Kumi Taguchi explores if and how it's possible to reconcile faith with science.

A student of the Dalai Lama creates a community for abandoned children in the foothills of the Himalayas, with no higher purpose than giving its young members the joys of childhood. Tashi is the newest arrival.

An Australian faith healer claims he can cure people of their disabilities. Emily Yates, a wheelchair user, attends a session to see if his claims are true.

The second in an occasional series with Geraldine Doogue. This time, writer, broadcaster and musician Eddie Ayres is remarkably candid about his transgender identity and the power of music in his life.

Australian Armenian Shahane Bekarian discovers a treasure trove of archival interviews. What he learns from survivors who escaped to Australia forces him to confront his own cultural inheritance.

Tracie challenges Tom to get his act together, while Digby must juggle the demands of preparing for an exhibition while pursuing his plans to live independently.

Three people with Down syndrome take their first strides towards independence. Digby Webster is an artist who wants to live alone, Tom Elenor wants stardom, and Tracie Sammut is an actress who wants to teach.

Geraldine Doogue makes a powerful connection with Australia's first female archbishop, Kay Goldsworthy, as she reveals her sacred space and what it means to her.

Jewish singer Fay Sussman takes her klezmer band to Poland on a very personal journey to revivify klezmer music and seek out her Polish Jewish heritage.

Could you imagine forgiving the murderer of your child and grandchild? Agnes Furey did just that. In the process, she not only gave the killer his life back, but rediscovered her own sense of purpose.

Shebah, the taxi service for women, offers a fascinating perspective on women of different faiths and cultures as they drive and ride in a supportive, safe environment.

Is the need to confess an imperative all humans share? Kumi Taguchi reveals what confession looks like today; the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Catholic tradition, and a secular urban confession offered on street corners.

What happens to old dogs when their owners can't take care of them anymore? Compass meets older people who have been 'matched up' with older dogs, bringing new life to both. Final for 2017.

Growing up in South Africa, Steve Pasvolsky and his siblings were cared for by their nanny Angelina. When the Pasvolsky family migrated to Australia, they left Angelina behind. Forty years later they return to find her.

In the 500th anniversary of Luther's challenge to the Catholic Church, Kumi Taguchi explores the relevance of the event that kickstarted a revolution that continues to resonate in Australian lives today.

Brazilian spiritual healer Joao De Faria Texeira treats people using controversial methods. The filmmaker follows the journey of her friend Lya who has advanced cancer as she travels from Melbourne to the Brazilian village.

Anne Deveson was the first female talkback broadcaster in Australia, a writer/filmmaker/mental health activist/mother. At 85, she grappled with Alzheimer's as she prepared to donate her papers to the National Archive.

Cana Farm provides a new way of life for some of society's most marginalised people through its prison release support program. Here inmates learn both practical and life skills as they try to reintegrate into society.

Husna Pasha is an Australian-Indian dynamo with a burning desire to be Australia's answer to Oprah Winfrey. Growing up in rural Tasmania, her family were not just "the only Indians in the village", they were the only Muslims.

Julie McCrossin charts the rise of Australia's LGBTQI rights movement. From the first Mardi Gras to legislative and social changes, we hear from those who put everything on the line in the fight for equality.

Black Power with Stan Grant: Looking back on pivotal events like the founding of the tent embassy and the Freedom Rides, Stan asks how far have we come? Is there such a thing as an Indigenous nation and how does it define itself?

Kumi Taguchi explores migration to Australia and changing attitudes towards our newest citizens. Migrants reveal what contributes to their sense of belonging and how it enriches our society as a whole.

Child Survivors of the Holocaust Community in Sydney and Melbourne retain a child's perspective of memories from a culture and society extinguished during the Holocaust.

Jane Caro digs deeper into the personal toll that life in the classroom has taken on our teachers. We see how handling difficult students can erode the periodic satisfaction gained by making a difference in a child's life.

Jane Caro busts some myths about life as a teacher and reveals the pressure most teachers are under. This includes an overwhelming amount of marking and paperwork to the challenges of managing student behaviour.

This program celebrates the lives of those who soared the highest. From Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe or Frank Sinatra to Elizabeth Taylor, we uncover what drove them and why the world loved them.

Ross Kemp's last investigation hits close to home as he exposes the 21st-century slave trade. Entering the world of human trafficking, Ross need look no further than the UK.

See what happens when the cops go 21 Jump Street on real high school kids. Host Krishna Andavolu spends time in a small California town to meet with victims of a police initiative to entrap and arrest high school students for petty drug offences.

Michael McCormack is a week into the new role as deputy PM, Turnbull heads to CHOGM 2018, and everyone is excited about the upcoming budget. Bill Shorten delivers a budget "zinger", Joe Hockey and Trump play a round, Micallef and Co. tackle the white South African farmers story, the banking royal commission is in full swing, and Pauline Hanson returns from Afghanistan. Then it's a look into controversial gay conversion therapy and freedom of speech, Facebook's massive data leaks, Channel Nine's crime reenactment package and, lastly, the government's attempt to raise organ donation awareness.

Vice magazine's creative director, Annette Lamothe-Ramos, visits the controversial theme park in China, Kingdom of the Little People. In mushroom-shaped homes and old dormitories, a community of dwarfs all less than 130cm tall can be found singing, dancing, and performing on a daily basis for visiting tourists.

