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44 Days
- 1993
- Documentary
- 58mins
- Status: Completed
The amazing story of a handful of first-time Australian fighter pilots who pitted their Kittyhawks against Japan's zeros in the skies of New Guinea in 1942. For 44 days they were all that stood between the Australian mainland and Japanese invasion. The six week defence cost 30 planes and 12 pilots. The survivors remember, 50 years later.
After The Flood
- 1993
- Documentary
- 58mins
- Status: Completed
Dr Richard Smith, biologist and conservationist, takes us on an environmental journey of discovery, from the searing heat of the Nubian Desert to the shores of Lake Nasser, from the High Dam at Aswan to river's end on the shores of the Mediterranean. A documentary about the Nile River.
Alaskan Flu
- 1998
- Documentary
- 26mins
- Status: Completed
The world is gearing up for the next flu pandemic - but this time scientists have vital new clues that could prevent it's spread. In 1918 the so-called Spanish flu killed 20 million people. In this program, QUANTUM follows the discovery of live DNA from the virus, found in the lungs of a woman buried in a mass grave in Alaska in 1918. The discovery was made by a retired pathologist, 73 year-old Dr. Johan Hulton who found the lung tissue specimen after reading of work done by the US Armed Forces Pathology lab. This new information will help in designing a vaccine and in understanding how such pandemics arise.
Black Magic
- 1991
- Documentary
- 28mins
- Status: Completed
The story of a woman scientist, Dr Carolyn Mountford of Sydney University, and her 13 year struggle to get recognition for a technique which will revolutionise the diagnosis of cancer.
Cholesterol: Sex, Lies and Coronaries
- 1992
- Documentary
- 27mins
- Status: Completed
First we were told it was the hidden kiss of death in our western diet; then that the whole campaign of fear over cholesterol was a conspiracy by food manufacturers, health authorities and drug companies. So is cholesterol poison or paranoia?
Cobe: Ancient Whispers
- 1992
- Documentary
- 30mins
- Status: Completed
In 1992 newspapers around the world announced that scientists had the answer to one of the greatest mysteries of all, the origin of the universe, life...and everything. And it was all because of COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer), a three-year-old, modestly sized satellite whose main purpose was to measure microwave radiation in space. This documentary unravels the complex information on the Big Bang Theory that had the scientists squirming with excitement.
The Crash Of The Titans
- 1991
- Documentary
- 30mins
- Status: Completed
The documentary deals with the dangers of extinction for the African elephant in the wild. The ivory trade and the advance of humanity across the African continent is examined in assessing the dramatic decline of the elephant population.
The Face
- 1998
- Documentary
- 3 x 30mins
- Status: Completed
Walk down a crowded street and imagine a world without faces. What would you know about the people around you? Their age? Their sex? Origins? Moods? Intentions? None of it. The reality is, the face is our most vital tool of communication... at times, a very means of survival. In a glance, a face can convey so much, so compellingly, science is only now beginning to understand its complexity. And television is the best medium to explain the visual wonder of the human face - and the science behind it.
A Greener Revolution
- 1991
- Documentary
- 30mins
- Status: Completed
Over recent decades, India has poured money and resources into vast schemes to improve its agricultural output. Called The Green Revolution, it's an effort to feed its growing population, one billion expected by the next century. The documentary on this 'revolution' was filmed mainly in the vast and glorious landscape of Rajasthan, India's driest state and in many ways the most 'Indian'.
In the Mind of the Architect
- 2000
- Documentary
- 3 x 55mins
- Status: Completed
Architecture controls our lives. And behind every facade lies a battle of wills. Modern Australian architecture has been buffeted by waves of ideology. From the modernist ideas of Europe, through the eccentricity of post modernism to the local influence of climate and place. This three-part series delves into the mind of the modern Australian architect.
Indelible Evidence - The Final Payment
- 1990
- Documentary
- 28mins
- Status: Completed
INDELIBLE EVIDENCE is an internationally co-produced forensic science series by BBC, ABC, TVNZ and West German Television. FINAL PAYMENT is a docu-drama reenactment of the forensic investigation leading to the arrest of car insurance broker John Fairley, who was responsible for the murders of a young couple, Nick and Sally Lester, over a fraudulent insurance deal, leaving their small children to fend for themselves.
Indelible Evidence - Voice Of Extortion
- 1990
- Documentary
- 28mins
- Status: Completed
INDELIBLE EVIDENCE is an internationally co-produced forensic science series. Dramatised documentary recreating the forensic investigation that led to solving the 1980 Woolworths Bombing extortion.
