Fred Brophy is a fourth generation traveling showman and heads the last surviving tent boxing troupe in the world. To many, Fred is an outback hero. He is friend, counselor and savior to the rural unemployed and destitute. He invites drifters into his troupe and employs and mentors young people to keep them off drugs. He helps out communities and donates much of his income to local causes and charities. In 2010 Fred will embark on his final boxing tour of Queensland before retiring. An 80-year iconic Australian tradition will come to an end. But Fred wants to go out with a bang. He plans to make the last tour his best ever and an unforgettable experience for both his boxers and the audiences in the towns he visits.
Australian Walkabout is a TV series made for the ABC and BBC by director Charles Chauvel. It was the last project completed by Chauvel prior to his death.
In Their Footsteps is a ten-part documentary depicting Australian families and war.
The first episode aired in Australia on 8 May 2011 on the Nine Network.
In each episode an Australian will retrace the steps of a close ancestor’s wartime experience.
Tells the inside story of the challenges the Lebanese Australian community has faced in Australia and how they have fought to overcome them. This landmark documentary series hears from community leaders, police, families and individuals, as they combine to tell the compelling and dramatic story of a proud and resilient community, under intense pressure and scrutiny. The story begins in the 1970s when large numbers of Lebanese migrants flooded into Australia. Many were Muslim, most were traumatised by civil war, all were desperate to build a better future. Over the coming decades, these new Australians struggled to establish a new life in their adopted country.
Travel with Christy Leung to Western Australia and Queensland, and enjoy breathtaking ocean views. Overcome her fears and go skydiving. Discover the desert on a 4-wheeler and explore the mysterious stone formations. Take on the jungle with ropes courses and get close to wildlife, including koalas, kangaroos, and quokkas. Indulge in fresh seafood and beer, and enjoy a picnic in the great outdoors.
Phil Gould, Paul Gallen, James Bracey & more debate the biggest issues in Rugby League alongside the games most influential figures.
The history of the Labor Party in government in Australia from 1983 to 1993 under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating. The series is told entirely through the eyes of all the major players in government and the bureaucracy, including Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.
Get an insider look into what goes on behind the scenes of the Australia Supercars Championship. Enjoy an unprecedented look into the highs, the lows, and everything else in between of what it's like to be part of a Supercars race team.
Carols in the Domain is an annual Australian Christmas concert event held in the Domain Gardens in Sydney. It began in 1983, and features many national and international performers and guest appearances. it is broadcast around Australia on the Seven Network and simulcast on Smooth FM. The free event has traditionally been held on the last Saturday before Christmas Eve exclusive; however, from 2016 it has been held on the last Sunday before Christmas Eve exclusive. Carols in the Domain has become one of Australia's largest free Christmas events
Follow the work of Gold Coast police officers from the newly created Rapid Action & Patrols Group (RAP). The elite taskforce is responsible for policing everything from bikie gangs and street violence to drug heists and organised crime.
Follows the lives of seven Indigenous students as they leave home to spend a year boarding at one of the oldest and most elite boarding schools in the country, Geelong Grammar. Wrestling with their conflicting identities as students move between boarding life and home life, it creates a historic record of one of Australia's key Indigenous education pathways and a complex portrait of what it is to be an Indigenous child in Australia today.
Celebrating Countdown's 40th anniversary, host Julia Zemiro takes us through the show's fascinating story. Backed by a stellar cast of stars, original footage and music bringing the 70's and 80's alive.
The most remote and forbidding landscapes, lethal creatures and death-defying stories of survival of the world’s largest island, Australia.
Australian Families of Crime is an Australian documentary television series that is shown on the Nine Network and hosted by actor Vince Colosimo. Families of Crime gives an insight into some of Australia's most infamous 'Crime Families' who wielded power, fear and destruction through the community.
Through interviews with family members, associates, victims and police investigators, their stories expose how some of Australia's worst criminal families operated their web of violence and corruption.
Bert Taylor travels around Australia's vast countryside.
Follows the running of a successful tattoo studio in world-famous Bondi Beach
1915 is a 1982 Australian mini series about two friends who wind up serving in World War One.
Simon Reeve sets off on an extraordinary adventure across Australia. This mad adventure, involving specially adapted off-road vehicles and a chopper, is part of an ongoing effort to stop the damaging spread of up to a million feral camels across the country.