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Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors presents the Season 8 Grand Final. For the past eight years, The New Inventors has launched the best and brightest new inventions from across the country, and this year has been no exception. From hundreds of applications we now have a select group in contention to be The New Inventors 'Invention of the Year'. Our panel of expert judges have the unenviable task of whittling these winners down to a final three that will compete in our Grand Final for this prestigious prize. Measuring the winners against six criteria - originality, need, design, safety, manufacture and pricing, and market - only the best of the best will make it through.

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Maeve explores how preserving fish creates whole new worlds of flavour - in smoked salmon, bottarga, and XO sauce. This program captures the sheer adventure of one of the world's great marine migrations, with dramatic scenes netting the abundance of fish on Queensland's Kirra Beach.

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Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies

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Maeve explores how preserving fish creates whole new worlds of flavour - in smoked salmon, bottarga, and XO sauce. This program captures the sheer adventure of one of the world's great marine migrations, with dramatic scenes netting the abundance of fish on Queensland's Kirra Beach.

The Luftwaffe was a revolutionary German air force, created from nothing and fast-tracked by Hitler to annihilate the enemy from the skies.

Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Luftwaffe

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, Modern history, History

44:10

The Luftwaffe was a revolutionary German air force, created from nothing and fast-tracked by Hitler to annihilate the enemy from the skies.

Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke on Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter. Over 35 days and 18 mammoth challenges, the potters must make earthenware kitchen bowls, decorative raku vases, delicate but functional chandeliers and super-sized garden sculptures. Whose work will stand up to scrutiny and whose will come out of the kiln in pieces? Judging their craft skills and creativity are two leading lights in the world of pottery; ceramic artist Kate Malone, and master potter Keith Brymer Jones. Hosting the action, and holding the potters' mucky hands along the way is Sara Cox. Across six action-packed episodes, we discover the art and science of turning lumps of clay into beautiful objects. With its rich heritage, intriguing technical language and magical transformations, this program brings the messy and marvellous world of pottery to life.

The Great Pottery Throw Down

Years 9-10, 11-12 Visual arts, Design and technologies

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Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke on Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter. Over 35 days and 18 mammoth challenges, the potters must make earthenware kitchen bowls, decorative raku vases, delicate but functional chandeliers and super-sized garden sculptures. Whose work will stand up to scrutiny and whose will come out of the kiln in pieces? Judging their craft skills and creativity are two leading lights in the world of pottery; ceramic artist Kate Malone, and master potter Keith Brymer Jones. Hosting the action, and holding the potters' mucky hands along the way is Sara Cox. Across six action-packed episodes, we discover the art and science of turning lumps of clay into beautiful objects. With its rich heritage, intriguing technical language and magical transformations, this program brings the messy and marvellous world of pottery to life.

Josh Byrne meets a team of young urban gardeners, Jane Edmanson explores an inner-city courtyard, Tino Carnevale builds a range of supports for summer vegetables and Millie Ross converts a container for alpine plants.

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Years 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 Geography, Sustainability, Design and technologies

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Josh Byrne meets a team of young urban gardeners, Jane Edmanson explores an inner-city courtyard, Tino Carnevale builds a range of supports for summer vegetables and Millie Ross converts a container for alpine plants.

Megumi Bennett was trained in ikebana but fell in love with growing bonsai trees instead, and is now passing on her skills to her son.

Gardening Australia: My Garden Path - Megumi Bennett

Years 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 Geography, Sustainability, Design and technologies

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Megumi Bennett was trained in ikebana but fell in love with growing bonsai trees instead, and is now passing on her skills to her son.

Once Hitler seizes power, he transforms his Alpine retreat in Bavaria into a vast mansion called the Berghof. The area becomes a magnet for the most powerful Nazis and Hitler's Berghof a show piece for the Reich.

Nazi Megastructures: The Eagle's Nest

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, Modern history, History

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Once Hitler seizes power, he transforms his Alpine retreat in Bavaria into a vast mansion called the Berghof. The area becomes a magnet for the most powerful Nazis and Hitler's Berghof a show piece for the Reich.

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Partners Art and Troy are restoring an existing 1800s granite cottage and incorporating it into a multi-level contemporary home featuring a cantilevered kitchen and a glass outdoor bathroom set in the sky.

