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Street Vet For many homeless people their pet is more than a companion, it is their family member, their reason for living. Walking through the streets of Los Angeles, veterinarian Dr. Kwane Stewart recognised that despite their misfortunes, many homeless people sacrificed their own meal to feed their dog. Or refused the comforts of a bed and shelter if it meant parting ways with their pet.

The series follows Dr. Kwane as he wanders the back streets and laneways of our major cities on a quest to offer medical help to these pets, from treating simple ailments, to emergencies that require dashing to a hospital for surgery. His encounters will surprise you and the stories will inspire you. Follow him on this epic journey to help those pets, and the people, who need it most.

HD 13 x 30’ | FACTUAL Blizzard Road Productions

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abccommercial.com/contentsales 5 “Pulse feels real — sociologically charged, unpredictable stories with crisp, edgy dialogue with a Starring an outstanding internationally- cast of complex characters in a renowned cast including Owen Teale (Game culturally diverse milieu” of Thrones) and Claire van der Boom (Hawaii – The Australian Five-O), Pulse is a stunning medical drama based on a true story.

When successful high-flier Frankie is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure, she targets an alternate future. Eight years on she is in her second year as a practising doctor, inspired by Berger, the man who saved her life, and driven to use her second chance to save others, she must confront an ailing health system and face her toughest challenge – learning to let go.

Pulse stars an exceptional support cast including Pallavi Sharda (), Liam McIntyre (Spartacus: War of the Damned), (Janet King), Arka Das (), Blessing Mokgohloa (Hunters), (Puberty Blues), Dalip Sondhi, Penny Cook () and ().

Producers Kris Wyld (, White Collar Blue) and Antony I. Ginnane (High , The Lighthorsemen) bring to the table a wealth of creative and business experience, while Executive Producer David Ogilvy’s list of credits is illustrative of the best in contemporary Australian drama (The Code, Rake). Created by Kris Wyld, Mel Hill and Michael Miller, Pulse is presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen , in association with Screen NSW.

Series two in development FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 8 x 60’ | DRAMA Clandestine Beyond

6 Australia’s flagship science documentary program Catalyst is back with a fresh new format to inspire audiences and showcase Australian and international stories that impact everyone.

In a golden age of scientific discovery, Catalyst takes viewers to the heart of the biggest science stories from around . With an exciting mix of science genres, stories are presented by top scientists and experts, chosen for their expertise and ability to communicate the discoveries in their fields. The series is made up of hour-long programmes; each one looking at the latest science on single subjects from health and medical breakthroughs to astronomy and technology. Dive into the hunt for alien life beyond our solar system; investigate whether seaweed can help save the world; witness some of the extraordinary techniques used in operations to heal the human heart; and undertake a world-first experiment to understand how changing what’s in your gut can radically alter your life. This is a series that will surprise, delight and inform in equal measure. Seventeen series of the 30’ version also available FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 14 x 60’ | FACTUAL/SCIENCE Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Returning for a phenomenal 18th season, Australia’s acclaimed science series is back with a fresh new look and format.

LATEST PROGRAMS 7 35 Serial Killers 35 Serial Killers takes a unique look deep into the lives of history’s most infamous serial killers, from the most meticulous killer of modern times, Sacramento’s Dorothea Puente, to the owner of the ‘House of Horrors’.

Using file vision, witness-accounts, and interviews with experts, family, and people who just may have met them once, the series investigates the reasons behind the actions of serial killers. Covering Dr Harold Shipman, who is thought to have killed nearly 300 people who were his patients; Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber; Londoner HD 13 x 60’ | FACTUAL Dennis Nilsen, who strangled his victims with a tie; and more. Blizzard Road Productions

Peter and the Wolf Narrated by acclaimed actress Miriam Margolyes, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, with Principal Conductor Nicholas Carter, presents Sergei Prokofiev’s classic children’s tale.

Peter and the Wolf is a combination of symphony and storytelling about a boy named Peter and the various animals he meets, each of whom is represented by a particular instrument and musical theme.

Margolyes – best known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films – provides a warm and whimsical introduction to the instruments of the orchestra and their animal counterparts, for both for the young and young at heart.

HD 1 x 60’ | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Play School Story Time A delightful new Play School series featuring some of Australia’s most loved celebrities as they snuggle up on the Story Time couch to read entertaining picture books written by acclaimed children’s authors. Join comedian Rove McManus, yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins, actor Nakkiah Lui, and more as they are accompanied by Play School toys Big Ted, Little Ted, Jemima, Humpty and Joey.

The seven books, selected from The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Notables Book List include Pig the Winner by Aaron Blabey, Snail and Turtle Rainy Days by Stephen Michael King, Ducks Away! by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, and Where is Bear? by FORMAT Jonathan Bentley. AVAILABLE HD 7 x 5’ | CHILDREN’S Twenty new episodes in development. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

8 Restoration Australia (aka Life in Ruins) Returning with a new host and format, the series follows homeowners across the country as they lovingly restore majestic homes, grand city terraces and countryside homesteads to their former grandeur.

FORMAT As they battle white , water-damaged walls, and termite AVAILABLE infestations these homeowners gain fascinating insight into the origins of their houses, the histories, and why they were built the way they were. HD 14 x 60’ (two series) | LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT Series three in production Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Justine Clarke Show An energetic and humorous exploration of music, dance, theatre and performance – where children get to experience real musical concepts through imaginative play and drama. In each episode Justine is accompanied by her stage manager friend, Dash the dog, and a special guest, who all work together to get everything ready in time for the big show.

The exciting ensemble of special guests and artists include, renowned entertainers, musicians, and actors, performing original songs that have been co-written by Justine and cover a variety of genres including rock, country, hip hop, classical, disco, folk and more. HD 15 x 7’ | CHILDREN’S Ta Da! Productions and Fredbird Entertainment

The Company He Keeps: Unearthing Trump’s business deals on our doorstep (Four Corners) This Four Corners investigation reveals how Donald Trump, as he was closing in on his political rivals, was negotiating luxury resort deals in Bali and Java, raising serious questions about presidential conflicts of interest.

HD 1 x 45’ | NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS Australian Broadcasting Corporation

LATEST PROGRAMS 9 Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle! Sing, dance and learn with The Wiggles, the world’s most successful children’s entertainment group, with their new TV series Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle!

Featuring all new recordings of over 100 new and classic Wiggles songs, as well as exciting new segments including, ‘Little Wiggles’ – where The Wiggles remember back to when they were young; a visit to Emma’s bow room – her special place where she goes to dance and sing; the Wiggly garage – home of the Big Red Car; and for the first time we see the Big Red Plane and Emma’s Bowmobile! HD 26 x 22’ | CHILDREN’S The Wiggles

The House Join host Annabel Crabb on an access-all-areas visit to Australia’s Parliament House. From the secret subterranean city below the chambers, all the way up to the perilous heights of its unmistakable flagpole, this building is full of surprises.

Meet the unsung heroes of Australia’s democracy, from groundskeepers to timekeepers, and be there to witness urgent negotiations persisting late into the night. See for yourself how power works; the eccentric, captivating, inspiring cocktail of human fallibility that is Australian democracy. It’s Parliament like you’ve never seen it.

FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 6 x 30’ | FACTUAL Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The AI Race A fascinating program showing Australian workers taking on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and discovering for the first time how much of their jobs could be automated.

With revealing insights highlighting how every Australian job will change in the coming years as AI automates not just physical tasks, but thinking ones too. From veteran truckie Frank Black to a young final year law student and paralegal, Christine Maibom, AI is about to hit all jobs and professions.

HD 1 x 60’ | NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS Australian Broadcasting Corporation

10 Dream Gardens Returning for a second and third series in 2018, each episode follows the transformation of one garden from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result.

Hosted by one of Australia’s leading landscape designers, Michael McCoy, Dream Gardens captures some of the most imaginative and challenging garden designs coming to life as owners battle bad weather, absent workers, shifting design visions and budget blowouts. This is a series that celebrates incredible garden design, FORMAT the great gardens of today and the role they play in inspiring and AVAILABLE HD 8 x 30’ | LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT shaping lives. Australian Broadcasting Corporation Series one currently available.

Forget Me Not: Australians Living with Dementia (Four Corners) In this touching and brave program, three families open their lives to tell their stories of living with dementia. Follow their intensely personal stories as they share their hopes, fears and plans for the future.

In interviews with leading doctors in the field, the program explores the research into the steps that can be taken that may help stave off or slow the progression of the disease. Shining through this inspiring program is the love and dedication of the families and friends HD 1 x 45’ | NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS determined to cherish every minute they have with left. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Long Way From Home () When 20 year-old Mia Ayliffe-Chung was murdered at a backpacker hostel in August last year it made headlines around the world. In a quest to find out the truth behind her daughter’s death, Mia’s grieving mother Rosie uncovers a world of sexual, financial and psychological exploitation.

To prevent the same thing happening to others, Rosie Ayliffe travels to backpacker hotspots in Australia to lobby for change. During her trip she also made an emotional visit to the place where Mia died and recorded her thoughts. Extracts of this raw and powerful recording feature in this emotional program. HD 1 x 48’ | NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS Australian Broadcasting Corporation

LATEST PROGRAMS 11 The Wiggles Duets Almost three decades in the making, The Wiggles Duets sees Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony sing some of their favourite tunes alongside some of the most sensational entertainers from Australia and abroad!

Guest stars include ; the late Steve Irwin and his family, Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin; Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin who used sign language to complement our song; Lou-Diamond Phillips; plus many more!

HD 1 x 70’ | CHILDREN’S The Wiggles

Cracking the Code: What Facebook really knows about you (Four Corners) “What’s on your mind?” It’s the friendly Facebook question which lets you share what you’re thinking and what you’ve been up to. It’s also the question that unlocks the details of your life and helps turn your thoughts into Facebook’s profits.

Reporter Peter Greste explores the world of Facebook and how your data is being mined to drive the huge success of the social media giant.

The program investigates how Facebook has the ability to track much of your browsing history, even when you’re not logged on, and even if HD 1 x 45’ | NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS Australian Broadcasting Corporation you aren’t a member of the social network at all.

