Factual TV

Our areas of interest include Australian history, social issues and human interest stories from around the world. We focus on programs which inform, educate and entertain, and have wide appeal to national and global audiences.

 

 

IN PRODUCTION


Nymboida

LAST STAND AT NYMBOIDA

Last Stand At Nymboida tells of the struggle of 30 coal miners working in the most isolated and difficult coal mine in Australia, who defied the odds and turned defeat into an historic victory. Read more...

 

 

IN DEVELOPMENT


matters of life and death

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH: A User′s Guide to the Death Experience

Matters of Life & Death is an innovative 4 part documentary series that deals with the often unspoken issues of death, dying, grief and loss. Read more...
Jewels

THIS OPULENT EARTH

This Opulent Earth is a six part documentary series which takes the audience on an exciting and comprehensive journey through the history of jewellery from antiquity to the present. Read more...
DEATH OR LIBERTY: The Battle of Vinegar Hill

DEATH OR LIBERTY: The Battle of Vinegar Hill

Death or Liberty: The Battle of Vinegar Hill tells of the tumultuous period and events between 1795 and 1820 that linked two countries on opposite sides of the world. Read more...

 

 

COMPLETED


Nymboida

LOCKOUT - Australia′s Most Violent Industrial Conflict

In 1929, in the face of collapsing demand for coal, mine owners in the Northern Coalfields of NSW, announced that they would reduce miners wages by 12.5 percent and strip them of hard won industrial rights. When their union, the Miners Federation, refused to agree to these terms the mine owners locked the gates. They were to remain closed for 15 months. Read more...
orchestra

VIETNAM SYMPHONY

In 1965, as the Vietnam War intensified, students and teachers from the Hanoi National Conservatory of Music fled to a small village in the countryside, where they built an entire campus underground. This award-winning documentary tells the story of how, as the war raged around them, these musicians lived, studied and played music for five years. Read more...

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