This week on Cutting Edge: Bill Gates – How a Geek Changed the World, after two years of negotiations, BBC presenter Fiona Bruce and the Money Programme crew pulled off a rare coup: a candid full-length interview with Bill Gates. For many years the richest man in the world - he's still in the Champions League of wealth, with at least 25 billion in the bank - the founding genius of Microsoft is set to step down from his company and get on with the business of giving away 12 billion through the charitable foundation he runs with his wife Melinda and father William Gates Sr.

EnhanceTV has a range of resources related to the Internet and it’s increasing effect on our lives. Difference Of Opinion: Growing Up in the Digital Age asks how is the multimedia age of emails, mobiles, and the internet shaping young Australians? Has it meant a communication breakthrough or communication breakdown? Is generation Y better connected or disconnected from their peers and parents? And what sort of adults will the children of the digital revolution become?

Cutting Edge: Google – Behind the Screen gives an in-depth look into the world famous company, Google. What if the entire world's information was available and easy to find? What if all the news, all books, all texts, photographs and videos would be collected in one place, and made available, always and everywhere?  This is the goal of Google.

Cutting Edge: Spam is a documentary about spam mail that is hard to ignore and growing at an unbelievable rate.  Spam takes a humorous and insightful look into the global culture of spam - one of the 20th century's most annoying and harmful inventions.  Instead of ignoring spam, you meet Dave, who starts buying products which are certain to improve his life just as the advertisers promise.

In Four Corners: You Only Live Twice our world might be getting smaller, thanks to technology, but virtual worlds and games are booming. Millions of people venture daily into these new and constantly evolving landscapes where they can conquer mythical armies, slay dragons and embark on other fantastical quests.

Cutting Edge: Traders’ Dreams looks at the world as a global department store: five astounding stories from different corners of the globe, stories of winners and losers, of trading and hoping, of success and promise - and an illuminating expedition into the heart of eBay headquarters.

E-Dreams takes a fascinating look at the highs and lows of the dot-com frenzy.  An intimate behind-the-scenes look at an internet start-up, e-dreams chronicles the dramatic growth and the devastating decline of kozmo.com and the fate of its young innovative co-founders Joseph Park and Yong Kang.

Cutting Edge: Growing Up Online takes viewers inside the very public private worlds that kids are creating online, raising important questions about how the Internet is transforming childhood.

Insight: Stolen ID asks how easy is it for thieves to steal your identity? Are we making it easier for them by putting our lives online?  As police data show identity crime is becoming more common, Insight asks: Do social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace make us vulnerable to identity theft?

Insight: MiTunes looks at the issue of illegal music downloads. Artists come face to face with the young people who freely download their songs, and Internet industry stakeholders meet performing rights authorities.

For a complete list of internet related resources see our theme page. ~ Anna Yates

The following new series are now available for sale from EnhanceTV:

The War

Ken Burns landmark 15 hour series is the story of the second world war, through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns.  Over the course of the series a great deal of time is spent in battle - on the ground, in the air and at sea, in Europe and the Pacific - examining in countless ways and from many perspectives what one of the witnesses described as “the real war”.

Real Chinese

The real China is revealed in this series of concise and informative programs.  It provides a guide to Chinese lifestyle and language as we meet the people and explore ten aspects of China's culture in detail.  The series is suitable for middle and upper secondary students.

Wild China

For the first time in a century, China is opening up to the world. This new six-part series gains unprecedented access into a most enigmatic of countries, to reveal a land of astonishing complexity.

Scope: Matter

Nine programs from the excellent Scope series.  Scope is a children's science show that provides a half-hour of fast, funny and informative scientific entertainment targeted at children aged 8-14 years.  Scope will look at the world from a child's point of view and investigate a different theme each week to explore the science all around us.  These programs focus on the theme of Matter.  Episodes include Cooking Science, Elements, Fire Science, Metals, Nanotechnology, Plastics, Solid, Liquid, Gas and Toxins and Poisons.

Inside Australia: Risking It All

What would you risk for the chance to ditch the nine-to-five grind and be your own boss?  Over four weeks Risking It All follows four rookie entrepreneurs as they attempt to transform their lives by setting up their own dream businesses. Risking It All captures the highs and lows involved in trying to get a new business off the ground.

Sydney is preparing to hold the biggest event in Australia’s history. World Youth Day commences on the 15th of July. In what promises to be a spectacular event, it will also mark Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to Australia.

World Youth Day is about celebrating the youth of today. It gives young people from all over the world the opportunity to come together, learn and celebrate their faith.

If you wanted to assist your students in understanding the meaning of World Youth Day, Behind The News and Compass: Carrying The Cross would be beneficial.

SBS will have extensive coverage of the six day event. For a complete list of available programs simply search World Youth Day 2008, at the EnhanceTV online store.

Today’s youth face many serious issues on a daily basis. Youth homelessness and bullying are prevalent. However the acceleration of technology has seen a new form of bullying emerge: ‘Cyber bullying’.

Help educate students about the underlying issues that many of their peers face. The Youth Issues theme pack is a great way to get students thinking about various youth issues like mental illness, the youth road toll, youth homelessness, underage drinking and binge- drinking.

There are specific programs that deal with youth homelessness like The Oasis: Australia's Homeless Youth With Tony Jones. The Ttn program deals with youth homelessness and how a young boy has overcome bullying. Lateline takes a detailed look at the issue, following the impending release of statistics that “reveal tens of thousands of young Australians are without a home”.

There is a free study guide available designed to assist teachers with helping students understand the film The Oasis.

The cyber world can often be a complicated place especially for young people. Help your students to understand that their actions in the online world do have consequences in the real world. Difference Of Opinion: Growing Up in the Digital Age asks is this generation more attuned to anti-social behaviour because of the technology available to them? Ttn examines how a WA research team is gathering ideas from about 4 000 students, teachers and parents to come up with an intervention plan to deal with cyber bullying.