to death defying depths, defusing live explosives and launching covert attacks behind enemy lines makes navy clearance diving one of the toughest jobs in the world. One mistake can mean the difference between life and death. This elite force demands complete physical and mental strength as they endure the navy’s hardest and most extreme training program. Compelling adventure television, Navy Divers is fascinating look of life at the front line of national defence.
Creators Ingrid Longley, John McCourt; Directors Steve Westh, Russell Vines; Producers Ed Punchard, Julia Redwood; Prospero Productions
7 Catalyst
SCIENCE 34 x 30’ ongoing magazine series
A multi-award winning magazine series that makes sense of our world. From medicine to the environment, the outer reaches of the universe to the innermost secrets of our own extraordinary bodies, the Catalyst team of science journalists investigate the “real world” implications, ethics and politics behind the “hot button” issues of today: climate change; nuclear-solar-wind-tidal-geothermal power; DNA and genome technology, medical miracles and the ongoing “mind- expanding discoveries” into the workings of the human brain. Every episode tells us something we didn’t know, takes us somewhere we’ve never been and introduces us to concepts that are beyond belief.
PRODUCERS BELINDA GIBBON, PAUL SCHNELLER, INGRID ARNOTT; PRODUCTION MANAGER ROBERT REYNOLDS; INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER ROBERT BRENNAN; SUPERVISING EP FACTUAL PETER MCEVOY; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NICK LEE; SERIES PRODUCER GREG SWANBOROUGH; ABC TV
Previous Catalyst series (8 x 30’) also available
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Catalyst Specials
The Science of Dating: The Times of Our Lives (Part 1) 1 x 26’ “How to Catch a Mate” 1 x 26’ In our youth-obsessed world, we put considerable effort Everybody wants it, but not all of us get it. So how do we go into hiding the ravages of time by wearing make-up, about becoming a sex magnet? In this episode, three human dyeing our hair, or even lying about our age, but the guinea pigs are put through their paces in the “lab of love”. reality is we are all getting older. Catalyst explores what We find out if pheromones (the smells of desire) can really turn happens inside our bodies as we age and discovers that on the partner of your dreams; whether fear is the ultimate it’s a mysterious process; even though the signs of age aphrodisiac; and whether the body often says what the lips are familiar, the jury is still out on why we age. Is it our would never dare to mention. There’s a lot of fun and a few livers, our genes or even too much oxygen that makes us anxious moments as we pull out all the stops in getting our old? Catalyst exposes the enigma of age, as some of the subjects the dates they so desperately desire. world’s cutting-edge scientists compete to explain it.
REPORTER DR PAUL WILLIS; PRODUCER JULIE MILLER; ABC TV REPORTER PAUL WILLIS; PRODUCER ILI BARÉ; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NICK LEE; ABC TV The Science of Business: The Times of Our Lives (Part 2) 1 x 26’ “How to Make It Big” 1 x 26’ Science meets hope in this episode of Catalyst, as some In today’s business world, climbing the corporate ladder is of the world’s leading minds take us on their race for the the name of the game. But what does it take to get to the ageing “cure”. Can we really stay young through diet, or top? Catalyst looks at the science of success in business is the way we age all in the mind? Science is chasing a and goes in search of the factors that make our corporate longevity pill – but should we be tampering with the cycle high flyers the winners they are. When it comes to being a of life and death? In this special on ageing, we’ll see how successful boss, emotional intelligence is more important close we are to living healthier, longer lives. We also ask than overall intelligence. Mapping arguments, defining whether the human brain and its ability to extend our life goals and being a rebel with a very good cause are all traits expectancy could achieve more than is good for us. Catalyst explores in the search for the secrets of success. REPORTER PAUL WILLIS; PRODUCER ILI BARÉ; REPORTER DR PAUL WILLIS; PRODUCER JULIE MILLER; ABC TV EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NICK LEE; ABC TV
10 To Catch a Liar 1 x 27’ Human Sub 1 x 25’ How good are you at spotting a lie? Sébastien Murat – “The Human Sub” – attempts to break the world record We’re told lies up to 100 times a day, for extreme human breath-holding diving. He can hold his breath for over yet research shows fewer than one in eight minutes and swim four laps of an Olympic swimming pool underwater 1,000 people can reliably detect lies. on a single breath. For the challenge Sébastien has developed a unique But science has declared war on strategy that he believes will circumvent the medical dangers. He will mimic deception, and To Catch a Liar crosses deep diving marine mammals by emptying his lungs of air before descending the world to put the latest lie detection to the extreme depths. His biggest obstacles are the life-threatening technology to the test. Witness an actual conditions such as shallow-water blackout and decompression illness. lie forming in the brain, visit the US REPORTER RICHARD SMITH; PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLAND; Department of Defence’s “Booth of Truth”, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SONYA PEMBERTON; ABC TV find out when lying is good for you and why we’re all so susceptible to liars. Dirty Little Secrets 1 x 26’ WRITERS LOUISE HEYWOOD, JONICA NEWBY; Is the air in our cities safe to breathe? New science about fine particle PRODUCER LOUISE HEYWOOD; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLAND; ABC TV pollution has a dire warning for public health. A storm of toxic dust and poison gases swirls through our streets and suburbs every day from Hypnosis 1 x 27’ our vehicle exhausts. The global epidemic of fine particle pollution is estimated to kill nearly a billion people each year. The toxic particles For hundreds of years hypnosis has been are so incredibly small they can slip straight through lung walls into associated with sideshows and magic, but our bloodstream. So small, are they beyond the reach of government now cutting edge science is discovering its agencies charged with protecting public health? benefits. Discover if hypnosis can extinguish pain with a woman who is about to undergo WRITER/CREATOR MARK HORSTMAN; PRODUCERS GREG SWANBOROUGH, MARK HORSTMAN, PAUL FAINT; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLAND; ABC TV abdominal surgery without an anaesthetic. Investigate the controversial practice of forensic hypnosis, following a case where Love Trap 1 x 25’ hypnosis helped put one of America’s We call it love. But the most exhilarating of human emotions is merely worst serial rapists behind bars. Find out nature’s way of keeping the human species alive and reproducing. what hypnosis can do for you; following Wielding an irresistible cocktail of chemical love potions, our body entices two people’s personal forays into hypnosis us into unwittingly playing the mating game. In this eye-opening journey as one tries to lose weight and the other into the world of 21st century dating, we’ll find that there’s a chemical overcome a crippling phobia. mating system for every stage of love – from lust, to romance, and ultimately to long-term commitment. We believe we’re choosing a partner. REPORTER PAUL WILLIS; WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER LOUISE HEYWOOD; SERIES PRODUCER PAUL GROCOTT; But we may merely be victims of nature’s Love Trap. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLAND; ABC TV PRODUCER IAN WATSON; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLAND; ABC TV
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Descent to Titan Planet of the Rings Voyage to the Sea 1 x 28’ 1 x 28’ of Mars 1 x 28’ This is the gripping story of the Huygens Girdled by its mighty rings, Saturn Planet Earth has launched an all out probe’s journey to Titan, Saturn’s is the most recognisable yet least scientific assault on Mars. On the enigmatic moon. The final phase of its understood of the planets. Seven years frontline, two NASA rovers began epic trip begins with a Christmas Day after leaving Earth, Cassini, the most crawling across the surface of Mars, separation from the Cassini spacecraft. sophisticated planetary explorer ever a planet once thought to be frozen For three weeks the probe closes in built, arrives at Saturn for a four-year and sterile. High above, Europe’s on Titan’s brooding orange cloud tops. orbital mission. The fate of the entire Mars Express gazed down from orbit Never before had anyone attempted US$3.5 billion expedition depends upon with a roving eye and an arsenal of to land a spacecraft on such a distant Mission Control being able to thread high tech detectors. All three were world and the tension mounts as the an unmanned spacecraft, travelling at scouting for evidence of one simple final dramatic moments of Huygens’ 80,000 kilometres per hour, through a earthly ingredient – water. Find proof descent begins. Would the probe’s data gap in the rings of Saturn, without hitting that water had once flowed across and images reveal Titan’s many secrets? even a speck of debris. Failure would be the dusty Red Planet, and the hunt Would there be a signal at all? absolute. Success, an historic moment for Martians – dead or alive – could in the annals of space exploration. begin in earnest. WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ REPORTER DR RICHARD SMITH; WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ SERIES PRODUCER PAUL GROCOTT; REPORTER DR RICHARD SMITH; REPORTER DR RICHARD SMITH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLANd; SERIES PRODUCER PAUL GROCOTT; SERIES PRODUCER PAUL GROCOTT; ABC TV EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLANd; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLANd; ABC TV ABC TV
12 Our Earth The Sun SCIENCE 7 x 15’ SCIENCE 1 x 52’ Geology as a science is recent, beginning Five billion years ago in a swirl of gas in the 18th century, but its heritage is and dust the Sun was born. In another ancient. Rocks, and the materials that five billion years it will flicker and die, its they contain are incredibly important to remains consigned to interstellar space. us all. With the more recent discoveries in It is only now when the Sun is reaching space, we have begun to understand just middle age that we are able to reach out how unique and isolated we are. Our Earth and understand the star that created us. introduces earth science to students and The Sun is the story of the remarkable new looks at: the science of geology; fossils; science that allows us to see this amazing the Earth’s molten core; tectonic forces; star as it really is. the impact of the sun, wind and water, PRODUCERS GEOFFREY BURCHFIELD, RICHARD CAMPBELL; and the composition of rocks. For children EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOANNE FINLAY aged 10-14 years.
WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DICK BEILBY
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Crude SCIENCE / 1 x 90’ ENVIRONMENT Crude – the incredible journey of oil. Where does it come from? When will it run out? Where is it driving us? This extraordinary documentary travels through time: from the birth of oil deep in the dinosaur-inhabited past, to its ascendancy as the indispensable ingredient of modern life. Now, as we crest the peak of production, Crude reveals a disturbing irony: the latest scientific evidence suggests that our headlong rush to exploit the remaining reserves will lead us down a dangerous road to the future. A road the planet has travelled before…
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DR RICHARD SMITH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SONYA PEMBERTON; abc tv DLT DVD RIGHTS ONLY WORLD TELEVISION distribution RIGHTS: AETN international
“Simply marvellous…tremendously important…if you want to understand climate change this is must watch TV” DR TIM FLANNERY – palaeontologist, Australian of the Year (2007) and author of The Weather Makers “A thoughtful, surprising and really important film” DR DAVID SUZUKI – author and presenter of The Nature of Things, CBC Canada
A multi-award winning documentary
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Outback House is an incredible journey in the successful genre of living history. This is an adventure of a lifetime for a group of intrepid Australians who travel back in time to spend three months running a remote 19th century sheep station exactly as their forebears did in 1861. Using only the tools of the time, these modern day pioneers cope with the dust, the heat and the isolation of a world without running water, electricity and technology. Outback House is compelling drama that is rich in its story-telling, lavish in its production values, absorbing and engaging in its characters. This is a series not to be missed.
SERIES PRODUCER ANDREW SAW; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IVO BURUM; ABC TV
“...impeccable...a vibrant history lesson about how life used to be.” The West Australian “...real drama with real feeling...it’s magic.” The Daily Telegraph
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HISTORY / Peking to Paris ADVENTURE 4 x 57’
Capturing all the drama and the excitement, Peking to Paris is an extraordinary series re-creating one of the world’s greatest overland adventures – the magnificent Peking to Paris Car Race of 1907. In a challenge to test man and machine, the original cars follow the original route, 14,000 kilometres through China, Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, Siberia and Russia to end under the Eiffel Tower. As our unscripted modern-day drama unfolds, a wealth of archival material tells the story of the original contestants and the tumultuous events of that golden era, when anything was possible and any adventure within reach. This is factual entertainment at its best.
WRITER/PRODUCER PETER GEORGE; DIRECTORS/CAMERA OPERATORS PAUL COSTELLO, BRUCE PERMEZEL; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TIM CLARK; IMAGE: MICK MATHESON
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Body Harvest SOCIETY / SCIENCE 1 x 53’
There has never been a better time to be a cadaver. Skin and bone from the dead are part of a new resources boom. Told through the journey of a fictional cadaver, Body Harvest takes an unflinching look at the human tissue trade, its commercialisation and the future of the supply chain. This timely, stylish and audacious film is at times shocking, sometimes sad, but as compelling as it is unusual. In the end, it’s a film to make you think long and hard about the curious transactions humans make with each other over the recycling of the dead.
NARRATOR BRENDAN COWELL; WRITER/DIRECTOR IAN WALKER; PRODUCER VICKIE GEST; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SUSAN MACKINNON; VIZPOETS The Sounds of Aus SOCIETY 1 x 55’
When Australians open their mouths, there’s no mistaking what country they’re from. Told through an array of illuminating interviews with linguists, historians, social and political commentators, comedians, actors, and plenty of opinionated people with genuinely hilarious anecdotes, The Sounds of Aus is a humorous, informative and uplifting documentary that tells the story of the Aussie accent. The documentary examines the evolution of the accent, how the broad “ocker” accent came about, and examines the impact of the cultural cringe by looking at how, for much of the last century, many Australians aspired to sound “cultivated” to emulate the British “educated” classes.
PRESENTER JOHN CLARKE; WRITER/RESEARCHER/ASSOCIATE PRODUCER LAWRIE ZION; DIRECTOR DAVID SWANN; PRODUCER YAEL BERGMAN; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRINCESS PICTURES LAURA WATERS; PRINCESS PICTURES
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SOCIETY 1 x 76’
Seventy million Americans are born-again Christians. They make up 40% of George W. Bush’s vote. In return for their ballots they expect a powerful voice at the political table, with input on foreign and domestic policy. In an attempt to understand the vision and agenda of these believers, Australia’s most awarded interviewer, Andrew Denton, visits the 63rd National Religious Broadcasters’ Convention in Dallas, Texas. Wading deep into this hot-house of conservative zeal, he delivers a new perspective on America’s faithful, documenting their personal journeys to the light of faith and, in some cases, the darkness of fundamentalism.
WRITERS ANDREW DENTON, JON CASIMIR; PRODUCER JON CASIMIR; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ANITA JACOBY, ANDREW DENTON; PRESENTER ANDREW DENTON; ABC; ZAPRUDER’S OTHER FILMS
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Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica 1 x 76’ & 1 x 85’ HD
© FILM AUSTRALIA 2007 www.fi lmaust.com.au Film Australia
ABC Commercial proudly represents the renowned Film Australia catalogue internationally. Film Australia is one of the leading producers of television documentaries in Australia, with hundreds of hours of distinctive, high-quality programs. Engaging, entertaining, intelligent, insightful – these award-winning programs cover an extraordinary range of subjects. Program highlights include Unfolding Florence – The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst, Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica and Captain Cook – Obsession and Discovery.
Captain Cook – Obsession and Discovery 4 x 55’ HD U nfolding Florence – The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst 1 x 82’ The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan BIOGRAPHY 1 x 55’ or 1 x 88’
This is the definitive story of the man dubbed The Godfather of Modern Comedy. For the first time, his fractured family have agreed to open the archives and reveal the real Spike Milligan: visionary; comic; writer; father; husband; adulterer; knight of the realm; and the most famous manic depressive in England. Featuring commentary from a cast of Milligan’s, including a brother, three daughters and one ex-wife, plus Joanna Lumley, Michael Palin and Eric Sykes, this intimate portrait is both an essay on the thin line between mastery and madness and a loving tribute to one of the most fondly remembered artists of the 20th century.
