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A lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.

The story follows a man who returns home to discover a long-buried family secret, and whose attempts to put things right threaten the lives of those he left home years before.

In Australia's Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it.

After four men on a fishing trip discover a dead body in the water, they choose to delay reporting it and continue fishing.

Back Roads is taking viewers to some of Australia's most interesting and resilient communities. The towns chosen for the programnme are full of colourful characters whose grit and good humour continues to uplift and inspire.

During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the way, and in the end Archer competes in the Melbourne Cup race.

After seeing the destruction of the fragile alpine ecology of Australia's Snowy Mountains first hand, Richard Swain decides to speak out. Hard hoofed animals are trampling and endangering the headwaters of three iconic rivers.

A young nature photographer hesitantly accepts an assignment to shoot for a fashion magazine which takes him to a ski resort. He leaves his loved ones behind and further distances himself by obsessively following a falcon around the snow fields, apparently in a quest for self-fulfilment.

The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.

The Snowy Valleys come alive to the sound of music and traditions, old and new, bring a community together and heal the wounds of the past.

Landline goes to Bass Strait and Australia's largest remaining scallop fishery. Also meet the scientist whose work in sheep helped in the births of 10 million IVF babies. Plus the old alcohol that's new again - mead.

Home delivery saving our cheesemakers; Launching the latest in bush tucker; A new health food supplement made from apples boosts hope for bushfire-hit orchardists; Plus protecting Tasmania's waterways from livestock.

Digging deep in search of underground water; A five-year project to fix the world's longest fence; Aged care options closer to home for regional Australians; The orange police protecting a precious crop.

The long-running debate over managing Kosciuszko's brumbies; Claims industrial hemp is being diverted into a cannabis wellness black-market; Turning faba beans into a high-value plant protein meat alternative.

Grain growers need no reminding that the past decade has been one of the toughest nor that the biggest factor has been the weather. Australia's sheep flock is predicted to fall to its lowest level in more than a century this year.

When we talk about environmental problems in Australia, two subjects invariably emerge at the top of the list: water and soil. In many ways, the problems we face with these two basic natural resources - such as salinity and soil degradation - are interwoven and the solutions often work in tandem as well. Many of the problems with soil and water arise from the mismatch between Australian soils, water balance and climate and the traditional European farming and grazing methods.

Australian farmers are cashing in on the growing overseas demand for organic produce. With buyers paying up to 30 per cent more for chemical-free produce, the financial incentives are becoming more and more attractive for farmers to go organic. And while the burgeoning demand is boosting the bottom line for growers, the move towards organic agriculture is helping to make farming practices in Australia more sustainable.

One bloke has single-handedly turned Australian bull riding from a pastime into a profession. Troy Dunn is helping to bring the most dangerous sport in the world to the big smoke.