From: australian screen on Mon, Feb 18 2008 7:46 PM

The footage is a re-enactment using First World War troops. Australian troops charge out of the trenches to attack the enemy on the Western Front. Bombs explode nearby.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 12:13 PM

Members of the expedition party and others stand around the site of a large termite mound. Title cards then introduce the next sections which show a shark being caught, crocodiles being hunted, and cockatoos in flight. A pan across the Northern Territory’s Daly River ends this segment.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 12:06 PM

Rain falls heavily, the streets of the community are quiet, and Moses sits drinking tea on the porch of a house in the community of Numbulwar, Wandu, where he is from, has been flooded in. The country is coming alive with the arrival of the rain; birds walking on lily fronds stoop for prey in the...

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 11:59 AM

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 11:44 AM

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 11:38 AM

Frank, a political direct mail consultant, shows how electoral rolls can be analysed to reveal particular demographic groups in an electorate. He says political parties can then more effectively target issues specific to particular groups.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 11:23 AM

The Footscray Football Club has a fundraiser. The team parade naked in front of fans to raise money for the club. We see them performing ‘The elephant’, a routine where the line of naked dancing men join hands at the groin with the man in front of them and form a chain, to the delight of a cheeri...

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 11:17 AM

Sixteen-year-old singer Marcia Hines was brought to Australia from the USA by the producers of the rock musical Hair in the 1960s. She decided to stay, and became one of Australia’s most popular singers.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 11:11 AM

Pelsaert returns from Batavia in a rescue vessel for the crew shipwrecked off the Western Australian coast. Prison cells were built from coral on Long Island to confine the mutineers.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 10:58 AM

Wanda Miller talks about working with Gladys Miller to design language programs that will allow Wirangu to be taught in schools. Wanda’s grandchildren are Wirrangul through her husband. Wombat is the traditional food of the Wirangu people, and the children’s stories are all about hunting wombat. ...

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 10:52 AM

Bill Lew and his wife and children talk about the effect on the family when Bill lost four restaurants in the 1990–91 recession. Bill was ashamed by his inability to provide for his family but his children were more resilient than Bill expected. Bill also talks about the valuable lessons learned ...

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 10:39 AM

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 10:34 AM

The Northern Territory government passed the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act but the Australian Medical Association is against it. Speaking to camera as he drives around Darwin, Dr Philip Nitschke talks about the federal government move to reverse the NT legislation.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 10:28 AM

There are 5,000 types of cockroaches. Only six are considered pests. We look at the largest cockroaches, and meet Bonnie and Clyde who have become domestic pets.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 10:21 AM

As the one-mile race is run with athletes including Herb Elliott, Bob Vaag, Merv Lincoln and Albie Thomas, the narrator examines the techniques, strategies and temperaments that come into play. What makes a champion stand out from the rest is revealed through Elliott’s convincing win.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 10:14 AM

A close-up look at the deadly red-back spider. In giant close-up we see an ant enter the red-back’s insect trap, and get caught. The spider drops down, hoists the ant off the ground, and wraps it in special thread for future consumption.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 10:04 AM

On 12 December, at the beginning of school holidays, Balmain families assemble down at Mort Street for a demonstration to stop the containers being trucked through their streets. Children hold up signs, a representative from the transport committee speaks to the crowd saying that residents insist...

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 9:59 AM

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 9:53 AM

Baby Lee’s mother, Tracey, suffered from a lack of emotional connection with her child immediately after his birth. She recalls her lack of feeling at the time. Lee’s husband Simon, and her grandmother talk about the difficult time during Tracey’s postnatal depression.

From: australian screen on Fri, Feb 08 2008 9:47 AM

Out in the bush, ecologist Wyn Jones says that Australian bushland is not necessarily devoid of life if no mammals are visible. He points out that many animals are nocturnal and that other species like birds and insects can flourish in a landscape free of mammals during the day.