WRITER/DIRECTOR CATHY HENKEL; PRODUCERS JEFF CANIN, CATHY HENKEL; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC DASHA ROSS; HATCHLING PRODUCTIONS ONLINE CONTENT
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DIRECTOR MICHAEL CORDELL; PRODUCER IAN COLLIE; A HILTON CORDELL PRODUCTION
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The Shadow of Mary Poppins BIOGRAPHY 1 x 55’ Pamela Travers was the creator of the universally-loved fictional character, Mary Poppins. Yet the whimsical fantasies of the sugar and spice nanny bore no resemblance to Pamela’s real life childhood. Her mother was suicidal and needy; her father, a rogue and an alcoholic, died when she was seven. Pamela’s imagination was her only refuge, a means of survival. Always a contradictory person she wrote ten other works of fiction and hundreds of poems, articles and essays, but it was her fiction of a happy childhood that cast the greatest shadow in her life.
WRITER/DIRECTOR LISA MATTHEWS; PRODUCER IAN COLLIE; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHRIS HILTON; A HILTON CORDELL PRODUCTION
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From a rehearsal room in Sydney through to opening night in New York, a company of actors reveals the magic and struggle of creating theatre. An ensemble of some of the world’s finest actors, including Cate Blanchett Babel( , The Aviator) and Hugo Weaving (The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix), prepare to perform the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Hedda Gabler at the prestigious Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. With opening night just five weeks away, the pressure is on. In raw and intimate detail the documentary goes behind the curtains to observe the actors immersed in the creative process, revealing that presenting a seemingly effortless performance is a complex, detailed, technical and exhaustive process.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER IAN DARLING; EDITOR SALLY FRYER; LINE PRODUCER ISABEL PEREZ; CONSULTING PRODUCER SUSAN MACKINNON; SHARK ISLAND PRODUCTIONS
30 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 31 The Show Writers on Writing ARTS 6 x 27’ ARTS 11 x 26’’ It’ll be right on the night! That’s what all theatre folk say but The art of creative writing, writing for the stage and music when your lead actors are angst-ridden university students composition are explored in this series. Divided into three with dreams of stardom, your dancers are local amateurs, parts – Writers, Playwrights and Young Composers – it and your costumes are being made by the town’s sewing features many well-known and newer scribes, as they share circle, A Midsummer Night’s Dream could well become their wisdom and experiences. There are interviews with a nightmare! This delightful series explores the individual Vikram Seth (A Suitable Boy), Nick Enright (Lorenzo’s Oil), dreams of the cast and crew and the hopes of a rural town Thomas Keneally (Schindler’s List), A. Scott Berg (Lindbergh), staging one of its most daring theatrical productions. Richard Ford (Independence Day), Edvard Radzinsky (Nicholas ll, The Last Tsar) and Fay Weldon (Godless in Eden). DIRECTOR/CAMERA ANTHONY MULLINS; PRODUCER GABRIELLE JONES NO M&E PRODUCER JIM ROBERTS NO M&E
32 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Moulin Rouge Girls REALITY 4 x 27’ Every year young girls follow their dream of joining the world’s most famous chorus line, in the world’s most romantic city. Colourful, exotic and character driven, Moulin Rouge Girls is an unguarded glimpse into six extraordinary young lives. Behind the make-up, beneath the glamour, it’s when the girls are under pressure that we discover just how funny, touching and courageous they are.
WRITER/CREATOR/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER MARK GOULD; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DASHA ROSS; MARK GOULD PRODUCTIONS/ABC CO PRODUCTION DLT
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In the Compound – The Last Days of Yasser Arafat BIOGRAPHY 1 x 55’ In October 2004, Sherine Salama filmed the last interview ever given by the then Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat. A month later he was dead. The interview was the culmination of over a year’s filming in the besieged President’s compound. In the Compound – The Last Days of Yasser Arafat, tells the final chapter in the story of one of the most controversial public figures of our time. Intimate and insightful, it captures the turmoil and uncertainty of great historic events as they unfold.
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER SHERINE SALAMA; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC DAVID JOWSEY; HABIBI FILMS NO M&E
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Raul Castells was born in the city of Rosario, birthplace of the legendary Che Guevara. He is a walking, talking force of nature. He fights the Government. He fights big business. He invades buildings and occupies casinos. And he has good reason. The average Argentinean does not have a job, a roof over their head or any means to provide for their family. There are currently 20 million people below the poverty line. With intimate and often dangerously close access, Raul, the Terrible is a warts-and-all portrait of a man driven to change the world and a frightening insight into the politics of poverty.
WRITER CARLOS ALPERIN; DIRECTOR DAVID BRADBURY; PRODUCER CARLOS ALPERIN; EDITOR STEWART YOUNG; LILITA PRODUCTIONS
Winner: 2006 AFI Award for Best Direction in a Documentary David Bradbury Winner: 2006 AFI Award for Best Editing in a Documentary Stuart Young
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Frank Hurley – The Man Who Made History HISTORY 1 x 53’ Frank Hurley captured the first images of Antarctic heroes, World Wars, phenomenal landscapes and mysterious natives in far away jungles, seizing the imagination of all who saw them. He made myths of them all, then set about creating a mythical persona for himself as “Captain Hurley”, fearless explorer, master story-teller and creator of some of the most enduring and extraordinary images of the twentieth century.
WRITERS/CREATORS SIMON NASHT, ANNA CATER; DIRECTOR SIMON NASHT; PRODUCER ANNA CATER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEFAN MOORE; REAL PICTURES PTY LTD; CO-PRODUCERS BBC, AVRO, NDR, HISTORY TELEVISION (CANADA) The Navigators Voyage of The Nautilus HISTORY 1 x 55’ HISTORY 1 x 52’ 200 years ago Englishman, Matthew Actor Sam Neill narrates Sir Hubert Flinders, and Frenchman, Nicholas Baudin, Wilkins’ amazing and tragic journey to the sailed around the coast of Australia. North Pole in 1931 in a rusty World War 1 A strange new world lay before them submarine. The Nautilus expedition was – alien landscapes, bizarre animals, exotic a triumph of imagination and courage, peoples. The Navigators is the remarkable decades ahead of its time, but ended in story tracing the journey of these two men mutiny and personal tragedy for Wilkins. – caught in perhaps the greatest ocean race Stunning archival material is woven together the world has ever seen and who unveil the with footage from the North Pole, Norway, continent of Australia to European eyes. under the Arctic ice and outback Australia. They set out to conquer the unknown, but It’s a remarkable story that’s never been in the end, find it has conquered them. told, of a mystery finally solved.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER KLAUS TOFT; WRITERS/DIRECTORS SIMON NASHT, TROND ELIASEN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR World rights excluding France
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 37 Singer – A Dangerous Mind SOCIETY 1 x 55’ The New York Times calls him “the most dangerous man in the world”. The New Yorker magazine calls him “the most influential living philosopher”. To say Dr. Peter Singer polarises opinion is an understatement. At a time when medical science can prolong some lives indefinitely, his radical pronouncements on animal rights, abortion and infanticide have seen Singer labelled both a visionary and a Nazi sympathiser. Now you can decide for yourself as we travel with Dr. Singer from the United States to Austria, England, India and Australia – coming face to face with those very same critics who have branded him a danger to humankind.
WRITERS/CREATORS MARGIE BRYANT, DAVID ROACH; DIRECTOR TERRY CARLYON; PRODUCER MARGIE BRYANT; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC STEFAN MOORE, BBC MICHAEL POOLE, SERENDIPITY PRODUCTIONS MARGIE BRYANT; A SERENDIPITY PRODUCTION
38 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] The Big Lie SOCIETY 1 x 52’ When the hired guns of British American Tobacco came to Australia to appeal a decision in favour of a terminally-ill wife and mother, they didn’t stop once they had the award overturned. They then set out to pursue the family of Rolah McCabe in order to cover their own legal costs in the case. Combining tense legal action with the highly-charged emotional fallout that is the legacy of those who put themselves in the sights of Big Tobacco, The Big Lie is an eloquent essay in deceit and corporate thuggery and world-class documentary filmmaking at its very best.
WRITERS TERRY CARLYON, WILLIAM BIRNBAUER; DIRECTOR TERRY CARLYON; PRODUCERS TERRY CARLYON, WILLIAM BIRNBAUER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SBS NED LANDER; CARLYON-MILLER PRODUCTIONS
39 Deadly Enemies SOCIETY / 1 x 51’ SCIENCE After years of denial, both sides of the Cold War divide have finally revealed the dirty and secretive history of their biological programs. From early attempts to weaponise bacteria, to the creation of superbugs, they engaged in a race to manipulate micro-scopic life for the purpose of killing. Featuring the last-known interview with weapons inspector, Dr. David Kelly, Deadly Enemies documents the chilling details direct from the American and former Soviet scientists charged with developing and building biological weapons. Utilising remarkable archival footage, it paints a picture of how science and politics colluded to play a potentially catastrophic game of one-upmanship.
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER SUSAN LAMBERT; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS STEFAN MOORE, DARYL KARP; AN ABC TV PRODUCTION World rights excluding USA
40 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Landmines – A Love Story SOCIETY 1 x 55’ or 1 x 75’ Shah and Habiba are “flowers from the same garden” – both victims of the many land mines left behind in Afghanistan. While Shah tries to find work as a cobbler, Habiba is reduced to begging for charity on the streets of Kabul to feed their three children. Following Habiba’s progress is the unflinching camera of award- winning filmmaker, Dennis O’Rourke. From the war-ravaged streets to the classrooms where the lesson is how to identify land mines and cluster bombs, this is a remarkable personal story of a mother’s love in the face of one of the world’s most dangerous and indiscriminate weapons.
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DENNIS O’ROURKE; CAMERAWORK PTY LTD
41 Homemade History SOCIETY 13 x 5’ Every day in the homes, backyards and workplaces of ordinary people, hundreds of personal stories unfold. In Homemade History, 13 of these stories have been captured by amateur cinematographers on 8mm and 16mm cameras. These slices of everyday life span the 1930s to the 1980s and are a fascinating glimpse into a private record of how we once lived.
CREATOR/DIRECTOR ROBERT HERBERT; PRODUCER SOPHIE JACKSON; EDITOR NICK MEYERS; ARCADIA PICTURES PTY LTD The Murdochs BIOGRAPHY 1 x 55’’
From a small, provincial Australian newspaper, he has created a global information empire, News Corporation, and is one of the most powerful men on Earth. So what makes Rupert Murdoch tick? Unique and exclusive access to members of the Murdoch family across three generations sees them share their candid views on the man and the family. Supported by intimate home footage, they take us into the heart of a family like no other.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER TIM CLARK; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JANET BELL
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Hoover’s Gold HISTORY 1 x 52’ By the late 1890s, Western Australia’s goldfields were a lure for ambitious young men from all parts of the globe. One adventurer was a 23-year-old American, Herbert Hoover, the future 31st American President. Hoover helped pioneer one of the richest gold mines in Australian history – the Sons of Gwalia mine. Intent on minimising costs and maximising profits, Hoover engaged Italian miners on contract. But in 1934, long after he had left the scene, ever-simmering anti-foreigner sentiment reached boiling point, culminating in one of the worst riots in Australian history. Recreated scenes and personal stories bring to life this tale of triumph and tragedy, ambition and shattered dreams.
WRITERS BARRY STRICKLAND, FRANCO DI CHIERA; DIRECTOR FRANCO DI CHIERA; PRODUCER MARIAN BARTSCH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SBS JENNIFER CRONE; MAGO FILMS DLT BUSINESS Going Public Eight Days 4 x 30’ a Week 10 x 27’
The owners of seven Apple computer Eight Days a Week enters the world dealerships meet and hatch a plan. of people and their small businesses Instead of cutting each other’s throats, to follow their challenges, their they’ll merge their corner stores and successes and failures, their triumphs prepare their newly formed $200 million and traumas. Each episode introduces dollar corporation for the stock market. a new small business and its owners, Come float time, they’ll make more and explores the specific challenge money than they’d dreamt possible. that is most threatening their ability to This fly-on-the-wall series goes behind survive. Over the course of a number the scenes to see the power struggles, of months, two businesses are secret agendas and simmering tracked progressively and the effects tensions that threaten to wreck the of changes made in their business deal. It’s an extraordinary story, with practices as a result of the intervention ordinary people as the stars. of a mentor, become clear.
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER NIGEL TRAILL; WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JAMES ROBERTS; CO-PRODUCER MARGIE BRYANT; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BARRY MITCHELL; A PUZZLE MEDIA PRODUCTION AN ABC PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TRAINING AUTHORITY
44 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Yen for a Dollar BUSINESS 4 x 30’ Yen for a Dollar explores the culture, work and family relationships of 12 very different Asian people, whose businesses include fashion, funds management, construction and human resources. It’s all part of understanding how the different cultures of Asia have shaped how they do business, and how they relate to other parts of Asia and the West. With business as the prism through which we view the region, Yen for a Dollar offers a fascinating insight into the world of Asia, its differences and its similarities.
ORIGINATOR/DIRECTOR/CO-PRODUCER PRIA VISWALINGAM; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DASHA ROSS; SERIES PRODUCER WILL DAVIES; A LOOK TELEVISION AND AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION PRODUCTION; No M&E
45 Passion and Fury – The Man Who The Emotional Brain Saved a Million Brains SCIENCE 4 x 52’ SCIENCE 1 x 26’’ A groundbreaking exploration into the origins and science The Man Who Saved a Million Brains follows the work of of our four primal instincts – fear, anger, happiness and Professor Cres Eastman, a world-renowned endocrinologist. love. These misunderstood emotions, generated in our For the past twenty years, he and his team have been brains and fueled by our internal drug factories, can drive fighting Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) throughout China, us to the brink of madness and obsession, or take us to and most recently, in the remotest part of Tibet. IDD is the heights of ecstasy and euphoria. For the first time, the most common preventable cause of brain damage delve into the chemistry and follow the neural pathways in the world today, resulting in varying degrees of mental that deliver the sensations that define our lives. and physical retardation. Globally 2.2 billion people live in areas with some measure of iodine deficiency. And SERIES PRODUCER ABC IAN CUMING; SUPERVISING PRODUCER CBC MICHAEL BENNET; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC STEFAN MOORE, CBC the cure? A simple pinch of iodised salt! So why is this MICHAEL ALLDER; CO-PRODUCERS AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING ancient condition showing up now in Australia? CORPORATION, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH DISCOVERY NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL WRITERS KATE RIEDL, KARRYN DE CINQUE; DIRECTOR/PRODUCER KATE RIEDL; World rights excluding the Americas, Eastern Europe, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLAND; DRAGONET FILMS FOR limited Asia AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
46 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Designers In the Mind of BUSINESS 10 x 15’ the Architect BUSINESS If you ever wondered what it takes to see an idea through 3 x 55’ from conception to completion, this is the series for you. No dry academics – just real designers with real projects, In the Mind of the Architect is a stylish exploration into making things. Wooden benches, websites, cars, ice creams. the eclectic world of architects and their cutting edge It’s about collaborating and nurturing and visualising and it’s creations. Concentrating on the views and motivations of all designed to get you excited. About design. several award-winning architects and a selection of their
WRITERS/PRODUCERS PAUL SCHNELLER, RICHARD CORFIELD; most challenging and remarkable projects, this series SERIES PRODUCER PAUL SCHNELLER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ALISON WESTON; sets out to explain the process we call architecture – its AN ABC EDUCATION TELEVISION PRODUCTION philosophy and its essential relationships with people.
