http://www.enhancetv.com.au Mon, 20 May 2013 09:03:07 1000 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Tyrone and Hailey follow the advice of a feng shui expert or 'energy ecologist' throughout construction of their new house. An owner-built labour of love, their passive solar building has a curved living roof planted with native grasses. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Kevin catches up with artists Freddie and Ben and their listed, timber-framed barn in countryside. How they are adjusting to rural life in a house seven times the size of a three bedroom home and is there a thing as too much space? http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The third leg of Simon's journey is the most dangerous, as he travels from the beautiful coast of Kenya to Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Rolling off the assembly line and taking the world by storm in 1964, the Porsche 911 is now one of the world's iconic sports cars. Still produced on the same grounds that gave birth to the first 911, this car has grown to 14 variations. From the "modest" 911 Carrera with a top track speed of 185 mph to the 911 GT3, a street legal race car that tops out at 194 mph; this factory in Stuttgart, Germany, can offer a colour, style and speed for even the most fastidious driver. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The Germans now occupy seveal capital cities in Eruope. German soldiers holiday in Paris while Polish prisoners and Jews are forced into slave labour to complete Nazi building projects. The Afrika Korps fry eggs on the surfaces of their tanks in the blistering desert of North Africa. Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union, German soldiers struggle towards Moscow in the brutal Russian winter. Suffering from dysentery and typhus and ill-equipped, they are finally pushed back by the Red Army. Two days after Hitler's first defeat, Japan launches a surprise attack on the US at Pearl Harbour. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance on the planet. It polarises public opinion. For some it's an evil weed while to others it's a harmless herb. For years, supply has been controlled by ruthless criminals but now there is a quasi legal industry worth billions of dollars, and business is booming. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ A 400-year-old sword is at the centre of the ravishing romances and martial arts miracles in director Ang Lee's cinematic masterpiece. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The equation changes: specific month by month causes of the Cold War emerge and it is not entirely clear who started it. This chapter illustrates Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, the civil war in Greece and the Red Scare that prompts the rise of Joseph McCarthy, the House Un-American Activities Committee and the FBI. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Digging up crashed aircraft and battle-damaged tanks, exploring secret bunkers and long-forgotten wrecks, this groundbreaking series casts fresh light on some of the most compelling stories of World War Two. Seventy years on, a wealth of artefacts still lies untouched around the world, from the fields of Normandy to the hills of Monte Cassino in Italy. But these remarkable time capsules, and the protagonists whose lives are inextricably linked with them, will soon disappear for ever. Ambitious, rich and multi-layered, this program enriches military archaeology with powerful personal testimony, expert 'show and tell' sequences, contemporary archive and world-class CGI. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Victory in Europe takes an in-depth look at the events and experiences leading up to the end of the war, focusing on the personal stories of those involved, including not only the men in combat, but also the close friends and family back home. Using a combination of witness materials including emotive letters and diaries and an ever-expanding wealth of original colour footage from across the world, Victory in Europe takes up where D-Day In Colour left off and provides an intimate, first-hand account of the build up to victory in Europe and beyond to victory in the Pacific. This, combined with original radio announcements; speeches and original colour newsreels of the time, brings generations closer to the euphoria people felt as six years of suffering and endurance came to an end. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Adolf Hitler is perhaps the most feared and despised man of the 20th century. Not surprisingly, there were over 40 documented attempts on Hitler's life. Assassins ranged from simple craftsmen to high-ranking soldiers in the Fuhrer's own military. When the smoke cleared, how did one of history's most vile figures manage to survive so many attempted assassinations? Suicide bombers, infiltrating snipers, female film stars, aerial raids, this program reveals the ingenious methods used to target the Nazi leader. Aided by cutting-edge CGI, security experts explain why the plots failed; and using modern weapon and explosive experiments, determine what slight change could have made the missions successful. Historians theorise how history would have been altered had just one of the killers eliminated Hitler. This documentary detonates little-known historical facts into an explosive program sure to captivate viewers as it poses the great question: What if...? Everyone knows why Hitler had to die. We show how multiple attempts to eliminate history's greatest villain failed - while the world had to wait for Hitler to take his own life. