Bridge Between Two Worlds a beautifully intimate portrait of their struggles and their triumphs marked by laughter, tantrums and tears. Their journey as they come to terms with a new language and a very unfamiliar society reveals how these children’s infectious enthusiasm and their sheer determination helps them overcome enormous obstacles in their path. Bridge Between Two Worlds is a story of survival, resilience, and optimism. At the same time, it provides a touching, dynamic and entertaining insight into the ever changing face of Australian society.

Overseas trained doctors have now become commonplace throughout the land – but how do these foreign doctors cope once they’ve arrived in the middle of nowhere? And, just as importantly, how do the locals in the middle of nowhere cope with them?

Australia’s medical schools are also trying to deal with the bush doctor shortage by sending their final year students out for a term in a rural town. The hope is they gain an understanding of and appreciation for life as a bush doctor – but with most of our medical students being dyed in the wool city slickers many find their experience to be an eye opener – to say the least.

How would a 22-year-old Muslim girl called Nabilah Islam who’s never lived away from her parents’ city home (nor travelled anywhere without them) cope in a small, one doctor, WA wheat belt town where for the first time in her life she had to look after herself?

What would her reaction be if her mentor doctor, an old school ‘fire and brimstone’ type GP originally from India, tells her she’s failing for the first time in her otherwise impeccable studies? Does Nabilah run away from the isolation and pressure – or does she find the courage stand up to this mentor doctor she’s so afraid of?

And what will happen to that very same Indian born GP, Dr Alan Majid, if he resigned from his 3-year country contract only 4 months into completing it? Why is he the 4th doctor to quit the town in as many years? Could Dr Majid and the town possibly find some way to reconcile?

And what on earth would make a middle aged Scottish mum, Dr Mary Fortune, leave her home, her husband, her son and her job to work in the Australian outback? How does she deal with the loneliness and isolation of working as a locum in a town where the GP she was assigned to help, Dr Simon Wamono from South Africa, disappear only a week after she arrives? Why did Dr Wamono take off? And will he ever return?

And what does Dr Fortune make of work in a Gold mining town filled with the astonishing wealth and incredible characters of a resources boom? Why does a place with so much money need to recruit her services from 15,000km away?

All this will be revealed in the most thought provoking, moving, entertaining and enlightening doco series in years, Desperately Seeking Doctors. Whatever you do, stay healthy. It’s worth the watch.

When Salam (Sam) was just five his father simply vanished. That’s all Sam knows about him. The rest is a mystery; hidden; too difficult to talk about. But now a 1000 questions scream for answers. What happened to his father? What did he do? Who was he? And is this the reason Sam and his family have, for the last 26 years, lived as refugees?

With just sketchy details from his mother who pleads to forget, Sam embarks on the journey of his life desperate for answers. From Australia to Sweden and Iraq a world of underground politics, intelligence organisations, friendships and betrayal begins to reveal itself. Sam’s father is more than Sam ever thought he’d be.

1982. Saddam was in power. Sam’s mother, Mey, was thrown out of her house and her country by Iraqi security forces about a month after Sam’s father disappeared. She was left with nothing but her 3 children – the eldest being 5 year old Sam. Mey’s first country of refuge was the very one Iraq was then at war with – Iran. About 20 years later their search for a permanent home finally ended when they stepped off a boat in Australia.

To find out what caused these events Sam’s mother could only give him one lead; there’ an old friend of his father’s who now lives in Sweden. Sam flies to Stockholm and learns his father was an educated, respected and prominent member of his community. But it’s the news that his father held a prominent position in the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) that shocks Sam the most. Saddam had outlawed the Communist Party and any member was considered an enemy of Iraq. Spies and informants were commonplace. Sam’s Swedish contact believes Sam’s father was betrayed by a work mate who secretly worked for Saddam’s regime. The only place to learn the truth however, is in Iraq.

The journey to the land of his birth reveals more than Sam ever imagines. A visit to relatives he cannot remember takes him to a treasure chest. His father, it turns out, didn’t have everything taken by Saddam’s regime. Boxes of photos and super 8 footage shot by his father (who Sam learns was a keen filmmaker) have been kept in a relative’s garage for a quarter of a century. He finally begins to understand who he is and where he’s come from. Outside war continues to rage. But Sam must still search for answers – why was his father killed?

Sam finds many theories. Could it be politics, or was it that his father was Kurdish? Another theory is that his father had Iranian roots – or was he simply a victim of greed and corruption?

