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Combining archival footage and interviews with leading actors, directors, producers, critics and historians, this series showcases the most pivotal moments in film that have stirred the imagination and influenced our culture.
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THE HISTORY BEHIND THE MOVIES

Starts Tue 14 January

What are the most pivotal moments in film that have stirred the imagination and influenced our culture?
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AUSTRALIA LIVES THROUGH SOME OF THE HOTTEST DAYS ON RECORD

Australia’s most populous state is bracing itself for its hottest day of the year combined with strong winds, even as it faces dozens of major fires still burning and its largest city is still reeling from its smokiest day ever.

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Follow Video Beautiful And Elusive: This Bird Is Losing Its Home Roger Fotso has been a key force in establishing numerous prominent national parks around Cameroon as part of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Today he's headed just outside the capital city of Yaoundé to the Kala Forest in search of one of his favourite birds, the beautiful and elusive Grey-necked Picathartes. To find this rare rock-fowl would serve as a sign that the forest is in good condition and still serving as a suitable habitat despite imminent threats of climate change and illegal logging.

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Four new species of this colourful yet overlooked group of reef dwellers have been found since 2008, a new study says.

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Follow Photos Australian Species Affected By Wildfire

News New coronavirus can spread between humans—but it started in a wildlife market

With confirmed cases in multiple countries, health officials are looking to similar outbreaks from the past and seeing a common thread.

Follow The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with a bulldozer coming at it in the background. Further Joel Sartore

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News 60 Hours On Burning Kangaroo Island

Our reporter describes the ongoing catastrophe of record bushfires on Australia's wildlife.

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