A Pug’s Life | NEW
One hour documentary special
A Pug’s Life is a fast and fun documentary featuring precocious pugs and their owners in California, New York and London. Meet Frank, the star of MEN IN BLACK, and see what it takes to be a canine star. Learn show-winning secrets, hear the dramatic rescue story of the prize-winning pug stolen from his trailer, and understand the reason behind importing pug semen from Sweden. This special proves every pug has his day!
Braverman Productions
Backyard Science | NEW
52 x 15 minutes or 26 x half hour children’s series
Backyard Science is a fun and educational series for children aged 6-12 years. Ripping science out of the laboratory and taking it to the real world, this is science for kids BY kids. Demonstrating easy, practical and cool activities that anyone can do, Backyard Science explains the mysteries of life, the universe and everything – all from the backyard, kitchen, beach, bathroom or garden!
A Beyond/Pearson Broadband co-production
Beer TV | NEW
26 x 30 minute lifestyle series
Beer TV travels the world to visit breweries famous for their product. From Copenhagen’s Carlsberg to Dublin’s Guinness, each episode covers one location and a brewery. This series includes segments on the history of beer, comments on styles of the various beers from a resident brew-master and lots of interesting beer facts!
Pyman Productions
Born Against The Odds 2|NEW IN THE MEDICAL SCIENCE SERIES
1 x 1 hour health & medicine special
A baby is born somewhere in the world every third of a second. While most arrive safely, sometimes nature has other plans. This additional episode to the original Born Against The Odds details four fascinating stories of childbirth that defy standard medical practice. From a mother who suffers a stroke three weeks before she is due to give birth and a triplet who has grown outside the womb, to a baby battling his mother’s rare blood disease and a birth requiring a twin-twin transfusion, these are incredible stories of hope and medical marvel.
Beyond Productions
Chilli Factor | NEW SERIES
Series 3 - 26 x half hour lifestyle series
Total - 104 x half hours
Chilli Factor brings cutting-edge youth culture directly to your doorstep, presenting a fresh perspective on life by showcasing a fascinating mix of innovative music, fashion and extreme sports from around the world. Each episode features stories, profiles and clips from all over the globe.
Chilli Television
Do Or Die: Lost At Sea | NEW
1 x 46 minute adventure documentary special
The sea is a watery playground that surrounds us, however we can underestimate its power and overestimate our ability to handle it - sometimes with tragic results.
Following on from the successful Do Or Die: Lost In the Bush, in this special eight people who had frightening near-death experiences at sea return for a weekend with an experienced marine safety consultant. Survivors share their stories and learn vital new skills. Featuring compelling stories and practical safety information, Lost At Sea will leave you with a renewed respect for the sea, but also for the people who survived it against the odds.
Greenstone Pictures
Fat Man Slim | NEW
1 x 43 minute health & medicine special
Paul Jeffreys is a charismatic advertising executive affectionately known as ‘Squeeze’ to his friends. Although a successful and wealthy career man with a happy marriage, he is fed up with being morbidly obese. On his 40th birthday he decides to change his life. This is the humorous and inspirational story of one man who packs up his family and moves to the seaside for a new life of exercising and eating low-fat food. Fat Man Slim follows his rollercoaster journey and finds that in losing weight he gains so much more.
Pickled Possum Productions
Global Nomad – China | NEW SERIES
6 x half hour adventure & travel series
Global Nomad – China is the latest documentary travelogue series from two brothers credited with turning globe-trotting into an art form.
For the past 500 years China’s doors have been closed, but her isolation is coming to an end. Journeying into the country with the oldest surviving culture in the world, Global Nomad explores China’s people, sights and charms in a fascinating series hailed as "…a series of travel films that reach beyond the ordinary".
Wonderland
Healers - Journey Into Ayurveda | NEW
1 x 1 hour health & medicine special
This documentary looks at Ayurveda, the ancient healing tradition of India known as "The Science Of Life". The oldest medical system known to man, Ayurveda is based on ancient texts and the patient is treated with herbal remedies aimed at bringing them back into equilibrium with their true self. In this documentary an Indian physician from the US travels to India to find out more about this system, its fascinating philosophies and the promise it may hold for future diseases.
Moving Visuals Co.