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Alien Underworld: Secrets of the Nanobes SCIENCE 1 x 55’ In 1998, mysterious “organisms” were found in petroleum drilling samples. These tiny entities survived for millions of years in solid rock, two kilometres deeper into the Earth’s crust than any recorded life. When exposed to oxygen and nutrients, they grow, reproduce, organise to form colonies and contain the master molecules of life – DNA. Their ability to survive extremes of radiation, temperature and pressure, make them perfect space travellers and are the most convincing evidence yet of an extraterrestrial life form.
WRITER/DIRECTOR SONYA PEMBERTON; PRODUCER KARENA SLANINKA; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DARYL KARP; A TATTOOED MEDIA PRODUCTION
48 Genius of Junk Sudden Death SCIENCE 1 x 30’ SCIENCE 1 x 51’ It’s been called “the biggest mistake in the history of A chance meeting with a family who’d suffered a double molecular biology” – the dismissal of the majority of DNA tragedy led an award-winning medical scientist, Dr. as mere junk because it appeared to have no function. Michael Denborough, to discover Malignant Hyperthermia But an Australian scientist, Dr. Malcolm Simons, had (MH), a rare genetic disorder that kills randomly and a remarkable insight that opened the door to this vast suddenly. People who unknowingly have this disorder untapped realm, which led to the controversial patenting lead perfectly healthy lives until the condition is triggered, of the use of 95% of the DNA of every species on earth. usually by anaesthetics. Dr. Denborough has dedicated But just as the world embraces the power of junk DNA his life to fully understanding MH. He has proved that it to predict, diagnose and fight disease, Dr. Simons’s own can be triggered by exercise and excessive heat, and he life hangs in the balance. He has Multiple Myeloma, an raises the possibility that it may also unlock the riddle of incurable cancer, formed in the very DNA he spent 16 SIDS and other, as yet unexplained, causes of death. years exploring. PRODUCER DEE CAMERON; DIRECTOR TERRY CARLYON; WRITER WILLIAM BIRNBAUER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC STEFAN MOORE; WRITER/DIRECTOR SONYA PEMBERTON; PRODUCER IAN CUMING; THE DEE CAMERON COMPANY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC STEFAN MOORE
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 49 Chopper Rescue REALITY 4 x 30’ From the ocean to outback, these helicopter rescue crews are saving lives and facing near death challenges everyday. Consisting of a pilot, air crew officer, rescue crew officer, paramedic and emergency doctor, the crews are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The very real excitement and extraordinary action unfolds in front of the camera – the result is a unique and powerful look at human drama and compassion at its most natural and intense.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JAN CATTONI; SERIES PRODUCERS MARK CHAPMAN, ANDREW SAW; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MARK CHAPMAN, RUTH BERRY; BIG ISLAND PICTURES
50 Baseclimb 2 – Global Boarders Defying Gravity ADVENTURE 1 x 48’ ADVENTURE 1 x 55’ Spend six months on the road with Emily Thomas, currently Australia’s most Glenn Singleman set a world record when successful freestyle snowboarder, as she he leaped off The Great Trango Tower in migrates north to tackle the gruelling, Pakistan. His next goal was Ama Dablam, exhilarating and occasionally painful a spectacular mountain, 6828 metres high. Professional Snowboard Circuit. Featuring Then his wife challenged him to take her spellbinding footage and plenty of Xtreme with him. Heather Swan is an active mother manoeuvres from some of the most and business woman, but she has never famous mountain resorts in the Northern parachuted, BASEjumped or climbed any Hemisphere, Global Boarders takes a mountain. She must overcome fear and rarely-seen inside view of this young, self-doubt, as well as avalanche dangers dynamic and incredibly photogenic sport. and a near-fatal bungy-jumping accident. WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER SIMON THOMAS; ON THE BASEclimb 2 – Defying Gravity is an SIDE PRODUCTIONS FOR FOREFRONT MARKETING adventure, a love story and a drama with a cliff-hanger finale that’s beyond imagination. This is white knuckle television at its very best.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER GLENN SINGLEMAN; CO-PRODUCER HEATHER SWAN; A SUMMIT GROUP PRODUCTION
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The Flying Vet Australia’s Flying Nurses Real Life Water 1 x 60’ or 6 x 30’’ Doctors 5 x 30’ 4 x 30’ Rats 4 x 30’ Never Never is 500,000 The job description: service Nurses was filmed by four The unspoiled seas off kilometres of real Australian 200,000 isolated patients nurses and their friends Tasmania’s coast offer up outback – a wilderness of over 12 million square in an attempt to capture a rich bounty capable of desert, jungle and coastline. kilometres of the Australian the real-life drama of their enticing serious criminal And it’s also home to Peter outback; treat patients on profession from a different activity. The waterways and Trembath, the only vet remote sheep stations; perspective – their own. It wilderness areas also attract in the area. Peter taught operate with improvised looks at life working in the a record number of holiday- himself to fly so he could equipment; and go into an trauma ward, oncology unit, makers and adventurers. meet the people and treat emergency dive to stabilise the operating theatre and But such spectacular beauty the myriad of animals in the a critical patient. The job: a the homeless psychiatric belies the dangers of this outback. Now Peter, The doctor in the Royal Flying ward. It provides a rare unpredictable body of water. Flying Vet, spends his time Doctor Service. Australia’s glimpse into a world more It takes a special brand of crisscrossing landscapes Flying Doctors gets up close usually seen through the bravery to operate in the and covering enormous and personal with remote- patient’s eyes and it reveals huge seas of Australia’s Bass distances as he runs what living patients and the each nurse as an unsung Strait and for the Tasmanian must be one of the most doctors, nurses and pilots of hero with a strong and Police Marine & Rescue unusual and interesting the internationally renowned valuable story to tell. Squads, high speed boat practices in the world. Royal Flying Doctor Service. chases and breathtaking DIRECTOR HELEN GAYNOR; DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IVO BURUM; chopper flights are daily WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER BRIAN NICHOLLS, JACK KING; No M&E SIMON TARGET; EXECUTIVE events. Heart-stopping EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRODUCER GEOFF BARNES CHRIS MCCULLOUGH rescues, stake-outs at sea, life or death situations – it’s all 100% unrehearsed, real life water police action.
WRITERS/CREATORS/DIRECTORS STEPHEN THOMAS, VARCHA SIDWELL; PRODUCERS KATH SYMMONS, CRAIG DOW SAINTER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC DASHA ROSS; ROAR FILM
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Airforce The Gatekeepers Police Training The Academy 5 x 30’ 1 x 60’ Academy 4 x 30’ 5 x 30’ Preparedness of people From gun running to petrol Police Training Academy Troubled by reports and the technology of scams, from rare bird theft follows a group of new of sexual abuse, the weapons become crucial to illegal fishing, from tax recruits who think they’ve Australian Defence Force in times of conflict. And in evasion to drug smuggling, got what it takes to make Academy promised a new the future, with unmanned the Australian Customs it in the tough world of law way of life for recruits. For aircraft, laser weapons Service covers a huge enforcement. There are the first time, a film crew and cyber wars, backing area, both geographically many lessons to learn and was allowed on campus the right technology is and in the range of its they come thick and fast. to look at the changed a gamble no air force activities. From the tip Some will face pressures and real-life experience can afford to get wrong. of Cape York to the from within the course, of the cadets. They saw a Airforce looks at the most southern coast of while for others events in world where the rules are technology utilised by the Tasmania, the 4,000-strong their personal lives will also different, where everything Australian Air Force now workforce is constantly have an impact. It takes 26 you do is regulated, where and its plans for the future. monitoring the movements weeks of intense training fitness and obedience are It also looks at its people, of the nation and now, to make a cop. Not all the requirements, not requests, the effects of flying on their using up to the minute recruits will make it through and discipline is key. It’s an minds and bodies and actuality and dramatic re- to graduation, but for those intense look at Australia’s how aviation medicine is enactments, we join them who do, it’s the start of a premier defence training pushing endurance limits. on the job. policing career somewhere ground and university. in Western Australia – at 2.5 PRODUCERS PAUL SCHNELLER, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JACK KING; DIRECTOR/PRODUCER ASHLEY SMITH; EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER million square kilometres, SIMON TARGET PRODUCER RICHARD CAMPBELL GEOFFREY BARNES the biggest policing jurisdiction in the world.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DAVID DE VOS; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JOHN MCLEAN, DASHA ROSS NO M&E
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BIOGRAPHY / SOCIETY SOCIETY SOCIETY 1 x 55’ 1 x 55’ 1 x 30’
Jimmy Little’s Gentle Journey For 10 years, Oil Search Even in times of war there has traces the extraordinary life operated a power plant on an to be limits. But sometimes and times of this popular and isolated outpost in New Guinea. all boundaries are crossed inspirational Aboriginal entertainer Relationships were always good and crimes of war are and activist. From a tragic with their business partners, committed. These constitute childhood to star of the Australian the Huli tribe, who’d lived there crimes against humanity. popular music scene, Jimmy Little for centuries. Until one morning Unearthing Evil is a confronting has proven to be both a survivor when their community relations program that explores the and a pioneer. Archival footage, officer, and Huli tribesman, is the work of archaeologist Richard anecdotes and interviews with victim of a savage knife attack. Wright, who led the teams his contemporaries shed light Suddenly the company is in that evacuated mass graves on the social and political issues the middle of a violent cycle of in the Ukraine and Bosnia. of the last 65 years in Australia. tribal revenge and payback and The evidence was used It is a deeply moving journey award-winning filmmaker, Steven to reconstruct the chilling that defines and transcends Salgo, was on the spot to film events that took place and to the story of contemporary the crisis. support the prosecution of the Aboriginal expression. perpetrators. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR STEVEN SALGO STARRING JIMMY LITTLE; WRITER/ PRODUCER PAUL SCHNELLER; EXECUTIVE CREATOR/DIRECTOR SEAN KENNEDY; PRODUCER RICHARD CAMPBELL PRODUCER FRANK HAINES; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC DAVID JOWSEY; AN INDIGO FILMS PRODUCTION
54 Afrika: Capetown Thapelo: End of Black to Cairo A Prayer for Africa the Game Soldier Blues HISTORY / SOCIETY 4 x 25’ SOCIETY 1 x 55’ SOCIETY 1 x 26’ SOCIETY 1 x 52’
A refugee from Today, South Africa is in Kenny is a fifth generation During WW2 under the Zimbabwe’s guerilla war the grip of a number of hunter and bushman who White Australia Policy, Black of independence, young epidemics. One in two got his first gun at five. His American GIs sent to fight in filmmaker Michael Davie children will die of AIDS, one home in Tasmania, just off the Pacific were forbidden returns to his homeland in two women will be raped, the mainland of Australia’s to be stationed on Australian to capture the lives and and the country has the south, is adorned with the shores. But as the war in dreams of African youth world’s worst homicide rate evidence of his skills. But the Pacific escalated it was on film. Armed only with – 20,000 every year. Against shocked by his daughter’s reluctantly decided to let a video camera and a the backdrop of these embarrassment at the many African American personnel rucksack, he travels 8,500 appalling statistics, Thapelo trophy heads displayed on in; as long as they were kilometres from Capetown tells the story of the spirit of his walls, Kenny vows to separated from the rest of to Cairo, through some of its people. Against all odds, give up his sport. The End the population. Subsequently Africa’s most volatile and including a Government in of the Game is about his the Black GIs were stationed spectacular territories, denial and drug companies last hunt – the one last kill into strict segregated zones, in this high energy, travel only interested in profits, before he gives it all up. where they were subjected adventure. there are those who work to inferior conditions, harsh DIRECTOR/PRODUCER tirelessly to support sufferers STEPHEN THOMAS NO M&E treatment, racial hatred and DIRECTOR MICHAEL DAVIE; PRODUCERS MARCUS GILLEZEAU, and victims and to bring a even murder. ELLENOR COX; FIRELIGHT message of hope to South PRODUCTIONS WRITER/CREATOR VERONICA FURY, Africans. These people are NICOLE MCCUAIG; South Africa’s only prayer. DIRECTOR NICOLE MCCUAIG; PRODUCER MARK CHAPMAN, PRODUCER JO WILLESEE; SUPERVISING VERONICA FURY; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHAEL WILLESEE JNR; PRODUCERS MARK CHAPMAN, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHAEL RUTH BERRY; BIG ISLAND PICTURES WILLESEE; A TRANSMEDIA PRODUCTION
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 55 High Speed The Accused Inventions Impact SOCIETY 1 x 55’ from the Shed SCIENCE SOCIETY 1 x 26’ “The Accused” is a middle-aged 5 x 27’ businessman. He faces 25 years in jail There is a hidden toll on the roads for masterminding a drug-smuggling From the extraordinary to the eccentric, – the trauma of serious brain injury. operation. Is he the mastermind or the inspired to the insane, Inventions High Speed Impact looks at the cutting the patsy? His accusers are his ex- from the Shed is the most innovative edge science of crash testing and girlfriend and a young couple caught at half hour television series you’ll see this investigates one accident that changed the airport with him. Each has a motive year. Character based and narrative a woman’s life forever. Annette’s to lie. This film is the anatomy of a jury driven, the series takes us deep into accident wasn’t fatal. Her car hit a tree trial. For the first time in Australia, a the inner sanctum of the inventor, to at just 55 kilometres an hour, but the criminal trial has been filmed from start that private place where these original injuries to her brain were catastrophic. to finish. We also go behind-the scenes thinkers find the inspiration for their next A leading accident research team with the defence team, prosecution, successful creation. Or fabulous failure. investigates the crash and feeds and judge gaining rare insights into Either way, it’s compelling television. information into a computer model. the daily realities, psychologies, and Whether it’s a revolutionary engine Using high speed X-ray cameras, the strategies of the courtroom. that will save the planet or a solution to researchers gain a unique insight into PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ALAN CARTER; the drama of uneven sideburns, it all what actually happens to the brain at AN ALLEY KAT PRODUCTION starts...in the shed. the moment of high-speed impact. WRITER/DIRECTOR DAVID BATTY; PRODUCER JENI MCMAHON; PRODUCER PAUL FAINT; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC STEFAN MOORE, STEFAN MOORE BRIAN MCKENZIE; EBEL FILMS DLT
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Sister’s, The Dream The Kimberley: Pearls and and the Land of The Mission Girls Dreaming Wandjina SOCIETY / 1 x 55’ HISTORY 1 x 55’ NATURAL HISTORY 1 x 53’ HISTORY From the green meadows of Ireland For over thirty thousand years, the The Wandjina, spirit guardians of one they travelled half a world away to Desert People of Central Australia of the last great wilderness areas on a desert by an aquamarine sea. had walked their lands, their life Earth, watch over a land ruled on the It was 1907 and their destination governed by ancient laws laid down coast by some of the most ferocious was Broome – pearling boomtown, by the totemic ancestors and their tides in the world, and in the inland by cultural melting pot and one of Dreamings. In 1877 the German fresh water, falling water or no water Australia’s wildest and most infamous Lutherans arrived. Their dream of at all. Everything in the Kimberley in outposts. They were the Sisters of a “mission field” in the very heart north-west Australia has adapted to St John of God and they were barely of the Australian continent put them live with the cycles of running water of adult age when they set out on at the epicentre of a massive clash and extremes of wet and dry, and to their quest to “civilise” and evangelise of cultures. The Dream and the survive the long periods of drought the “natives” of the North West. Dreaming looks at how they forged between the torrential monsoon rains. Like many 20th century tales, theirs a remarkable and long lasting bond. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JEREMY HOGARTH; is a story of religious faith, cultural EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS JONATHAN MATTHEWS, imperialism, commercial exploitation PRU COLVILLE; WRITER PRU COLVILLE; and political incompetence. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GEORGE PUGH; A COJO PRODUCTION WRITERS/CREATORS JENI MCMAHON, DAVID BATTY DIRECTOR DAVID BATTY; PRODUCER JENI MCMAHON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC BRIAN MCKENZIE; REBEL FILMS
