Failure at the 1976 Montreal Olympics forced a rebuild and while we attempted an international comeback, domestic sport became big business. As the Sydney Olympics approached, Australia hoped for great things.
Todd Sampson puts the law of conservation of energy to the ultimate test by releasing a one-tonne wrecking ball centimetres from his face. #LifeOnTheLine
Mitch Fifield, Penny Wong, Billy Bragg, Nikki Gemmell, Margaret Somerville
Joining Tony Jones: Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield; Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong; author Nikki Gemmell; Ethicist Margaret Somerville & British political singer-songwriter Billy Bragg. #QandA
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Four Corners investigates how the rich and powerful exploit the system. Reporter Marian Wilkinson follows the money trail. This investigative collaboration won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism: Explanatory Reporting.
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Flying back from a drug run to Mexico, everything goes wrong for co-pilot Jim PapRocki and Chris Jury when the plane overheats hundreds of miles from the US border.
For six weeks every year Roger Swainston painstakingly produces detailed drawings of life beneath the sea. This documentary follows his process, exploring the line between art and science. (Final)
It's famed as the city of peace and love, but San Francisco is digging in for a fight over President Trump's order to expel millions of undocumented migrants. Stephanie March reports. #ForeignCorrespondent
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Karl & Warwick start their journey in Venice where Marco Polo began the same trip 800 years before. They experience a Venetian Masked Ball & a risqu 'pleasure machine', before a water jet pack ride almost ends disastrously.
Michael Mosley and James Wong explore how human breast milk contains everything a baby needs, why sourdough is good for us, and how a river weed - rice - has become a comforting staple food.
Kitty Flanagan presents comedy luminaries & fresh homegrown talent including Tom Ballard, Dave Hughes, Nazeem Hussain, Hannah Gadsby, Tom Gleeson, David O'Doherty, Jimeoin & more.
Barrie Cassidy presents Australia's most popular political program. Insiders speaks with the key players, providing analysis, opinion & robust debate from the country's leading political commentators. #Insiders
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DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller's new suspect gives them his detailed version of events, but when they dig deeper they begin to doubt his story. Stars David Tennant & Olivia Colman (Fast-tracked from the UK)
You Can't Ask That asks blind people the awkward, inappropriate or uncomfortable questions you've always wanted to know the answers to, but never had the guts to ask. This episode contains Audio Descriptions for the visually impaired.
Professor Brian Cox & Julia Zemiro return for a third & final night looking up at the sky pondering the most intriguing questions in astronomy with experts, guests & interactive questions from viewers at home. #StargazingABC
Guido van Helten ventures to Manildra, in rural New South Wales, to use a working freight train as a canvas and paint a series of local portraits - creating a large scale art installation that will travel the countryside delivering street art to the surrounding areas.
The upstairs and downstairs teams join forces in a class action, taking on a pharmaceutical company that tried to cover up the side effects resulting from their drug trials. Stars Claudia Karvan. (Final)
Paul & Zoe want a garden to match their fabulous art deco home in Melbourne. But project managing the ambitious build themselves will take courage. Loved ones think they are crazy, can they prove their doubters wrong? (Final)
Triple J's Tom Tilley asks if sex addiction is a real issue ruining people's lives. What is a normal libido & how can you tell when it's out of control? Experts from both sides of the debate tackle this intimate topic.
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When the body of a missing trawler man is pulled from the sea, DCI Vera Stanhope must delve into the lives of his family in a close knit fishing community. CAST: Brenda Blethyn, Kenny Doughty, Noof McEwan. (Final)