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The ultimate series on the fight against the Mafia, told by the people who tried to stop them - the FBI. The stories involve many twists and turns as the Mafia tried to combat the FBI by recruiting FBI agents into their pay. It will feature dramatic reconstruction, archive and exclusive testimony from witnesses and special agents. Robert Kubecka and Donald Barstow were best friends, brothers-in-law and business partners. Together they ran a small, garbage collection firm on Long Island, just outside New York City. They were decent and honest - in an industry that was anything but. The garbage industry on Long Island had been controlled by the mob for decades and when Donald and Robert defied the Mafia-run cartel they found themselves subject to threats and intimidation. At the start of the 1980s they turned to the authorities for help. Through their cooperation, the Organised Crime Task Force of New York State was able to place a bug in a Jaguar car driven by mobster Sal Avellino, who ran the Long Island garbage industry on behalf of the Lucchese crime family. Avellino, it turned out, was also chauffeur for the family's overall boss, Tony "Ducks" Corallo. The conversations investigators listened in to in Sal Avellino's Jaguar would form the centre piece of a groundbreaking trial in 1985/86 involving 9 of New York's leading mobsters. For the first time prosecutors brought a case against the Mafia as a whole, charging mob bosses with membership of the infamous Mafia "commission" - the mob's ruling body - and making use of the new Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act, or RICO. The defendants were found guilty and handed crushing sentences. It proved to be the beginning of the end for the power of the mob. But Robert Kubecka and Donald Barstow would pay a terrible price. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The first Roman Catholic to reign over England since Mary I. He developed new political parties during his reign and famously fathered numerous illegitimate children, of whom he acknowledged fourteen. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ For many people, the pyramids are the embodiment of ancient Egypt. Rising hundreds of feet out of the sand, these majestic monuments have enticed travellers to Egypt since ancient times. How they were constructed continues to arouse endless speculation, but the question of where they came from and why they were built goes deeper still. The arrival of the pyramid was as significant as the invention of the wheel. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The equation changes: specific month by month causes of the Cold War emerge and it is not entirely clear who started it. This chapter illustrates Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, the civil war in Greece and the Red Scare that prompts the rise of Joseph McCarthy, the House Un-American Activities Committee and the FBI. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Digging up crashed aircraft and battle-damaged tanks, exploring secret bunkers and long-forgotten wrecks, this groundbreaking series casts fresh light on some of the most compelling stories of World War Two. Seventy years on, a wealth of artefacts still lies untouched around the world, from the fields of Normandy to the hills of Monte Cassino in Italy. But these remarkable time capsules, and the protagonists whose lives are inextricably linked with them, will soon disappear for ever. Ambitious, rich and multi-layered, this program enriches military archaeology with powerful personal testimony, expert 'show and tell' sequences, contemporary archive and world-class CGI. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Victory in Europe takes an in-depth look at the events and experiences leading up to the end of the war, focusing on the personal stories of those involved, including not only the men in combat, but also the close friends and family back home. Using a combination of witness materials including emotive letters and diaries and an ever-expanding wealth of original colour footage from across the world, Victory in Europe takes up where D-Day In Colour left off and provides an intimate, first-hand account of the build up to victory in Europe and beyond to victory in the Pacific. This, combined with original radio announcements; speeches and original colour newsreels of the time, brings generations closer to the euphoria people felt as six years of suffering and endurance came to an end. