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Circling Shark Productions has more years of combined television experience than television itself! Here's some highlights from our extensive catalogue.

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Shorty's Shed
3 x 1 hour Documentary Series
In Kalgoorlie everything is big, the trucks, the mines, the landscape itself seems to roll on forever. Shortys Shed invites the viewer into this man's world, as we follow Shorty Ryan, a little guy with big ideas. Like the time Shorty and his mates built the world’s first jet powered BBQ, or when they converted a fridge into a drag racer.Todays project involves many woodfired gourmet pizzas,a few kegs of beer and rebuilding a 1941 Willys pickup for entry in the coveted people’s choice award at the 2009 SummerNats Car Festival. At the teams disposal will be the machinery and know how built on fuelling the nations burgeoning mining industry. Add to this mix the “can do” attitude of the Goldfields and look out Canberra, the Kalgoorlie gang are coming to town.

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You Come This Way
13 x 30 min, cultural doco/travel series
A cultural travel program 50,000 years in the making, now gives the indigenous people of Australia the chance to showcase their country through their eyes. We follow the patterns of the aboriginal year, through the six seasons of the aboriginal climatic cycle. From Birak , the time of hot winds and little food, to Makuru a time of intense cold. The weather was an indicator of the best times to hunt, to socialize, to perform and to survive. The series combines today’s indigenous tours with the early knowledge of the people.

Can We Help?
40 x 30 minute episodes.
A format studio/field program, co-produced with ABCTV with original funding from Screenwest.

Death in the Desert
The romance of the Australian Outback has attracted travellers for years, but every year some still fall victim to this barren and rugged landscape. This three part series tells the stories of struggle for survival in an unforgiving land, creating an overall picture of the dangers associated with the Australian desert and how people have responded to it...for better or worse.

Immortalised
This series takes us on a global journey to some of the most fascinating and notorious places immortalised in song. Spanning a wide range of musical genres and eras, every half-hour episode features three songs and reveals the fascinating stories behind their respective places – what they were like then, how that compares to now and most importantly, why these places struck such a powerful chord for the songwriter and their audience.

Mrs President,Madame Prime Minister
Political power has long been in the domain of men, but in Asia, women are increasingly taking the reins, in stark contrast to the limited women's rights and lack of gender equality in many of these countries. This series examines the cases of some of the most high profile, popular and long serving Asian female leaders, exploring this apparent phenomenon and the reasons behind it.

Nomadic Chef
Australia's favourite television chef, Aristos, is cooking his way around the globe....And this is no ordinary journey! The audience will follow his journey as he hops around the globe, hitching rides with locals and repaying them with a culinary feast from the local produce.

Scams
Scams is an underworld expose of Australia's private investigation industry. Each gritty half hour rush unveils the men and women who live in the shadows following unsuspecting subjects and breaking the big cases.

The Big O
1 x 60 minute Documentary
Why we orgasm, What happens when we do, and how better to achieve them

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Battlefield to the Burbs
How military creations made it to the Mainstream. Many of today's most popular consumer items were actually developed by the world's militaries. From GPS to vaccines, from airplanes to mobile phones, the range of now indispensable everyday objects born in response to volatile homes is huge. Why were these creations invented? What was the situation at the time? And what made them a commercial hit?

How to Lose your World
Easter Island. Angkor Wat. Iceland. Why have some ivilisations disappeared? What caused their extinction and can it happen again today? This revelatory series follows the rise and fall of civilizations, revealing their past glories and the processes of their demise, and compellingly shows how history is repeating itself as we speak.

Reunions
As we journey through life we leave in our wake many unanswered questions. Reunions is the ultimate in people powered programming, reuniting family, finding lost friends and rekindling cherished memories. Our team of investigators leave no stone unturned, across cotinents, countries, cities, towns and villages in their quest to find the truth.

Earth Mother
Sky, our host, is the ultimate nature babe, the Earth Mother! She journeys from the jungles of South America to the deserts of America, Austrlia and Africa, to meet the diverse range of ancient cultures who all share one thing in common, and that is to worship the Earth as the mother of all life...

Who In The World Do You Think You Are?
We all have our own idea of how the world preceives us as a country, but what of the truth? How does the World really see you? What stereotypes have they cast? Do they have foundation, or do the statistics contradict the perceptions?

Postcards WA
Postcards WA is a weekly half-hour television program that is all about Western Australia - its places, its people and its products. Now in its ninth season on Channel 9, Postcards WA promotes, publicises and highlights the many magnificent wonders of this truly remarkable state.

Touch The World
3 x 1 hour episodes.
This Mandarin language travel program is a co-production between GZTV China and Circling Shark Productions.

Just Add Water
This series presents a unique and creative perspective on the recreational use of Perth's waterways. The program looks at popular pastimes such as fishing, diving and boating, and features practical advice for the family on how to get the most out of their leisure time. Just Add Water will return to Channel 9 in summer for its tenth season.

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