Science

Geography

Personal and social capability

Sustainability

9-10

11-12

Classification: General

Around the world, a food crisis is looming. Global demand for crops is exceeding supply and even the most conservative estimates suggest that we will need to double food production over the next 50 years - still using the same amount of land and dwindling supplies of water. Many plant scientists believe genetic modification is the answer. Can GM Food Save the World? introduces Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer, environmentalist and former entomologist, who is on a mission to find out if GM can really save the world.

EALD

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This hilarious clip explains how and why Australians have such a distinctly 'flat' sounding accent.

Personal and social capability

Ethical understanding

11-12

Classification: General

This refreshing series is about something we've all thought about at one point in our lives - "if only" we'd done or said something else, things may have turned out differently. It features people telling their personal stories about an event or decision in their past that they now regret.

Geography

History

Intercultural Understanding

Critical thinking

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This four-part series sees the ever-popular Kevin McCloud (Grand Designs) following in the footsteps of the most notorious British aristocrats, artists and architects of the Grand Tour. Clambering in, on and amongst the greatest buildings, ruins and cities in Europe, Kevin uncovers the dark underbelly of the Tour in the shady alleys and drinking dens along its route, and explores the Tour's lasting legacy.

Biology

7-8

Classification: General

Far out in the Pacific, the islands of Palau hold secrets that could upset our understanding of human evolution. Mysterious bone

English

Literature

History

Critical thinking

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Once upon a time...a beautiful young noblewoman was murdered by her stepmother, smooth-talking men swarmed into overcrowded towns in search of youths to colonise distant lands, and rare Celtic gold coins found in fields and forests promised their finders wealth and happiness. As different as they are, these occurrences all have one thing in common: they gave rise to some of the most beloved fairy tales in the world.

Biology

Geography

Science

7-8

9-10

Classification: General

Far out in the Pacific, the islands of Palau hold secrets that could upset our understanding of human evolution. Mysterious bones hidden in an isolated cave eventually reveal that our bodies are able to adapt much faster than anyone thought possible. The teeth and brow formations lead scientists to think they are ancient, but closer examination shows them to be less than 3000 years old.

Personal and social capability

Biology

Science

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

At a prison in the high desert foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hardened criminals are taught the training methods of 'horse whisperers' to tame and saddle train wild mustang horses taken from the herd that roams government lands. Failure means one more defeat for the inmate; success could save both lives.

Personal and social capability

11-12

Classification: General

All parents want the best for their children, but more than ever, parents seem to be turning into panic-stricken and obsessive perfectionists. The Madness of Modern Families focuses on the absurd social pressures parents find themselves facing and caving in to in an ever-increasingly competitive world.

Personal and social capability

Geography

9-10

11-12

Classification: General

A week in the flat golden paddocks and deep blue skies of a huge farm in the wheat belt of south-east Western Australia.

Biology

Science

Ethical understanding

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Danny Wallace is on a mission to convince the world that chimps are people too. He believes the time has come to make our hairy relatives part of the family. Our primate brethren share 99.4 percent of our crucial DNA, and are more closely related to us than they are to gorillas. This being so, should they be afforded the same rights as people?

Personal and social capability

Civics and citizenship

Religious studies

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Temple Of Dreams is the latest documentary by award-winning filmmaker Tom Zubrycki. It's a David and Goliath style story about a group of young Muslim Australians taking on the local council to halt the closure of their youth centre ... and winning!

Religious studies

History

Ethical understanding

Personal and social capability

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Over a thousand years ago, in the south of Medieval Spain, Muslims, Christians and Jews lived side-by-side. The intertwining of their culture and beliefs saw the blossoming of great literature, architecture, philosophy, poetry and music. But greed, fear and intolerance saw this unique world vanish.

Design and technologies

Intercultural understanding

Ethical understanding

7-8

9-10

Classification: General

Tonight Barry explores the chaos and hum of Mumbai, from an early morning session at a 'laughter club' to herbal remedy shops and famous Muslim sweet stalls. He meets the famed Dabbawallahs who perform the daily ritual of getting thousands of home-cooked meals delivered to the right offices and make it into the Guinness Book of Records. The day ends with a promenade and a feast of snack food enjoyed at the nightly carnival-on-the-sand, at Juhu.

Earth and environment

Biology

Science

Indigenous Australians

Personal and social capability

5-6

7-8

Classification: General

In recognition of the cultural significance of an endangered species in their area, a community in the very small, isolated wheat and sheep farming town of Ongerup in Western Australia have taken on a mammoth task to save their Gnowangerup Shire faunal emblem, the 'gnow' (Noongar is its Aboriginal name) or malleefowl from local extinction.

Biology

Health and PE

Personal and social capability

Science

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

The two-part documentary series Dead Tired showcases the latest science from around the world that proves lack of sleep is slowly killing us. Shot in Australia, America, Canada and England this is the first series to feature footage of what happens to a person's mind and body during chronic sleep deprivation and the cutting edge science uncovering why most of us feel sleep deprived. Episode One investigates how sleep deprivation causes sickness and death in today's society.

Music

History

Personal and social capability

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This episode follows the development of rock in the 1970s and '80s, when rock achieved a global influence on culture and politics, and groups such as Led Zeppelin, Kiss and The Police decided to see just how far their ambition would take them.

Media arts

English

Critical thinking

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

A new frontier is opening up, a place where money and size are often the defining factor in a magazine's influence. With corporate mergers accelerating, magazines often share corporate owners with other cross-over ventures. Facing new challenges from the Internet and increasingly segmented niches, many wonder how the great magazines can survive. This hour investigates the work of impassioned individual editors, writers and photographers creating magazines within these new market realities.