This film recreates the final hours of Myuran Sukumaran, before his execution. This deeply moving film raises questions about rehabilitation and the death penalty, and whether we have the right to take a life in this way.

Ali and Sharin are newlyweds from Afghanistan. They have spent the last month camping on the streets, of Thessaloniki, waiting for smugglers to get them across the heavily guarded borders into Macedonia and Serbia. This is not the honeymoon they dreamed of.

This week, we ask who the heck is Michael McCormack? Micallef does the math on SA electoral boundaries for Mark Butler and delivers the latest in the #libspill speculation - noting a similarity between Peloton cycling and the Liberal's seat rotations. Then we meet the world's punkest turtle, take a look at Turnbull's Snowy Hydro 2.0 and the alleged corruption cover-up, catch a Commonwealth recap and a Games-inspired "zinger", then a stab at AI-assisted aged-care and a final remark on corporate tax avoiders to finish.

Marty has Fragile X and wants workplaces to see that he is an employable man. Cain's insight about his autism and its impact on his life is stirring and Jessica offers up her IT skills to companies targeting neurodiversity.

In 2011, though ill prepared, Kim Jong-un inherited the leadership of North Korea and through the use of propaganda and brute force, he has cemented his place on the world stage. Now, the lid is lifted on one of the most elusive leaders in the world.

A racially charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love story converge in this definitive documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving. The marriage of Mildred (who was part-black and part-Native American) and Richard (who was white) was declared illegal in 1958 by their home state of Virginia. They refused to leave one another and, with the help of the ACLU, relentlessly pursued their right to happiness. Their case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court where, in 1967, it struck down laws against interracial marriage in the US once and for all.

In another jam-packed episode, Micallef dives into the Liddell power plant closure, takes a look at Barnaby Joyce's involvement in the Monash Forum think-tank, dissects the 30th consecutive Newspoll loss and speculates over Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton's leadership ambitions. Then it's a stab at banking conduct, mortgage prices and state-owned assets, the Russian spy expulsion saga, Julie Bishop's meeting with the Russian Ambassador Grigory Ligvinvo, Cricket's ball tampering scandal and Australia's latest achievement, an exceptionally accurate clock.

Ben taps into the positive aspects of his OCD while job hunting. Krystyna is geography personified but her Peter Pan attitude is a barrier to work. Jonathan throws his hat in the ring with neurotypical accounting candidates.

Three people with Down syndrome take their first strides towards independence. Digby Webster is an artist who wants to live alone, Tom Elenor wants stardom, and Tracie Sammut is an actress who wants to teach.

The story of Queen of the Desert is based on the true-life story of Gertrude Bell, who was a British political officer and archaeologist but ultimately a trailblazer on her terms. The story details the extraordinary adventures of Bell wrestling with the conflicts of love and tragedy, enemy and friend, and foreign and familiar as she sought to understand and unify people from different cultures.

Cricket, the Commonwealth Games, tax cuts and pronunciation, Micallef tackles it all. A ballsy cricket scandal and heavy security overshadow The Games, Bill Shorten fumbles through Labour's Pensioner Guarantee plan, the government pulls its company tax cuts in a last minute bid to survive, and we catch an infomercial on BlueScope Steel with Malcolm Turnbull. Then it's Tiangong-1, the ethics of corporate sponsorship, "obvious cheating" and the Commonwealth Bank. Lastly, Turnbull puts the "you" in resolution, Tony Abbott helps launch Pauline Hanson's autobiography, and Hanson compares herself to Nelson Mandela.

Meet the extraordinary job seekers who aim to prove that having a neurological condition shouldn't make them unemployable. Follow the challenges faced by Kayla who has Tourette syndrome, and Tim and Rohan who both have autism.

A girl's death becomes a criminal case when a surgeon harvests her organs without parental consent.

When did Australian cricket adopt a win-at-all-costs culture? When did it turn toxic? Paul Kennedy investigates what led to the ball-tampering incident and the lasting effects of Steve Smith's role in the cheating scandal.

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the US is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.

On the anniversary of his death, in this intensely moving and definitive documentary, Sir Trevor McDonald is travelling to the deep south of America to try and get closer to him.

Geraldine Doogue makes a powerful connection with Australia's first female archbishop, Kay Goldsworthy, as she reveals her sacred space and what it means to her.

A ball tampering scandal grips the nation, the Newspoll countdown is on, Peter Dutton wants new tariffs on international goods, Barack Obama tours Sydney, and Malcolm Turnbull loves a Selfie. After that, Micallef tackles the discrepancy between company profits and wage falls, the National Retail Association's 0% wage increases, Mathias Cormann's failed corporate tax bill and a senate re-shuffle. Then to anti-bacterial qualities in Platypus milk, Facebook's Cambridge Analytica data leak, Pauline Hanson's autobiography, Labour MPs misused taxpayer funds and the death of the last northern white rhino.

Hugh Bonneville reveals how a perfect storm of political intrigue, power struggles and clashing religious passions combined, in a single week, to cause the event that changed the world: the killing of Jesus.

Jewish singer Fay Sussman takes her klezmer band to Poland on a very personal journey to revivify klezmer music and seek out her Polish Jewish heritage.