Grand Designs Australia: Harcourt

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies

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Partners Art and Troy are restoring an existing 1800s granite cottage and incorporating it into a multi-level contemporary home featuring a cantilevered kitchen and a glass outdoor bathroom set in the sky.

Bryce and Veronica have two big challenges this week for two very different buyers. Newly married David and Marie and their blended family of four kids need a four bedroom place they can all call home. Their heart is set on the sought-after suburb of Balmain but their budget might not stretch that far. Something's got to give or they'll be going nowhere fast! Meanwhile, Gillian's finally leaving the family home. She wants her own one bedroom place where she can live and work but she's been looking, without any luck, for five years. Something's been going wrong and it's Bryce and Veronica's job to get to the bottom of it. Both our buyers are looking in the highly competitive market of Sydney's Inner West and both are hoping for a miracle.

Location, Location, Location Australia: Sydney: Balmain and Maroubra

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies

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Bryce and Veronica have two big challenges this week for two very different buyers. Newly married David and Marie and their blended family of four kids need a four bedroom place they can all call home. Their heart is set on the sought-after suburb of Balmain but their budget might not stretch that far. Something's got to give or they'll be going nowhere fast! Meanwhile, Gillian's finally leaving the family home. She wants her own one bedroom place where she can live and work but she's been looking, without any luck, for five years. Something's been going wrong and it's Bryce and Veronica's job to get to the bottom of it. Both our buyers are looking in the highly competitive market of Sydney's Inner West and both are hoping for a miracle.

Costa Georgiadis meets a designer who sees beauty in imperfection, Millie Ross builds a no-dig vegie bed, Josh Byrne explores the plants of WA's ironstone ranges, and Jerry Coleby-Williams meets sub-tropical rose growers.

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57:48

Costa Georgiadis meets a designer who sees beauty in imperfection, Millie Ross builds a no-dig vegie bed, Josh Byrne explores the plants of WA's ironstone ranges, and Jerry Coleby-Williams meets sub-tropical rose growers.

Edd and Amanda lost everything when bushfires swept through Steels Creek. Determined to stay with the land they love, they're building a concrete bunker embedded in the landscape with one side facing the outside world.

Grand Designs Australia: Steels Creek Earth House

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies

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Edd and Amanda lost everything when bushfires swept through Steels Creek. Determined to stay with the land they love, they're building a concrete bunker embedded in the landscape with one side facing the outside world.

John Philip Holland was the Irish-born inventor of the modern submarine. A mild-mannered teacher, he created one of the most formidable modern weapons of war. An Irish patriot, whose first working submarines were funded by Irish revolutionaries, he later developed the first US and British submarines. A self-taught genius, his remarkable invention was exploited by US corporate interests, and his personal legacy was undermined and forgotten... until now. We go into the archives of history to piece together his story, and the story of his remarkable invention, which literally changed the course of history. This is remarkable story of perhaps the most significant inventor you've never heard of.

John Holland: Inventor of the Submarine

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, History

49:59

John Philip Holland was the Irish-born inventor of the modern submarine. A mild-mannered teacher, he created one of the most formidable modern weapons of war. An Irish patriot, whose first working submarines were funded by Irish revolutionaries, he later developed the first US and British submarines. A self-taught genius, his remarkable invention was exploited by US corporate interests, and his personal legacy was undermined and forgotten... until now. We go into the archives of history to piece together his story, and the story of his remarkable invention, which literally changed the course of history. This is remarkable story of perhaps the most significant inventor you've never heard of.

Shark-defying scallop diver Paulie Polacco braves cold water and strong currents to harvest some of the world's most prized queen scallops off Kangaroo Island, adored for their purple roe and savoury taste with a hint of nutty sweetness. Adelaide-based Calabrese chef Salvatore Pepe (Pepe's Cucina) uses queen scallops to create a delicious mouthful called capesante gratinate, using a garlic, herb, and breadcrumb mix to grill on top.