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The Monk, the Weeping Trial By Fire Princess and Women 1 x 52’ 1 x 56’ the Forest 1 x 55’ On March 19th 2002, a devout Catholic Trial By Fire follows the Woodend knelt in her backyard shrine. As she Fire Brigade as they struggle to The story of the villagers and the contemplated the serene face of the deal with Australia’s worst bushfire forests in the Mae Soi valley of Madonna, she noticed two shiny streaks season for over twenty years. A rural Northern Thailand is all too tragically roll down her cheek. The weeping Australian fire service, the brigade is commonplace. Destruction of the Madonna of Rockingham is one of staffed by volunteer fire fighters who upland forests has created a thorny many bizarre and unexplained cases balance their responsibilities to their desert, silted up rivers and reduced the of crying statues. A tiny Madonna in local community with the demands crops. The difference in the Mae Soi Civitavecchia, near Rome, wept tears of fighting fires often hundreds of valley is that the people have begun of blood in 1995 and a plaster plaque kilometres away. Trial By Fire captures to reverse the process – in the face of of Our Lady in Syracuse, Sicily wept the humour, the adrenaline and the many obstacles. In a crusading monk human tears in 1953. Weeping Women camaraderie that makes Australia’s they have found guidance and a way to provides a window into this world of country fire services unique. religious phenomena by telling the cut through bureaucratic barriers; in a WRITER/CREATOR/DIRECTOR KEVIN ANDERSON; lady of royal blood they found financial stories of those affected – a sceptic, PRODUCER JOHN MOORE; a statue’s owner, the seriously ill, and EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN MCKENZIE; and organisational support. Together, JOHN MOORE PRODUCTIONS the alliance is saving the forest and the devoted believers seeking guidance. people – and providing a model for the WRITER/CREATOR SARAH ROSSETTI; DIRECTOR/ Third World. PRODUCER CARMELO MUSCA; CM FILM PRODUCTIONS WRITER/PRODUCER JOHN VANDENBELD; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; NARRATOR ROBYN WILLIAMS; ABC TV; BBC
58 Buddha Dead Sea Tomorrow’s Realms Scrolls Islam SOCIETY 1 x 55’ HISTORY 2 x 33’ SOCIETY 1 x 55’ Since migrating out of India, In 1947 a great archaeological Tomorrow’s Islam presents diverse Buddhism has shown a remarkable discovery was made – the first of the portraits of several key Muslim thinkers ability to adapt across race, language Dead Sea Scrolls was unearthed. in the West who are grappling with an and cultural barriers. The dominant Over the next five years, the remains accommodation between modernity spiritual tradition of the East is now of a further 800 separate scrolls were and Islam. Some argue that in traditional flourishing in the West. Yet through found, scattered through 11 caves in Muslim countries new thinking is stifled it all, Buddha himself remains the the Judean desert. This remarkable by repressive regimes or hidebound constant ideal. Devotees believe that array of documents contains clerics, and it is only in the West that a simple ascetic, compassionate previously unknown works – prayers, there is the freedom and means to allow Buddha is the symbol of all that is poems, hymns, biblical commentaries truly free and creative thinking. These great and good in the world and and sectarian documents that critical believers are the vanguard of a beyond. This program explores the represent the beliefs and community constructive way forward, of reform of visions of Buddha from the ancient rules of the Jewish sect. their religion. They are the pioneers of East to the contemporary West. Tomorrow’s Islam. PRODUCER PETER KIRKWOOD; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GEORGE PUGH NO M&E DIRECTOR MARK EDMONDSON, STEVEN SALGO; PRESENTER GERALDINE DOOGUE; PRODUCER RACHAEL KOHN; DIRECTOR/PRODUCER PETER KIRKWOOD; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GEORGE PUGH RESEARCH/ASSOCIATE PRODUCER DINA VOLARIC; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GEORGE PUGH
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The Abbey SOCIETY 3 x 55’ The Abbey follows five ordinary women as they spend 33 days and nights living the life of an enclosed Benedictine nun. It is the first time that the outside world has entered the hidden cloisters of the Abbey. With unprecedented access, the women leave behind the hurly-burly of modern day life to embark upon a search for meaning, God and self behind the walls of the enclosed order. They struggle with the demands of monastic life, homesickness, and their own personal demons. What can happen at the Abbey is a chance to explore life’s biggest questions, but what actually happens will intrigue you.
Writer/Director/Producer Varcha Sidwell; CSPB Varcha Sidwell
60 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] The Shearers REALITY 4 x 27’ The Shearers is a lively and intimate observational documentary series about a group of young men and women trying to break into one of the toughest physical jobs in the world. Focusing on two of the students and one instructor, it provides a no holds barred insight into the intense physical and psychological pressures of this iconic Australian profession. In a rural area with limited opportunities, it’s a backbreaking fast track to a new career. Who will survive the first cull? Can the girls’ technique beat the guys’ muscle-power? And which of the learners will hold their own with the professionals?
WRITER ANDREW SULLY; DIRECTORS ANDREW SULLY, LUIGI ACQUISTO; PRODUCERS LUIGI ACQUISTO, STELLA ZAMMATARO; ABRACADABRA FILMS Trek – An Australian Camel Odyssey ADVENTURE 1 x 55’ Captured in the desert of central Australia, a mob of wild camels is driven by an equally diverse, 200-strong mob of people along a 360-kilometre stretch of the old, pioneer’s Cobb & Co route, culminating in the biggest camel race of all – the Desert Sands Cup. Along the way meet the 88-year-old who last rode the track as a child; a couple of larrikin outback cowboys encountering camels for the first time; a professional camel jockey and the entrepreneur who made it all possible.
DIRECTOR PIERRE-JACQUES OBER; PRODUCERS JULES OBER & PIERRE-JACQUES OBER
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WILDLIFE 26 x 30’
She may be sweet and petite, but Bindi Irwin is a Wildlife Warrior on a mission to save the planet’s most vulnerable and extraordinary animals and show kids that conservation is lots of fun. As well as inheriting nerves of steel and boundless enthusiasm from her famous Dad, Bindi also has access to the Croc Hunter’s amazing archival video library, including many of Steve’s adventures that have never before been broadcast. So visit Bindi’s jungle tree-house and join the crusade of the new Wildlife Warrior, her Mum Terri and her band of eco-friendly Wildlife Warriors, The Crocmen as they dance with kangaroos, hang with alligators, track big cats, swim with whales and encounter animals all around the globe.
Director/Producer John Stainton; Producer Justin Lyons; Executive Producer Judi Bailey; Best Picture Show company Exclusive worldwide standard television rights (excluding USA, China and Taiwan)
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NATURAL HISTORY / Bush Tucker Man ADVENTURE Series 1: 15 x 28’ Series 2 Stories of Survival: 8 x 28’
In a battered army truck, his home a simple roll of blankets, Major Les Hiddins seeks out and records the different kinds of bush food and medicines used by Aboriginal people for thousands of years. He’s a bush survival expert for the Australian Army and travels alone through the vast, almost totally unpopulated lands of northern Australia to carry out his unique job. And despite the solitude he’s a chatty, humorous man who is as entertaining as he is informative.
PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS TIM CLARK, ASHLEY SMITH, DAVID TELFER, DAVID LEONARD, DAVID TUNNEL, RICHARD WALKER, STEPHEN BURSTOW DLT
64 Aussie Animal Rescue WILDLIFE 26 x 28’ Australia is home to some of the most unusual animals on the planet including koalas, echidnas, kangaroos, wallabies, possums, lizards, even deadly snakes. With increasing urban development humans and animals are coming into conflict and many native species are at risk. But help is at hand 24 hours a day, as carers stand-by to rescue native animals. From vet surgeries to people’s living rooms, from wildlife hospitals to suburban backyards, native animals are being cared for. Aussie Animal Rescue follows the dramatic, true and heart-warming stories of a dedicated group of rescuers and their extraordinary efforts to save Australia’s unique wildlife.
Narrator / Presenter Tara Morice; Writers/Directors Sam Smith, Zoe Johnston, Julia Redwood ; Supervising Director Julia Redwood; Executive Producers Ed Punchard, Julia Redwood; Executive Producer Animal Planet Pholesha Johnson, Andriana Cora e Silva; Executive Producer ABC John McLean, David de Vos, Gill Lomas; Prospero Productions World standard television rights excluding China and Taiwan
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Australia’s Hidden Corner 1 x 52’ Tucked away in the diverse landscapes of Australia’s South West corner are a bunch of adventurous and colourful characters leading unusual and fascinating lives. In Australia’s Hidden Corner you’ll meet a tree surgeon who risks his life every day in the towering Karri forest canopy; an abalone diver who braves the treacherous waters of the far south coast in search of precious bounty (and who offers up some home-grown cooking tips); a scientist pursuing an audacious plan to save Australia’s most endangered animal, and “GI” Jane, who fights fires and in her spare time, catches waves and lifeguards at the local beach.
DIRECTOR SUE TAYLOR; PRODUCER ANDREW OGILVIE; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW OGILVIE; ELECTRIC PICTURES The Oldest Living Tasmanian – The Huon Pine 1 x 27’ or 1 x 54’ Over 3000 years ago, before the birth of Christianity, a seedling took root in the dark leech-ridden forests of Tasmania. Today, that seedling is an almost fully grown member of one of the world’s longest living species – the Huon Pine. Its rare wood is favoured by artists and fine furniture makers, and its lightness, strength and close grain make it the “holy grail” of boat-building. Yet the real story of the Huon Pine is of the role it played in the development of this island outpost on the edge of the world and the early “piners” it enticed into the pristine wilderness in search of its valuable timber.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER PAUL SCOTT; WRITERS PAUL SCOTT, GARRY KERR; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC DIONE GILMOUR, GILL LOMAS; PAUL SCOTT FILMS
Outstanding Australia 6 x 30’ Twelve of Australia’s most breath-taking and unspoiled national parks are on show in this stunning series. From the blue-green waters of the Whitsunday Islands to the beauty of Tasmania’s Freycinet Bay, the wildlife of Kangaroo Island and the picturesque Blue Mountains, some of Australia’s best-kept secrets are revealed. From reefs to rainforests, mangroves to mountains, the men and women who work in them introduce the plants and wildlife of our parks in all their diversity.
PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS JACK KING, GARY JOHNSON; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JACK KING
66 From The Heart NATURAL HISTORY 10 x 26’ Explore Australia’s deserts, oceans and coast, its rainforest and bush, discover the interior of New Guinea and the sub- Antarctic islands – see ten areas through the eyes of those who know them best. Through a combination of stunning footage, superb classical music and personal recollections, find out what the regions mean to those who have lived in or studied them for most of their lives. Rangers, scientists, researchers and locals bring it all to life with their observations, stories and studies of the animals, the climate, the history and the changes that have taken place over time.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC DIONE GILMOUR; AN ABC NATURAL HISTORY UNIT PRODUCTION DLT
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 67 Breaking the Ice NATURAL HISTORY 6 x 27’ The ice breaker Aurora Australis sets off on a spectacular journey through the treacherous Southern Ocean, home to colonies of penguins, elephant seals and albatrosses. The icy wilderness is also temporary home to “the winterers” – people who have spent a year in the most isolated continent on Earth. High into the Antarctic ice cap, we meet with a glaciological traverse team on their three-month expedition across Antarctica – one of the last great journeys on Earth.
WRITER/PRESENTER TIM BOWDEN; PRODUCER/DIRECTOR IAN CUMING; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHRIS MCCULLOUGH
Ice Break Heart NATURAL HISTORY 1 x 55’ With no time to lose Peter Bland goes overboard to release a rope ensnared around the rudder of a crippled yacht drifting dangerously close to pack-ice in the freezing Southern Ocean. But shortly after their safe return, Peter is diagnosed with a serious heart condition and intrusive surgery cripples him. This is an awe-inspiring story of a man who wouldn’t give up and two years later is deemed fit enough to undertake the treacherous 550km trek to the North Pole.
WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ALAN LINDSAY; ASSOCIATE PRODUCER PETER BLAND
Ice Shelf SCIENCE / 1 x 27’ ENVIRONMENT Camped on one the world’s most spectacular and dangerous landscapes, a team of scientists prepare to embark on a ground-breaking experiment. Their location is the magnificent Amery Ice Shelf, a massive floating platform which accounts for 16% of the East Antarctic ice sheet. Their goal is to drill a series of holes 380 metres through the ice shelf and into the cavity beneath. By creating this peephole in the ice, the scientists will be able to collect vital information on the melt and refreezing processes critical to understanding global ocean circulation, and shaping our future response to climate change.
PRODUCERS DOUGLAS THOST, DAVID LUFFMAN; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; AN ABC NATURAL HISTORY UNIT PRODUCTION
68 Antartica: The Silence is Calling NATURAL HISTORY / ENVIRONMENT 1 x 75’ Set in the spectacularly beautiful Antarctica, this film documents how Australia came to lead the world in understanding and conserving this last great wilderness. Australians originally set out 50 years ago to claim territory and resources but ended up protecting Antarctica from exploitation forever. The history of exploration is told through archival film, while contemporary footage, supported by computer animation, explains how science has changed the way the world looks at Antarctica.
WRITER/NARRATOR TIM BOWDEN; DIRECTOR IAN CUMING; SCRIPT CONSULTANT PETER BOYER
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 69 Birdman of Clash of the Paradise Carnivores Climbing high in the treetops On the rugged, fortress of some of Australia’s most island of Tasmania on inaccessible rainforests is Australia’s southern tip, live a man on the hunt – on Tasmanian Devils, Tiger the hunt for one of the four Quolls and Eastern Quolls, species of Birds of Paradise carnivores and marsupials that exist on the island like. These pouched continent. John Young is killers survive by living in a one of the few who know precarious harmony whilst where to find the magnificent competing for a limited male birds as they perform resource – flesh. While the their spectacular dance-like ferocious devils appear to be mating display in an attempt the greatest winners, there to impress potential partners. seems to be an unexpected Join him on an amazing alliance in this on going journey of discovery. clash of the carnivores.
Australia Wild Cat Wars Emus: Curious In the Victorian hills of Companions NATURAL HISTORY 21 x 30’ Australia, there’s a curfew A somewhat gawky – a curfew on cats. And bird that has the most PRODUCERs/DIRECTORs RICHARD CAMPBELL, TERRY CARLYON, it’s all because the local unexpected sexual habits MITCHELL KELLY, MATTHEW LOVERING, PAUL REDDISH, population of lyrebirds has is probably Australia’s most KARL STEINBERG, KLAUS TOFT; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR been decimated by feral recognisable bird. The emu cats and foxes over the is found over most of the past few years. But the country, from the tip of Cape curfew decision has created York, through the centre and problems of its own, splitting down into the south. But the local community down for a bird so common, we the middle. Cat Wars looks are only just now finding out at the lifestyle of these rare about its habits. Life for the and exotic birds and the male emu is not only hard reactions of the local people work but has little reward, to the solutions. while the female enjoys the luxury of running the show in the emu world.
