Design and technologies

Modern history

History

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

In 1934, the Japanese begin designing The Yamato, the most powerful battleship in history. Constructed in absolute secrecy, the Japanese go to extraordinary lengths to ensure no detail is revealed.

Modern history

History

11-12

Classification: Mature

This is war at its weirdest. Here are the strange stories you will not find in any other history show. This episode; Did British Intelligence murder the Mad Monk Rasputin? The heart-rending story of the Nazi Baby Factories. The American President who escaped being eaten alive. And the Polish War Bear who helped break the fort at Monte Cassino.

News and current affairs

Personal and social capability

Media arts

9-10

11-12

Classification: Mature

Margaret Atwood has never been more relevant than she is today. Readers are turning to her work as they face the rise of authoritarian politics, rapidly evolving technologies, and the slow-motion disaster of climate change. Her poetry and books are about survival, but they are also survival tools in and of themselves. The recent success of the television adaptation of her novel, The Handmaid's Tale, has made Atwood a household name. Yet few know the private Margaret Atwood. Who is the woman behind these stories? How does she seem to know what is to come? With exclusive access over a 12-month period, this documentary follows Atwood and her partner, author and activist Graeme Gibson, as they jet to speaking engagements around the world.

Ethical understanding

News and current affairs

11-12

Classification: Mature

Tracey Spicer follows the Australian government's response to MeToo in a world-first National Inquiry, and supports those tackling the system. As momentum for change grows, so does the backlash.

Health and PE

Personal and social capability

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: General

It's Valentine's Day and Maddi steps out on her first ever date; Kelvin works with a relationship specialist and puts his dating skills to the test; Michael is overwhelmed when he meets the woman of his dreams.

Geography

Earth and environment

News and current affairs

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Levison's journey begins on the edge of Arabia in Syria, where he runs the gauntlet into an even more dangerous Iraq. Dodging ISIS bullets and under constant threat, he must brave the legacy of decades of instability.

Geography

Earth and environment

News and current affairs

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Levison continues his journey through the oil-rich cities of the Gulf before travelling across the sands of Oman. Once he's ascended the remote Dhofar mountains, Levison attempts to cross the deadly war zone of Yemen.

Geography

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante is in the Maldives in search of a supposedly extinct shark. Unidentified sharks in the area have led many to believe the Pondicherry is alive.

Geography

Earth and environment

News and current affairs

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

After a diversion through pirate waters and around the horn of Africa, Levison lands in the secretive kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He travels past the spiritual heartland of Mecca to the progressive metropolis of Jeddah.

History

7-8

9-10

Classification: Parental Guidance

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were an unusually devoted couple but when Albert died, Queen Victoria was left as a single mother. Explore Victoria's struggle to mourn her husband's death, carry out her Royal duties, and keep both her family and the public in check.

Ethical understanding

News and current affairs

11-12

Classification: Mature

More than 18 months after her journey began, Tracey uncovers how MeToo is transforming Australia.

Health and PE

Personal and social capability

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: General

Mark has never had a girlfriend, but he wants love more than anything. Olivia feels her autism has held her back but is determined not to let it define her. Maddi dates a new man who impresses her with his musical talent.

Earth and environment

Geography

Media arts

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

A behind-the-scenes look of the epic natural history series that celebrates our planet in all its glory.

Earth and environment

Geography

Media arts

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

A behind-the-scenes look of the epic natural history series that celebrates our planet in all its glory.

History

7-8

9-10

Classification: Parental Guidance

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were an unusually devoted couple but when Albert died, Queen Victoria was left as a single mother. Explore Victoria's struggle to mourn her husband's death, carry out her Royal duties, and keep both her family and the public in check.

History

Religious studies

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

The Knights of Lazarus were originally founded at a leper hospital around 1098 by the Crusaders of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was established to treat the disease, because the Knights were lepers themselves. The symbol of the order is a green eight-pointed Maltese Cross - the same green cross now used as the universal symbol for retail pharmacies all around the world. the extraordinary history of some the most chivalrous Knights of all - and one of the most righteous of all Orders - is told in the episode of Soldiers of God. Once called the Hospitallers, the Knights of St John were founded to provide care for poor, sick or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land but evolved into a military order with its own Papal charter. Operating originally from the Island of Rhodes and later from Malta, the Order has one of the most fascinating of all histories - dominated by the famous Siege of Malta in 1798, when the island was captured by Napoleon and the Knights were dispersed throughout Europe. This is the whole dramatic story.

News and current affairs

Civics and citizenship

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

At a time when no one feels entirely protected from terrorism, Sebastian Junger uses his first hand experience to chronicle Syria's downward spiral and the human toll of the carnage brought on by the Islamic State.

Modern history

History

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

The mysterious story of Howard Irwin whose suitcase, which was somehow aboard the Titanic, when he was not. And Bertha Mulvihill, a Third Class passenger who, with broken ribs, faced a thirty foot jump down to the small lifeboat in the ice-cold Atlantic Ocean. Then there is the story behind the schoolbooks of Edgar Samuel Andrew and the chilling statement he wrote in a letter to his friend.