The Home Show (Foreign Correspondent) How do we make housing more affordable? Can the global housing crisis be solved? Foreign Correspondent’s reporters fan out abroad – to London, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Tokyo and New York – in search of some solutions. From left-field entrepreneurs and government schemes to shipping container villages, people the world over are developing innovative and creative ways to solve the developed world’s housing affordability crisis.

There is no silver bullet for all our housing problems, but as The Home Show demonstrates, creative approaches – even niche ideas like tiny houses, canal boats and shipping containers – combined with a dose of HD 1 x 55’ | NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS brave public policy, can make a real difference. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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abccommercial.com/contentsales 13 Newton’s Law

Hailed as one of the best new shows of 2017, this fresh comedy-drama series centres on Josephine Newton, a suburban solicitor with an over- developed sense of responsibility who attempts to return to her briefly glorious career at the Bar. Sparkling with wit and pace, the series explores a variety of legal issues and challenges with warmth and heart as it focuses on a diverse ensemble cast of compelling characters.

Newton’s Law stars an outstanding line-up of Australian talent including Claudia Karvan (, Paperback Hero), Toby HD 8 x 60’ | DRAMA Schmitz (Black Sails), Brett Tucker (McLeod’s Daughters, Thor: Every Cloud Productions Pty Limited The Dark World), and Miranda Tapsell ().

Redfern Now The multi award-winning, critically acclaimed is a collaboration of some of Australia’s most celebrated writers, actors and directors – Rachel Perkins (), Catriona McKenzie (Satellite Boy), (The Sapphires), (Somersault), (The Sapphires) – with one of the world’s greatest storytellers, Emmy and BAFTA award-winner Jimmy McGovern (The Street, Cracker, The Lakes).

Powerful, funny, bittersweet stories exploring contemporary inner city Indigenous life, told by the people who live it.

AWARD WINNER HD 12 x 55’ (2 series) Telemovie – Promise Me: 1 x 90’

MDA

Hospitals can be dangerous places. Mistakes can be made. Lives can be seriously shattered or lost. When that happens someone has to pay. That’s when doctors turn to MDA – the medical defence and indemnity organisation that must negotiate its way through ethical minefields and around litigious lawyers. Rarely has a television show been this FORMAT gripping and this topical. MDA stars international award-winning actors AVAILABLE and Jason Donovan.

AWARD WINNER SD 56 x 52’ (3 series) Screentime

14 The Secret River

A stunning period drama based on the Man Booker Prize-nominated novel and featuring a stellar international cast including Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Emerald City), (Californication), and (The Dressmaker).

This is an epic tragedy dramatising the British colonisation of Australia. A story of a good man compelled by desperation, fear, ambition and love for his family to participate in a crime of inhuman savagery. The dispossession of is heartbreaking as his claim over a piece of land by a river brings his family and into a fight for survival with its traditional custodians.

HD 2 x 85’ or HD 4 x 45’ Ruby Entertainment AWARD WINNER

DRAMA 15 Carlotta Based on the extraordinary life of the iconic Les Girls headliner and Australian transgender pioneer. (, Love Child) stars as Carlotta in a universal story about identity, family, tolerance and acceptance.

Carlotta lays bare the life of the confused teenager named Richard and her eventual emergence as the all conquering drag queen and performer.

Spanning forty years, Carlotta is an uplifting celebration of finding your place in the world and making your mark against all odds. HD 1 x 91’ A Story Ark production for ABC TV

Parer’s War Starring Matthew Le Nevez (), Parer’s War is the true story of World War II frontline cameraman, Damien Parer, whose work won Australia’s first Oscar.

His desperate efforts to return to the battlefield to capture what he believed was the ‘truth’ of war were thwarted by his own government.

Caught between two worlds, his own personal demons almost cost him the woman he loved.

HD 1 x 100’ Pericles Film Productions

Correlli

Starring in one of his earliest roles, Correlli is a psychological drama set in a male prison, and deals with the experiences of female psychologist, Louisa Corelli.

Stepping through the gates of an all male prison to take up a position as resident prison psychologist, Correlli (Deborah-Lee Furness) is immediately drawn to Kevin Jones (Jackman), another new arrival, but in prison as a convicted armed robber. Through experiences with the inmates and her fellow prison staff, Correlli becomes increasingly involved in prison life but a growing relationship with Jones threatens to unravel her world.

SD 1 x 90’ plus 9 x 55’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

16 Twentysomething

Whether it is finding out how you got home last night or what to do with the rest of your life, the twentysomething world is filled with massive highs, heart breaking lows and plenty of drinks in between.

When best friends Jess and Josh find themselves unemployed, getting evicted and constantly dodging the dreaded question, “So what do you do with yourselves?”, they decide it’s time to become their own bosses. Although Jess and Josh have every intention FORMAT of succeeding, they somehow manage to self-destruct, with their AVAILABLE schemes ending in chaos. HD 12 x 27’ High Wire Films and Electric Living Productions

East of Everything

An irresistible drama series with an edge of humour and a perfectly stellar cast including (The Silence, Mission Impossible II), Susie Porter (East West 101), and Gia Carides (My Big Fat Greek Wedding).

When a restless travel writer is called home to his dying mother’s bedside he has to face his bitter brother, his childhood sweetheart and a teenage son he hardly knows before he realises the derelict resort that became his parents’ ‘paradise lost’ may prove his own salvation.

SD 13 x 60’ (2 series) Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Silence

Under investigation for a fatal shooting, Detective Richard Treloar is transferred to a desk job at the Police Museum. While preparing a photographic exhibition, he becomes obsessed by an archival image of a beautiful murder victim. When one of his leads turns up dead, his ‘cold case’ is officially re-opened – and he’s the prime suspect. Richard Roxburgh (Rake) is a revelation as the police officer who, tortured by what’s been left unsaid in his life and driven by fragments of memory, unwittingly investigates himself.

SD 2 x 56’ and 1 x 105’ Jan Chapman Films

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It’s in 1944, the tide is turning in the Pacific War and American forces have made Sydney a gaudy, hectic garrison town. The gamblers and “good time charlies” converge on the South Pacific Hotel, one of Sydney’s finest.

The heart of the hotel is the bustling beauty salon run by the cool professional Claire who hides a guilty secret; Deb who has a pre-war marriage and a wartime alternative; and Guinea whose ‘good war’ is AWARD not what it seems. Come in Spinner is the story of one week in their WINNER lives, as they play the game of chance for the highest stakes…survival, SD 4 x 55’, 2 x 110’ security and the opportunity for happiness and love. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Changi

In times of war, humour is hardly a defence, but it was the thing that got six young men through their ordeal in the notorious WWll Japanese Prison Camp called Changi. With its sudden shifts from past to present, from light-hearted camaraderie to moments of surreal terror, from intense reality to dream fantasy, Changi is a unique drama that captures the horrors of war, the pain of memory and the power of laughter.

AWARD WINNER SD 6 x 50’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Two Friends

From the internationally acclaimed team behind the multi award- winning film The – director Jane Campion and producer Jan Chapman – comes an enduring story of friendship.

Louise and Kelly are the best of friends, both coming from broken homes, they both fantasise about the fathers they so rarely see. Time has a funny way of changing things though, and as the year progresses, their friendship which is both intense and fragile, is fractured by what seems a small event. And then suddenly it seems that growing up means growing apart.

HD 1 x 76’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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abccommercial.com/contentsales 19 Shortcuts to Glory

An easy to follow, step-by-step ‘how to’ guide for anyone who can’t cook…like comedian and host Matt Okine. Whether you are leaving home, off to university, or moving into a share house, this series will help you build confidence in the kitchen so you can kiss microwave- ready meals and instant noodles goodbye.

In each episode Matt visits one of Australia’s finest cooks or chefs, who teaches him a simple, budget-friendly dish and shares their FORMAT insider tips and tricks. Guests include Colin Fassnidge, Katherine AVAILABLE Sabbath, Neil Perry, Chris Manfield, Dan Hong and Jill Dupleix. HD 10 x 30’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation Also available 38 x 8’ – Recipes

On Country Kitchen

A series with a delicious twist of Western Australian produce, characters and adventures with cultural man and comic Derek Nannup as tour guide, and one-of a-kind Indigenous Chef ‘The Black Olive’, Mark Olive turning fresh produce into mouth watering dishes.

Join Derek on his adventure to discover local food producers around the beautiful South-West of – home to some of the best produce in the world, and watch as Mark opens up his culinary world to his kitchen-hand and cook-in-training, Derek. Together they cook up wonderful recipes, with a bit of fun thrown in too.

HD 6 x 30’ MagoFilms

The Cook and the Chef

She has a reputation for home cooking. He creates five-star restaurant masterpieces on a daily basis. She’s a self-taught, instinctive cook. He’s a highly trained professional.

Meet Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant – transforming local seasonal produce into dishes you can’t wait to re-create.

This is the perfect recipe for TV – she cooks, he chefs, and together, they sizzle.

FORMAT AVAILABLE SD 154 x 27’ (4 series) Australian Broadcasting Corporation

20 Surfing the Menu

The original international hit series following celebrity chefs Curtis Stone and Ben O’Donoghue on their surfing and cooking safari around Australia – one part travel adventure and two parts cooking show. Meet unconventional characters and discover unique produce, cooked in some of the most spectacular locations on Earth.

FORMAT AVAILABLE SD 24 x 26’ (4 series) Mago Films

Surfing the Menu: Next Generation Following the global success of the original four series, is Surfing the Menu: Next Generation, with brand new hosts Dan Churchill and Hayden Quinn, and all new adventures.

Enjoy gastronomical adventures across the sun, fun and food‑filled land of Oz. You won’t be able to decide which is tastiest – the places they take you, the dishes they create, or the boys themselves! FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 13 x 25’ NoMa Films

Thai Street Food

Join guru, chef and Thai food adventurer, David Thompson on his quest to unlock the secrets of Thai street food. From the markets at dawn to a very late supper in Chinatown, he talks and cooks with vendors, hawkers and market stall holders to discover the popular dishes, the classics and the less well-known delicacies.