70 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] From the Snow to Lizards of Oz Hello Possums River Red the Sea Blow-up lizard dolls, lizards Hoarse coughs and bumps An Australian red river gum From the microscopic drama on treadmills and lizard in the night can be blamed by the water’s edge is a of an animal-eating plant to underpants with built-in on the Brushtail possum, tranquil image but deceptive. the majesty of the sea eagle, radio transmitters are the the most successful of all In fact, squadrons of insects this program explores the unorthodox but effective Australian marsupials to and animals are eating vital connection between methods scientists are adapt to city living. With 24 this tree alive. Their quarry the water and wildlife in a using to reveal the secret known species of possums however, is a master of unique corner of Australia. lives of lizards. And there’s in Australia, some are adversity. In its constant It’s a story of the water’s plenty of opportunity to regarded as pests, others battle with the attackers it is journey from alpine peaks to study them in Australia, as rare, and a few even using intriguing strategies for the fertile coastal lakes of the the kingdom of the lizard, endangered. A look at gaining every advantage. The Gippsland watershed over and a continent with more their behaviour reveals that tree’s job is to survive until it the span of four seasons: species than any other sharing the environment has the chance to reproduce the winter snows in the high on the planet. with possums can be a and this year the prospects country, the icy torrents of pleasure rather than a are good. The great floods the spring thaw, summer Night of the problem. that come only once or twice bushfires and autumn every century are coming! flooding in the lakes. Bogongs Employing the latest in Portrait Painter to filmmaking techniques, this the Birds Rivers of Fire Nature’s film follows the fascinating William Cooper is the A volcanic eruption in Gamblers 800km migration of the greatest in Sir David Northern Queensland more than 199,000 years ago We resoundingly applaud life Bogong Moth, one of Attenborough’s books. The spewed lava streams 23 strategies that neatly exploit the longest of the insect greatest painter of Australian kilometres long creating a particular evolutionary marathons. In their billions birds that is. Cooper the Undara lava tubes. strength but forget that such they ascend, climbing lives in the rainforests of A remarkable refuge for risks can make an animal or high into the jet-stream Northern Queensland wildlife, researchers are plant vulnerable. Will life that which carries them where spectacular Birds of drawn to the tubes to has become so specialised south. Navigating by the Paradise frequently visit his discover why the population and attuned to a particular light of the moon, these garden and where Sir David of cave creatures is so high; ecological niche be able to moths cover hundreds of Attenborough has also been to examine the similarity adapt again to a changing kilometres in a single night. seen on occasions. Sir of its basalt to that on the world or will it evolve itself But the survival test has David presents the abundant Moon; and to observe the into extinction? What is the only just begun. Over the colour of Australia’s changes that the seasons price of such specialisation coming days, weeks and spectacular birds as well bring to the lives of the bats, when we see the past months they must battle as Cooper’s paintings and beetles, spiders, mites, flies littered with many such failed other creatures, weather, he also introduces the and moths that inhabit them. “success” stories? humans and time. occasional wild bird or two.
71 Rock Opera Survival Australia Wild On a lonely outcrop on the Reef called Black Rock in Far On a spring night, a continued North Queensland, lives a spawning of coral takes small community of rock place on the largest coral NATURAL HISTORY 21 x 30’ wallabies. Unique amongst reef in the world – the Great the macropods, the agile Barrier Reef off the north- PRODUCERs/DIRECTORs IVO BURUM , RICHARD CAMPBELL, rock wallabies are the first TERRY CARLYON, JENI CLEVERS, MARY COLWELL, MITCHELL KELLY, eastern coast of Australia. MATTHEW LOVERING, DAVID PARER, PAUL REDDISH, KARL STEINBERG, recorded monogamous The reef plays host to the KLAUS TOFT; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR kangaroos and their society greatest diversity of plant is full of all the tensions and and animal life found in intrigues common to human any part of the sea. But monogamous societies. limited resources have led Follow their struggle to to a constant struggle for survive the drought, and later many of the sea creatures during the good times, their who employ fascinating struggles with one another. techniques to survive – camouflage, armour, spines, Spirits of the and even relationships with unrelated species form a Forest diverse defence system. Birds of Paradise hold a magnetic attraction for the highland people of Papua Sperm Wars New Guinea who greatly In most species, long-held prize their delicate and notions of motherhood, spectacular plumes as fatherhood and monogamy symbols of wealth. Also are being questioned, with used as decoration in tribal evidence showing that rituals, the village men even females presumed search the forests in the to be monogamous mate hunt for the feathered gold. with more than one male This program explores the during their reproductive elaborate courtship rituals cycle. Only recently have and remarkable sexual scientists observed the displays of these exotic intriguing tactics used in birds and the relationship the battle to ensure that between the highlanders a male’s sperm reaches and their feathered friends. the female egg and not a competing male’s sperm.
72 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] A Very Window Wombats: Year of Particular Parrot on the Wild Bulldozers The Gagadju Many mysterious plants and The rare Long-Footed of the Bush A land of rivers and flood animals are hidden on Cape Poteroo, the Tuan and the When shipwrecked sailors plains, paperbark and York Peninsula, the remote Eastern Barred Bandicoot first encountered wombats, eucalypt woodlands split by tropical tip of northern are just some of the they did what they had to do ancient sandstone cliffs – Australia, among them the occupants of the Healesville to survive – they ate them! this is the home of Bill Neidjie rare Golden Shouldered Sanctuary – an Australian More than 200 hundred and the Gagadju people. Parrot. Little is known about zoo with a difference. The years later, the wombat Part of Kakadu National this rare bird with the curious sanctuary is establishing still suffers at our hands, Park in Australia, the region habit of building its nest in the animals’ breeding blamed for damaging fences is an ever-changing vista Magnetic Termite mounds. populations and researching and fouling pastures. This that rules the lives of the But now a major study their habits with the intention film examines the myths Gagadju people. They divide hopes to unravel some of releasing some of them and realities of wombat their year into six seasons of the bird’s well-hidden into the wild under the life, above and below the which can be heralded by secrets and determine how supervision of Healesville’s ground, as scientists begin a plant coming into flower, it will survive. staff. Until then they share to understand these intrepid dragon flies swarming, a the zoo with better known and resourceful Bulldozers change in wind direction Australian fauna like the of the Bush. or grasshoppers singing to Which Sex? koala, kangaroo, possum welcome a new season. How do Fairy Wrens and dingo. make sure that they give birth to more males than females? And how can a simple mite give birth to pregnant females and control precisely the sex of her grandchildren? In the animal world, many species seem to be able to skew the ratio of males to females in their offspring. Crocodiles do it by temperature but mechanisms in other species remain a mystery.
73 Nature of Australia
NATURAL HISTORY 6 x 55’
This series is a magnificent illustration of Australia’s dramatic landscape, the evolution of its flora and fauna, and the origins of its most extraordinary inhabitants. It explores the diversity of its landscape from the seas to the arid interior, the effects of flood, drought and bushfire and the impact of 200 years of European settlement on the land, its plant and animals.
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS DIONE GILMOUR, DAVID PARER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN VANDENBELD
74 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Wild Relations NATURAL HISTORY 4 x 30’
Bobby and the Banded Stilts In the vast salt lakes of the Australian inland, banded Stilts breed. Here billions of tiny shrimps lay dormant waiting interminably for rain. Last year it came in the form of Cyclone Bobby which transformed a dry salt lake into an inland sea. Within weeks there were 70,000 birds nesting. Triggered by the rains, the shrimp eggs hatched and the waters were seething with food for the Stilts – true interdependence between the Stilts, the shrimps and the cyclone.
PRODUCERS JEREMY HOGARTH, DAVID LUFFMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY MARK LAMBLE; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR Mother’s Little Helpers Why on earth would an animal that is quite capable of starting its own family, choose to stay at home and help its parents raise more young? Yet that’s exactly what many Australian animals do, from sugar gliders to birds and bees. It’s called co-operative breeding and it’s currently one of the hot topics in science. So why do some animals choose to be co-operative breeders and why is it so prevalent in Australia?
PRODUCER ANNETTE COOPER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; PHOTOGRAPHY LINDSAY CUPPER Natural Born Cheats Cheating it appears is rife in the animal world: death adders deceive lizards into thinking they’re a hot date and end up a hot meal; honey bee insurgents are constantly looking for ways to topple the Queen bee; and male Bower birds steal and trash one another’s love nests to impress females. Cheats do prosper it seems and even animals should not be surprised to discover their buddies are in fact Natural Born Cheats.
PRODUCER KLAUS TOFT; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; PHOTOGRAPHY CAMPBELL MILLER, MARK LAMBL With Wings on their Fingers Dark shapes in the skies at night and strange screeches that send shivers down the spine – this is the mythical image we have of bats. With Wings on their Fingers goes beyond the myth and looks at the lives, loves and losses of a colony of Little Red Flying Foxes in Australia’s tropical north – an intimate story of a colony of ten million Little Reds.
PRODUCER MARK LAMBLE; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; PHOTOGRAPHY MARK LAMBLE
75 Animal Passions
NATURAL HISTORY 3 x 30’
Raising Archie Former ABC TV newsreader, Richard Morecroft, becomes a proud “father” to a two week-old, orphaned, grey-headed flying fox he called Archie. Flying foxes or fruit bats are often regarded as pests, but Morecroft has a different view. Raising Archie follows the tiny orphan’s progress as he flourishes under Morecroft’s care until he is eventually released back into the colony into which he was born.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR RICHARD CAMPBELL; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR Robert Ulman: A Brush with Nature On the cliff tops of the wild southern coastal region of Warrnambool, Australia, lives celebrated artist, Robert Ulman. The turbulent ocean below is the calving ground for the Southern Right whale which was pursued to the edge of extinction in the last century. But now the return of these magnificent whales proves inspirational to Ulman who is rebuilding his own life in the area after losing everything he owned in devastating bush fires.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR TONI STEINBRECHER; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR Secrets of the Heart It has long been held true that Australia has a “dead heart” but now ecologist Dr Steve Morton declares war on this cherished belief. Many of Central Australia’s varied landscapes are far greener and richer in animal and plant life than generally believed but despite this, at least half of the original mammal species have disappeared from the area over the last 120 years. What is the reason behind this major ecological disaster?
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR EDWIN HILL; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR
76 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Zoo’s Company
NATURAL HISTORY 8 x 30’
How do you give a birthday party for a 19 year-old tiger? Why does Bon-Su the elephant wear shoes? How do you persuade Leroy, the reluctant rhino, to give a sperm sample? Should a pregnant zebra be allowed to die while Spot and Stripe, the bear cubs, are allowed to live? Zoo’s Company goes behind bars and moats at three very different zoos to witness the backstage life of the animals and their keepers – the joys, the tragedies, the frustration and fun.
SERIES PRODUCER GILL LOMAS; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR AVAILABLE – North and South America, Asia and New Zealand rights only The Animal Attraction SCIENCE 5 x 28’ Dogs, cats, horses, pigs, cattle, sheep and goats. They’re the big seven of domestic animals and over time, humankind has formed a partnership with them that has changed our lives irrevocably. Pulitzer Prize winner, Jared Diamond, and philosopher, David Dennett, present an informative and entertaining look at why and how we live with them; how civilisation developed on the back of them; and how they try to communicate with us and themselves.
WRITER/PRESENTER JONICA NEWBY; PRODUCER/DIRECTOR IAN CUMING
77 Cell Lower Turtle Bunch Animation Orders World A prisoner sits At last the real answer Through the vast of Fives despondently in his cell. to the age-old question, emptiness of space travels The sound of clanging “Waiter, what’s that a lone sea turtle, her breath NATURAL HISTORY doors and footsteps is fly doing in my soup?” creating a whole new heard – the jailer brings a Some wild creatures are atmosphere, which in turn, 5 x 5’-8’ present – it’s a birthday rare, beautiful and found leads to the evolution of cake made from crayons. only in the most remote a forested, mountainous The prisoner begins to wilderness. And then there home for some enterprising Bunch of Fives is draw the world he yearns are rats, cockroaches and monkeys. Not content to the fanciful creation for – a jungle scene with flies – common, tough dwell in this paradise, their of award-winning monkeys, birds and frogs. and they live where we industrious ways lead them Amazingly it comes live. Ratatooey, Flat Albert to exploit their resources. animator, Nick to life just as the prison and the Blue Baron hang Slowly they deplete all Hilligoss. Each of guard can be heard out in the alleyway behind the turtle has provided for these stop motion making his rounds. Can our Sam ‘n Ella’s Bistro. But them, without a thought prisoner be drawn into his what happens when for her well-being. She falls animated treats own fantasy of escape? it’s dinnertime and the from the sky into a vast offers a different garbage is bare? ocean below. perspective on the Duelling relationship between Banjo Frogs Possums humans and the On finishing the Rest natural world. metamorphosis from Those awful human beings! tadpole to frog, Cyril finds They have no consideration ANIMATED/FILMED/DIRECTED himself on uncommon for happy-go-lucky NICK HILLIGOSS; EDITOR DAVID ground – a garbage dump. possums. Imagine trying LUFFMAN; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR Unsure of his surroundings, to enjoy a moonlight howl, he croaks out to other a 3am clog dance on a frogs. They reject his tin roof or tossing around advances until Cyril picks food when some human up an old banjo and is having a barbecue, dramatically changes his driving a noisy car or even tune. The other frogs are sending in the possum impressed – but who is the catcher. It was such a good stranger and why can he neighbourhood until the play so well? people moved in!
78 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Good Riddance NATURAL HISTORY 5 x 5’ or 1 x 25’ Join in the hilarious animated adventures of Eco and his team of environmentally friendly pest controllers. Eco’s got a no-pollution solution for every infestation across the nation. Eco’s payroll includes spiders, rats, frogs, lizards and even an echidna. Sometimes Eco’s solutions don’t quite work out as planned, but that’s half the fun and twice the challenge for this poison-free pioneer.
PRODUCER/ANIMATOR NICK HILLIGOSS; VOICES PAUL LIVINGSTON; MUSIC NIKO SCHÄUBLE; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; AN ABC NATURAL HISTORY UNIT PRODUCTION
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Platypus – World’s Strangest Animal NATURAL HISTORY 1 x 52’ The platypus has both baffled and inspired the scientific community since its discovery by Europeans over 200 years ago. Three years in the making, this blue-chip natural history film takes us down the east coast of Australia to the many serenely beautiful habitats of the platypus. Technology specially created for this film captures images from inside the nesting chamber of a wild platypus and records the extraordinary sounds of the mother suckling her offspring and we watch as they grow from newborns to adulthood.
PRODUCERS DAVID PARER, ELIZABETH PARER-COOK; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; AN AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH TELCAST INTERNATIONAL GMBH World rights excluding North America, SAARC, Iberia/Latin America and Central/South Asia
80 NATURAL HISTORY Australia – The Big Picture 1 x 52’
From the producers of Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers comes a spectacular one-hour special, profiling the breadth of the landscape and the intimate lives of the animals which survive on the massive island continent of Australia. Breathtaking photography takes us through the different regions of the country and shows us the animals, like the ever- present, all-conquering kangaroo, that call it home.