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Dense and tranquil woodland in the County Durham countryside seems an unlikely venue for the team's investigation into the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution. But 200 years ago Derwentcote was at the heart of an iron- and steel-producing complex that fuelled the spread of empire. Over three days the team fights through the undergrowth to reveal the furnaces and forges that produced the raw materials of industry under appalling conditions. As well as their chainsaws and mechanical diggers, the archaeologists draw on an unusual resource: the memoirs of an 18th-century industrial spy who visited the site. And with the help of old records, they can even put names and trades to the people who occupied the workers' cottages that once stood alongside the works. It's a story of how cottage industry gave way to the might of the industrial cities such as Sheffield, and the team uncovers the highs and lows of the working life of Derwentcote. On top of all that, Tony discovers how excited grown men can be when they get to analyse huge lumps of 200-year-old slag! http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Digging up crashed aircraft and battle-damaged tanks, exploring secret bunkers and long-forgotten wrecks, this groundbreaking series casts fresh light on some of the most compelling stories of World War Two. Seventy years on, a wealth of artefacts still lies untouched around the world, from the fields of Normandy to the hills of Monte Cassino in Italy. But these remarkable time capsules, and the protagonists whose lives are inextricably linked with them, will soon disappear for ever. Ambitious, rich and multi-layered, this program enriches military archaeology with powerful personal testimony, expert 'show and tell' sequences, contemporary archive and world-class CGI. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ From his early days in Manchester to his formative political career and then his defining era during World War II, Churchill's almost compulsive agenda was to study the Jewish faith and learn from it. He was obsessed with preserving this race that always seemed to be on the verge of annihilation; it was this obsession that was wildly unpopular with the public and almost cost Churchill his career and his legacy. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The words "special relationship" were first used by Winston Churchill in 1946. He had built a special alliance with American President Franklin Roosevelt to win World War II. This kind of mutual dependence has always defined the special relationship between Britain and the USA. Take a look at how a string of 20th-century conflicts have shaped and reshaped this special alliance. After World War II, America, with its new-found wealth and strength, moved out into the new world and left Britain behind. Financially crippled and unable to keep up, Britain found itself increasingly sidelined in world affairs. America was forming new relationships with other countries in the world that made its ties with Britain less "special". The Suez crisis would become the next nail in the coffin of the special relationship, as America turned its back on Britain during this conflict. Some semblance of a connection survived, and America remembered its old friend Britain again when it realised it needed a base in Europe to continue its fight against communism during the Cold War. The fine print of the special contract between America and Britain shows a lopsided relationship - the story is about a one-sided giving of loyalty and affection. The truth may be that every nation now has a special relationship with America, while America has very few relationships which are especially important. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ A coffee house chat leads to an incredible opportunity after Ewan and Charley meet Rwanda's Minister of Tourism. She kindly invites them to her brother's wedding - which the boys crash - and in the process they meet the President of Rwanda. The President requests a visit the next day, and the boys go on a frantic search for proper suits, leading to some questionable design choices. With mixed emotions, the team meet President Kagame, who shares his story as a Rwandan refugee in Uganda, and his efforts to help Rwanda restore itself after genocide. Reaching the Tanzanian border, the group prepares for its next border crossing when team medic Dai realises his passport is missing. After several hours of searching, the boys are about to turn back when Dai finds it - in his other trousers. Taking a well-earned day off, the boys stop at Katavi National Park and are blown away by the park's beauty. Finally reaching the Tanzania/Malawi border, Ewan and his wife Eve are reunited after several mo. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Oil and socialism are big exports in Venezuela, and Diego Bunuel steps into the heart of both in the capital city of Caracas. He stumbles across a socialist protest where tense relations with the US over politics and oil are top of mind for participants. But while government-enforced low costs have made gas unbelievably cheap for Venezuelans - just a few US cents per litre - regulations have caused massive food shortages. Diego sneaks over the Colombian border to investigate illegal gas smuggling. In the countryside of San Felipe, agrarian reform is putting land back into the hands of the people with former sugar cane workers kicking out their former bosses. With a machete and some VHS tape, workers mark off their land, waiting for it to be recognised by the local mayor's office. High in the Venezuelan Andes, Diego follows two volunteers who bring a mobile library by mule to help families attending school in the mountains. In the Caracas slum of Antimano, Diego plays pick-up basketball, and visits an area where school is held in the streets. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Amish clothing is intrinsic to their culture. See how a young ex-Amish man and a middle-aged family man wrestle with modern garb while a modern teenage girl searches for a new Amish identity. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Eating out has never been so easy, because Nigella's got it covered. She never leaves home without a food parcel - a delicious sesame noodle salad and a velvety pea and pesto soup. It's a minimum-effort portable picnic with marinated buttermilk chicken drumsticks, crunchy New Orleans coleslaw and rocky road bars. And forget wine and flowers, when it comes to the perfect hostess gift, take homemade hockey pokey - golden shards of crisp, sweet honeycomb. It's a sure-fire way to make sure you get invited back. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Presenter Guy Grossi meets passionate gardeners Lina and Antonio Siciliano who have created a huge vegetable and herb garden in Melbourne's suburbs that provides them with most of their meals and even the wine to drink with it. Maeve visits her friends the Marino family in Adelaide, who show how they cure prosciutto on a large scale at San Marino Smallgoods. Legendary chef Armando Percuoco from Buon Ricordo restaurant invites Maeve to his country estate and cooks up the simplest dish of pasta with beans, demonstrating how exceptional 'cucina povera' can be. In Melbourne, cheesemaker Giorgio Linguanti takes Guy back to his childhood with the delicious fresh cheeses he makes, including luscious burrata, mozzarella, and ricotta. Loretta Sartori, who once ran her own sweets palace in Melbourne but now spends her time educating troubled youth, cooks a spectacular ricotta cake. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Donna makes her quick and easy Chicken Schnitzel, offers a new spin on Greek Salad and makes a simple Tiramisu. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Luke's journey continues to the mysterious and serene Ninh Binh, where he cooks snails, pork neck and goat in some of the most beautiful scenery Vietnam has to offer. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ In this first episode Marion travels back to her maternal homeland and after picking up her Mum Noi and Dad Charlie in Bangkok - heads south away from the hustle and bustle of a modern city and deep into the Thai countryside to a modest little village called Nakhon Chum, near Ban Pong. This is where her Mum's family still live a traditional Thai life. Their houses are modest, open timber structures with few mod cons and no refrigeration. Here, the kitchens revolve around a wok and a flame but somehow produce remarkably tasty feasts thanks to ultra fresh market ingredients. Dishes Include... Khao Kha Moo - Pork Leg Rice (pork slow cooked in a rich stock, served with rice and an egg) Marion doesn't make this, she talks about the cooking process at a Bangkok street stall Pork and Ginger Stirfry (cooked outside in a wok over a charcoal burner) Pak Boong - Stirfried Kangkong (water spinach) with garlic and chile Thai Sweet Green Chicken Curry. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Following the remarkable success of her first series, award-winning food writer Nigella Lawson returns with more mouth watering and easy to prepare recipes. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Plunges into the vibrant, spicy world of Indonesian food with chef Rohanna Halim, who heads an all-girl kitchen team at her restaurant Ratu Sari in suburban Sydney. She shows the key ingredients needed for Indonesian cooking, including many fresh herbs and spices now widely available. Rohanna makes a spicy chilli sauce called belado which goes perfectly with everything from prawns to vegetables. Fellow head chef and owner Alina Lucas from Jimbaran Restaurant cooks an easy chicken curry, while Java Restaurant's 'Aunty' Wahwan whips up grilled fish with a sweet and sour vegetable sauce. A real prince, Tjok Gde Kerthyasa, from Bali's royal family, cooks a traditional duck on the good old Aussie barbie and serves it with a fresh sambal. Also on the barbecue - superb satay from expatriate Dutch Indonesian, Paul Rast. To finish, young Indonesian Australian Ben Mochtar makes his favourite childhood dessert: eis cendol. It features shaved ice, tropical fruit, coconut milk and "worms" made from mung bean flour. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Belfast finds Lyndey visiting the home of the most famous ship in the world, Titanic. Here Lyndey dines from the first class menu of Titanic's very last night. Lyndey also takes a tour of the city in Billy's taxi cab. