CHILDREN’S...
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
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
ADVENTURE & TRAVEL...
Global Nomad – China
NEW SERIES
6 x half hours 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
Pilot Guides – Series 9 | NEW SERIES
Series 9 – 13 x one hour adventure & travel series
Total: 117 x 1hours
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
LIFESTYLE & MAGAZINE...
Surfmag | NEW SERIES
Series 2 - 12 x half hour lifestyle series
Total - 24 x half hours
1 x 1 hour wildlife special
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
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
Hot Auctions – Series 4 | NEW SERIES
Series 4 - 13 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
FACTUAL...
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
Do Or Die: Lost At Sea | NEW
1 x 1 hour 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
Private Lives – Big People 2 | NEW EPISODE IN THE PRIVATE LIVES SERIES
1 x 1 hour 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. New episode Big People 2 revisits 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)
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.
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
Fat Man Slim | NEW
1 x 1 hour 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
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 1 hour 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
To Hell and Back: Tanjas Story | NEW
1 x 1 hour 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
Stories of the Stone Age | NEW
3 x 1 hour history specials
Stories of 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
Ned Kelly – The True Story
1 x 1 hour documentary special
The rise of terrorism in our world and the persistence of social liberation movements highlight the question: what is the right way to respond to a corrupt government, oppression and injustice?
The exploits of Ned Kelly, Australian icon and notorious outlaw, raise the same question. Thought a hero by some and a terrorist by others, this documentary sets out to examine the man and the issues and to tell the historically accurate story. Was Ned Kelly an outlaw, a freedom fighter or simply a murderer?
Film Projects Pty Ltd
Beer TV | NEW
26 x half hour 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
A Pug’s Life | NEW
1 x 1 hour documentary special
This 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
NEW - IN PRODUCTION...
Aussie Choppers | IN PRODUCTION
1 x 1 hour documentary special
This is the story of a David and Goliath battle to build the ultimate motorcycle and bring the coveted Rat’s Hole Daytona Beach trophy to the land Down Under. Scott Cox and Grant Purkiss may be boys from the bush but they have already rattled the US chopper market. The team will spend two months to create a machine of beauty and national pride which they hope will turn heads in the world’s most lucrative market.
C6 – The New Corvette | IN PRODUCTION
1 x 1 hour documentary special
Take a journey into the secretive world of automotive development.
The C6 Chevy Corvette is one of the most eagerly awaited new vehicles. With a pedigree as long as the I95, the world waits for a revolution in this classic marque. Rumours and speculation circulate auto magazines and the internet. Now it’s time to tell the true story… from those who are building it.
The Journey to Silver Sun | IN PRODUCTION
40 x half hour children’s series
SILVER SUN is a futuristic children’s series about an extraordinary community of young adventurers in a new world.
It is the year 2050 and the teenage crew of the Star Runner are two years into a journey to the Silver Sun -an amazing planet from a distant solar system. It is their mission to ensure the safe delivery of cryonically suspended New Settlers to populate the New World and pave the way for future generations. Theirs is a mission of breath-taking proportion - the crew on board the Star Runner are pioneers and the success or failure of this endeavour depends on them.
Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier
Small Claims | IN PRODUCTION
1 x 100 minute drama tele-feature
A bold and humorous mystery thriller starring Rebecca Gibney (HALIFAX fp) and Claudia Karvan (SECRET LIFE OF US). Juggling murder and mayhem with motherhood and bad hair days, these two are an unlikely pair of sleuths in the world of amateur detection. Directed by Cheire Nolan (THANK GOD HE MET LIZZIE), this tele-feature premieres on Network Ten Australia in 2004.
RB Productions
Mythbusters | IN PRODUCTION
16 x 1 hour science/technology popular culture series
Mythbusters is an amazing offbeat series investigating the bizarre claims of urban legends and modern misconceptions. This series doesn’t just retell the stories… it puts them to the test!
Did Lucille Ball bust a Japanese spy ring by picking up morse-code in her teeth fillings? Is it possible to get sucked into an airplane vacuum toilet? Can you explode at the gas station if you use your mobile phone? Hosts and experimenters extraordinaire, Jamie and Adam are two Hollywood special effects experts who investigate three myths each episode and find out whether they are fact or urban legend material!
Beyond Productions
Secret Files of The Inquisition
4 x 1 hour documentary specials
Secret Files of the Inquisition tells the story of the Catholic Church’s 500 year struggle to remain the world’s only true Christian religion. As dissent grew throughout Europe, and the never-before-questioned authority of the Pope was challenged, the Church refined a new weapon: the Inquisition. For over half a millennium a system of mass terror reigned and countless thousands were subject to secret courts, torture and even extermination, techniques designed by 13th century inquisitors that would later go on to be used by Stalin and Hitler among others.
Inquisition Productions
Hula Girls | IN PRODUCTION
1 x 1 hour documentary special
A powerful and seductive image of the Pacific Island woman, with its beginnings in the 18th century, continues to captivate us today. Drawing on spectacular locations and a rich heritage of art, literature and moving pictures, Hula Girls is a lush visual exploration of the origins and evolution of the sexual mythology that surrounds the Pacific Island woman.
Electric Pictures
The Cooks (working title) | IN PRODUCTION
13 x 1 hour drama series
A drama series about love, life and two restaurants battling it out for supremacy. Produced by Penny Chapman (TEMPTATION), this bold twenty-something series is about food and seduction – and the lengths two restaurateurs will go in order to win the affections of their customers and their critics. The Cooks will be broadcast on Network Ten Australia in 2004.
Massacre at Punta Lobos | IN PRODUCTION
1 x 1 hour documentary special
Why were 200 Peruvian fishermen ritually slaughtered on the beach at Punta Lobos 650 years ago? Blindfolded, hands tied behind their back with coarse rope and stabbed in the heart, their bodies laid buried for centuries until uncovered by a group of archaeologists performing an impact study for a mining company. The find is now being hailed as the largest find of human sacrifice in South America. This documentary follows the work of the forensic anthropologists piecing together the story behind the sacrifice thought to have been carried out by the Chimu, a pre-Incan people who once ruled the largest kingdom on the Andean desert coast.
Engel Brothers Media
Ford GT – Rebuilding a Race Car Legend | IN PRODUCTION
1 x 1 hour documentary special
In the 1960s Ford GT40s drove their competitors into the ground at the legendary 24 hours of Le Mans – the pinnacle race on the endurance calendar. Their performance on the track ensured the GT40 was granted iconic status. Now executives at Ford are rebuilding a product version of the classic sports car for a modern market. It is a dream come true for a small team of engineers and designers, but with the opportunity comes pressure to deliver. Will the new Ford GT rewrite history?
Stingers – Series 8 | IN PRODUCTION
Series 8 - 22 x 1 hour drama series
Total - 186 x 1 hours
Inspired by true events, Stingers is an exciting character-driven police drama that focuses on a group of undercover cops who work within criminal circles to bring law-breakers to justice.
Stingers continues to be one of Australia’s most popular, realistic and gritty dramas both domestically and internationally and has been licenced into over 60 territories worldwide to date.
Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier
Science of Miracles | IN PRODUCTION
5 x half hour documentary specials
From the world’s most isolated children’s hospital come richly varied compelling and personal stories of the ceaseless struggle to mend young lives. Science of Miracles uncovers the inner workings of science in a world where life and death – and quality of survival – are at stake. This is a realm where science sometimes succeeds, sometimes fails… and real people depend on the outcome.
Electric Pictures
NEW FILMS 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)
published: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 
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