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Interactive: Monash: The Forgotten Anzac

Monash: The Forgotten Anzac

Tuesday, 11 November 2008 One of the most brilliant generals of World War I and an architect of Anzac Day, Sir John Monash helped create the Anzac legend by ensuring the courage of his men was enshrined in Australian history. Today he is all but forgotten.

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Interactive: The Hobbit Enigma

The Hobbit Enigma

Tuesday, 11 November 2008 The Hobbit Enigma examines one of the greatest controversies in science today. Just what did scientists really find when they uncovered the tiny, human-like skeleton of a strange creature on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003?

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Interactive: Navy Divers

Navy Divers

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 Twenty-seven young men begin their quest to become members of the navy's elite clearance diver branch. At the RAN's diving training school in Sydney they launch into the week-long clearance diver assessment test (CDAT). Overseen by a team of experienced navy divers, they will be taken into a physical and mental 'hell' specifically designed to test strength and endurance and weed out the weak.

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Interactive: The Prime Ministers

The Prime Ministers

Thursday, 23 October 2008 A remarkable season of documentaries about three leaders who changed the nation's history.

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Interactive: Future Makers

Future Makers

Tuesday, 7 October 2008 In a time of uncertainty and fear, four stories about scientists who cut clear paths across fascinating ideas, dangerous places and generation-defining challenges. Future Makers is a 4 x 1 hour ABC Science Documentary series featuring some of the finest and most energetic Australian minds as they attempt to remake our future.

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Interactive: Two in the Top End

Two in the Top End

Tuesday, 23 September 2008 John Doyle and Tim Flannery made their first journey together down the Murray Darling rivers in Tim's tinnie, the Bismarck. There were wild adventures along the way and the two mates discovered first hand the dire state of Australia's greatest river system.

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