The Last Ark
- 1991
- Documentary
- 28mins
- Status: Completed
A great deal of time, money and effort has gone into rescuing animals from the brink of extinction and creating new 'natural environments' for them. From in-vitro fertilisation to surrogacy to captive breeding, the race is on to turn back the tide.
No Quick Fix
- 1999
- Documentary
- 57mins
- Status: Completed
NO QUICK FIX follows a handful of patients through the pilot stage of one of the world's first scientific trials of Naltrexone, the controversial new drug being offered as an alternative to methadone treatment at Westmead Hospital.
Passing the Bug - The End of Antibiotics?
- 1998
- Documentary
- 26mins
- Status: Completed
We are running out of antibiotics. The microbes are fighting back, they have developed resistance to our most powerful biological weapons - and they are invading our hospitals. Already, microbes resistant to the most powerful and most toxic antibiotic, Vancomycin, have sprung up in European and American hospitals. QUANTUM talks to patients who have lived the nightmare of fighting resistant infections in Australia. We look at the link between the use of antibiotics in animals and the rise of resistance in humans. QUANTUM will for the first time reveal the extent of the problem in Australia: how the number of infections is running at tens of thousands per year. It is a silent public health emergency. It may well be that, only 54 years after penicillin arrived to save us from scourges like tuberculosis and pneumonia, that we are now entering a world where we will have to do without antibiotics.
Perils of Plectropomus
- 1998
- Documentary
- 26mins
- Status: Completed
For several years now, Australian marine scientists have been piecing together a dramatic tale of life and death on our coral reefs; bouts of frenetic sexual activity, perilous ocean voyages, harems, sex changes, invasion, colonisation and slaughter. The life of a coral reef fish is a life lived against all odds, but the story is two-fold. Not only do fish face a long and dangerous voyage through each generation, they must achieve this success in an environment made increasingly more hostile by humanity. If you are not only beautiful but tasty as well, the odds only get worse. Scientists have unravelled enough of these fishy life histories to begin making informed suggestions on how to manage the piscine population of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
Pouches Rule OK!
- 1992
- Documentary
- 30mins
- Status: Completed
A documentary about Australia's marsupials and the reasons for their survival on the Australian continent. The discovery of a new fossil in central Queensland is forcing a reassessment of the story by scientists.
The Problem With Men
- 1997
- Documentary
- 4 x 30mins
- Status: Completed
A look at the dire state of the health of men - done with the wry humour of John Clarke, Australia's leading satirist. We meet men around the world, explore their health problems and offer ideas and initiatives to help men improve their health.
SETI: Search For Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
- 1992
- Documentary
- 57mins
- Status: Completed
Have you ever looked up to the sky at night and wondered how many of those countless stars have planets like the earth? And how many of those have creatures who look back up and wonder about creatures like us? SETI is a story about the quest for contact, a story of the human seeking the totally alien.
Silent Sentinels
- 1999
- Documentary
- 57mins
- Status: Completed
Coral reefs are the jewels of the ocean. Communities of organisms as rich and diverse as any above or below the surface of the planet, they encircle the tropics like an azure necklace. SILENT SENTINELS reveals disturbing evidence that even if coral can survive continually rising ocean temperatures, they won't be able to escape the chemical effects of high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It is the story of a polyp and a plant, one of the most successful biological relationships in the history of Earth and now greatly endangered.
Timeframe
- 1997
- Documentary
- 13 x 30mins
- Status: Completed
Looks at turning points in Australia's social history and developments that help shape Australian society as we know it today.
Tse Tse Fly
- 1990
- Documentary
- 26mins
- Status: Completed
This documentary is about a small fly which is presenting the continent with a major problem. The Tse Tse fly carries a lethal parasite which spreads disease, claiming the lives of thousands of people and millions of cattle each year. It also explores the environmental benefits the fly provides by protecting Africa's fertile areas.
Who Owns Our Genes?
- 1998
- Documentary
- 26mins
- Status: Completed
One of the most powerful human impulses is curiosity; it has driven the great historical voyages of discovery and is behind the fundamental questions asked by science. This program will examine a controversial research project and the cultural conflicts surrounding it. In 1991 Professor Luca Cavalli-Sforza conceived the idea of a project which might reveal the grand sweep of human migrations around the world and illuminate the diversity of the human race. Cavalli-Sforza's plan, called the Human Genome Diversity Project, is to look at the genes of hundreds of these ethnic groups where the genetic pool has remained relatively undiluted. In this way it should be possible to discover how and when the branches of the family tree were formed. But the project has run into resistance from some ethnic groups and has even been labelled Project Vampire' by its most virulent critics. Are their criticisms well formed or is the HGDP being blamed for the research sins of others?

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