Hot Auctions – Series 4 | NEW SERIES
Series 4 - 22 x half hour reality series
Total - 47 x half hours / Format available
Hot Auctions navigates the drama of making life’s biggest purchase through the emotional and competitive process of auction. In this new series the experiences of ordinary people are put on centre stage. Featuring interwoven plot lines, resolutions and cliffhangers, Hot Auctions combines drama, heartbreak, and overwhelming triumph to make this series a ratings winner for Channel 7 Australia.
Beyond Productions
Hot Property – Series 5 | NEW SERIES
Series 5 - 13 x half hour reality series
Total - 60 x half hours / Format available
Rated consistently No. 1 in its timeslot on Channel 7 Australia, Hot Property follows ordinary people as they navigate the precarious route to domestic bliss. Part infotainment and part soap opera, Hot Property traces the fortunes of three groups of home-hunters: renters, buyers and builders. Join the households as they discover the pitfalls, encounter the disappointments and experience the exhilaration of securing their dreams.
Beyond Productions
Human Prey 2 | NEW
1 x 1 hour wildlife special
What happens when the hunted turns into the hunter? Human Prey 2 follows on from the successful Human Prey special and turns the tables on humans. Entering the senses of animals as they hunt, this documentary combines 3-D graphics and personal accounts to recreate with forensic detail the method and mechanics of two large animal attacks - a crocodile attack in far north Queensland and a cougar attack in the United States.
Beyond Productions
Naked – Bum | NEW EPISODE IN THE NAKED SERIES
1 x 47 minute health & medicine special
New in a series exploring body parts, Naked – Bum is an expose of this little-discussed part of the anatomy. This episode provides interesting statistics on the bottom – its size, shape, movement, purpose, and noises, as well as an insight into bowel cancer, the causes and warning signs. Naked - Bum is a humorous and educational take on bottoms and follows on from other episodes investigating the penis, vagina and breast.
Raconteur Film and Television Productions
Nosey | NEW SERIES
Series 3 – 40 x 5 minute children’s series
Total – 140 x 5 minutes
Produced for Five in the UK
Nosey is a small, chirpy, and child-like animated video-camcorder superimposed over the live action of the Nosey series. Nosey is very inquisitive and sticks his lens almost everywhere.
With an underlying theme of discovery, this series was produced by British children's programme specialists and answers the why's, where's and how's of curious young children. Nosey noses around zoos, wildlife hospitals and the dentist, and even takes trips on river-boats and trains. Small children are Nosey's best friends and they join him on most of his discovery adventures.
Rocking Horse Productions
Pilot Guides – Series 9 | NEW SERIES
Series 9 – 13 x 1 hour adventure & travel series
Total: 117 x 1 hours
The latest series of the most popular travel programme on the planet. This multi-award winning travel series features the world's most exotic, spectacular, bizarre, entertaining, engrossing and enriching out-of-the-way places. The best guide to the most unique destinations around the globe, the series includes journeys to the Arab Gulf States, Middle East, New York, Tuscany, Italy, France, England, Hong Kong, Taiwan, UK, Ireland and Tokyo.
Pilot Film and Television Productions
Poisonous Women | NEW
1 x 1 hour documentary special
Poisonous Women reveals a remarkable untold story. For thousands of years poison has been the murder weapon of choice for the fairer sex. This documentary explores how poisons kill, as well as the science behind identifying a particular poison and linking it to the killer.
Beyond Productions
Private Lives – Big People 2 & Growing Up Little | NEW EPISODES IN THE PRIVATE LIVES SERIES
2 x 44 minute people/social issue specials
From the popular series that successfully gets into the shoes, minds and bodies of the people being portrayed, Private Lives… breaks the ice on subjects considered taboo, and is informative, unobtrusive and enlightening. Two new episodes cover Growing Up Little – the second instalment following the lives of people growing up with dwarfism; and Big People 2 – revisiting the women from the first episode after they have lost some of the weight that has put them on death’s door and are now able to undergo surgery.
Greenstone Pictures (Big People 2) / The TV Set (Growing Up Little)
Stories from the Stone Age | NEW
3 x 1 hour history specials
Stories from the Stone Age explores the revolutionary period of pre-history that began when humans abandoned their nomadic hunting and gathering existence for a new way of life – survival. The decisive move to farming and herding, the creation of permanent settlements and the discovery of metals set the stage for the creation of one of the world’s first civilisations.
Beyond Productions
Surfmag | NEW SERIES
Series 2 - 12 x half hour lifestyle series
Total - 24 x half hours
Surfmag is a fast-moving magazine series which covers the spectrum of locations to meet the surf stars of today and tomorrow, exploring the diverse aspects of surfing, the lifestyle and the competitions.
