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- The true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
- Presented by historian Michael Cathcart, The Extraordinary Tale of William Buckley is a dramatised documentary that tells one of Australia's great untold stories.
- Ben Valentine (Rhys Muldoon) has totally lost his way in the world. Drunk and directionless, he finds himself in trouble with the law in the small Victorian country town of Rushworth. Mistakenly identified as famous AFL footballer Ben Valentine, he is sentenced to 200 hours of community service... in the form of coaching the town's 'no-hoper' football team. Teetering on the brink of demise, if they don't win three out of the next four games, not only will they have to merge with their arch rivals, but their beloved pie factory Dick's will be sold. For the proud, close-knit community, the future is looking bleak. With so much riding on the outcome of the next couple of games, Ben begins to realise how important his role is, and starts to care about this football mad community. But will he be able to pull it off? Will the town accept who this drifter really is?
- Documentary and reenactment series looking at three trials in pre-Federation Australia that effected the development of the nation and it's society.
- Canakkale war details in 1915.
- Li'l Horrors is a puppet sitcom set in a spooky old house owned by Morbidda Bates, a retired horror movie actress. The series follows the (mis-) adventures of the Li'l Horrors as they squabble, tease and laugh, and generally have a monster of a time.
- True story of Christina Noble and her fight to help disadvantaged children in Vietnam. A modern day saint.
- A 'challenged' muso takes his music out to the world, a wolf-man finds his pack, a 42-year-old woman lives her life as a child, a mother of three makes a new perfect virtual family and a grandma becomes a supermodel. What sort of world is this? As the popularity of virtual worlds explode AlterEgo weaves in and out of both the real and virtual lives of a cast of fascinating characters in the virtual world of Second Life - a world that gives people a platform to explore their darkest desires.
- One in three of us will get cancer at some stage in our lives. From the moment of diagnosis, the common cry is, 'why me?' We blame our genes, our environment and our lifestyle, but could we be overlooking another crucial cause of cancer? In Australia, a mysterious cancer cluster has led to an unusual investigation. Sixteen women working in one workplace have developed breast cancer. The majority are young, none have a family history of the disease and no environmental cause has been found for the illness. A team of scientists has begun to investigate if the cause could be a virus. It is a controversial idea, with extraordinary implications. In the United States, researchers are hunting a virus that triggers breast cancer in mice and asking, could it spread to people? In the United Kingdom, childhood leukaemia is under the microscope and infection is the prime suspect. 20% of all cancers worldwide are caused by infections. Now, across the planet, new evidence is emerging that links viruses and bacteria to an increasing number of cancers. Should we be worried? Does this mean we could all 'catch' cancer? In Germany, clever detective work by Prof Harald zur Hansen solved the deadly riddle of viruses causing cervical cancer and, in 2008, won him a Nobel Prize. In the beautiful islands of Vanuatu, a medical revolution is underway - the roll-out of the world's first vaccine specifically engineered to stop a cancer. Featuring world experts, Nobel Laureates and virus hunters on the front line, Catching Cancer is a fast-paced investigation of a provocative idea. Voyaging deep into the mysterious cellular world of cancer, the film demonstrates how cancer begins and what factors rig the 'cancer lottery's' lethal odds. Combining intimate personal stories and intriguing science, Catching Cancer reveals how finding a hidden trigger, such as a virus, is not a reason to panic; it's a reason to celebrate.
- An immersive documentary series which provides a 'sliding doors' experience for Australians to live the life they might have lived, had their parents or grandparents not immigrated to Australia.
- Follow Chris in this chaotic, animal-crazy series that captures the drama, the danger, the animal antics and the sheer exhilaration of Chris Humfrey's Wild Life.
- Elizabeth Blackburn discovered a treasure, a secret of renewal that keeps cells young. Can it stop the grey hair, the wrinkles, the aches and pains? Can it prevent disease? Can it stop cancer?
- On the 7th of February 2009, devastating bushfires tore through Victoria, Australia. Swathes of prime forest were destroyed and it's wildlife incinerated. But, against all odds, there were survivors of 'Black Saturday'. Told in beautiful cinematography, this is the story of how Nature rose out of the ashes.
- James Cook proceeds from farm boy to commander of his own ship and learns he must find the great Southern continent.
- Cook sets sail in search of the great southern continent for Britain to claim.
- Cook claims the east coast of Holland for Britain; he is promoted and given command of a new voyage.
- Cook searches for a Northwest Passage, but it is a journey too extreme.
- Docudrama about the 1855 treason trials of 13 men from the Eureka Stockade, and the subsequent effect on Victorian, and later Australian, society.
- Docudrama about the trial and its impact, of the Waterloo Push's rape of 16 year old servant, Mary Jane Hicks, on 9 Sep 1886. As with the other programmes in the series, the focus is on both the trial and it's impact on Australian society.
- In the third and last episode, Massacre at Myall Creek, we see the trials in 1838 of seven European settlers involved in the killing of about 30 unarmed Aborigines in northern NSW.
- Ronnie returns from his tree-felling job and Charmian realizes that he has been involved in the Great Train Robbery. This is confirmed when he shows her his share: £147,000.
- Charmian Powell meets Ronnie Biggs on a train. As Ronnie is a petty criminal, Charmian's headmaster father does not approve and forbids her to see him. In love, she leaves home, steals from her employer, and goes on the run with Ronnie.
- Urged by Ron to do "whatever it takes" to keep herself happy, Charmian embarks on an ill-advised affair with Alan.
- Ron's picture appears in an Australian magazine. They decide that he doesn't look different enough and feel like they have no alternative but to up sticks again.
- As Ron begins a new life in Rio, Charmian makes the best of things as a single mother in Melbourne. But tragedy strikes when their eldest son Nicky is killed in a car accident.