Designing A Legacy
Sunday 4 June 7.30pm
In Designing a Legacy, architectural nerd Tim Ross travels the length and breadth of the country seeking an alternate story of Australia; one that shows how great design better connects us to place – and to each other.
Tim Ross is on the hunt for great Australian architecture. In this two-part series he journeys to find and share his passion for buildings with people whose lives have all been touched by the power of good design. From celebrated Australian architects to eccentric American millionaires, and from school kids and surfers to social housing tenants, a cast of great characters show him the amazing buildings in their lives …because Tim knows that when we create architecture, it also creates us.
While Tim is as happy as any of us to ogle at extraordinary homes, his love of design goes deeper than this. While beautiful and luxurious buildings can inspire us, he passionately believes that even the simplest things, when designed well, make our lives better…. and not just the buildings we live in either. There are all sorts of spaces in our lives which can have this effect.
Tim tracks down some of these structures and offers a new story about how our buildings shape us, today and into the future, acknowledging the millennia of human history this is all built upon on this continent.
Episode one, “Country”, deals with our understanding of place and country and how, since the European idea of architecture imposed itself on this continent 235 years ago, it has been slowly coming to terms with the complexity, uniqueness and beauty of the land on which we live.Production credit: Presenter, Writer: Tim Ross. Executive Producers: Tim Ross and Sally Aitken. Producer: Aline Jacques. Director: Chris Eley. ABC Executive Producer: Madeleine Hawcroft. ABC Manager, Documentaries: Stephen Oliver. A SAM Content and Modernister Films production in association with ABC.
Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep?
Tuesday 6 June 8.30pm
Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? is an investigative documentary that looks at the impact humans are having on wild dolphins through popular hand-feeding tourism programs in Australia.
Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? is a ground-breaking investigative documentary that explores the impact humans are having on wild dolphins through hand feeding tourism programs in Australia at Monkey Mia and Bunbury in Western Australia, and Moreton Bay and Tin Can Bay in Queensland.
Hand feeding in some of these locations has caused a litany of problems including high calf mortality, aggressive behaviour, and reduced survival rates in the wild. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg, with mystery surrounding the deaths of female dolphins at Monkey Mia over the last five years.
The documentary examines research from the world’s leading marine scientists, as well as the views of marine biologists, environmental groups, conservation advocates and governments, who all have differing opinions on the issue.
The film investigates and challenges our insatiable need to interact with wild dolphins and lays bare the challenge of our all-consuming desire to get back to nature and the stark reality that we could be loving some dolphins to death.
Production credit: A Sea Dog TV International Pty Ltd production. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with ABC. Financed with support from Screenwest. Local distribution by ABC. International sales by ABC Commercial. Producers Jodie De Barros and Leighton