Chilli Television
To Hell and Back: Tanjas Story | NEW
1 x 52 minute documentary special
(70 minute version also available)
This is the extraordinary, compelling and inspirational true story of a woman who reclaimed her life after being kept as a sex slave by her father for 23 years. She eventually escapes to tell her story and put him behind bars. Using documented evidence, Tanjas made this documentary to give others who may be trapped in a similar situation the courage and strength to break free.
Greenstone Pictures
Wild Tech | NEW
7 x 1 hour wildlife/science series
Wild Tech is the series that meshes two disparate environments – nature and man-made – to produce a whole new perspective on technology. This program compares human achievements in areas such as defence, communications and aeronautics, with similar phenomena that occur in the animal world.
Beyond Productions
The Zoo | NEW SERIES
Series 5 – 7 x half hour wildlife/reality series
Total - 40 x half hours
A ratings winner in its native New Zealand, The Zoo continues to take a charming look at life on both sides of the bars at a large city zoo. The special moments - new arrivals, births, fights, illnesses, mating - are all captured by the on-site crew to reveal how the animals and their visitors are entertained, fed, amused and kept safe 365 days a year!
Greenstone Pictures
NEW – from the Feature Film catalogue
Crackerjack | NEW TO DISTRIBUTION
Feature Film
When dwindling membership and increasing overheads make a local bowling club a prime candidate for takeover, it’s all hands on deck to save it. The usually peaceful greens of the club become a battlefield where young meets old, greed meets good and people rise to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances.
Official Selection – US Comedy Arts Festival 2003
The Hard Word | NEW TO DISTRIBUTION
Feature Film
Three bank robbing brothers have found a uniquely profitable way to spend their jail time. Crime does pay and no one gets hurt – until they discover a catch. When sex and greed come between bad cops and good criminals, the consequences can be fatal…
Official Selection – Hamburg International Film Festival 2002 & Jerusalem International Film Festival 2002
Horseplay | NEW TO DISTRIBUTION
Feature Film
A small time horse trainer has successfully screwed up his life. His wife hates him, his mistress loathes him and his father-in-law wants to kill him. With nothing to lose, he enlists the help of his best friend and concocts a plan to rig the largest horse race in Australia.
Starring Marcus Graham and Jason Donovan
Takeaway | NEW TO DISTRIBUTION
Feature Film
Tony and Trev both own takeaway fish and chip shops. The only problem is they’re three doors away from each other in the same suburban Melbourne Street. All is relatively well until the announcement of plans to construct a multinational fast food outlet across the road. Tony and Trev are forced into an uneasy partnership and with the help of the community they take on the fast food giant.
Starring Rose Byrne and Vince Colosimo
Three Blind Mice |NEW TO DISTRIBUTION
Feature Film
A contemporary cyber-thriller, Three Blind Mice tells the story of Thomas (Edward Furlong), a London based computer programmer who visits web-cam sites on the internet to gain voyeuristic insights into other people’s lives. As Thomas is visiting an online acquaintance he accidentally witnesses her brutal murder, hopelessly unable to act in time to save her. When police cyber-crime investigator Claire is assigned to the case, she works with Thomas to uncover a bizarre ring of murders that were orchestrated specifically to be viewed on the web.
Starring Edward Furlong (AMERICAN HISTORY X, T2) and Emilia Fox (THE PIANIST)
The Vector File |NEW TO DISTRIBUTION
Feature Film
In a satellite ground station laboratory on a tropical mountain, scientist Gerry Anderson works back late while minding his eight year old daughter Mattie. Still reeling from his recent divorce, Gerrie has no idea that his world is about to be overturned once again.
In the tradition of ENEMY OF THE STATE.
Directed by Chris Graves (XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS) and starring Casper Van Dien (STARSHIP TROOPERS, SLEEPY HOLLOW)
Visitors | NEW TO DISTRIBUTION
Feature Film – Available for South Africa only
Feisty twenty-something Georgia Perry is set to depart on a momentous journey. She’s determined to join the exclusive fraternity of mariners who have sailed around the world unassisted. Georgia sets off on an epic adventure into unknown territory as she single-handedly steers her 30ft yacht, the Ball and Chain, some 24,000 miles around the globe.
Starring Radha Mitchell (PHONE BOOTH)
published: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 
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