Food Safari Water: Shellfish

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Shark-defying scallop diver Paulie Polacco braves cold water and strong currents to harvest some of the world's most prized queen scallops off Kangaroo Island, adored for their purple roe and savoury taste with a hint of nutty sweetness. Adelaide-based Calabrese chef Salvatore Pepe (Pepe's Cucina) uses queen scallops to create a delicious mouthful called capesante gratinate, using a garlic, herb, and breadcrumb mix to grill on top.

A definitive, prime time guide, this program offers a fresh look at an amazing organisation and mankind's quest to understand the universe. Blending stunningly restored footage with revealing, insightful and engaging interviews with the people who were there - the astronauts, family members and journalists - this is an epic story of the heroes, the triumphs and the tragedies of space exploration. Starting with NASA's beginnings in the Cold War, the series follows the iconic moments of space exploration from the race to get the first man in space to the first steps on the moon. And with triumph and achievement comes risk and disaster, as the series follows the white-knuckle suspense of Apollo 13 and the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. Intelligent, inspiring and accessible, The Space Age is a complete history of mankind's journey into space.

The Space Age: NASA's Story: From the Ground Up

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and Technologies, Science

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A definitive, prime time guide, this program offers a fresh look at an amazing organisation and mankind's quest to understand the universe. Blending stunningly restored footage with revealing, insightful and engaging interviews with the people who were there - the astronauts, family members and journalists - this is an epic story of the heroes, the triumphs and the tragedies of space exploration. Starting with NASA's beginnings in the Cold War, the series follows the iconic moments of space exploration from the race to get the first man in space to the first steps on the moon. And with triumph and achievement comes risk and disaster, as the series follows the white-knuckle suspense of Apollo 13 and the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. Intelligent, inspiring and accessible, The Space Age is a complete history of mankind's journey into space.

Germany is on the rise and Hitler has plans for world domination. He sees the battleship as the ultimate status symbol for his new Third Reich, and orders two vessels to be constructed that are bigger, more powerful, and more heavily armoured than anything else at sea. But the British will stop at nothing until Hitlers new mega-weapons are destroyed.

Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Megaships

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, Modern history, History

44:06

Germany is on the rise and Hitler has plans for world domination. He sees the battleship as the ultimate status symbol for his new Third Reich, and orders two vessels to be constructed that are bigger, more powerful, and more heavily armoured than anything else at sea. But the British will stop at nothing until Hitlers new mega-weapons are destroyed.

As European countries fall like dominoes to the all-conquering German armies, Hitler becomes convinced of his own military genius. He plans to invade Russia and orders the construction of a huge, heavily protected command complex of bunkers and buildings named the Wolfs Lair. But as he isolates himself in his concrete city, the war begins to slip from his grasp, and a conspiracy is hatched to make the secret base his tomb.

Nazi Megastructures: The Wolf's Lair

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, Modern history, History

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As European countries fall like dominoes to the all-conquering German armies, Hitler becomes convinced of his own military genius. He plans to invade Russia and orders the construction of a huge, heavily protected command complex of bunkers and buildings named the Wolfs Lair. But as he isolates himself in his concrete city, the war begins to slip from his grasp, and a conspiracy is hatched to make the secret base his tomb.

Nazi Megastructures returns with a third series that uncovers the hidden remains of some of Hitler's most ambitious projects, telling the stories of the engineers that built them and revealing how these structures changed warfare forever. In June 1940, the Nazis set foot on British soil. The Channel Islands, a British territory since the 11th century is now under German occupation. Hitler becomes obsessed with keeping control of this small corner of Britain and orders the construction of some of the most fortified structures in the Third Reich.

Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Island Megafortress

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, Modern history, History

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Nazi Megastructures returns with a third series that uncovers the hidden remains of some of Hitler's most ambitious projects, telling the stories of the engineers that built them and revealing how these structures changed warfare forever. In June 1940, the Nazis set foot on British soil. The Channel Islands, a British territory since the 11th century is now under German occupation. Hitler becomes obsessed with keeping control of this small corner of Britain and orders the construction of some of the most fortified structures in the Third Reich.

Scarlett wants to surprise her dad by making a birthday cake for his birthday. Scarlett and a chef work together to make and decorate a chocolate fudge heart-shaped cake. Now it's time to blow out the candles.