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The remote, isolated Kingdom of Bhutan measures its economy on Gross National Happiness. In Bhutan butter is important for both cooking and ceremonial purposes. Will visits a small farm to see how the locals churn butter by hand and samples the local cuisine before being invited to visit one of the oldest monasteries in this devoutly Buddhist country, where he lights candles to guide the souls of the dead. After sampling a cheese and chilli dish, Will travels high into the Himalayas for a lesson in how to milk a yak. He makes cheese the traditional way, in a smoky mountain hut, before enjoying a game of archery with his hosts . http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Plunges into the vibrant, spicy world of Indonesian food with chef Rohanna Halim, who heads an all-girl kitchen team at her restaurant Ratu Sari in suburban Sydney. She shows the key ingredients needed for Indonesian cooking, including many fresh herbs and spices now widely available. Rohanna makes a spicy chilli sauce called belado which goes perfectly with everything from prawns to vegetables. Fellow head chef and owner Alina Lucas from Jimbaran Restaurant cooks an easy chicken curry, while Java Restaurant's 'Aunty' Wahwan whips up grilled fish with a sweet and sour vegetable sauce. A real prince, Tjok Gde Kerthyasa, from Bali's royal family, cooks a traditional duck on the good old Aussie barbie and serves it with a fresh sambal. Also on the barbecue - superb satay from expatriate Dutch Indonesian, Paul Rast. To finish, young Indonesian Australian Ben Mochtar makes his favourite childhood dessert: eis cendol. It features shaved ice, tropical fruit, coconut milk and "worms" made from mung bean flour. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Belfast finds Lyndey visiting the home of the most famous ship in the world, Titanic. Here Lyndey dines from the first class menu of Titanic's very last night. Lyndey also takes a tour of the city in Billy's taxi cab. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ New evidence forces us to consider a truly shocking possibility - is our reality an illusion? http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ A crack engineering team are set on delivering the city of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam from its awful gridlock. But will it be finished on time? http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Tune in to look at some of Australia's most original and amazing inventions. This program showcases products from the emerging artists and engineers of the future. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Tony takes on his hometown of NYC. Having lived and explored the city for years, Tony is better equipped then anybody to explore this diverse and fast paced city. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Tony and his crew set out to discover Japan's northernmost prefecture, Hokkaido, a timeless island, a Japan that may never again be the same. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Gloria Allred is one of the most famous attorneys practising law today, a tireless and successful powerhouse whose high-profile legal battles have led to landmark court decisions and millions of dollars for her clients. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ When a cross-section of seven year olds was interviewed for 7 Up in 1964 it was immediately evident that their social backgrounds influenced their attitudes towards life. While the upper class children were confident and self-assured, those from middle and working class backgrounds were resigned to a challenging life of hard work. This premise was put to the test every seven years when the same group was interviewed about the progression of their lives. Forty-nine years in the making, the changes that occurred to the original 14 make for fascinating television and are in many ways the stories of all our lives. From success and disappointment, marriage and childbirth, to poverty and illness, nearly every facet of life has been captured on film. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Tyrone and Hailey follow the advice of a feng shui expert or 'energy ecologist' throughout construction of their new house. An owner-built labour of love, their passive solar building has a curved living roof planted with native grasses. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Kevin catches up with artists Freddie and Ben and their listed, timber-framed barn in countryside. How they are adjusting to rural life in a house seven times the size of a three bedroom home and is there a thing as too much space? http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Join skilled Australian workers as they go about their jobs, explaining what they do and how they got there. This exclusive programming is a visual tool for industry based learning. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Rawabi is a new eco town being built in the West Bank, tempting some Palestinians with promises of a dream city, but not without its critics. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ As former President Chavez's successor takes up the reins in Venezuela, what does the future hold for this emerging power? http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ Casualties of the economic crisis and living among the homeless, an average middle-class American couple desperately try to keep their family together. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ The life of Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta as explored by Sir David Frost. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/ As former President Chavez's successor takes up the reins in Venezuela, what does the future hold for this emerging power?