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Zoë Coombs Marr wipes away the straightwashing to look into the untold and frankly fascinating Queer (LGBTQI+) history of Australia, a place of gay Diggers, lesbian convict gangs, trans entrepreneurs and cross-dressing bushrangers.

See Australian television personality Todd Sampson put brain training to the test as he undergoes a radical brain makeover in a three-part documentary series on the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity.

The story of Maggie Beare, an elderly woman suffering from dementia (or so she says), and her faithful, yet long suffering son, Arthur. Despite all of Maggies manipulative ways, he is her carer, even if they don't always get along.

This television series, Bananas in Pyjamas, is about two giant, child-like bananas, B1 and B2. They are good friends and companions. Together they live on Cuddles Lane, with their friends, the Teddy Bears: Amy, Morgan, and Lulu, the Rat-in-a-Hat, and various other critters. The bananas are constantly teasing the Teddy Bears (the bears know that it is all in fun), but those silly bananas are always able foil the Rat's sly tricks. B1 and B2 are typically mischievous; however, they are always ready to fight for a good cause.

We follow Dr Karl as he travels across Australia, stepping behind factory doors to see how some of Australia's best loved products are made, uncovering their inner workings and meeting the people who keep them going.

Join The Chaser's Media Circus for a hilarious take on the week's news and media. Watch as they dissect current events with a comedic twist. Featuring a talented cast of comedians and journalists, this show is guaranteed to keep you entertained and informed. Don't miss a minute of the laughs and insights.

Employable Me follows people with neuro diverse conditions such as autism and Tourette Syndrome as they search for meaningful employment.This uplifting, warm and insightful series draws on experts to uncover people's hidden skills and to match job seekers to roles that can harness their strengths. The series follows nine warm, funny and generously open participants as their job searches unfold. Each story is told from the characters own perspective and follows their determination. Neuro - psych testing by experts identifies their skills, reveals some astounding cognitive brilliance and helps deliver some truly surprising job outcomes. We all deserve a role in society. That's what this show is about: striving to belong and play your part. The series looks beyond first impressions to reveal there's always more than meets the eye.

Discoveries that have revolutionised our understanding of what it means to be human, allowing us to live longer, better, smarter and stronger.

For fifty thousand years, humans have grappled with the question - why are we here? Scientists have sought out the evidence. Follow how chemistry shaped our planet and gave rise to all life on earth.

In the latest installment of this much-loved living-history series, the Ferrone family will experience close to 150 years of running a corner shop. From meat pies to milkshakes, from salami to dim sims, from fads to frozen foods, this series will go beyond the family home into our neighborhoods to tell the story of a changing Australia.

Host Julia Zemiro and an expert team of criminologists and comedians dive beneath the surface of crime to discover the science and psychology behind it all.

"The Nude" is one of the most enduring subjects in western art. In this two part Arts-doc series, comedian Hannah Gadsby speaks to art heavyweights such as Ben Quilty, Bill Henson and Julie Rrap, to try to get to the bottom of our ongoing fascination with the nakedy nude.

It's a talk show like no other: one question, two guests and the man everyone agrees is this country's least experienced interviewer. Join Shaun Micallef each week as he chats with his famous celebrity acquaintances about what's REALLY important to them.

When Klara and Pim move to a new 'outer suburb' with their mum Lucy, nothing is as it seems. In Shaun Tan's evocative world, the family faces strange encounters and extraordinary experiences while trying to stick together.

The Great White tells the story of a brilliant but disgraced barrister Alan Armstrong (Hugo Weaving) who is slapped with a twelve-month supervision order for professional misconduct, and finds himself working out of a struggling law office above a panel beater's shop in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Rain Shadow is an Australian television drama series which premiered on 7 October 2007 on ABC TV. It aired on Sundays at 8.30 pm. The six-part series (6 X 1 hour) was produced by Southern Star. Music from The Audreys features in the soundtrack for the show, including the main theme[1]. Rain Shadow was shot in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia and is set in the fictional district of Paringa, a dry land farming area in a rain shadow. It tells the story of two characters who become the means of each other's future. It stars Rachel Ward as district vet Kate McDonald and Victoria Thaine as new veterinary assistant Jill Blake.

