ABC Documentaries
Sæson 2014
ABC TV Documentaries aims to screen programs that give us a greater understanding of where we came from, who we are, and where we might be going.
ABC TV Documentaries commissions its documentaries from Australia’s highly competitive independent documentary industry. We seek a broad slate of quality documentaries which will tell strong stories, which are well researched, which are well made, and which will entertain and inform our audience. They can be single subject series or one off specials.
ABC TV Documentaries commissions its documentaries from Australia’s highly competitive independent documentary industry. We seek a broad slate of quality documentaries which will tell strong stories, which are well researched, which are well made, and which will entertain and inform our audience. They can be single subject series or one off specials.
Hvor man kan se ABC Documentaries • Sæson 2014
12 episoder
- Enigma Man: A Stone Age MysteryE6
Enigma Man: A Stone Age MysteryIn March 2012 two paleoanthropologists announced the startling discovery of prehistoric human remains from a remote cave in South West China. They dubbed them the ‘Red Deer Cave people’. They were unlike any human remains known to science. Not only were they a unique mix of primitive and modern features, but they were also young – between 11,5000 and 14,500 years old. That makes these fossils the youngest ever found which possess physical features different to our own – much younger than our famous ancient cousins, the Neanderthals and even the primitive Pygmy Hobbits from Indonesia. ENIGMA MAN – A STONE AGE MYSTERY follows the scientific team on their mission to solve the mysteries of these bones, and unravel the clues that reveal incredible details about how these people lived, and possibly why they died. Tantalising evidence from the cave site in China poses some chilling, even macabre, possibilities concerning their fate and their connection to us. The implications of the discovery for understanding the evolution of our own species, and the broader human story, are profound. Scientific orthodoxy contends that our modern human ancestors only inhabited East Asia after the disappearance of earlier ancient humans. The existence of the Red Deer Cave people is further evidence that the truth may be something else entirely. Our own species may have coexisted with the Red Deer Cave people until very recently, for tens of thousands of years. Drawing together this latest discovery with other recent groundbreaking finds in the region, this documentary explores an amazing new chapter in our evolutionary story - the Asian chapter. Combining scientific adventure, insightful interviews, and stunning reconstructions ENIGMA MAN – A STONE AGE MYSTERY is a comprehensive account of an emerging new view of human evolution. - Hanging with Hoges
E10Hanging with HogesComedian Paul Hogan opens the door into his private and public life. It’s been 40 years since he first stepped into the comedy limelight, and now at 73, he is ready to share - warts-and-all – his story with fellow comedian Shane Jacobson (Kenny, The Time of our Lives). This relaxed, candid and hilarious program charts his journey from raising a family in a housing commission home, to the highs of Crocodile Dundee, the Golden Globe Awards and performing stand-up at the Oscars. It also delves into the lows of Hogan’s battle with the Australian Tax Office. And right now Paul Hogan is once again set to do what he does best - entertain. - The Lost Tools of Henry Hoke
E12The Lost Tools of Henry HokeNarrated by Bryan Dawe, this entertaining mockumentary series uncovers the many astonishing achievements of a little-known inventor who lived in the small outback town of Hoke's Bluff. From his isolated workshop Henry produced a stream of dazzling leaps of mechanical imagination. Unaccountably, until recently discovered, these brilliant tools had all but disappeared. From the Leg Pull, Waterproof Tap, Tartan Paint, and Mechanical Runaround, to his final extraordinary master work, the Random Excuse Generator, we discover the story of an unsung inventive genius whose ideas could still revolutionise the modern world.