PRODUCER MATTHEW LOVERING; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR
Call of the Coorong 1 x 48’ or 1 x 28’
Filmed over twelve months in majestic widescreen, this stunning documentary captures the four seasons of life in the Coorong – a coastal Australian dune system that is home to over 250 species of birds. As the bleak months of autumn and winter give way to the breeding season of spring, a fascinating struggle for survival begins. From the deadly raptors that hunt the neighbouring mainland, to the seabirds that breed on the myriad of islands, Call of the Coorong offers a fascinating study of the lives of these birds and the tribulations they must endure.
PRODUCERS JOHN CAROZZI, PETER BARNWELL
The Big Wet 1 x 55’
The Big Wet is a striking visual record of a particular wet season in the tropical north of Australia. It starts with the last days of the Dry in September and concludes with the first fires in April. For the Salt-Water Crocodile and Magpie Goose it is a time to breed; for Agile Wallabies and other small marsupials it can be a time of stress as they are forced to find shelter from the floods. Featured throughout the film is the majestic scenery of Kakadu and Arnhem Land.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JEREMY HOGARTH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; NARRATOR JOHN WATERS; DISCOVERY PRODUCTIONS; ABC TV
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 81 Mysteries of the Heard Island Ocean Wanderers NATURAL HISTORY 1 x 50’ NATURAL HISTORY 1 x 54’ Located 4,000 km south west of Australia in the freezing waters of the sub-Antarctic is an active Surrounded by rich polar water, the tiny specks volcanic island sheathed in massive glaciers. Join of land that form the Crozet Islands, are a magnet a team of scientists on a rare expedition to the for Elephant seals, Kerguelen fur seals and the island as they work on a range of projects, from biggest concentration and variety of seabirds of documenting the wildlife to studying the effects any island group on Earth. French scientists are of global warming and climate change. Find out now using satellite tracking to find out where the what makes world heritage-listed Heard Island thousands of Wandering and Sooty Albatross unique, and how the scientific studies will help to and the 2.5 million King Penguins go when they answer some of the fundamental problems facing leave the islands after a massive breeding frenzy the world today.
to feed at sea. PRODUCERS TONY DORR, DAVID LUFFMAN; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR; AN ABC NATURAL HISTORY UNIT PRODUCTION DIRECTOR DAVID PARER; PRODUCERS DAVID PARER, ELIZABETH PARER COOK; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR Rights: World rights excluding the Americas
82 Shark Bay Island Life NATURAL HISTORY 1 x 27’ NATURAL HISTORY 6 x 50’ For an experience that can be alternately A six-part series, Island Life explores six savage and serene, plunge into the of Australia’s far-flung islands and the aquamarine waters of Shark Bay, Western behaviour of its inhabitants. From the Australia. Best known for its tourist-friendly invasion of millions of ants on Christmas dolphins, Shark Bay is home to a diverse Island to the idyllic Torres Islands which population of sea life, including green acts as a defence in stopping the spread and loggerhead sea turtles, dugongs, of viruses into Asia, New Guinea and sea snakes, an outcrop of stromatolites Australia; from the endangered marsupials (ancient life forms that house billions of who share an alliance with oil workers on microbes) and of course, sharks. Since Barrow Island to the wonders of survival 1997, marine biologists have caught and on Kangaroo Island – each self-contained tagged almost 400 tiger sharks in the bay. story could happen nowhere else but on However it’s the dolphins, as always, who these islands. steal the show with some truly unique PRODUCERS WADE FAIRLEY, JUDITH CURRAN, GORDON “intelligent” behaviour. GLENN, RICHARD SMITH, TERRY CARLYON, TOSCA LOOBY; SERIES PRODUCER CLAIRE JAGER; WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER LEIGHTON DE BARROS; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC DIONE GILMOUR, GILL North America, UK and Australia rights only LOMAS; SEA DOG FILMS PTY LTD
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 83 NATURAL HISTORY Orphans of the Forest 1 x 27’
Once more than 1 million orang-utans lived in the forests that stretched from China to Java. Now only small pockets of jungle support a dwindling population of just 15,000. The continued destruction of their habitat and the black market trade in baby orang-utans, threaten to bring our closest primate relative to the brink of extinction. One man making a small difference in this battle for survival is Dr. Willie Smits whose efforts have made him many enemies, but this year Smits will rescue his 1000th orang-utan.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR KYLE NEAVES; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GILL LOMAS; A KYLE NEAVES PRODUCTION They Shoot Crocodiles, Don’t They? 1 x 50’
Take an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at a film crew as they set out to make a documentary about the fascinating creatures that inhabitant Australia’s world famous Kakadu National Park. It’s a year-long story of tropical extremes, enduring landscapes and the home of the Gagadju people, the oldest surviving human culture in the world. But it’s also the story of Rory McGuinness, his partner, Rebecca Scott, their three year-old daughter, Bella and camera assistant, Matt Cadwallader.
DIRECTOR REBECCA SCOTT; PRODUCERS REBECCA SCOTT, RORY MCGUINNESS; PHOTOGRAPHY RORY MCGUINNESS
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Goannas and The Chant Still Croaking the Rubbish of the Scrub 1 x 27’ Frogs 1 x 30’ Turkey 1 x 27’ Frogs have survived for 175 million years. They’ve outlived the dinosaurs The invasion of cane toads into All is not peace and love in Frog’s Hollow. but, for the magnificent jewel-like Australia’s Northern Territory’s legendary Two years ago, a guest to this Buddhist Green and Golden Bell Frog, the Top End is having a devastating impact commune accidentally killed a scrub future was not bright. Threatened by a on goannas. Cane toads, originally from turkey. This was not only illegal but very fungus that feeds off the keratin in its South America, have hopped steadily foolish. The small and reasonably well- skin, there were just a few remaining into the rich habitats of Arnhem Land behaved population of turkeys retaliated. pockets left when scientists made and Kakadu National Park. They are Their numbers grew, their behaviour their vital breakthrough. But, before extremely poisonous and kill almost became aggressive and their intentions this endangered amphibian would get anything that attempts to eat them – became clear – to make life a misery for its “lifeline”, a good deal of political including goannas. While scientists every two legged mammal they could muscle was required to facilitate the struggle to understand the true impact find. The community, inspired by their construction of specially built frog of these foreign invaders and an Buddhist teachings, are now responding ponds, corridors and hotels in the effective genetic control is at least a with their own plans for karmic heart of a growing city – in one case decade away, wet season floodwaters redemption. It’s animals vs people, causing a re-think to work on the are carrying the cane toads ever deeper nature vs civilisation, Darwin vs Buddha Sydney 2000 Olympics site. into previously pristine wilderness areas. – and so far, the turkeys are winning. WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER LOU PETHO; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC DIONE GILMOUR, WRITER IAN WATSON; PRODUCER ALBERT KOOMEN; WRITER SAMMY RINGER; DIRECTOR KYLIE GILL LOMAS; STONEY CREEK PRODUCTIONS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC GILL LOMAS, WASHINGTON-BROOK; PRODUCER GABRIELLE DIONE GILMOUR; ABC TV JONES; GABRIELLE JONES PRODUCTIONS
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 85 The Big Blue NATURAL HISTORY 1 x 50’ HD Journey to Australia’s southern ocean and uncover one of its best-kept secrets – a natural phenomenon called the “Bonney Upwelling” that sparks a feeding frenzy all the way up the food chain to the planet’s largest living creature, the Blue Whale. With a heart the size of a Volkswagen, a tongue that weighs more than an elephant and a mouth big enough to capture 50 tonnes of sea water, a feeding Blue Whale is a sight to behold. Filmed in Hi Def, this Blue Chip Natural History documentary captures for the first time the extraordinary spectacle of this unique event.
WRITERS/CREATORS JENI CLEVERS, CLARE THOMSON; DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER JENI CLEVERS; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABC DIONE GILMOUR, NHK MASARU IKEO; ABC NATURAL HISTORY UNIT; NHK dlt available World rights excluding Asia and South Pacific Islands of the Vampire Birds NATURAL HISTORY 1 x 56’ How does a tiny finch get to a barren group of islands in the Pacific and over millions of years, evolve into one of the most fascinating groups of birds on Earth? Dry, harsh and unforgiving, the Galapagos Islands are home to a unique assemblage of animals – land and marine iguanas, giant turtles and finches that peck the skin of seabirds before drinking their blood. Follow a year in the lives of these amazing creatures and discover the forces of nature that have created them.
PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID PARER; PRODUCERS DAVID PARER, ELIZABETH PARER-COOK; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR World rights excluding the Americas
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Birdsuite 1 x 54’
The glorious sounds of nature are merged together with a selection of classical pieces, played by some of Australia’s leading symphony orchestras in a magnificent musical interpretation of Australia’s and Papua New Guinea’s spectacular bird-life.
PRODUCER JEREMY HOGARTH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR dlt Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia DVD rights only
Floral Suite 1 x 65’
A brilliant array of Australian flora features in this enchanting musical journey into the world of flowers. A superb selection of music from Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach and Handel provides the musical overlay to a vibrant show of camellias, fuschias, wildflowers and a magnificent selection of bulbs and blossoms.
PRODUCER GREG SIMON; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RICHARD REISZ NO M&E World television rights. DVD rights for Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia only
Wild Rhapsody 1 x 53’
An evocative and witty musical score accompanies this delightful musical journey. The dazzling visuals feature unique Australian wildlife and capture the fascinating behaviour of playful young animals as they go about their daily struggles.
PRODUCER GIL LOMAS; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR dlt NO M&E
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Tarkine – The Forgotten Wilderness NATURAL HISTORY / ENVIRONMENT 1 x 52’ In a world where pristine wilderness is fast disappearing, Australia’s Tarkine is a rare and ruggedly beautiful place. Isolated on the island of Tasmania at the end of the last Ice Age, these 350,000 hectares of wilderness have changed very little over the last sixty million years. Tarkine – The Forgotten Wilderness takes us on a captivating journey to a place few people have ever seen. The program magnificently captures the diversity and awe-inspiring beauty of the Tarkine – its wild, raging coastlines, majestic forests, exquisite glassy rivers, haunting valleys heavy with mist, giant ferns that date back to the Jurassic period. Like a lost world, the Tarkine owes its survival to its isolation.
WRITER/CREATOR/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DAVID WARTH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ABC DIONE GILMOUR; DAVID WARTH PRODUCTIONS World rights excluding Australia Bugs in the The Last of the Wildscreen System Wild Camels
NATURAL HISTORY 6 x 30’ When plants or animals They first came to Australia disrupt the massive in 1840 and their Afghan Australian communications handlers became part of PRODUCER KLAUS TOFT, MICHAEL DOUGLAS, GREG NEWBOLD, JEREMY HOGARTH, RICHARD CAMPBELL; network that has been laid Australian history. But the PHOTOGRAPHY MARK LAMBLE, CHRIS DAVIS, ROD COATS, KEITH TAYLOR down in some of the most advent of rail links and intractable landscapes in motorised transport saw the the world, what do you use of camels short-lived and do? Kill them! Or at least many were freed. Australia that’s what’s been done in is now the last country on earlier decades. But now Earth to have herds of wild the emphasis is on trying Arabian camels. Working to establish non-violent and living in a makeshift solutions to the problem. camp, two German researchers spent more than three years studying these fascinating animals, revealing new information on their physiology and complex social behaviour.
90 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Golf Links Silvereyes in Of Snails and Wild Flowers In rural Australia, golf is played Paradise Slugs and Slimy Few places on Earth have on fairways and greens Just off the coast of Things such a variety of flowering carved out of the bush, plants as the sand-heath Australia, in the dense, Its eyes are on the end of leaving plenty of room for plains of south-west heavily forested centre retractable stalks, it only native plants and animals to Australia. A few months of of Heron Island, lives has one foot that moves in make their homes. But in the the year, these normally Silvereyes, a small, olive ripples, it’s hermaphroditic city, a golf course is more drab heath lands explode green bird. Home to many and it’s familiar to us all often than not, an oasis of into a mass of living colour species of birds and a – it’s the snail. However green in a sea of houses and – and it’s blossoming into breeding ground for turtles, few people have a real roads. Designers are now big business! Now instead Heron Island is also one understanding of snails, their realising the need to take of rushing to clear the land, of Australia’s favourite evolution, their remarkable heed of their bush cousins farmers cultivate purpose- tourist resorts and a centre behaviour or their importance and put back the native plants bred hybrids for lucrative of scientific research. in the environment. But now they destroy when clearing for overseas markets and Silvereyes in Paradise time lapse and microfilming fairways and roughs. cater to the home-gardener follows one scientist’s life helps us view these slimy with seed farms. Wild work as he captures a creatures in a new light. pair of young birds as they Flowers looks at the impact breed for the first time. this new commercialism is having on flowers.
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Australia: Eye of The Storm 4 x 50’
Using never-before-seen cinematography, computer graphics and satellite images, Eye of the Storm tracks the origins and paths of powerful climate systems that batter Australia each year, affecting the weather, wildlife and people of this island continent. La Nina brings a combination of torrential rainfall, cyclones and massive flooding; El Nino brings heart-breaking droughts and bushfires; sudden storms from Antarctica race northwards at any time of the year; and there’s always spectacular ferocity from Monsoons.
PRODUCERS: KLAUS TOFT, JENI CLEVERS, ASHLEY SMITH, MARK LAMBLE; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DIONE GILMOUR USA, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Australia rights only
Once Upon Australia 1 x 26’
Hundreds of millions of years pass by in less than half an hour in this fascinating journey through Australia’s natural history, from the creation of the world to the extinction of humanity far in the future. Ancient fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and marsupials are all brought back to life in brilliant 3-D animation.
DIRECTED/ANIMATED/FILMED BY NICK HILLIGOSS; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONE GILMOUR
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Perils of 50 Million Plectropomus Years Under 1 x 56’ The Sea 1 x 54’
Bouts of frenetic sexual activity, In the last 50 million years coral reefs perilous ocean voyages, harems, sex have altered very little, but in just the changes, invasion, colonisation and last 50 years all that is changing with slaughter – the life of a coral fish is the impact of humanity threatening a dramatic tale indeed. And if you’re their very existence. Now marine not only beautiful but tasty as well, scientists are starting to piece the odds get even worse! But new together just how the remarkable research could soon make life a little submarine communities that are easier for our piscine population. coral reefs work, and how best to preserve the conditions needed for PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DR RICHARD SMITH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOANNE FINLAY their survival.
WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DR RICHARD SMITH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DARYL KARP
Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] 93 Quantum Magazine SCIENCE 44 x 30’ The latest developments in health, medicine, environmental issues, space and technology feature in this exciting and thought- provoking package of science stories. Specially packaged for the international market, each half hour episode contains four segments of approximately five minutes duration. Find out about forensic pigs, electronic noses, a Tsunami in Papua New Guinea, deep bacteria, manic depression, the benefits of mud and more.
