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Eco House Challenge – Episode 3, Emission Impossible (2007)
The families from the first two programs who had to survive for 24 hours with no water, electricity, cars or waste disposal, have now had one of those resources returned so long as they can cut their household emissions by ... [read more]
Winners – Room to Move (1985)
This is the story about the unlikely friendship between two girls – one a sporting champion, the other a dancer and an outsider. Carol (Nicole Kidman) is a top runner with great potential and her father runs her training program ... [read more]
Antonio Gaudi: to a Dancing God (1974)
The documentary celebrates the work of Catalonian architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926), showing his many architectural works around Barcelona and interviewing a range of experts. Gaudí's style is a combination of Gothic, biomorphic shapes and Art Nouveau. His most famous ... [read more]
The Flying Vet (1984)
David Bradley’s veterinary practice covers from Port Hedland, Western Australia to Mt Isa Queensland and from Darwin to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It is the biggest practice in the world. David pilots his own aircraft to attend to ... [read more]
Four Corners – Far From Care (2006)
This episode of Four Corners looks at the quality of health care on offer for Australians living in remote and rural areas – the world class health care for people in major cities is not available for people in the ... [read more]
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
In central-western New South Wales in the 1890s, a young half-caste Aboriginal man raised by missionaries kills most of a family of white farmers, after an argument about his wages. Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) and his brother Mort (Freddy Reynolds) ... [read more]
Gone (2007)
A young British backpacker, Alex (Shaun Evans), en route to join his girlfriend in Byron Bay, meets a friendly American outside a Sydney hostel. They have a wild night with two girls, then Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) offers him a lift ... [read more]
Evolution of the Australian Crawl (c1952)
This short documentary made by Kingcroft Productions presents the history of freestyle swimming from the 1880s and the gradual development of the Australian crawl, the fastest stroke in the world of competitive swimming. The film features former Australian swimming champions ... [read more]
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2004)
When a starving young woman, Mary Broad (Romola Garai), is caught stealing a bonnet and some bread, she is sentenced to transportation with the First Fleet to Botany Bay. On her voyage, she meets two men with whom her fate ... [read more]
Big People, Small People (1991)
This two-part documentary was produced for SBS's Connections program and was screened over consecutive nights. The film contrasts the rich and poor in Australian society. Commentators include historian Manning Clarke, politician John Howard, cartoonist Michael Leunig and ... [read more]
The Australian Way: A Salute to Aussie Sex Appeal (1982)
A two-hour commercial television special featuring the personalities and TV programs current on Network Ten in 1982. The program is hosted by presenter Gordon Elliott, actress Joanna Lockwood and Ironman Grant Kenny. It comprises studio segments mixed with footage and ... [read more]
Morning of the Earth (1972)
An opening title describes the film’s approach – 'A fantasy of surfers living in three unspoiled lands and playing in nature’s oceans’. The three lands are Australia, Bali in Indonesia, and Hawaii. The surfers were many of the best in ... [read more]
Masterpiece Special – Robyn Davidson (1996)
Andrea Stretton interviews the expatriate Australian writer Robyn Davidson, who has just written a book about her experience of living with one of the last great nomadic tribes of the world in the desert regions of Rajasthan in northern India. ... [read more]
Hello (2003)
This gently funny short is a take on the classic 'boy wants girl’ love story, set in a fantastical world where all the characters have music players for heads. A boy with an analog tape recorder for a head, is ... [read more]
Bapaume to Bullecourt (1917)
In March 1917, Australian troops occupy Bapaume in northern France, after German troops have withdrawn to stronger defences along the Hindenburg Line. Troops advance across a desolate No-Man’s-Land, past lines of barbed wire. Near the road from Albert to Bapaume, ... [read more]
Australia Post – Royal Tour (1954)
This program was produced by the Public Relations Division of the Postmaster-General’s Department (PMG) to celebrate its role in the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Australia. It follows the Queen as she tours New South Wales, Victoria ... [read more]
The Secret Life of Us – Now or Never (2001)
The Secret Life of Us follows a group of 20-somethings living in and around the same apartment block. In this episode, Evan (Samuel Johnson) discovers he has been accepted into a two-month writer’s course in New York, just as ... [read more]
RocKwiz – Series 1 Episode 1 (2005)
Recorded in Melbourne’s legendary rock headquarters, the Espy (the Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda) and hosted by Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis, RocKwiz mixes live music, trivia, celebrity guests and a pub audience. Musical clues are provided by The RocKwiz ... [read more]
Rachel: A Perfect Life (2007)
Rachel, a single mother, has been having epileptic fits ever since she was 14 years old. Now 28, with two kids, she feels the disease is controlling her life. She makes the decision to have a radical brain operation that, ... [read more]
Bondi Rescue – Series 2, Episode 7 (2007)
A tragedy unfolds at Bondi Beach when the lifeguards see someone in difficulty in treacherous water who then disappears from view behind the waves. There are 20,000 people at the beach that day and when no-one is reported missing, the ... [read more]