It's the survival series we all need right now: a lifestyle show for a world in which nobody has a life. A comedic take on the lifestyle magazine genre, At Home Alone Together will gather Australia's best comedians and revered actors to give audiences advice on how they can live their best life in the time of COVID-19. Hosted by beloved 'national treasure' Ray Martin, each half-hour episode will feature regular contributors, including comedians Anne Edmonds, Ryan Shelton, Becky Lucas, Christiaan Van Vuuren and Adele Vuko, who will share their knowledge, inspirations and advice on how to achieve self-improvement during the corona crisis, covering a range of topics, including D.I.Y, wellness, parenting and personal finances. Each week they'll be joined by a variety of Australia's funniest comedians and favourite actors who will assist them by providing handy hints, clever hacks and entrepreneurial know-how to help everyday Australians optimise their time in isolation. At Home Alone Together will show us how the Coronavirus isn't just a pandemic - it's an opportunity.

Space 22 follows seven strangers, each with their own lived experience of mental ill health, as they take part in an ambitious experiment to test if the simple act of participating in art can help heal invisible wounds.

Secret Science is a new smart and entertaining series, exploring a range of topics. Learn how men can improve their sperm count, how we can all improve our capacity to learn - as well as ways we can exploit our emotions.

Aired as We Can Be Heroes in Australia, this six-part mockumentary, following the in and outs of the lives of selected nominees for the annually granted Australian of the Year title. Former sketch comedy actor Chris Lilley plays all the nominees.

Figaro Pho is a boy swamped with an alphabet of phobias. Whether it's the fear of spiders, jelly, old people, vegetables, beards or even vibrating to pieces, Figaro has experienced them all! In fact, there probably isn't a single phobia Figaro hasn't harboured, lodged or morbidly entertained. Figaro Pho has been inspired by the fact that we love to poke fun at our various fears and idiosyncrasies and takes a light-hearted approach to phobias, because they can be amusing, cryptic, confusing, imaginatively surreal and bizarre. Take a journey into the absurd and humorous Gothic world of Figaro Pho as he reveals to us his own personal A-Z of fears.

Welcome to Champignon, a town of wacky world championships every day. From the Shopping Trolley with One Wonky Wheel races to the Flat Pack Furniture Assembly World Championships, our three heroes Spongo, Fuzz and Jalapeña are always up to something completely bonkers. Spongo is a 15-year-old adrenaline-junkie who would rather lose in a spectacular way than take an easy win. Fuzz counteracts him - he'd prefer to sit and meticulously plan out exactly how they'll take home gold. Jalapeña is an aspiring chef and a junk-tech genius with a mad-inventor spark. Trying to thwart their every move is the villainous spoiled rich kid Taylor la Strange, and her cousin sidekick, Dangles. Taylor is a clever engineer, and always has Dangles to do her bidding, often with hilarious results.

The Games was an Australian satire based on the premise of a documentary film crew being given carte blanche access to film the fictional Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) as they go about their days planning and producing the Games themselves, dealing with one crisis after another: a 100 Metre track that isn't actually 100 metres long, a lacrosse facility the head of the IOC is set to tour in a week which has not yet been built, and so on. The series ran for two seasons, ending just one week before the Games themselves opened.

Each episode has a story arc from Sam and built around that will be characters and sketches, some in Sam's 'world' and others in a world of their own. It will be set in the suburbs but is not a riff on suburban life, Australia is the suburbs and their cream brick endlessness provide a great backdrop for our odd little world.

Mini-Series about the golden years of the glossy women's magazines and the battle to have the number one selling publication in Australia.