ABC Documentaries

5 years ago 12 people died in a flash flood in the Qld town of Grantham. Presented by former Qld Premier Anna Bligh, we revisit the original ABC documentary on the disaster & catch up with the survivors.

Girt By Sea takes us on a stunning journey around the Australian coastline – from the sweeping cliffs of WA to the city beaches of Sydney, from hardworking fishing and ship building towns in SA to small islands off QLD.

A personal quest for justice after Australian, Charlotte Campbell Stephen is gang raped in Nairobi, becomes a campaign for women's rights in Kenya.

Screening as part of 'Naked As' Week, this film highlights the soaring rates of eating disorders & self harm among young people, and explores the internet... where young people go to share their secrets. #MySelfHarmNightmare www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/my-selfharm-nightmare/

Presenter Nat Harris cracks the vagina taboo wide open to explore a procedure called labiaplasty. Find out what drives women to put the most intimate part of their bodies under the knife.

The average size of women is on the increase. To cope with a boom in demand, the plus size fashion industry is going through the roof. Screening as part of 'Naked As' Week. #PlusSizedWars www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/plus-sized-wars/

Matilda and Me tells the story of the Australian debut of global smash hit stage show Matilda the Musical and its composer Tim Minchin.

After 13 days a sea, the search team on board SV Geosounder found what they and the nation have waited 67 years for - HMAS Sydney II has been discovered. Less than a day after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the expedition had successfully located the German raider Kormoran, Sydney was located 12.2 nautical miles away, at a depth of 2,468 metres. The Search team is conducting side-scan sonar imaging of the site before returning to Geraldton to gear up for the next phase of the search. An ROV (remotely operated vehicle) will then be sent down to the wrecks of the Sydney and also Kormoran to film and photograph the wrecks. On March 3rd 2008 the vessel SV Geosounder set sail from Geraldton, Western Australia to find the resting place of the HMAS Sydney II, which was tragically lost in November 1941 in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia with its entire crew of 645, following a fierce engagement with the German raider HSK Kormoran. The 1,800 sq nautical mile search area is positioned in deep waters offshore from Carnarvon, Western Australia and based on accounts of the battle given by survivors of the Kormoran and research completed by The Finding Sydney Foundation, David Mearns and UWA's Kim Kirsner. Compared to the search area of less than 500km² for the Titanic and the Bismarck, the challenges posed by this search were significantly greater, despite recent technological advances. The entire search is being covered by an independent documentary film team from Electric Pictures, who are working with Film Australia to produce the upcoming ABC TV documentary, The Hunt for HMAS Sydney, premiering Tuesday April 15 at 8.30pm on ABC1.

An exclusive glimpse into the creative process of the world's greatest living architect, Frank Gehry, as he creates his very first building in Australia - the new business school at Sydney's University of Technology.

How do you get into music when you can't hear it? We look at the amazing world of the people who sign for deaf audiences at rock and hip hop gigs.

Kate Ritchie presents a special look at 50 Years of Play School, taking a nostalgic journey through Aussie childhood, reliving the laughter & delights of half a century of this TV icon.

On Vietnam Veterans' Day, a Commemorative Service from the War Memorial in Canberra to mark 50 Years since the Battle of Long Tan, the most costly battle in terms of casualties in the Vietnam War.

Conviction is an intense and riveting study of what it takes to solve a high-profile and emotionally-charged murder, told through the eyes of the homicide detectives who brought Jill Meagher's killer to justice.

An unforgettable event from the steps of Sydney Opera House. Twenty years after their landmark last concert, Crowded House return playing a cavalcade of their hits and favourites.

Robyn Davidson, famous for her solo expedition across the west Australian deserts by camel in the 1970s, presents this documentary telling the story of Australia's camels and the people who brought them here.