That Christmas
Tuesday 8 November at 9:30pm
Eleven poignant, funny and powerful stories about Christmas like no other, told by the people who lived through them. Some of the storytellers are familiar faces, some are new.
Gardening Australia Christmas Special
Friday 18 December at 7.30pm
For our last show of 2020, Gardening Australia celebrates gardening as an antidote to the challenges we have faced this year. We find out how the nursery industry kept up with demand and what exciting new projects you’ve been working on at home!
Seed to Sale: Josh Byrne
Josh explores how the nursery industry has kept up with vegetable seedling production during the unprecedented demand during lockdown.Digging for Victory: Jerry Coleby-Williams
Jerry shares useful lessons from a wartime campaign that saw home gardens repurposed for local food production.COVID Cul-de-sac: Tino Carnevale
Tino meets a gardener who turned a traffic island into an edible haven to beat the isolation blues.A Blooming Century: Costa Georgiadis
Costa lends a hand to a centenarian gardener who’s been cultivating her beautiful backyard since 1950!Cherry Ripe: Jane Edmanson
Jane finds out what it takes to produce tonnes of delicious cherries in time for Christmas.My Garden Path
We meet a nature photographer who embraced having less work and extra time in 2020 by documenting the creation of his dream vegie patch.Christmas Craft: Sophie Thomson
Sophie shows us how to make tasteful Christmas decorations, using inspiration from your own garden!
Maggie Beer in Japan
Tuesday 15 December at 9:30pm
Maggie has been intrigued by Japanese food for 20 years and has decided its finally time to put her fears aside and travel to Japan to master its flavours.
Maggie Beer’s cooking has always been inspired by the use of the freshest local produce in season and she describes herself as a Mediterranean cook who lives in the Barossa, SA. But she has a food secret; for 20 years she has been intrigued by Japanese food.
In this feature documentary, Maggie sets off to Japan, fired by her love of learning and a challenge to produce an exciting Japanese inspired feast for her Barossa friends.
We join her in Tokyo, then travel across the mountains north to rural Noto Peninsula, and finally south to Osaka. During this journey she meets chefs, eats their food, and joins their lives - and in true Maggie style, there is a lot of laughter and love.