Food is central to many, if not all, aspects of Thai culture and it’s David’s passion to not only demonstrate how to prepare it, but to put the food in context and take the viewer on an unforgettable 13-part journey through a day in the life of Thai Street Food.

HD 13 x 30’ Thai Food Productions Pty Ltd / Siren Films

LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT 21 Streets of Your Town In the 1950s, pioneering architects including Robin Boyd, Syd Ancher, Roy Grounds and Harry Seidler adapted the International style of Modernism. Through the 1960s and ‘70s, Australian Modernism was tailored for local culture and lifestyle. But by the end of the 1970s, the McMansion had arrived. In this series, Tim Ross – broadcaster, comedian and aficionado of all things Modernism – tracks the stories of these houses, and gains unprecedented access to iconic homes to revel in their beauty and legacy in Australia’s suburbia.

HD 2 x 57’ Mint Pictures

Life Architecturally

Life Architecturally follows internationally-acclaimed husband and wife team, Robert McBride and Debbie Ryan to discover what inspires their groundbreaking concepts, designs and architecture. The program observes the pressures of building a multi-story, twin- tower development; a revolutionary new school in the shape of an infinity symbol; as well as the construction and design of their new family home.

It also follows the pair as they prepare a pitch for a prestigious new billion-dollar building that will be the biggest cancer care centre in the Southern Hemisphere. There is a personal reason behind their passion for this project. The stakes are high. The vision is bold. HD 1 x 45’ and 1 x 28’ Mago Films

Happy Body Series An inactive lifestyle, the demands of busy lives and age have left many people feeling flat, achey and lacking in energy. The Happy Body Series explores how to get the most out of your body in everyday life.

With practical tips to help with women’s spreading tummies and wobbly thighs in their 40s and 50s, to the physical challenges of staying strong and mobile in their 60s and 70s, to the never ending frustrations of Slumpy Kids. Add the vitally important ways to cope At your Desk, which deals with the challenges of sedentary workplaces, and the all important Tips for Travel.

HD 29 x 6 - 8’ Flickering Films

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Gardening Australia is a long running series providing practical, realistic, and credible horticultural and gardening advice, inspiring and entertaining those with a love of gardening. Presented by leading horticultural experts and passionate gardeners, Gardening Australia is a valuable resource to all gardeners. The series regularly features stories from remote and naturally beautiful regions, along with tips on organic gardening, recycling, pruning, and container gardening. Even the laziest armchair gardeners can become expert botanists!

Ongoing half hour series Australian Broadcasting Corporation FORMAT AVAILABLE

Featuring practical advice, inspiring gardens, handy hints, fl oral eye candy as well as a collection of great characters and innovators.

LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT 23 Poh’s Kitchen A trained designer and artist, Poh Ling Yeow also loves cooking. In the sumptuous first series, Poh welcomes internationally-renowned chefs into her kitchen, where together they create succulent, mouth watering dishes. They share their tips and techniques with Poh, and explore different styles of cooking.

In Poh’s Kitchen on the Road, Poh travels around Australia and Asia, clocking up more fantastic food experiences, some not for the faint

FORMAT hearted, and all definitely unique. Series 1: 40 x 30’ and 13 x 30’ AVAILABLE Also available: Series 2: Poh’s Kitchen on the Road HD 26 x 30’ Christmas with Poh HD 1 x 27’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation Image courtesy Tony Lewis

Stefano’s Cooking Paradiso

Celebrated chef and restaurateur, Stefano de Pieri takes us on a culinary adventure around Australia’s Sunraysia/Mallee region, which produces a vast majority of the country’s meat, fruit and vegetables.

Stefano uses local produce for his special Italian/Australian dishes, combining traditional Venetian techniques with genuine outback gusto. Stefano hunts, gathers and cooks his way through spellbinding locations – a houseboat on the great Murray River, an intoxicating taste test in sprawling vineyards, a citrus feast in picture-perfect HD 8 x 30’ orange groves, and even a sunset BBQ on a spectacular salt lake. Grand Paradiso Productions

Organic Gardening

An entertaining “how-to” seasonal guide for gardeners on everything that needs to be fertilized, pruned, propagated, cultivated, irrigated, dug, drained, or just plain nurtured in your garden. With updates from a team of knowledgeable fellow gardeners, it travels across time zones and horticultural borders, offering something for every enthusiast.

Questions are answered, advice given, inspiration guaranteed. It’s 100% natural, practical, simple - and of course, it’s totally organic. It frees the mind, releases the stress and lets you get your hands dirty. Or you can just sit back and enjoy watching the beautiful gardens. FORMAT AVAILABLE Photo by Mary Canning HD 25 x 30’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

24 Cheese Slices

Filmed on location in the world’s most beautiful countryside, Cheese Slices is a passionate look at regional cheeses from the traditional to the innovative. A historical and culinary discovery, the show has explored 26 countries and their artisanal cheesemaking history.

Series 1: 6 x 30’ Series 2: 7 x 30’ Series 3: 8 x 30’ Series 4: HD 9 x 30’ plus HD 1 x 60’ special Series 5: HD 8 x 30’ plus HD 1 x 60’ special Series 6: HD 6 x 30’ & HD 2 x 60’ or HD 10 x 30’ Series 7: HD 8 x 30’ Series 8: HD 6 x 30’

8 SERIES Fromagent Australia / Squid Ink Media FORMAT AVAILABLE

AWARD WINNER

Touring the globe, Cheese Slices takes a mouth-watering look at the world’s best-loved cheeses and explores the passion and the skill of the cheese makers who create them.

LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT 25 The Flying Winemaker The Flying Winemaker is on a mission to change how wine is perceived and consumed across Asia. The series follows Hong Kong-based master winemaker, Eddie McDougall, as he sets out to discover the best wine being produced across Asia, the industry’s fastest growing market. Visiting an urban winery in Hong Kong and fascinating wine regions in China, India, , Japan and , he searches for undiscovered varieties to make them accessible to the world.

Eddie also matches wines with exotic dishes, showcasing how Asian HD 13 x 30’ meals can be enjoyed with wine varieties from around the globe. WD Entertainment Group

Kylie Kwong: Cooking with Heart and Soul

From restaurateur, author, award-winning chef and poster-girl for modern Australian Chinese cooking, Kylie Kwong, comes the delicious series Cooking with Heart and Soul.

The series sees Kylie prepare western versions of Chinese staples such as crispy skin duck and sweet & sour pork, as well as some eastern inspired variations on western classics like fish ‘n chips and roast chicken.

SD 8 x 27’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Kylie Kwong: Simply Magic

Simply Magic sees chef Kylie Kwong travelling to China for cooking inspiration, from the boomtown city of Shanghai to the former British colony of Hong Kong, where she meets many who share her passion for food.

The recipes she shares are full of the exoticism and romance of these places, but every ingredient she uses is readily available at your local supermarket, wherever you are in the world.

SD 8 x 26’ Simon Target Films, ABC, XYZ Networks Pty Ltd

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abccommercial.com/contentsales 27 Brian Cox: Life of a Universe

In this two-part special, Professor Brian Cox tackles the biggest story of them all – the beginning and end of everything. How did the Universe begin? What existed before the big bang? How will it all end? Is the end of the Universe really even the end?

To help answer these questions and more, the program focuses on the work of eminent scientists and the unique clues that can only be revealed by exploring the Southern Sky. Featuring input from global cosmological luminaries such as Stephen Hawking, Brian Greene and Neil Degrasse Tyson. HD 2 x 27’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation World rights excluding UK.

Top Jobs for Dogs Discover what amazing and entertaining tasks dogs are capable of – and what traits to look for when finding the right dog for the job. Whether it’s speed, curiosity, reliability, affection ... we’ll explore what it takes to develop a cute puppy into a Top Dog.

This program reveals which dog is the right fit and why – is it the science, the psychology, the determination? Along the way we meet the dogs on the job, their trainers and those they serve. A fascinating, surprising and fun exploration of the lives and characteristics of our canine friends.

FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 12 x 30’ Hula Hoop Pictures

Connection to Country

This is a compelling look at the world’s oldest continuous culture, a culture whose sacred sites are older than any of the world’s most famous monuments.

Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Great Wall of China are comparatively recent compared to the rock art sites of Australia’s Aborigines, yet Aboriginal people from Australia’s Pilbara region face a constant battle to preserve their unique heritage from the ravages of a booming mining industry.

HD 1 x 55’ Weeriana Street Media Pty Ltd

28 Cyberhate

A revealing series that investigates the darkest corners of the web to uncover the cyber violence that’s impacting so many people today.

Author, journalist and TV presenter Tara Moss shares first-hand stories of cyberhate from people who have been subject to vicious online attacks. Through scientific and social experiments, and interviews with experts, victims and self-confessed ‘trolls’, Moss lifts the cloak of anonymity and disinhibition. She guides us through the complexities of online ethics and digital democracy to investigate why fury and bullying is reshaping the online world, and what we can HD 6 x 10’ and 1 x 57’ do about it. The Full Box Pty Ltd

You Can’t Ask That Giving an unmediated platform to some of the most misunderstood and marginalised people in society, the series offers genuine insight into those living with labels. The show’s format is simple – naive, cheeky or uncomfortable questions are posed to stereotyped groups and they in turn respond, direct to camera, with raw and authentic answers drawn from their own experiences.

At times funny, poignant, offensive and heart-breaking, the acclaimed show quickly became one of the most-watched series in 2016 for ABC iview, and has won a prestigious Rose d’Or.

Series three in production AWARD WINNER HD 22 x 10–30’ (2 series) Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Ice Wars – The Meth Epidemic This provocative series takes us to the frontline of the war on the drug known as ice. Through unprecedented access, follow the stories of meth lab busts, front line importation arrests at the docks with Task Force Polaris, decontamination of suburbs by the cleanup crews, forensic teams tracing precursors and toxicologists investigating human impact from passive meth cooking.