SERIES PRODUCERS ANDREW HOLLAND, LIZ PADISON
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Cells From Hell Cure from the Crypt The Next Pandemic 1 x 30’ 1 x 30’ 1 x 30’ A few years ago, scientists discovered One third of the world’s population In 1918, the Spanish flu killed a micro-organism which they now is infected with tuberculosis, the between 20 and 40 million people know is responsible for killing billions greatest bacterial killer in the world worldwide. Now the search is on to of fish and causing unusual medical today. Where traditional antibiotic find the early 20th century virus in symptoms in humans. Called treatments are failing, centuries-old the hope that it might help mankind Pfiesteria, this bizarre creature is part Hungarian mummies are saving survive other deadly new strains. plant and part animal and its alarming lives. The 200 fantastically preserved Recently the Bird Flu decimated spread has been linked with farming bodies were first located in a crypt in thousands of chickens in Hong Kong. practices in North America. This the picturesque town of Vac in 1994, Had that virus learned how to jump compelling and nightmarish film tracks their clothes, hair, nails and skin to humans, hundreds of millions of a team of scientists as they attempt remaining intact. Just how are these people could have been dead in just to alert people to its dangers while ancients helping to provide a lasting one week. Unlikely? This astonishing facing a concerted effort to stifle their solution to the killer disease? story reveals the possibilities. research and destroy their credibility. PRODUCER NAOMI LUMSDAINE PRODUCER IAN WATSON PRODUCER/WRITER GEOFFREY BURCHFIELD
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Privacy on The Sinister Hand Spare Parts the Line 1 x 30’ 1 x 30’ 1 x 30’ Some of us love it and some of us Alcoholism, autism, bed-wetting Imagine this. On a picnic with friends hate it – shopping on the internet and brain damage – these are some you suffer a heart attack. By the time that is. Internet shopping has the of the things science has claimed you reach hospital most of your heart potential to change the way we live left-handed people are prone to is no longer working. The doctor takes but security, or lack of it, is holding over the years. But where does some of your skin cells and orders a people back from embracing this left-handedness come from? It’s replacement heart from the tissue- new technology. Privacy on the possible that up until two million engineering unit and just three weeks Line examines latest developments years ago we didn’t care which hand later you have a new heart built from that aim to make the web a safer we used. Then suddenly our brains living cells that precisely match your place to do business. At the core changed. We developed language own genetic profile. This provocative is cryptography, a secret way of and all became right-handed. Left- program visits the American writing that is thought to be virtually handedness appeared on the scene laboratories that are taking medicine unbreakable. much more recently and only in the and ethics into uncharted waters. last 5,000 years has there been so PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLAND PRODUCER/REPORTER GEOFFREY BURCHFIELD much of it around.
PRODUCER ANDREW HOLLAND
96 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] What’s Your Poison SCIENCE 5 x 27’ PRODUCER JANET BELL; SERIES PRODUCER RICHARD CAMPBELL; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ALISON LEIGH
Alcohol – The Deceptive Drug Marijuana – The Forbidden Drug Drinking – it’s a social activity and one that’s widely Two thirds of 20 year olds and one in eight adults have accepted globally. It’s not surprising then, that many of used marijuana and for more than half a century it’s been us continue to drink knowing it can be destructive. But is tagged a dangerous drug. Marijuana users have long the desire to drink genetic or learned? Is there a point of claimed that it’s harmless but nonetheless the authorities no return once the liver has been damaged by alcohol? continue the ban on its cultivation and usage. They claim Does moderate drinking really harm us or is it just a myth? that it’s carcinogenic and brain-damaging. Science has Perhaps a little bit of alcohol might actually be good for us. established that the truth lies somewhere in-between the claims of both groups. Caffeine – Everyone’s Drug Everyday the world consumes the equivalent of one caffeine Nicotine – The Desirable Drug drink per person. Caffeine is the most commonly used drug What is it about nicotine that makes it so compelling and around the world and is such a part of everyday life we don’t difficult to give up? Smoking might be much maligned, even see it as a drug. However research shows that some rejected by advertisers, frowned upon in public places, of the effects of caffeine are similar to those experienced almost socially unacceptable and definitely on the way after taking hard drugs. But there’s also a positive side. out if the masses have their way, despite all of this, there Caffeine has been shown to have measurable benefits in the are those who see a positive side to nicotine. In fact it treatment of the elderly and premature babies. appears there are sound scientific reasons why smokers believe cigarettes help them cope with everyday life. Ecstasy – The Party Drug Around the world headlines have screamed out the dire consequences of taking the designer drug ecstasy. Lives have been lost but that doesn’t stop many from continuing to take it. We go behind the scenes of the rave scene and examine the hype the drug attracts. The results will surprise, as many continue to argue that the effects of ecstasy are far less devastating than some legal drugs like nicotine and alcohol.
97 For the Juniors EDUCATION 24 x 15’ How does the brain control the body? Why do boats float? How do you prevent the spread of germs in hospital? How big is the moon? Why do seasons change throughout the year? Answers to these and many other questions are presented in For the Juniors, an award- winning series for children about transport, buildings, space, the sea, weather and the human body. It aims to stimulate children’s curiosity and imagination and encourages them to explore and learn about the world around them. For children aged 6-12 years.
WRITERS/PRODUCERS CAROLYN JONES, FRANCOISE FOMBERTAUX; MAIJA ROVE; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ROBERT CLARK, ALAN HICKEY; AN ABC EDUCATION TELEVISION PRODUCTION ONLINE CONTENT
98 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] Behind the News EDUCATION 10 x 15’ or 1 x 45’ (DVD) This is the news. For kids. By kids. The series that takes the issues of the day and translates them into a language young people understand, Behind the News explains a range of kid-centric topics including koalas with drinking problems, how to count a billion dollars, the dangers of junk food and computer games, travelling to Antarctica, making drugs from bugs, how tornadoes form, the science of mobile phones and global warming. Using the music and popular culture of their generation, the Behind the News team of junior investigators and presenters put current affairs into context and explore the stories often overlooked by mainstream news.
WRITERS/SEGMENT PRODUCERS SARAH MARTINELLI, KRISTA ELEFTHERIOU, KERRY STAIGHT, DANIEL COOPER; PRODUCER RAY WARREN; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROBERT CLARK; ABC TV DLT
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Being Me Food for Like It Is 8 x 20’ Winged 8 x 20’ Thought Exploring issues that Sandals 3 x 4’ concern young people, Like Being Me is a health series 10 x 15’ It Is presents strategies to Take the tour with Hermes for 8-12 year olds that help them manage their lives. the messenger god, encourages them to know Food for Thought is an Adolescence is painted as through a magical place themselves, like themselves entertaining and informative a positive time, but a period filled with awesome gods, and be themselves. The eight series providing teenagers that comes with some daring heroes and fabulous programs explore issues and young adults with the unique challenges. Interviews monsters. Winged Sandals is that concern young people, information needed to make and real life situations a series of three animations and present a range of skills informed choices about food. together with a music video told in a contemporary style to help them manage their A team of young presenters clip production style help to to inspire a thirst for the lives. The series has been guide them through basic engage the audience. Key classics in audiences aged researched and developed nutrition and food theory, and skills are presented and 6-12. From Perseus and with the assistance of answer the most commonly reinforced throughout the Medusa, to Demeter and curriculum officers in asked questions, such as the series and include optimistic Persephone, children will the fields of personal difference between calories self-talk, decision-making, be enthralled by the strong development, health and and fats and why some fats communication skills and visual imagery and the stories physical education. are good for us and others help seeking. The series of classical mythology. has been produced with PRODUCER KERYN JAMES; SERIES are just tasty. From animal PERSEUS AND MEDUSA: SCRIPT AND PRODUCER SUSAN REDDEN; rights to shelf life, ethical the assistance of curriculum ANIMATED BY SQUARE i; ORPHEUS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROBERT farming to food therapy, Food officers, mental health AND THE UNDERWORLD: RETOLD AND CLARK; AN ABC EDUCATION specialists and target ILLUSTRATED BY NATHAN JUREVICIUS; TELEVISION PRODUCTION; for Thought dishes up the FLASH ANIMATION SQUARE i; SCRIPT no M&E good oil to a market hungry audience focus groups. ROSIE ALLIMONOS; DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE: SCRIPT AND ANIMATED for food facts. PRODUCER KERYN JAMES; SERIES BY BUNDLE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS; PRODUCER SUSAN REDDEN; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROSIE WRITER/PRODUCER CAROLYN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROBERT ALLIMONOS; AN ABC NEW MEDIA AND JONES; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CLARK; AN ABC EDUCATION DIGITAL SERVICES AND UNIVERSITY ROBERT CLARK; AN ABC EDUCATION TELEVISION PRODUCTION OF MELBOURNE CO-PRODUCTION TELEVISION PRODUCTION ONLINE CONTENT MOBILE CONTENT NO M&E
100 Program Sales Worldwide t 61 2 8333 3314 e [email protected] EDUCATION Numbers Shape Shape Take on Count 10 x 15’ Shape 7 x 15’ Technology 12 x 15’
Learning mathematics has never been In a fantasy bushland setting, two Through an investigative approach more fun, with each of the programs characters, Bunyip and Swaggie, Take on Technology encourages in this 10-part series using real-world playfully examine the qualities of children to recognise and understand contexts in which mathematics is various shapes. At the same time the use of technology around them. relevant and accessible. A narrator computer graphics explore the Each program explores how design guides children aged 7-10 through shapes of faces, slicing, turning meets the demands of different users topics including arithmetic, fractions, and transforming them, while filmed in varied situations. Young viewers are chance, data, money and time, sequences find examples of these encouraged to think about the things and encourages them to actively newly formed shapes in the real people have considered when designing participate in the segments. world. It’s a creative way of making technology to meet particular needs and the investigation into two and three- children talk about their own designs DIRECTOR MARK STANFORTH; PRODUCER SUSAN REDDEN no M&E dimensional shapes for children aged and ideas and the decisions they make 5-8 so much more enjoyable. during the process. Two puppets, Dodly and Flyn, tackle problems to come PRODUCER MAIJA ROVE up with some highly imaginative, and sometimes impractical, solutions. These segments reinforce the need to plan a design before making a product.
WRITER/PRODUCER CAROLYN JONES; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROBERT CLARK; AN ABC EDUCATION TELEVISION PRODUCTION
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Study English 52 x 10’ Designed to help those preparing for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test for entry into a College or University where English is the language of tuition, or for employment or immigration purposes. Each episode is based on video interviews with native speakers of English on topics with relevance to IELTS. The video footage is drawn from science, education and current affairs television programs. All key skills are addressed, including listening, reading, writing and speaking. The key feature of this series is its authentic English usage. All bite-sized episodes are independent of each other and can be viewed in any order. DIRECTOR JOHN CRONSHAW; PRODUCER SARAH TOOTH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BARRY MITCHELL; AUSTRALIA NETWORK IN ASSOCIATION WITH INSEARCH LIMITED
English Bites 310 x 8’ Series 1: 101 x 8’ and Series 3 and Series 4: 209 x 5-10’ English Bites is an educational series and integrated website that explains the everyday usage of the English language while giving colourful insights, through the story, into Australian life, society and culture. Each episode begins by playing a recent news story, then breaks it down into individual words and phrases, metaphors, similes, analogies or puns. English Bites. It’s a magazine. It’s a language course. It’s a website. And it’s a whole lot of fun.
WRITERS SARAH TOOTH, SONJA DECHIAN, TREVOR BYRNE, RUDI SOMAN; DIRECTOR JOHN CRONSHAW; PRODUCER SARAH TOOTH; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BARRY MITCHELL; AUSTRALIA NETWORK www.australianetwork.com/englishbites/
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The Business of English 15 x 10’
In business, language is critical to correct understanding and positive outcomes. The Business of English looks at the English language used in everyday business situations. In each episode, common situations found in business are enacted in a short drama. Host, Brenton Whittle, examines the language used, the words and phrases most appropriate for the situation and the type of interaction. The program examines in detail: meeting new people, making social arrangements, chairing and participating in meetings, presenting reports, referring to statistics, opening, conducting and concluding negotiations, giving speeches, making arrangements over the phone and saying goodbye to business acquaintances.
WRITER/CREATOR BARRY MITCHELL; DIRECTOR JOHN CRONSHAW; PRODUCER LEANNE BRYDEN-BROWN; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BARRY MITCHELL; ABC ASIA PACIFIC
English: Have A Go 26 x 30’
How does the English language work? And how do people use the language to interact in everyday situations? Each program in this series answers the questions using an on-going drama with a range of engaging characters and mini-documentaries. The series also provides structured opportunities for students to put into practice what they are learning.
PRODUCER MAIJA ROVE; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CLAIRE HENDERSON Living English 42 x 15’-18’
Living English is an English language learning series designed for language learners at a beginner, or near beginner level, through to an intermediate level. In each episode we see an episode of a drama “Sisters and Brothers” where the English language is used for a different purpose, for example, checking in at a hotel, shopping and arranging a meeting. After the drama, hosts, Brenton Whittle and Michelle Crowden, expand on the language functions shown in the episode, demonstrating how to use the language and examining vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar. www.australianetwork.com/livingenglish
WRITERS BARRY MITCHELL, TREVOR BYRNE; DIRECTORS JOHN CRONSHAW, ANDREW ELLIS; PRODUCER JOHN OLSZEWSKI; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BARRY MITCHELL; AN australia network PRODUCTION NO M&E EDUCATION Study Skills Why Is It So?
