ABC Documentaries
Temporada 2015
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.
Where to Watch ABC Documentaries • Temporada 2015
22 Episodes
- Arthur Phillip - Governor, Sailor, SpyE7
Arthur Phillip - Governor, Sailor, SpyArthur Phillip is arguably the most important person in Australia's history. The commander of the First Fleet and the founding Governor of what would grow into Australia, Phillip is - according to prominent historian Jonathan King - this nation's equivalent to George Washington. And yet for such an influential person, so little is widely known about Arthur Phillip. Who was this man, what did he do before the First Fleet and why did he accept the enormous challenge of sailing half way around the globe to found a new colony largely populated by Britain’s cast-offs and criminals? After all, as Phillip biographer Michael Pembroke argues, this mission was like "taking a group of citizens against their will to establish a colony on the moon." Presented by Scott Bevan, ARTHUR PHILLIP: GOVERNOR, SAILR, SPY is a revealing account of the man who helped lay the foundations for modern Australia. - Ka-Ching! Pokie NationE11
Ka-Ching! Pokie NationThe pokies. They’re rigged, they’re addictive, and they’re everywhere. And most of the machines are in the poorest postcodes across the nation. They’ve got almost half a million Australians hooked. And that’s exactly what they’re designed to do. Produced by Neil Lawrence and Mitzi Goldman and directed by Jane Manning, Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation exposes how the seemingly innocuous pokie machines at your local pub are programmed for addiction. For the first time, industry insiders go on the record to explain how these sophisticated machines combine graphics and musical elements with complex mathematical algorithms to keep punters hooked. Hear from game designers, mathematicians and composers who’ve designed hundreds of machines, as they break the silence around this highly secretive industry. Their testimonies are supported by world-leading neuroscientists, who take us into the lab to show how these machines work on our brains, leading some researchers to call them “the crack cocaine of gambling” and “electronic morphine”. - Played: Inside Australia's Failed World Cup BidE14
Played: Inside Australia's Failed World Cup BidBillionaire Frank Lowy had a dream: to bring the world to Australia for the greatest sporting event on the planet. Football’s World Cup would be Lowy’s crowning achievement in an extraordinarily successful career and his greatest coup. History told him he was the man to do it. Instead, he was conned. He was completely played by the masters of dark politics and backstabbing. Along the way, Australia lost $43 million. Was it hubris or naivety from Frank Lowy. Or was one of the world’s smartest businessmen simply an unsuspecting player in the high-stakes power game beyond his control? It was certainly embarrassing for Australia. Now, for the first time, the inside story of what really happened is exclusively revealed by those close to the action – including Frank Lowy; former Prime Minister John Howard; disgraced FIFA President Sepp Blatter; former FFA CEO John O’Neill; Steven Lowy; Lowy’s close adviser Mark Ryan; biographer Jill Margo; film director Phillip Noyce; and Australia’s bid consultants.