HD 4 x 60’ Northern Pictures Pty Limited

FACTUAL 29 The 72 Series 72 Cutest Animals Visually stunning and packed with scientific facts, 72 Cutest Animals is a countdown and investigation of the cutest animals in the world. HD 12 x 30’ 72 Dangerous Animals Australia Be afraid...be very afraid. This enthralling series looks at all 72 of Australia’s deadly animals and combines real life stories, beautifully filmed footage, and a host of characters who work and live with these unique Australian animals.

HD 12 x 45’ 72 Dangerous Places to Live With first-hand accounts from the people that live there, 72 Dangerous Places to Live is a fascinating discovery of the world’s riskiest places to live. HD 6 x 45’

Available soon:

72 Dangerous Animals HD 12 x 45’

72 Dangerous Animals Asia HD 12 x 45’

Showrunner Productions

FORMATS AVAILABLE A visually stunning and fascinating franchise counting down everything from the adorable to the downright terrifying!

30 The Wonder of Marsupials A visual feast of stunning Australian landscapes, amazing animal behaviours and great marsupial facts. This series explores the incredible adaptations marsupials have evolved to deal with the unique and difficult challenges of life in Australia.

From Australia’s scorching desert heart to pristine rainforests in the north, we’ll meet the biggest and the smallest marsupials, the rarest and the most successful as we journey to see The Wonder of Marsupials. HD 3 x 50’ Wild Bear Entertainment Pty Limited

Birthplace of the Giants Birthplace of the Giants is an epic scientific expedition where intrepid whale researchers Curt and Micheline Jenner travel to the remote humpback whale breeding grounds in the Kimberley of Western Australia.

Using the latest aerial camera drones and night vision technology they capture never before seen footage and provide an impassioned insight into the secret life of the enigmatic humpback whale.

HD 1 x 58’ Sea Dog TV International

Great White Matrix Shark attack survivor and former elite Navy diver, Paul de Gelder and Emmy Award-winning underwater cameraman, Andy Casagrande explore the behaviour patterns of great white sharks and uncover the differences between fatal and non-fatal bites. Paul and Andy journey from a unique juvenile shark nursery, to deadly waters in remote South Australia to analyse vital differences between sharks that kill and those that don’t. An in-situ investigative adventure, mixing courage and science, Great White Matrix proves that although all great white sharks are dangerous, not every one is a man-eater.

HD 1 x 60’ Northern Pictures

FACTUAL 31 The Search for the Ocean’s Super Predator In the hidden depths of Australia’s wild Southern Ocean, a great white shark is savagely attacked by a far larger and faster mystery predator. An electronic tracking device attached to the great white records a high-speed underwater chase, before the shark and its tag are savagely devoured. Two weeks later, the still functioning tag is washed ashore, holding clues that could reveal the identity of the AWARD shark’s super predator. WINNER HD 1 x 60’ Ocean’s Super Predator Films

Shark Girl Madison Stewart is a young woman with a passion for a creature of the deep that strikes fear in the hearts of most people – sharks. She has been face to face with every kind of shark around the world, but at an early age she realised that if sharks were endangered, so was their habitat.

So Madison waved goodbye to the carefree life of other teenagers and, armed with a video camera, set out to single-handedly fight the ignorance that surrounds these spectacular and misunderstood creatures.

AWARD WINNER HD 1 x 57’ Kaufmann Productions

Beneath A visually sumptuous exploration on why this beautiful land is so dynamic and ever-changing. Enhanced by stunning CGI and high on interesting ‘takeaway’ science, this series takes an expert guided journey across New Zealand’s two islands, uncovering the scientific facts about its evolving landscape. New Zealand is also steeped in Maori mythology – and along the way there are detours into fascinating legends about the natural environment. Beneath New Zealand is a compelling combination of science and mythology.

FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 3 x 43’ WildBear & Making Movies

32 Australia’s Remote Islands This fascinating three part series explores three unique Australian islands and tells the stories of those who choose to live in these isolated locations.

From the sub-tropical paradise of Lord Howe Island – home to the world’s most southern coral reef, to the rugged Antarctic wildlife and dramatic scenery of Macquarie Island – breeding ground for tens of thousands of sea birds and mammals.

The series concludes with a journey to Norfolk Island – a tiny island SD 3 x 30’ with a colourful past, boasting 360 degree views, and living history of Australian Broadcasting Corporation convicts and mutineers.

Croc College The challenge of a lifetime, Croc College follows six students, desperate to turn their lives around, on their journey to become the next generation of croc handlers.

They embark on the most thrilling and dangerous training course Australia has to offer: learning how to handle, farm and manage the world’s oldest and largest living reptile – the saltwater .

They risk their life in oppressive heat and difficult conditions over the three-week course. While some of them dream of becoming full-time croc-wranglers, others are at Australia’s scariest school for entirely different reasons. One way or another, Croc College will change their lives forever. HD 6 x 28’ Travelling Tale Productions

Platypus – World’s Strangest Animal The has both baffled and inspired the scientific community for hundreds of years. 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.

SD 1 x 52’ An Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Discovery Channel production in association with Telcast International GmbH

FACTUAL 33 Compass

Compass is Australia’s only religion, ethics and social values TV program that has explored belief, faith, values and the search for meaning through personal stories, documentaries and debate for almost 30 years.

The series navigates the historical and contemporary, the personal and political, the religious and secular. Its guiding principle is to illuminate the spiritual and ethical journey, so revealing the broader issues of community and the shared experience of being human.

Ongoing x 30’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation FORMAT AVAILABLE

An engaging series refl ecting and exploring faith, belief and values in Australia and around the globe.

34 Conviction Jill Meagher, a young Irish woman living in Melbourne, is brutally raped and murdered in a crime that shocked Australia and created headlines around the world. Conviction is a rare true-crime thriller that takes viewers beyond the headlines, as homicide detectives find, track and bring her killer to justice.

Set against a worldwide social media campaign denouncing violence against women, Conviction probes both the psyche of a serial predator and the effects on those whose job is to hunt in the darkest reaches of humanity. HD 1 x 60’ DD & B Productions Pty Limited

Kids on Speed? Kids on Speed? is part observational documentary, part clinical intervention and part social experiment. A team of experts, led by a dynamic Clinical Psychologist, put four families with children suspected of having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), through a cutting edge evidence based intervention program.

The stakes are high as the families are at the end of their tether and the experts put their reputations on the line.

FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 3 x 55’ Essential Media and Entertainment

Head First Head First is a series about everyday people living extraordinary lives in hidden worlds.

In series one, Sabour Bradley (Extreme Tourist: Afghanistan) enters the world of freedom fighters, celebrity sex tapes, Internet love scams, and Aboriginal teens living in the remote Northern Territory of Australia.

In series two, Sabour follows ‘Stem Cell Tourists’ as they search for a miracle cure, tests anti-ageing drugs, goes undercover with a team trying to save children from exploitation in Cambodian orphanages and explores porn addiction. HD 10 x 45’ (2 series) Mushroom Pictures, Silver Suit Media, Tin Roof Pictures, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

FACTUAL 35 Luke Warm Sex

Does practice make perfect? In this six part series, comedian Luke McGregor consults sex therapists, scientists, tantric practitioners and sexual empowerment coaches with the aim to get better at sex – transforming from lukewarm to red hot. This is a journey about understanding sexual confi dence, sexual identity, pleasure, intimacy and creativity. Luke explores any class and activity to gain the knowledge and tools to lead a healthy and satisfying sex life. Comic, but never crass, Luke Warm Sex is a rollicking and surprising look at HD 6 x 27’ sex, from the mainstream to the fringes. Northern Pictures

The Graceland Happiness Project When Tim Dormer won Big Brother, he promised to take his friend Ben Zabel to Graceland, the home of his childhood idol Elvis Presley. What began as a holiday turned into a rescue mission to help Ben find a new lease on life after his ongoing struggle with depression came to a head with an attempted suicide. Tim and Ben’s journey to Memphis is a search for happiness, exploring everything from celebrity to civil rights, religion, music history and most importantly the power of friendship.

AWARD WINNER HD 1 x 60’ Princess Pictures

Between a Frock and a Hard Place This is the story of how a low-budget Australian film – The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert – changed the course of history, loudly and proudly bringing a celebration of gay culture to the world that continues to resonate twenty years on. Between a Frock and a Hard Place is also a social history of gay culture in Australia, including interviews with the film’s key players – director, actors, and creative team as well as drag artists and members of the gay community.

Image courtesy of Elise Lockwood, copyright Latent Image Productions Pty Ltd

HD 1 x 58’ Jungleboys FTV

36 The Life Series An observational documentary series that chronicles the lives of a select number of children as they grow from infancy to adolescence. Every two years, the filmmakers revisit these children and their families to gain an in-depth snapshot of their lives, examining what it takes to give a child the best chance in life. Combining real life stories with cutting edge science, it offers a refreshing insight into contemporary family life. Life at 1 – 2 x 55’ Life at 3 – 2 x 55’ Life at 5 – 2 x 55’ Life at 7 – 2 x 57’ HD Life at 9 – 2 x 58’ HD 5 x 2-part series Screen Australia, Heiress Films

FACTUAL 37 Tyke Outlaw Tyke Elephant Outlaw is the gripping and emotionally charged story of Tyke, a circus elephant who went on a rampage in Honolulu in 1994, killed her trainer in front of thousands of spectators and died in a hail of gunfire.

Her break for freedom – filmed from start to tragic end – traumatised a city and ignited a global battle over the use of animals in the entertainment industry.

Through her former trainers and handlers, circus industry insiders, witnesses to her rampage, and animal rights activists for whom Tyke HD 1 x 80’ and 1 x 55’ became a global rallying cry, the film raises fundamental questions Jumping Dog Productions about our connection to other species.

Fashion ASIA

Fashion ASIA explores fashion, design, art and youth culture as fashion blogger Margaret Zhang and TV presenter Courtney Dober submerse themselves in the culture of thirteen cities across Asia and Australia.

Discovering the delights of Bali, Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, New Delhi, Seoul, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, , Sydney and Melbourne, Fashion ASIA leaves no stone unturned in the quest to find all things on trend.

