Bruce Permezel

The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first in 1998 and the second in 2000. 'The Games' starred satirists John Clarke and Bryan Dawe along with Australian comedian Gina Riley and actor Nicholas Bell. It was written by John Clarke and Ross Stevenson. The series centred on the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and satirised corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them, to enhance the illusion of a documentary on the Sydney Games.

Australia – a land as massive as it is vast. And when it comes to outback adventurers they don't come any better, bigger or more reckless than Russell Coight. Winner of the prestigious Ocker Award for services to khaki shorts, Russell takes us on a unique blend of over-the-top, off-road, outback, in-your-face Aussie Adventures!

The 8 part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.

The story of how Australia ended up with a larrikin in the Lodge, and what he brought to the top job.

Who are we? And where do we come from? Australia's greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe, iconic Indigenous actor Ernie Dingo, and TV presenter and Queen of Eurovision Julia Zemiro set off on an epic journey of genetic time travel to find out.

Secret Science is a new smart and entertaining series, exploring a range of topics. Learn how men can improve their sperm count, how we can all improve our capacity to learn - as well as ways we can exploit our emotions.

Scott Pape, the Barefoot Investor, dedicates his time to improving the financial literacy of Australian children.

Nature journalist and self-confessed bird-nerd, Dr Ann Jones, heads out on an urban safari through Sydney and Brisbane to uncover the secret lives of the city's feathery friends.

Dr Karl lifts the lid on how some of Australia's best loved products are made, stepping behind factory lines to uncover the intricate workings of some of our most productive manufacturing plants.

The late sports lover and renowned satirist John Clarke looks at how Australia came to take its sport so seriously and what it means to be a sporting nation.

Every night around Australia, native possums scamper across city rooftops in an endless quest for food and shelter. Forced out of their bush habitats by encroaching development, these mischievous marsupials swarm into cities where their raucous noise and destructive appetites bring them few friends. They live in our roofs, pillage our fruit trees, plunder our flowers and pee on our paths. And when possums and people fight for real estate it’s war!

A look at the history of Australia's 1 Commando Regiment during the period in which commandos were all members of the Australian Army Reserve, rather than full-time soldiers.

Extending a lifetime’s worth of zero-waste activism, visionary designer Bakker devises the Future Food System, a self-sufficient residence that provides shelter, food and energy while reusing any by-products as fuel or fertiliser. Joined by esteemed chefs Matt Stone and Jo Barrett, he works with a team of builders, engineers, and experts in agriculture, aquaponics and biochemistry to realise the project at Melbourne’s Fed Square – culminating in the launch of a unique farm-to-table restaurant.