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The story of six Croatian Australian men who were incarcerated for 15 years for crimes they say they never committed.

40 years later, new evidence has been found in their favour.

A wild ride involving a Russian flying ace, an escape from Java in World War 2, and a missing package of diamonds.

In the 1950s a romantic proposition by a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye.

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s most famous novel, The Master and Margarita, was written during the brutal 1930s Stalinist purges. It's become a cult classic, inspiring artists like Patti Smith and the Rolling Stones. Find out why.

Find out why, in its relatively short history, one instrument has offended ideologues, drawn the ire of dictators, and been reviled and outlawed.

A little known assassination attempt against Hitler cast its shadow over a family in Sweden. Johan Gabrielsson digs deep into the family vault and discovers the complicated truth about one of his distant relatives.

In 1768 when James Cook sailed from Tahiti looking for the great southern land, Tupaia, a traditional Polynesia navigator was on board.

His knowledge proved invaluable to Cook and his sailing skills astounded the crew. What role did Tupaia actually play in the voyage and why haven't we heard heard about him?

It's the early 1900's in Sydney. Fictional Pyrmont resident and neighbourhood gossip Lizzie Absalom tells what really went on in those back lanes.

Every family has a secret, the saying goes. But the Ninnes family had a big one.

It wasn't until eldest daughter Mae was 80 years old that she began to talk. And the skeletons came out of the cupboard.

In this program Mae's daughter Lesley searches for answers to the silence and the secrecy of her mother's childhood.

A huge coal project by a foreign company. Environmentalists concerned about the impacts. A government talking about jobs. Sound familiar?

But this battle happened 50 years ago, when a small group waged a David–and-Goliath campaign against a coal terminal planned for the coast south of Sydney.