HD 13 x 30’ F.A.D. Group

Chopper Rescue

From the ocean to the outback, helicopter rescue crews save lives and face near death challenges every day. Chopper Rescue follows the work of the doctors, paramedics, rescue officers and aircrews who are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Working in difficult remote locations and in cramped conditions in mid air, the doctors and paramedics safely deliver patients to hospital and along the way deliver hospital standard care. Chopper Rescue is genuine life and death human drama.

10 x 30’ (2 series) S1: Big Island Pictures and S2: Beyond Productions

38 Enigma Man – A Stone Age Mystery A team of Australian and Chinese scientists discover mysterious ancient human remains from a remote cave in South West China. The bones are unlike any living human or any ancient human known to science, yet they were alive at the same time as humans of our own kind. Could they represent a new human species? And if so, what happened to these people? Join the investigation to unravel the AWARD mystery and travel back in time into their Stone Age world. WINNER HD 1 x 57’ Electric Pictures

Captain Cook – Obsession and Discovery This four part series features high adventure, triumph and tragedy as we journey in the wake of one of the greatest explorers of all time, James Cook. A hero to some, a curse to others, he described more of the globe than any other man in three incredible voyages. Renowned Cook expert Vanessa Collingridge searches for the man behind the legend in a series that is part biography, part travelogue and completely enthralling.

AWARD HD 4 x 55’ WINNER Screen Australia – From the NFSA’s Film Australia Collection

Great War Horses Over 130,000 Australian horses served in the 1914-1918 war. None came home. This is their story.

Known as Walers, they were a special kind of horse as they could withstand great heat, travel great distances and perform great feats in battle.

With over 70,000 succumbing to the horrors of the conflict, what happened to more than 50,000 horses, who gallantly served Australia’s forces, at war’s end?

AWARD WINNER HD 1 x 60’ and 1 x 75’ Mago Films

FACTUAL 39 Tribal Scent Tribal Scent examines the history of sandalwood, along with its present and potential future uses. It delves into its vital contribution to the global perfume industry. Indigenous Australians have been using sandalwood for meditation, body perfuming, cleansing ceremonies, medicines and love potions for millennia.

Tribal Scent explores how, through sandalwood, one of the oldest civilisations on the planet is working in harmony with one of the most sophisticated and urbane.

HD 1 x 54’ CM Film Productions

Becoming Superhuman (Catalyst)

Biomedical engineer Dr Jordan Nguyen has promised 13 year-old Riley Saban, who lives with severe cerebral palsy, that he will invent a device to help Riley achieve the impossible, with cutting-edge technology.

Jordan’s aim is for Riley to have ‘telekinetic control’ – the ability to independently take control of the technology in his environment using only his eyes – through a headband that will respond to Riley’s eye movements. Is the day when technology gives our biology superhuman powers closer than we think? AWARD WINNER HD 2 x 27’ or HD 1 x 57’ | FACTUAL The Feds

Afghanistan: Inside Australia’s War

In their own words and their own extraordinary, never-before-seen helmet-cam battle footage, Australia’s fighting men and women lay bare their hearts in an epic series – not just about how they waged a war, but why and to what end. The series takes viewers inside the experiences of soldiers, in the context of 9/11, Bali, Madrid, London and Iraq. As much as a war story, Afghanistan: Inside Australia’s War is a portrait of a generation.

HD 3 x 57’ | FACTUAL Essential Media and Entertainment

40 Destination Arnold

Destination Arnold tells the story of two Indigenous women who share a big dream – to make it to the Arnolds – an invitation only bodybuilding competition being held in Australia for the first time. To get there they will have to endure months of training, dieting and competition. Tash and Kylene push their bodies to the limit, sacrificing family and friends for one purpose. Destination Arnold is a roller- coaster ride of emotion with viewers sharing their journeys and getting a firsthand look at what it takes to be a champion.

HD 1 x 57’ | FACTUAL Pursekey Productions

Making Families Happy Three very different families in crisis embark on a world first experiment led by two elite psychologists. Over two months, these families attempt to overcome longstanding barriers to happiness. They range from a blended family with five kids to a single mother with a thirteen-year-old daughter. Their problems are universal: poor communication, financial stress, lack of parenting skills and defiant teenagers. In Making Families Happy, the ‘Happiness’ team are turning their attention to their greatest challenge yet: families.

Also available: Eight Weeks to Happiness 3 x 55’ Making Couples Happy 4 x 56’ HD 3 x 57’ | FACTUAL Heiress Films

Hitting Home Headline stories of domestic violence dominate the papers, all too often ending in murder. Award-winning journalist Sarah Ferguson spent six months on the frontline of domestic violence meeting with women and children who are affected as well as with perpetrators of violence. With unprecedented access to forensic doctors, specialist police officers, prisons and courts, Sarah goes in AWARD WINNER search of answers to some of the most important questions about domestic violence.

FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 2 x 55’ | FACTUAL In Films

FACTUAL 41 Changing Minds Brave, raw and sometimes funny, Changing Minds goes inside the locked wards of a mental health unit in a busy metropolitan hospital following patients as they, with the help of the staff, work towards regaining their health.

Until now, what actually happens inside a modern mental health unit has rarely, if ever, been seen. As a result, fear, stigma and a lack of understanding exists.

AWARD Changing Minds provides insight into the complex, emotional and WINNER often difficult experiences of mental illness. HD 6 x 57’ (2 series) Northern Pictures

Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?

At last, an answer to one of crime history’s great unsolved cases. When the bodies of brilliant physicist Dr Gilbert Bogle and his lover Mrs Margaret Chandler were found in bizarre circumstances on a Sydney riverbank in 1963, it captured the public imagination and launched an unprecedented murder investigation. However, the Coroner could find no cause of death, killer or motive. Now, four decades later, a new investigation uncovers explosive new evidence. AWARD WINNER

HD 1 x 55’ Screen Australia – From the NFSA’s Film Australia Collection

Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story This is an intimate but explosive story about the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history. Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport and the truth. But the former friends whose lives he destroyed would prove to be his nemesis. The film reveals how Armstrong duped the world with his miraculous recovery from cancer to become a beacon of hope for cancer sufferers; how his cheating and bullying become more extreme; and how a few brave souls fought back, until eventually their voices were heard. This is a portrait of a man who will stop at nothing in pursuit of AWARD money, fame and success. WINNER HD 1 x 97’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

42 True Grit International sportsman David Pocock is renowned for his determination on and off the rugby field. A childhood in politically unstable Zimbabwe has driven a strong commitment to charity and social justice issues.

This intimate profile of a complex man draws on interviews with his family, coach and partner, as well as a rich archive of home movies.

Image courtesy ARU Media, Stuart Walmsley

HD 2 x 30’ or 1 x 60’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Ian Thorpe – The Swimmer

In October 2010 Ian Thorpe, Australia’s most successful Olympian, announced his swimming comeback – his goal, victory at the London Olympics. But we all know how the competitive swimming part of this story ends: defeat.

This program reveals the inner struggle of Ian Thorpe not just to swim fast but to rewrite his sporting legend, re-engage with the public and, most intriguing of all, discover a different relationship with the water itself.

Directed by Gregor Jordan (Ned Kelly, Two Hands).

HD 1 x 55’ The Finch Company

Sporting Nation

Written and presented by sports lover and renowned satirist John Clarke, this series features interviews with the most comprehensive collection of Australian sporting greats ever assembled. Dawn Fraser, Kieren Perkins, Pat Rafter, and Cadel Evans talk about sport in ways they never have before. They talk about what they did, how they did it and why any of it matters.

Coaches, journalists, academics and ordinary people contribute to the portrait of Australia as a sporting nation in this thought provoking, unique and hugely entertaining social history that examines the link between sporting performance and a nation’s idea of itself.

SD 3 x 55’ Electric Pictures

FACTUAL 43 Hello Stranger A contemporary snapshot of people across the country, from all walks of life and backgrounds. Over 10 episodes, the series talks to everyday people in the street and solicits their thoughts and opinions on a myriad of topics then follows one person home and delves in-depth into the story of their life.

Filming in all corners of the country, from the outback to the beaches of the Gold Coast, Hello Stranger interviewed over 300 people cast directly off the streets. Get up close and personal with an Instagram FORMAT celebrity and spray tan addict; a debutante ball instructor; an AVAILABLE HD 10 x 20’ apprentice magician; a cage fighter; a Sudanese hip-hop artist Australian Broadcasting Corporation and more.

Moment of Truth

A user-generated documentary series that explores people’s hidden lives as each story builds to a surprising personal confession or revelatory ‘moment of truth’. Sins, secrets, lies and truths are revealed direct to camera and in certain instances will also include shared revelations with family members and friends.

Ten brave Australians from all walks-of-life share their special moments of truth with each ten-minute episode focusing on one individual as they embark on a major life-changing event. They are the ones in control, researching and filming their own stories (using home-video

FORMAT cameras and smart phones) - and their cameras are their confidants. AVAILABLE HD 10 x 10’ Fredbird CDK SUPER Pty Ltd

Food Bowl Food is our common ground, a universal experience that links people across cultures. Join the Food Bowl team as they discover how agriculture, science and the art of farming come together to lift lives out of poverty and ensure a safe food future. Visiting three destinations in Asia – Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, Laos – the series discovers how Australian scientists and farmers are working together with their Asian counterparts to solve these problems and lift whole communities out of poverty.

SD 3 x 30’ F.A.D. Melbourne Pty Ltd

44 Comedy

abccommercial.com/contentsales 45 Ronny Chieng: International Student Meet Ronny Chieng. He’s a Malaysian student who’s come to Australia to study law. He’s smart, driven and competitive, which would make him the perfect law student, if he actually wanted to be a lawyer.

As we follow Ronny from his first day on campus to the final exam of semester, he’ll face binge-drinking Australians, pompous private school kids, hyper competitive Asian students and a law professor who runs his class like a cage fight. HD 7 x 27’ Sticky Pictures Pty Limited Starring Ronny Chieng, stand-up comedian, actor and correspondent on the multi-Emmy award-winning US series “The Daily Show”. The series was co-created by Ronny Chieng and Declan Fay.