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Studying in a university or college environment can For over two decades, the enigmatic Professor be daunting for new students and those studying Julius Sumner Miller concocted the formula for the via distance education or in an open-learning perfect science television show…cool experiments, mode face even more challenges. And of course interesting science and fantastic hair. The Why the challenges for students sitting their final exams Is It So? series, which aired between 1963 and in high school are renowned. This series aims to 1986, brought the genre an element that had not equip students with the skills to adjust to these been seen before – fun! And now, in the interests new demands and environments and better cope of modern science we’ve resurrected it – in all its with the pressures created by the need for study. retro glory. In the 21st century, the Professor’s ability to get your attention, stir your imagination PRODUCER TONY WATTS and arouse your curiosity is undiminished. And if you think his hair is crazy now, just imagine what they said back in the 60s. PRESENTER PROFESSOR JULIUS SUMNER MILLER NO M&E
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The ABC is at the forefront of digital media development in Australia. As a market-leading global distributor, the ABC also provides traditional and emerging clients worldwide with a wide range of digital content, together with the service and expertise to build audiences, traffic and exposure. The ABC’s extensive catalogue includes video (long and short format), still images, audio and text from a diverse range of genres, including Factual, comedy, news and entertainment. Our Digital Content Development team can customise, deliver and syndicate high quality content across platforms including: • Local and International mobile carriers and 3rd party content providers • Online portals, corporate intranets and local specific websites • Video-on-demand and commuter services • Online content aggregators and information providers Contact Robert Hutchinson General Manager, ABC Digital Content Development t 61 2 8333 5596 e [email protected] Angelo Tilocca Manager, Content Licensing t 61 2 8333 3546 e [email protected] ABC Digital Content Development 700 Harris Street Ultimo NSW 2007 Australia t 61 2 8333 3546 f 61 2 8333 1051 e [email protected] w www.abccontentsales.com.au/contentlicensing
106 ABC Library Sales The ABC is home to The ABC library is a Australia’s largest media resource rich in its breadth collection, with over 75 years and can deliver the images coverage of news, current and sounds to service your affairs, sport, science, natural creative needs. history, the arts and more. Representing AP Archive, the video archive of the Associated Press the world’s oldest ABC Library Sales gives you Contact and largest news gathering organisation access to this world-class Cyrus Irani Manager, Library Sales collection of stock footage, t 61 2 8333 3269 e [email protected] still images and sound bites, Simon Kain Sales Manager as well as the collections t 61 2 8333 3502 e [email protected] of its partners, National Geographic Digital Motion ABC Library Sales and AP Archive, in the South 700 Harris Street Ultimo NSW 2007 Australia East Asian and Australasian f 61 2 8333 3277 regions. It also represents e [email protected] a number of specialist w www.abccontentsales.com.au/librarysales independent collections. National Geographic Digital Motion
ABC Library Sales is proud to represent the National Geographic Digital Motion Footage Library in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Its world-class collection includes unparalleled visuals of nature, stunning wildlife, amazing destinations, world cultures, environment, science and the wonders of the world – available in HD. For more information contact: Cyrus Irani Manager, Library Sales t 61 2 8333 3269 e [email protected] w www.abccontentsales.com.au/librarysales
BBC Motion Gallery
ABC Library Sales’s collection of digitised footage is conveniently available to be licenced online through BBC Motion Gallery. This footage has been hand-picked from the ABC’s vast and unique collection, focusing on contemporary Australia, wildlife, lifestyle, the Asia Pacific region, locations and personalities. Plus award-winning news and sports coverage chronicling many of the key moments in Australian history, including East Timor gaining independence, the aftermath of the Bali bombing and the anti-globalisation protests. For more information please visit bbcmotiongallery.com Index Adventure Education Baseclimb 2 – Defying Gravity 51 Behind the News 99 Bush Tucker Man 64 Being Me 100 Bush Tucker Man: Stories of Survival 64 Business of English, The 103 Global Boarders 51 English Bites 102 Peking to Paris 18 English: Have a Go 103 Snakebuster, The 4 Food for Thought 100 Trek – An Australian Camel Odyssey 61 For the Juniors 98 Like It Is 100 Arts Living English 104 In The Company of Actors 30 Numbers Count 101 Show, The 32 Shape Shape Shape 101 Writers on Writing 32 Study English 102 Biography Study Skills 105 Take On Technology 101 In the Compound – The Last Days of Yasser Arafat 34 Why Is It So? 105 Winged Sandals 100 Jimmy Little’s Gentle Journey 54 Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan, The 27 History Murdochs, The 42 All Points of the Compass 6 Original Mermaid, The 28 Black Soldier Blues 55 Raul, the Terrible 35 Dead Sea Scrolls 59 Shadow of Mary Poppins, The 29 Dream and the Dreaming, The 57 Business Frank Hurley – The Man Who Made History 36 Hoover’s Gold 43 Designers 47 Navigators, The 37 Eight Days a Week 44 Outback House 16 Going Public 44 Peking to Paris 18 In the Mind of the Architect 47 Sister’s, Pearls and Mission Girls 57 Yen for a Dollar 45 Voyage of The Nautilus 37 Environment Australia Wild – Rock Opera 72 50 Million Years Under the Sea 93 Australia Wild – Sperm Wars 72 Antarctica: The Silence is Calling 69 Australia Wild – Spirits of the Forest 72 Australia: Eye of the Storm 92 Australia Wild – Survival on the Reef 72 Crude 14 Australia Wild – A Very Particular Parrot 73 Ice Shelf 68 Australia Wild – Which Sex 73 Once Upon Australia 92 Australia Wild – Window on the Wild 73 Perils of Plectropomus 93 Australia Wild – Wombats: Bulldozers of the Bush 73 Tarkine – The Forgotten Wilderness 89 Australia Wild – Year of The Gagadju 73 Australia’s Hidden Corner 66 Natural History Big Blue, The 86 Animal Passions – Raising Archie 76 Big Wet, The 81 Animal Passions – Robert Ulman: Birdsuite 88 A Brush with Nature 76 Breaking the Ice 68 Animal Passions – Secrets of the Heart 76 Bunch of Fives – Cell Animation 78 Antarctica: The Silence is Calling 69 Bunch of Fives – Duelling Banjo Frogs 78 Australia – The Big Picture 81 Bunch of Fives – Lower Orders 78 Australia: Eye of the Storm 92 Bunch of Fives – Possums Rest 78 Australia Wild – Birdman of Paradise 70 Bunch of Fives – Turtle World 78 Australia Wild – Cat Wars 70 Bush Tucker Man 64 Australia Wild – Clash of the Carnivores 70 Bush Tucker Man: Stories of Survival 64 Australia Wild – Emus: Curious Companions 70 Call of the Coorong 81 Australia Wild – From the Snow to the Sea 71 Chant of the Scrub Turkey, The 85 Australia Wild – Hello Possums 71 Floralsuite 88 Australia Wild – Lizards of Oz 71 From The Heart 67 Australia Wild – Nature’s Gamblers 71 Goannas and the Rubbish Frogs 85 Australia Wild – Night of the Bogongs 71 Good Riddance 79 Australia Wild – Portrait Painter to the Birds 71 Heard Island 82 Australia Wild – River Red 71 Ice Break Heart 68 Australia Wild – Rivers of Fire 71 Island Life 83
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Islands of the Vampire Birds 87 Flying Vet, The 52 Kimberley: Land of The Wandjina, The 57 Gatekeepers, The 53 Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers 82 Moulin Rouge Girls 33 Nature of Australia 74 Navy Divers 7 Oldest Living Tasmanian – The Huon Pine, The 66 Nurses 52 Once Upon Australia 92 Police Training Academy 53 Orphans of the Forest 84 Real Life Water Rats 52 Outstanding Australia 66 Shearers, The 61 Platypus – World’s Strangest Animal 80 Shark Bay 83 Science Still Croaking 85 50 Million Years Under the Sea 93 Tarkine – The Forgotten Wilderness 89 Alien Underworld: Secrets of the Nanobes 48 They Shoot Crocodiles Don’t They? 84 Animal Attraction, The 77 Wild Relations – Bobby and the Banded Stilts 75 Body Harvest 20 Wild Relations – Mother’s Little Helpers 75 Catalyst 8 Wild Relations – Natural Born Cheats 75 Catalyst Special – To Catch a Liar 11 Wild Relations – With Wings on their Fingers 75 Catalyst Special – Descent to Titan 12 Wild Rhapsody 88 Catalyst Special – Dirty Little Secrets 11 Wildscreen – Bugs in the System 90 Catalyst Special – Human Sub 11 Wildscreen – Golf Links 91 Catalyst Special – Hypnosis 11 Wildscreen – The Last of the Wild Camels 90 Catalyst Special – Love Trap 11 Wildscreen – Of Snails and Slugs and Slimy Things 91 Catalyst Special – Planet of the Rings 12 Wildscreen – Silvereyes in Paradise 91 Catalyst Special – The Science of Business 10 Wildscreen – Wild Flowers 91 Catalyst Special – The Science of Dating 10 Zoo’s Company 77 Catalyst Special – The Times of Our Lives Pt 1 10 Catalyst Special – The Times of Our Lives Pt 2 10 Reality Catalyst Special – Voyage to the Sea of Mars 12 Academy, The 53 Crude 14 Airforce 53 Deadly Enemies 40 Australia’s Flying Doctors 52 Genuis of Junk 49 Chopper Rescue 50 High Speed Impact 56 Ice Shelf 68 End of the Game 55 Man Who Saved a Million Brains, The 46 Family Footsteps 2 Our Earth 13 God On My Side 22 Passion and Fury – The Emotional Brain 46 Homemade History 42 Perils of Plectropomus 93 Inventions from the Shed 56 Quantum Magazine 94 Jimmy Little’s Gentle Journey 54 Quantum Special – Cells From Hell 95 Landmines – A Love Story 41 Quantum Special – Cure from the Crypt 95 Monk, the Princess and the Forest, The 58 Quantum Special – The Next Pandemic 95 Singer – A Dangerous Mind 38 Quantum Special – Privacy on the Line 96 Sister’s, Pearls and Mission Girls 57 Quantum Special – The Sinister Hand 96 Sounds of Aus, The 21 Quantum Special – Spare Parts 96 Thapelo: A Prayer for Africa 55 Sudden Death 49 Tomorrows Islam 59 Sun, The 13 Trial by Fire 58 What’s Your Poison? Alcohol – The Deceptive Drug 97 Tribal Frontier 54 What’s Your Poison? Caffeine – Everyone’s Drug 97 Unearthing Evil 54 What’s Your Poison? Ecstasy – The Party Drug 97 Weeping Women 58 What’s Your Poison? Marijuana – The Forbidden Drug 97 Wildlife What’s Your Poison? Nicotine – The Desirable Drug 97 Aussie Animal Rescue 65 Bindi: The Jungle Girl 62 Society Snakebuster, The 4 Abbey, The 60 Accused, The 56 ABC Digital Content Development 106 Afrika: Capetown to Cairo 55 ABC Library Sales 107 All Points of the Compass 6 BBC Motion Gallery 110 Big Lie, The 39 Film Australia 24 Black Soldier Blues 55 National Geographic Digital Motion 108 Body Harvest 20 Buddha Realms 59 Deadly Enemies 40
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50 Million Years Under the Sea 93 Australia Wild – Survival on the Reef 72 Catalyst Special – Love Trap 11 Abbey, The 60 Australia Wild – A Very Particular Catalyst Special – Planet of the Rings 12 ABC Digital Content Development 106 Parrot 73 Catalyst Special – The Science ABC Library Sales 107 Australia Wild – Which Sex 73 of Business 10 Academy, The 53 Australia Wild – Window on the Wild 73 Catalyst Special – The Science Accused, The 56 Australia Wild – Wombats: Bulldozers of Dating 10 Afrika: Capetown to Cairo 55 of the Bush 73 Catalyst Special – The Times of Our Lives Pt 1 10 Airforce 53 Australia Wild – Year of The Gagadju 73 Australia’s Flying Doctors 52 Catalyst Special – The Times of Our Alien Underworld: Secrets of the Lives Pt 2 10 Nanobes 48 Australia’s Hidden Corner 66 Baseclimb 2 – Defying Gravity 51 Catalyst Special – Voyage to the Sea All Points of the Compass 6 of Mars 12 BBC Motion Gallery 110 Animal Attraction, The 77 Chant of the Scrub Turkey, The 85 Behind the News 99 Animal Passions – Raising Archie 76 Chopper Rescue 50 Being Me 100 Animal Passions – Robert Ulman: Crude 14 A Brush with Nature 76 Big Blue, The 86 Dead Sea Scrolls 59 Animal Passions – Secrets Big Lie, The 39 Deadly Enemies 40 of the Heart 76 Big Wet, The 81 Designers 47 Antarctica: The Silence is Calling 69 Bindi: The Jungle Girl 62 Dream and the Dreaming, The 57 Aussie Animal Rescue 65 Birdsuite 88 Eight Days a Week 44 Australia – The Big Picture 81 Black Soldier Blues 55 End of the Game 55 Australia: Eye of the Storm 92 Body Harvest 20 English Bites 102 Australia Wild – Birdman of Paradise 70 Breaking the Ice 68 English: Have a Go 103 Australia Wild – Cat Wars 70 Buddha Realms 59 Family Footsteps 2 Australia Wild – Clash of the Carnivores 70 Bunch of Fives – Cell Animation 78 Film Australia 24 Australia Wild – Emus: Curious Bunch of Fives – Duelling Banjo Frogs 78 Companions 70 Floralsuite 88 Bunch of Fives – Lower Orders 78 Australia Wild – From the Snow to Flying Vet, The 52 Bunch of Fives – Possums Rest 78 the Sea 71 Food for Thought 100 Bunch of Fives – Turtle World 78 Australia Wild – Hello Possums 71 For the Juniors 98 Bush Tucker Man 64 Australia Wild – Lizards of Oz 71 Frank Hurley – The Man Who Bush Tucker Man: Stories of Survival 64 Australia Wild – Nature’s Gamblers 71 Made History 36 Business of English, The 103 Australia Wild – Night of the Bogongs 71 From The Heart 67 Call of the Coorong 81 Australia Wild – Portrait Painter to Gatekeepers, The 53 the Birds 71 Catalyst 8 Genuis of Junk 49 Australia Wild – River Red 71 Catalyst Special – To Catch a Liar 11 Global Boarders 51 Australia Wild – Rivers of Fire 71 Catalyst Special – Descent to Titan 12 Goannas and the Rubbish Frogs 85 Australia Wild – Rock Opera 72 Catalyst Special – Dirty Little Secrets 11 God On My Side 22 Australia Wild – Sperm Wars 72 Catalyst Special – Human Sub 11 Going Public 44 Australia Wild – Spirits of the Forest 72 Catalyst Special – Hypnosis 11 Good Riddance 79 Heard Island 82 Outstanding Australia 66 Unearthing Evil 54 High Speed Impact 56 Passion and Fury – The Emotional Brain 46 Voyage of The Nautilus 37 Homemade History 42 Peking to Paris 18 Weeping Women 58 Hoover’s Gold 43 Perils of Plectropomus 93 What’s Your Poison? Alcohol – Ice Break Heart 68 Platypus – World’s Strangest Animal 80 The Deceptive Drug 97 Ice Shelf 68 Police Training Academy 53 What’s Your Poison? Caffeine – In The Company of Actors 30 Quantum Magazine 94 Everyone’s Drug 97 In the Compound – The Last Days Quantum Special – Cells From Hell 95 What’s Your Poison? Ecstasy – The Party Drug 97 of Yasser Arafat 34 Quantum Special – Cure from the Crypt 95 In the Mind of the Architect 47 What’s Your Poison? Marijuana – Quantum Special – The Next Pandemic 95 The Forbidden Drug 97 Inventions from the Shed 56 Quantum Special – Privacy on the Line 96 What’s Your Poison? Nicotine – Island Life 83 Quantum Special – The Sinister Hand 96 The Desirable Drug 97 Islands of the Vampire Birds 87 Quantum Special – Spare Parts 96 Why Is It So? 105 Jimmy Little’s Gentle Journey 54 Raul, the Terrible 35 Wild Relations – Bobby and the Kimberley: The Land of the Real Life Water Rats 52 Banded Stilts 75 Wandjina, The 57 Shadow of Mary Poppins, The 29 Wild Relations – Mother’s Little Landmines – A Love Story 41 Shape Shape Shape 101 Helpers 75 Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan, The 27 Shark Bay 83 Wild Relations – Natural Born Cheats 75 Like It Is 100 Shearers, The 61 Wild Relations – With Wings on their Living English 104 Fingers 75 Show, The 32 Man Who Saved a Million Brains, The 46 Wild Rhapsody 88 Singer – A Dangerous Mind 38 Monk, the Princess and the Forest, The 58 Wildscreen – Bugs in the System 90 Sister’s, Pearls and Mission Girls 57 Moulin Rouge Girls 33 Wildscreen – Golf Links 91 Snakebuster, The 4 Murdochs, The 42 Wildscreen – The Last of the Wild Sounds of Aus, The 21 Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers 82 Camels 90 Still Croaking 85 National Geographic Digital Motion 108 Wildscreen – Of Snails and Slugs Study English 102 and Slimy Things 91 Nature of Australia 74 Study Skills 105 Wildscreen – Silvereyes in Paradise 91 Navigators, The 37 Sudden Death 49 Wildscreen – Wild Flowers 91 Navy Divers 7 Sun, The 13 Winged Sandals 100 Numbers Count 101 Take On Technology 101 Writers on Writing 32 Nurses 52 Tarkine – The Forgotten Wilderness 89 Yen for a Dollar 45 Oldest Living Tasmanian – The Huon Thapelo: A Prayer for Africa 55 Pine, The 66 Zoo’s Company 77 They Shoot Crocodiles Don’t They? 84 Once Upon Australia 92 Tomorrows Islam 59 Original Mermaid, The 28 Trek – An Australian Camel Odyssey 61 Orphans of the Forest 84 Trial by Fire 58 Our Earth 13 Tribal Frontier 54 Outback House 16
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