So many questions – so much to discover, but it’s the family that he’s re-united with that prove to be the biggest revelation. Sam’s mum, Mey, returns with Sam to Iraq and re-connects with a family she’s not seen for over a quarter of a century. There’s so much healing to do and so much love to catch up on – all in the midst of war zone. And Sam, while searching for his father, actually finds a family.

Following the fall of Singapore, many feared a Japanese invasion was imminent, but with the bulk of its troops overseas, Australia was unprepared and ill equipped for war on its own doorstep. On the 19th of February the nations darkest fears would be realised.

At 9.58am Japanese bombers and fighter planes appeared in the sky over Darwin and began a day of carnage. By its end the surprise attack would leave over 250 people dead, a town in burning ruins, eight ships sunk and an air-force base carpet bombed into oblivion.

To this day it is one of Australia’s greatest disasters.

This was an attack led by the same Japanese force that attacked Pearl Harbour, yet more civilians were killed, more bombs were dropped and more ships were sunk in Darwin. However, the magnitude of this attack and the death and devastation that followed has for decades remained virtually unknown. Why?

Drawing on long-hidden documents, using dramatisations of the Lowe Royal Commission and first person accounts, The Bombing of Darwin: An Awkward Truth reveals the true story surrounding the attack.

Incorporating some rarely seen archival footage, evocative re-enactments, eyewitness accounts from survivors and expert commentary, The Bombing of Darwin: An Awkward Truth finally reveals the little known facts about the bombing raids on the 19th February 1942 and the disturbing events that occurred in their aftermath.

“There was a Coral Sea, a Pearl Harbour…but there’s no name given to Darwin,” says Anti Aircraft Gunner Jack Mullholland . “And it was a battle. There’s no exaggeration when I say that. And yet Australia knows nothing about it.”

By taking us inside the defence team, we re-trace his nightmare and find out what went wrong in what was the most expensive and extensive murder investigation in WA history. It’s a journey replete with lurid and chilling revelations and at the centre of it, one man with the world seemingly against him.

Justin and Sarah have Down syndrome. While Justin is confident and cocky and keen to assert his role as house alpha male, Sarah, is a practising Christian, and more docile and conservative. Kirk, the youngest, is very loud and energetic and hopes to make new friends but his autism means that social relationships can be challenging.Over 10 weeks these three very different people go on a huge learning curve as they explore how to manage a house and how to live with each other. They party, fight, flirt, and above all grow exponentially in the process, and reveal a vibrant new world that is theirs alone.

The Dreamhouse is life changing for Justin, Sarah and Kirk, and also for their parents who watch their children grow in self confidence and flourish in the most unexpected ways that will affect their lives profoundly. Give people the opportunity and watch them flower.

Bursting with humour, conflict and tenderness. The Dreamhouse provides a bold insight into a world rarely seen before on television.

For Peter, Monash’s war becomes personal. Monash is a towering figure in Australia’s story of World War 1. Celebrated as one of the great tacticians of the Great War with his innovative battle tactics, he helped to smash the stalemate on the Western Front. How did this Australian born German Jew and civilian soldier – come to lead the 1st AIF at the Western Front and be the first commander in 200 years to be knighted on the battlefield?

Peter unearths private letters, diary entries and army records from protagonists on both sides of the conflict and uncovers the fate of his great-uncles who fought under Monash. By shining a fresh light onto Monash’s triumphs and tragedies, Peter will offer up his assessment on Monash’s legacy for contemporary Australia, and the wider impact, then and now, of his multiple achievements.

Along the way secrets are uncovered and histories revealed – An Irish rebel, a South American freedom fighter and a family who mastered music for 150 years.

A DNA test solves a long held paternity question another finds family he didn’t know existed and one celebrity considers changing his surname after discovering the truth about his grandfather. Combining emotional and personal journeys with big-picture history, these inspiring and sometimes challenging stories, remind us how Australians have come to be the people that we are today.
Considering Australia’s multicultural background, this is a global story, with each celebrity tracing their ancestors around the world. They travel to the places where their forebears would have lived, loved and died, and learn about the hardships and hurdles their ancestors overcame.

This is a fascinating chronicle of the social, ethnic and cultural evolution of Australia’s national identity.

The Who Do You Think You Are? format is devised by Wall to Wall and based upon a program originally produced by Wall to Wall for BBC1.
Format licensed by Warner Bros. International Television Production.
Based on the smash hit BBC series Who Do You Think You Are?, each episode will profile an Australian celebrity tracing their family tree.
The original UK series was created and produced by Wall to Wall Media.
‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ is a Serendipity Productions and Artemis International Production in association with SBS, ScreenWest, Lotterywest and Screen Australia. © Copyright 2009.
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