Fancy Boy

A sketch comedy that swings between the moody and downright dark as each episode follows twisted characters into the stranger corners of suburbia.

In an age when television programs love telling you how to live your life, Fancy Boy shows you exactly how not to live. It’s about people making dubious decisions, then doubling down on those decisions, and never admitting they were wrong.

HD 6 x 26’ December Media Pty Ltd

Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am

This is a twisted and outrageous comedy series – a fun cavalcade of sketch, music video and narrative comedy playing with characters based on commonly accepted female archetypes, and not so commonly accepted ones!

From a semi-sociopathic wellness blogger spewing health and spiritual well being (one passive aggressive YouTube video at a time) to a socially inept woman who smoke bombs herself out of any awkward situation she puts herself in – literally; and many more.

Created by the team behind viral sensation “Activewear”.

HD 6 x 27’ Skit Box Pty Ltd

46 It’s a Date

It’s A Date is a comedy series exploring the trials and tribulations of the dating world. The hilarious narrative comedy features an extraordinary mix of Australia’s most respected performers and explores the tension, expectation and complication of finding true love.

Each episode thematically links two self-contained dates as they bravely FORMAT head toward desire or disaster, as different cast members tackle a AVAILABLE different set of situations and address a new question each week. Should you have sex on a first date? Does age matter? How accurate are first HD 16 x 30’ impressions? How important is honesty on a first date? A Princess Pictures Production in association with ABC TV and Film Victoria

Soul Mates This is the story of two kindred spirits trapped in a cycle of death and rebirth, exploring reincarnation in four different lifetimes being: cavemen 50,000 years ago, 1981 assassins, present day Bondi Hipsters and workers in a time travel office in 2093.

In each lifetime the characters are different but the two souls are forever drawn together as best mates.

From the creators of YouTube sensation Bondi Hipsters.

HD 12 x 30’ (2 series) and multi-platform web series S1: Soul HQ and ABC S2: Van Vuuren Bros and Ludo Studio

The Ex-PM As Prime Minister, Andrew Dugdale () mattered. He dined with presidents and kings, hosted world summits and changed the lives of millions of his fellow Australians.

But now he’s retired; was it all worth it? Not that he’s asking. No, his inquisitive ghostwriter Ellen has an unhelpfully insatiable appetite for the truth. After the advance for his memoirs is spent, but writing nothing in return, Dugdale must accept Ellen into his dysfunctional household.

So begins a comic tango between truth and spin as Ellen and Dugdale take to the dance floor.

HD 6 x 27’ CJZ

COMEDY 47 Black Comedy A fast paced sketch comedy show by blackfellas... for everyone! Featuring a fantastic ensemble cast of Indigenous writers, performers and special guest cameos, Black Comedy comprises observational FORMAT and physical sketches, historical pieces and parodies of TV, film and AVAILABLE commercials. Each episode is held together by a longer ‘spine’ sketch that gives the episode a sense of cohesion and narrative drive.

Black Comedy is irreverent, politically incorrect and goes where no AWARD other series dares to go. WINNER HD 12 x 30’ (2 series) Scarlett Pictures

Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane Sammy J is a hopeless down-and-out lawyer, and Randy is a cheating, gambling, drinking divorcee who also happens to be a purple puppet! Randy hit rock bottom after Sammy J managed to lose him everything, so Sammy J offered his spare room to Randy for a fortnight. That was twelve months ago. Now Sammy J and Randy are inseparable – loyal, eccentric, and prone to bursting into song at any given moment.

Loud, bright, catchy, filthy, pun-filled, twisted, and bursting with heart, Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane is what happens when good, old-fashioned story telling crashes headlong into an acclaimed, HD 6 x 26’ Sticky Pictures award-winning comedy duo.

8MMM Aboriginal Radio A comedy about tolerance, self-determination and cultural understanding and why, when all else fails – which it usually does – it’s good to laugh.

In the middle of nowhere, in Central Australia, is Alice Springs. It’s a sacred place for Aboriginal people and a magnet for three kinds of white people: Missionaries, Mercenaries and Misfits. It’s also the home of 8MMM Aboriginal Radio.

8MMM Aboriginal Radio is the voice of Aboriginal people in Central Australia but, like most indigenous organisations, it’s run by white FORMAT people, and for the 3M’s of Alice Springs, saving Aboriginal people AVAILABLE HD 6 x 30’ from themselves is hard work. Princess Pictures/Brindle Films

48 Upper Middle Bogan It’s a comedy about two families living worlds apart – or fifty minutes on the freeway – trying to connect as one. Following a woman’s search for who she is and where she comes from, it’s the story of families separated at birth and now by class.

It’s a social satire that pokes fun at firmly held values, beliefs and idiosyncrasies of both the upper middle and aspirational classes, and does so with warmth and attachment to both. Mostly, it’s a comedy HD 24 x 30’ (3 series) about what family means. Gristmill Productions

COMEDY 49 Mother and Son

Starring two of Australia’s favourite actors, Ruth Cracknell and Gary McDonald, Mother and Son is a multi award-winning comedy about a forgetful widow, Maggie, and her long-suffering son, Arthur. Maggie FORMAT would have Arthur tied to her apron strings – if only she could AVAILABLE remember where she put the apron!

Each episode explores a universal family theme: what do you do when someone you love is driving you up the wall? AWARD WINNER SD 42 x 28’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Agony of Life Series

A hilarious guide to modern life. A compendium to survive the perils and pitfalls. Each uniquely themed series takes a comical romp through different aspects of 21st century existence, as seen through the eyes of Australia’s wisest and wittiest Agony Aunts and Uncles.

Agony Aunts (6 x 30’ HD) Agony Uncles (6 x 30’ HD) The Agony of Life (8 x 30’ HD) The Agony of Christmas (1 x 30’ HD) The Agony of Modern Manners (6 x 30’ HD) FORMAT The Agony of the Mind (1 x 57’ HD) AVAILABLE Half-hour series plus specials Agony (6 x 27’ HD) High Wire Films

Lowdown

Love-rats, sports-cheats, drunken escapades, mob men, and fallen idols – celebrity scandal makes great copy. Alex Burchill, played by Adam Zwar (Wilfred), writes the Lowdown column for the once mighty tabloid newspaper – The Sunday Sun. Each week Alex interviews celebrities and each week those celebrities somehow ruin his life.

FORMAT Narrated by Academy Award-winner , Lowdown is fresh, AVAILABLE fast and funny, with a generous serve of heart-and-soul.

AWARD WINNER HD 16 x 30’ (2 series) High Wire Films

50 Children’s

abccommercial.com/contentsales 51 The WotWots From the creative minds of the Academy Award-winning (Lord of the Rings, Jane and The Dragon, Thunderbirds Are Go), come the delightful adventures of two small puppet-like aliens – a brother and sister – who come to explore planet Earth in their steam powered spaceship. They land in a zoo and set out to discover all the exotic creatures that live there. The discoveries continue in Series Two when they land on a farm, and travel to the sea shore.

The two series celebrate the joy of discovery and the strange and extraordinary diversity of life on the planet. HD 104 x 10’ (2 series) Available in Spanish Pukeko Pictures

Pet Superstars Pet Superstars is a light-hearted and entertaining interstitial series celebrating the unique bond kids share with the family pet.

The series goes inside the homes and imaginations of 8-12 year olds, to experience the love and chaos surrounding these special relationships. With a rip-snorting blend of heart and humour, Pet Superstars makes great viewing for the whole family. FORMAT AVAILABLE HD 13 x 3-4’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

SplashDance SplashDance is a live action preschool series that encourages imagination through movement.

In each episode, the SplashDancing cast get out their ‘splash hands’ and splash the dance studio with colours and fun elements to create a unique setting for the episode’s pop infused dance song, written by multi-award winning composer John Field (Hot Potato, Hot Potato!). Dance offers a special form of expression for children when command over language is still developing.

In SplashDance, it is movement that creates the wonderful worlds in which children’s imagination can travel.

HD 26 x 4’ Splash on the colours, join in the fun and dance to the music of Kirkland-Morris Productions SplashDance.

52 Bananas in Pyjamas

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the much-loved Bananas in Pyjamas and their colourful, fun, and unique brand of entertainment.

A hit with preschoolers around the world for its simplicity, strong musical content, physical humour and a keen sense of the ridiculous.

This irresistible entertainment is available in 3 formats: as five-minute self-contained stories; or as four self-contained stories in a commercial half- hour linked by segments with animated bumpers to introduce and exit commercial breaks; and as half-hour specials.

An array of Bananas in Pyjamas books, videos, audio tapes and an extensive line of merchandise accompanies the series, providing opportunities for cross-promotion and enhanced market share.

Bananas in Pyjamas originated from the song of the same name, which is also the series’ signature tune. The words and music are by Carey Blyton.

FORMAT ORIGINAL – SPECIALS 4 x 30' AVAILABLE Series 300 x 5’, 120 x 22’ | SD Australian Broadcasting Corporation

CHILDREN’S 53 The Wiggles

The world’s most popular children’s entertainment group continue to educate FORMATS and delight young audiences with a AVAILABLE colourful slate of exciting programs.

54 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Ready, Steady, Wiggle! – Series 1 and Series 2 are the premiere series from the new Wiggles line-up featuring brand new songs, along with fresh interpretations of Wiggles favourites. HD Series 1: 52 x 11’; Series 2: 52 x 11’ Wiggle Town! The Wiggles continue their fun-filled journey with an invitation to come on down to Wiggle Town! This is where Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony live with their many friends and if you like to sing and dance, then you’re already a citizen of Wiggle Town! HD 52 x 3’ or 4’ Emma! Grab your tutu and get your dancing feet ready to join the effervescent singing, dancing, drum playing, French speaking, bow wearing yellow Wiggle, Emma! HD 30 x 4’ The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra is a unique piece of content introducing children to the symphony orchestra. A wonderful musical and educational experience for preschoolers. HD 1 x 60’ Dial E for Emma! Emma’s friends know that all they have to do is dial ‘E’ for Emma and she’ll answer the phone and lend a helping hand! Share in Emma’s love for dancing, singing, sign language and dress ups and know that she is only a phone call away! HD 1 x 45’ Lachy! The popular, purple Wiggle Lachy, shines in his debut TV special Lachy! Music and craft are at the core of the program – and Lachy has a special invention room. HD 1 x 45’

Numerous specials also available

CHILDREN’S 55 Prisoner Zero

Prisoner Zero, a science-fiction action-adventure series aimed at children aged 8 to 12, follows the adventures of two teens, Gem and Tag, and their mysterious friend who they only know as Prisoner Zero. From the bridge of their starship, Rogue, this engaging team are on a mission to save the universe from the dreaded Imperium, led by General Vykar. To do this, they must solve the secret of the Imperium’s greatest technological achievement, a digital control system called the Bioweve.