This Is Scarlett and Isaiah: This Is Scarlett Making a Birthday Cake

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Scarlett wants to surprise her dad by making a birthday cake for his birthday. Scarlett and a chef work together to make and decorate a chocolate fudge heart-shaped cake. Now it's time to blow out the candles.

This program has partnered with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects to look at the best landscape designs in Australia.

Australia by Design: Landscapes: Western Australia

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, Earth and environment

21:43

This program has partnered with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects to look at the best landscape designs in Australia.

Bryce has double trouble in Adelaide as he helps twins Melinda and Trudi search for their first home in the cities eastern suburbs. While in Sydney, Veronica is with Alun and Ange tracking down a family nest in some of the priciest parts of town, the budgets healthy but so are the demands.

Location, Location, Location Australia: Manly and Adelaide

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49:03

Bryce has double trouble in Adelaide as he helps twins Melinda and Trudi search for their first home in the cities eastern suburbs. While in Sydney, Veronica is with Alun and Ange tracking down a family nest in some of the priciest parts of town, the budgets healthy but so are the demands.

Strategy: The Genius of Warfare: Terrorism - War Without Frontiers

Years 9-10, 11-12 Modern history, Design and technologies, History

51:50

Since 1945, there have been no less than eight wars being fought somewhere on the planet at any given time. They have rarely been proper wars - with uniformed soldiers confronting each other - more often than not they have been guerrilla wars, and they have employed some of the most terrifying tactics. In this program, we examine the origins of guerrilla warfare and how they have subsequently given birth to the global phenomenon of terrorism. Each new decade brings its own developments in this strategy of war. The 1960s saw revolutionary politics become cool and suddenly every city had its own brand of urban guerrilla. In the 1970s, the increase in cheap air travel meant that terrorists were no longer confined to committing atrocities in their own backyard. Now they were free to send a message anywhere by hijacking and blowing up planes in the full glare of the media spotlight. But nothing could compare with the far reaching potential of the centuries newest type of urban guerrilla - the cyber terrorist, armed with the potential to cripple the world at the touch of a keypad. The world has changed, and a new age begun, and however interpreted or understood, it is an age of terror.

From manmade peaks to breaking scientific frontiers, host Danny Forster investigates China's phenomenal growth as the country embarks on its 13th five year plan, transforming from world manufacturer to world innovator.

How China Works: Lifestyle Revolution

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies, Geography, Asia and Australia

43:32

From manmade peaks to breaking scientific frontiers, host Danny Forster investigates China's phenomenal growth as the country embarks on its 13th five year plan, transforming from world manufacturer to world innovator.

Michel Roux Jr explores the life and influence of his great culinary hero, Georges Auguste Escoffier - the man who turned eating into dining. The first great restaurant chef, Escoffier established restaurants in grand hotels all over the world and in these centres of luxury and decadence the world's most glamorous figures of the day would mix - actresses and princes, duchesses and opera singers. Catering to this international jet set, Escoffier produced fabulous dishes that combined luxury and theatricality, elevating restaurant food to an art form.

The First Masterchef: Michel Roux on Escoffier

Years 9-10, 11-12 Design and technologies

58:49

Michel Roux Jr explores the life and influence of his great culinary hero, Georges Auguste Escoffier - the man who turned eating into dining. The first great restaurant chef, Escoffier established restaurants in grand hotels all over the world and in these centres of luxury and decadence the world's most glamorous figures of the day would mix - actresses and princes, duchesses and opera singers. Catering to this international jet set, Escoffier produced fabulous dishes that combined luxury and theatricality, elevating restaurant food to an art form.

Scarlett gets her first formal polka dancing lesson. Scarlett meets a polka dancer teacher who shows her to gallop, jump back and forth and spin polka style. Scarlett gets to dance with a partner to the beats of a live band.

This Is Scarlett and Isaiah: This Is Scarlett Polka Dancing

Years 1-2 Design and technologies

6:01

Scarlett gets her first formal polka dancing lesson. Scarlett meets a polka dancer teacher who shows her to gallop, jump back and forth and spin polka style. Scarlett gets to dance with a partner to the beats of a live band.

The Great Pottery Throw Down

Years 9-10, 11-12 Visual arts, Design and technologies

59:41

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