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Comedian Anh Do delves into the lives of celebrities through painting their portraits, revealing their stories and personalities in a unique way. With his infectious humor and artistic talent, Anh's Brush with Fame is a captivating series that offers a fresh perspective on the world of fame and creativity.

Everything you know and love about Hard Quiz will be let loose on a younger generation. With his trademark grumpiness and wicked humour, Tom Gleeson will interrogate ordinary, but brainy contestants - the only difference is, they're all aged between 10 and 13.

The Gods of Wheat Street is a 6 x 1 hour television drama series that transports the audience into the world, hearts and humor of a modern Aboriginal family of local legends. Head of the family before his time, Odin Freeburn is being pulled in all directions. As a young boy twenty years ago he promised his dying mother he would keep the family together. Now he has one brother in jail, another brother is in love with the daughter of the family enemy, and his wife has run away to the city leaving him to raise their two daughters. His employer has just died, his sister-in-law is in love with him, and the spirit of his mother Eden has come back on a mission to protect the important destiny of the Freeburn line..... just a normal day for Odin Freeburn.

A sketch comedy show by Blackfellas...For everyone. Featuring an ensemble cast of Indigenous writers and performers and many special guest cameo appearances as well.

Explore some of Australia's most iconic and fascinating animals. From mysterious orca to the iconic kangaroo, intelligent parrots and the secret lives of reptiles, all have evolved to survive across the Australian landscape.

Follow a handful of brave men and women making a living catching feral bulls and buffalo in the desolate Australian outback. It's a high-risk, dangerous job, filled with high-reward and a hell of a lot of deal-making.

For each series, eight "racers" were selected from video auditions from the Australian general public. The successful applicants undertook a brief course in documentary film-making, before deciding on an itinerary for their journey around the world. They were then given a digital video camera, and sent to their first destination.Over the next 100 days, the racers were required to devise, arrange and film a series of ten four-minute documentary films, as well as a stand-by documentary and five "postcards". This gave them ten days to travel to their next destination, film the video, and send it back to the ABC in Sydney with detailed editing instructions.The series was broadcast as a weekly half-hour program, with four films shown per episode. Each film was then judged by a panel of three media and film experts including Sarah Macdonald, Tony Squires and Sigrid Thornton, as well as being put to a popular viewer vote. Points were deducted for late submissions.

What could be more awkward (or more entertaining) than Luke McGregor talking about sex? Oh wait...Luke McGregor trying to get better at sex. Yep way more awkward and seriously funnier. In this docu comedy series, Luke is going to get better at sex with a little help from sexperts, therapists, scientists, tantric practitioners and sexual empowerment coaches. The aim? Transforming him from lukewarm to red hot.

A long election campaign needs a long desk. The Chaser offers a desk long enough to cover this year's explosive marathon with truly explosive explosiveness. The longest desk. The most explosive desk. The Chaser's Election Desk.

In a compelling new intergenerational experiment, older adults are brought together with teenagers to see if the power of this intergenerational program can transform the lives of older people and teenagers amid an epidemic of loneliness. Will they change their views on the older generation and help to dispel ageism throughout Australia? Will the teenagers bring back a sense of purpose to the lives of the older people and improve their overall mental and physical health?

70 years after a body is found floating in a Sydney river, middle aged doctor Jack learns his father, a Holocaust survivor, is allegedly responsible for the unsolved murder of a Nazi and sets out on a quest to find the truth.

ROGER ROGERSON was headed for the top. He was the golden haired boy. He received more citations and made more arrests than any other officer on the force. To earn a reputation like that, you had to have your contacts on the inside. Sometimes, even cross the line. That's when the distinction between cop and criminal can blur. NEDDY SMITH, one of Australia's most notorious criminals found himself keeping company with the elite members of the police force. Overnight, a two-bit crim with a cruel streak became the kingpin of a crime and drugs syndicate. He had the green light. He was untouchable. MICHAEL DRURY was an honest cop in the wrong place at the wrong time. His crime was to turn down a bribe. The man who offered it to him was Roger Rogerson. To say Drury was surprised would be an understatement. But he thought it would end there... He was dead wrong.

Gruen Nation, a spin-off series of The Gruen Transfer was aired during the 2010 federal election campaign. Each 45-minute episode was hosted by Wil Anderson with regular guests Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft and guests John Hewson, leader of the federal Liberal party 1990-94, Neil Lawrence, "Kevin 07" campaign co-ordinator and Annabel Crabb, journalist and political commentator. A second season aired during the 2013 federal election campaign.

Kerry Armstrong stars in this mini series as an unfortunate widow, whose husband dies in bed with another woman. Due to mismanagement of their money by the now dead hubby, Kerry (Louisa Atherton) and daughter Holly, wind up at the mercy and scorn of Louisa's mother. Mother and daughter take up residence in a dilapidated house on acreage, trying to make ends meet by taking any job on offer. Holly alienates herself from schoolmates, as she's seen better schools, having been at a private school in Melbourne.

Award-winning reporter Sarah Ferguson presents Revelation, a three-part ground-breaking documentary series on the criminal priests and brothers of the Catholic Church, their crimes laid bare for the first time in their own words.

A 6 part series about three close but disparate siblings who reunite in Adelaide. But when they discover their mother is selling their childhood home, their middle class freedoms and sense of security is rocked and they are forced to confront a past that none of them can let go of it.

Hosted by Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor, Portrait Artist of the Year celebrates creativity and extraordinary talent from across Australia.The series explores one of the most accessible and provocative forms of art - the portrait. A selection of Australia's most talented amateur and professional artists will be challenged to capture the likeness and spirit of some of the nation's most recognisable and intriguing personalities.The artists are tasked, in front of a live audience, to paint a portrait of the sitter in just four hours, after which their work is judged by a panel of three renowned Australian art authorities.The winning artist will be awarded a career-defining commission, with their work displayed in the National Portrait Gallery of Australia.

A TV show that sees science as a dynamic force changing our world. Each week Catalyst will bring a mixture of Australian and international stories, from science breakthroughs investigating the implications, the ethics, and the politics of the particular issue, to stories about how scientists work in the field.

From the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result, Dream Gardens captures some of the most imaginative and challenging garden designs coming to life. This is a series that celebrates the great gardens of today, the best of Australian design and the spaces from which viewers can take inspiration.

A landmark documentary series that takes a spectacular journey from the Great Barrier Reef down to Antarctica, revealing the ocean currents that create life on our planet, and what we can do to protect our planet's beating blue heart.

Each week Claire Hooper invites four celebrities into her house to face a bunch of tricky trivia, perplexing puzzles and hilarious head-scratchers in exchange for a low-rent daily prize and a shot at the weekly champion's trophy.

This six-part comedy series is the story of Jess and Josh, two best mates "who never went to uni, never had a clear talent, and never really had a drive to grow up". They finally get sick of just living for the weekends and decide they can make it big, embarking on a roller coaster ride of emotions, and drinking.

The series looks at many different stories and people to a show a picture of many different cultures and aspects affecting Australia.

A continent-wide series ranging from Australia's highest snow peaks to the depths of the frigid and wild southern seas. We reveal the challenges animals must navigate in a land of extremes and human-induced change.

British comedian Griff Rhys Jones will explore Australia via its network of railways in a new travel series "Griff Off the Rails: Down Under." Rhys Jones will travel through the country, discovering the origins of the railroads, the stories of the people who operate them and the communities that rely on them.