Prisoner Zero is a 2D animated series, mixing drama with comedy, that sends an important message to today’s kids about what it means to be a hero and why it’s important to stand up and be exactly that.

HD 26 x 30’ Planet 55 Studios

A fast-paced, animated, sci-fi action-adventure series following the exploits of teen heroes, Tag and Gem, and their mysterious friend Prisoner Zero.

56 Bobbie The Bear A delightful live action animated interstitial series following the adventures of Bobbie, a lovely lavender bear and his farm friends. Bobbie is a very cute, resourceful and inquisitive bear who solves any problem that comes his way.

Set on a stunning lavender farm, Bobbie and his friends – including a Tasmanian , Tasmanian devil, owl, bug and – explore the world around them on fun-filled adventures.

HD 10 x 3’ Lavender Bear Productions

Play School Adventures Each series focuses on an overarching theme which is explored by a favourite character as they go on adventures accompanied by friendly and much loved Play School hosts. Little Ted’s Big Adventure 20 x 3’ HD – Little Ted explores things that move such as planes, trains, helicopters and boats. Jemima’s Big Adventure 10 x 3’ HD – Jemima goes on fun-filled play dates exploring the imagination of preschoolers, including pirates, fairies, queens and dinosaurs. Big Ted’s Big Adventure 20 x 4’ HD – Big Ted ventures into the Animal Kingdom to get up close with some of the most treasured animals. FORMAT Humpty’s Big Adventure 16 x 4’ HD – Humpty sets out to try many AVAILABLE HD 3-4’ series different sports such as skateboarding, soccer, gymnastics and ballet. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Peleda

From the creators of the award-winning Figaro Pho, comes Peleda – a fantasy adventure series and immersive online adventure role-playing game for kids. With stunning animation and a fantastical setting of airborne islands, natural and mechanical marvels, nature spirits and alchemical power, Peleda follows two unlikely heroes, Mina and Valdis, who are on a quest to save the magical world of Peleda from the clutches of Giltine, Queen of the owls.

HD 10 x 2’ or 1 x 18’ | CHILDREN’S – 8-12 YEARS Vishus Productions

CHILDREN’S 57 Hoot Hoot Go! Hoot, Hootabelle and Hootly are best friends, living together in the Land of . Whenever someone needs help, the Owl Pals come together to solve the problem! They love playing in their Button Tree, going on The Night Watch flight to make sure all in the land are safe and sound, having pirate adventures with Pirate Hootbeard, visiting Hootaluna on the moon, as well as Giggle Fangs in his Batty Lair. A heart-warming, live action puppetry and animation series, promoting teamwork, collaboration and friendship – based on ABC KIDS flagship property Giggle and Hoot. HD 26 x 5’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation Also available Hoot to the Music 1 x 54’

58 Bananas in Pyjamas The much loved preschool series Bananas in Pyjamas entertains in an exciting CGI animated series!

Boasting adventures, stories and music, those lovable Bananas, B1 and B2, are joined by their best friends from Cuddlestown, the adorable teddies, Lulu, Morgan and Amy and the mischievous Rat. The Bananas get up to their typically hilarious antics and, as always, they can count on their friends to join in with their slap-stick adventures.

Also available: Original live action series HD 104 x 12’ & 52 x 12’ | Preschool A Southern Star Entertainment and Southern Star Singapore Exclusive Asian Distribution Rights ABC Commercial Production for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Let’s Get Inventin’ Ever seen a Papernator? What about a human sized Zorb called the Power Ball, an H2O Bomb Blaster or a hamster powered toy bike?

In the International Emmy-nominated Let’s Get Inventin’, see brilliant inventions made by kids and tested by kids. It proves to children that they can create the rules and the adult world will follow. FORMAT Series 1: 26 x 22’, Series 2: 26 x 22’, AVAILABLE Series 3: 10 x 22’, Series 4: 9 x 22’ HD, Series 5: 10 x 22’ HD, Series 6: 10 x 22’ HD

Available in Spanish AWARD 91 x 22’ WINNER Series 1 - 2 – Television Spaceman Series 3 - 6 – Luke Nola & Friends

Five Minutes More Discover the wonderful world of five furry friends who live on a magical patchwork quilt and love to tell each other stories.

One is the storyteller who sets the scene, one is the dedicated listener (and chief interrupter) and the other three create the characters and act out the stories. With its soft ‘hand-sewn’ look and familiar story-telling style – complete with interruptions, questions and detours – this engaging series gently draws young viewers in for Five Minutes More.

Available in Spanish

SD 65 x 5’ Buster Dandy Productions, Snow River Media, ABC Commercial

CHILDREN’S 59 The Figaro Pho Series Figaro Pho

Figaro Pho is a warm-hearted, adorable, quirky and mischievous HD 26 x 1.5’ (interstitials) character... who just happens to be afflicted with a multitude of Vishus Productions, ABC, SAFC weird and wonderful phobias. Step inside Figaro Pho’s fantastical world and embark on a journey of the comedic and the bizarre, where any activity inevitably turns into a hysterical adventure. The Adventures of ‘Figaro Pho’ and ‘The Adventures of Figaro Pho’ were the brainchild of award-winning Australian director and children’s Figaro Pho book illustrator, Luke Jurevicius, and creative consultant Deane Taylor, known for his Art Direction on Tim Burton’s HD 13 x 22’ or 39 x 8’ Chocolate Liberation Front & Ambience Entertainment The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The New Adventures of Figaro Pho

Chocolate Liberation Front and creator Luke Jurevicius partnered with world-leading Visual Effects studio Luma Pictures (Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, Underworld: Awakening) for the third instalment in this colourful series.

HD 13 x 22’ or 39 x 8’ Chocolate Liberation Front & Ambience Entertainment

Whether it’s facing a stinky cheese monster, mastering time travel, taming possessed bagpipes or overcoming zombies, you can be certain that Figaro’s tales will leave audiences in stitches.

60 Arts and Music

abccommercial.com/contentsales 61 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour – Opera Australia

Take a harbourside setting with stunning views of the famous Sydney Opera Carmen La Traviata House, Harbour Bridge and spectacular 1 x 142’ HD 1 x 130’ HD fireworks set against the city skyline. A superb orchestra and conductor, One of the world’s best-loved romantic Add a floating stage, a monumental gritty set design, sumptuous bold operas, is performed on a mirrored set, colourful, eye-catching costumes, costumes and stunning choreography, stage under a colossal, glittering spectacular dance and you’ve got combined with the magnificent Swarovski chandelier as Verdi’s opera unrivalled. direction of Gale Edwards, bring Bizet’s captivating music rings out below. glorious opera to life like never before. Performed in Italian. Performed in French.

62 Turandot Madama Butterfl y Aida 1 x 116’ HD 1 x 142’ HD 1 x 141’ HD

Director Chen Shi-Zheng brings a Japanese soprano Hiromi Omura American Soprano Latania Moore unique perspective to this classic story stars in Puccini’s masterpiece. This is stars in this stunning production that steering away from traditional Chinese a lavish production directed by the captures the grandeur and majesty styles to present a China that is sleek renowned Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus). of Egypt as never before. Verdi’s and modern. Performed in Italian. Performed in Italian. thrilling music rings out in blazing glory, performed under a giant head of Nefertiti.

ARTS AND MUSIC 63 The Importance of Being Miriam In this hilarious, heart-warming and thought provoking show, internationally renowned multi-award winning actress Miriam Margolyes (Harry Potter, Miss Fisher, The Age of Innocence) reveals the full range of her immense talent. Miriam reflects on the family influences which have shaped her career, and her love of classic literary giants. Throughout this captivating performance, Miriam inhabits over 20 characters with a dazzling variety of the accents for which she is renowned.

A rare and extraordinary theatrical journey. HD 1 x 120’ and 1 x 36’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Life in Movement

In 2007 the Sydney Dance Company appointed 29-year-old choreographer Tanja Liedtke as their first new artistic director in 30 years. However before she could take up the position, she was struck and killed by a truck in the middle of the night. Admired internationally as a dancer and celebrated for her fresh choreographic voice, she was known as a dedicated artist, intelligent, funny and generous. After Tanja’s death her collaborators embark on a world tour of her work. Interspersed with intimate footage of Tanja’s artistic process and previously unseen interviews, Life in Movement is a powerfully rendered take on art and dance, creativity and mortality. AWARD HD 1 x 56’ & 1 x 79’ WINNER Closer Productions

art + soul

Former senior curator at the Art Gallery of in Sydney, Hetti Perkins generously shares her encyclopaedic knowledge of Aboriginal art – taking us into the homes and studios of artists in remote desert communities, the tropical top end and urban environments. Directed and filmed by the 2009 Cannes Camera d’Or winner, Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah) and produced by multi- award-winning producer Bridget Ikin (An Angel at My Table, Look Both Ways), this is the authoritative series on contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, and the artists who create it.

HD 6 x 55’ (2 series) Hibiscus Films

64 Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker Created for Birmingham Royal Ballet and now performed by The Australian Ballet, Peter Wright’s production of The Nutcracker is considered the world’s most beautiful. Coupled with Tchaikovsky’s beloved score, it’s a magical experience for the whole family.

This stunning production has all the delights of a traditional Nutcracker – the Christmas tree that grows to towering heights, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the dancing rats, and the sweets – with some extra treats like a Rose Fairy and a flying goose thrown in!

More great Australian Ballet titles also available. HD 1 x 104’ The Australian Ballet Photography: Georges Antoni

Bespoke Bespoke is an engaging, amusing, irreverent but thought provoking look at the return and rise of the handmade, the locally produced, the small scale and the artisanal. Writer and presenter Marcus Westbury takes us on a journey from the lovingly crafted to cutting edge technology – from artisanal jewellers and wood-turners to craft distillers and 3D printers, from around the globe – to answer the questions of who is making, why are so many of us making, who is buying and is it here to stay?

HD 3 x 27’ Bespoke Films

Crowded House: Live at the Sydney Opera House

Crowded House released their first album 30 years ago and since then have become one of Australia’s most enduring and loved bands selling over two million albums including five No.1s in Australia alone.

To mark the 20th anniversary of Crowded House’s iconic farewell performance on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House, the band reformed for four exclusive shows at this stunning Sydney landmark performing all their greatest hits and fan favourites.

Photo by Tony Mott 2016

HD 1 x 147’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ARTS AND MUSIC 65 The Sleeping Beauty

Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister, has created a sumptuous new production of this timeless classic. With lavish sets and costumes by award-winning designer Gabriela Tylesova, this ballet spills over with fairies, princes, nymphs and storybook characters.

Set to Tchaikovsky’s sublime score, this enchanting production casts a spell of delight all the way to true love’s kiss.

Photo by Justin Ridler

HD 1 x 128’ The Australian Ballet

The Art of Australia Hosted by former director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon, The Art of Australia tells the epic story of Australian art, from the colonial period to the present day. Edmund goes on a quest to understand how art has helped shape Australia. The series interweaves the story of British, European and Indigenous art traditions and how they have reflected the evolution of Australia’s culture over 200 years.

HD 3 x 60’ Serendipity Productions and Wall to Wall Media

Anatomy An intimate look at the ways artists and performers deal with the subjects of sex, identity and the human body. Thematically linked, each episode focuses on one artist and one part of the body. From a tattoo artist working with skin, to a cabaret performer defined by his long hair, this is a unique exploration of how sexuality and the body work as driving forces in the creative process.

SD 12 x 30’ Matchbox Pictures in association with Film Victoria, Screen Australia and ABC

66 News and Current Affairs

abccommercial.com/contentsales 67 Four Corners Foreign

Four Corners is Australia’s premier television current affairs Correspondent program. It has been part of the national story for almost sixty years, exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing Australia’s leading foreign affairs program, multi award- debate, confronting taboos and interpreting fads, trends winning Foreign Correspondent gives viewers a colourful look and sub-cultures. at the culture and lifestyles of people who usually don’t make international headlines. Fascinating and compelling, Foreign Its consistently high standards of journalism and film-making Correspondent also travels to places where reporters are have earned international recognition and an array of high- less welcome, telling the stories that governments often profile awards. don’t want told – of war, famine and the political upheavals that are a tragic reality in today’s world.

Long running one hour current affairs series HD half to one-hour ongoing series Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian Broadcasting Corporation AWARD AWARD WINNER WINNER

68 A Helluva Ride: The Trump Revolution Begins (Four Corners)

Donald J Trump’s first few weeks in office were as turbulent and controversial as he promised, so is this the beginning of an American revolution? An incisive exploration of how Trump will govern the , from Australia’s acclaimed current affairs program, Four Corners.

HD 1 x 45’ Through interviews with key players in the Trump camp and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Republican Party, the program examines the political earthquake rippling across America. As Trump advisor Michael Caputo says, “we’re all in for a helluva ride. My best advice for everyone is to strap in”.

Highway to Hell (Four Corners)

Go deep into the battlefields of Iraq in this gripping film from Australia’s acclaimed current affairs program Four Corners. With incredible access, the team captures the fight to take back Mosul from IS forces which overran the city and shocked the world with the speed and the ferocity of their victory.

Filming for the story began in October 2016 when Iraqi forces, backed by US and Australian air power, began their offensive to reclaim Mosul. Over the course of three journeys to the frontline, the HD 1 x 45’ team recorded the experiences of the soldiers fighting to liberate Australian Broadcasting Corporation their home towns, and the civilians caught in the crossfire.

Candy Man (Australian Story)

This is the moving story of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies. From a battle with heroin addiction in his late teens and early twenties, to a decade later when he found his true calling, as a poet, novelist and screenwriter. After struggling to make his mark in Hollywood, the job offers gradually came in, culminating in the hugely popular movie Lion, for which Luke received an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay.

This documentary includes moving and at times confronting interviews with Luke Davies himself, as well as Lion star Dev Patel, director Garth Davis and Oscar-winning producer Emile Sherman. Also featuring interviews with Oscar nominee and HD 1 x 52’ acclaimed Australian director David Michôd. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS 69 Cyber War (Four Corners) The wars of the future will be fought not with weapons, but with code. As we’ve transported our valuable and secret information online we have inadvertently exposed our private lives to hackers. Hackers pose a universal threat, targeting everything from your bank account to national secrets. As online attacks become more frequent and dangerous, governments try to find the greatest cyber minds, who are equipped with the skills to wage war and espionage in the modern age.

HD 1 x 45’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia’s Shame (Four Corners) Revelations of shocking abuse in Australia’s youth justice system have shaken the public to its core and resulted in a Royal Commission.

Released images from within prisons show conditions easily mistaken for Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo Bay.

This shocking report reveals the truth about the treatment of Australia’s children behind bars, where young offenders have been stripped naked, assaulted and tear gassed.

HD 1 x 51’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

WikiLeaks, The Forgotten Man (Four Corners) While WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange has been cast as a heroic champion of free speech, his ongoing exposé of US foreign policy would not have been possible without the work of former Private, Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning. It was Manning who allegedly stole the classified documents published by WikiLeaks. It is Manning who languished in a US military prison for years until commuted by president Obama before he left office.

Four Corners: WikiLeaks – The Forgotten Man tells the inside story of Bradley Manning and his daring intelligence heist.

HD 1 x 45’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

70 Being Me (Four Corners) To the world Eleven-year-old Isabelle looked like a young boy. But she knew that she was really a girl.

Being Me tells Isabelle’s story and the story of the family, the doctor and ultimately the community that backed her decision to truly be herself. Isabelle’s story is remarkable and inevitably raises many questions for families, doctors and society in general.

Along the way, meet other people who’ve confronted the same feelings and discover that a growing and significant number of HD 1 x 45’ children are finding themselves in the same situation. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

There’s No 3G in Heaven (Four Corners) Until now the accepted wisdom has been to publicly downplay suicide but in speaking to families who’ve lost children, reporter Liz Jackson found that young people are in fact talking about suicide all the time on Facebook. Social media has the potential to influence behaviour, for better or worse, and it’s now accepted that suicide prevention strategies need to deal with this.

HD 1 x 45’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In Google We Trust (Four Corners) The internet has brought us conveniences once unimaginable. You can shop online, diagnose illnesses, and send ‘selfies’ whenever you want, but it isn’t all one way traffic. We live in the age of ‘big data’, where the seemingly mundane information of our everyday existence has enormous value – every hour of every day, our digital interactions are being recorded and logged. With the help of expert data trackers, this revealing doc offers a comprehensive look at how governments and large companies keep tabs on us.

HD 1 x 45’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS 71 #BlackLivesMatter (Foreign Correspondent) Reporter Sally Sara takes to the streets of Baltimore and Chicago to investigate a reawakened civil rights movement. #BlackLivesMatter is a leaderless movement that’s harnessing direct protest and the mobilising power of social media. Now, black America is rising up again over the death toll of unarmed civilians killed in encounters with police, and the incomprehensibly routine atrocities that torment gang-infested neighbourhoods. In a one-hour program, the people who live in this pall of violence express their fury and their fear. HD 1 x 60’ | FACTUAL Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How to Save the World (Foreign Correspondent) Reporter Eric Campbell criss-crosses the continents to see not only what is at stake but also what is being done to cut carbon pollution. It’s easy to believe that the planet is frying and that nobody – not even the scores of world leaders who meet for crucial climate negotiations – is doing anything about it. This program explores potential solutions to global warming – from thermal power in Costa Rican jungles to giant North Sea wind farms and California’s solar start-ups.

HD 1 x 60’ | FACTUAL Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Globesity (Foreign Correspondent)

This startling program exposes the shocking explosion of global obesity. Globesity travels to China where the consumption of sugar and oil has led to an exponential expansion of waistlines; to where global food companies have fundamentally altered traditional diets; to India where it’s predicted 100 million people will soon be suffering diabetes and on to Mexico, the biggest consumer of soft drinks in the world, where diabetes is already the number one killer and where the weight problem is so big, special programs have been developed offering free exercise classes and stomach reduction surgery.

HD 1 x 60’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

72 A Taste of Landline

Discover the stories behind rare and gourmet produce such as saffron, micro vegetables and craft gin, as well as reports on market innovations in beef, seafood and wine.

This is the ultimate ‘paddock to plate’ program, showing in detail where our food comes from and the farmers who grow it, as well as the consumers who buy it and some of Australia’s top chefs who cook it.

With a strong focus on colourful country characters and spectacular locations, this program highlights amazing food and produce from around Australia.

HD 9 x 30’ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Also available Landline The multi-award winning show is Australia’s leading program for current affairs coverage of regional and rural issues and events. Landline examines topics that have parallel relevancy for those working in the rural sector worldwide such as environmental issues, trends and emerging biological technologies.

Featuring stories, ranging across agri-politics and economics, business and product innovation, animal and crop science, regional infrastructure, climate and weather trends, regional and rural services, as well as music and lifestyle.

HD Ongoing one-hour series Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS 73 ABC NOW News syndication platform

ABC NOW is the ultimate online newsdesk, with an easy-to-use interface for sourcing trusted video news for multiple platforms. With ABC NOW you can maximise your engagement by delivering the most current, innovative and reliable news content to your audience.

Get more than twenty 1-10 minute stories from across the extensive ABC News network, uploaded daily, covering every topic imaginable from political interviews and eyewitness reports to feel good pieces, weather and fi nance.

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