In the 19th Century, operating theatres were theatres in the truest sense of the word. Surgeons would sell tickets for their own operations to the public.

For any woman, giving birth is a highly emotional experience - made even more challenging if you are new in a country and have little family support.

Asia Pacific Focus covers world events with an emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Interviews and analysis on the broader issues underscoring the headlines.

A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed in the London blitz and overnight Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.

RAGE features two hours of music clips including Australia's latest releases.

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Hosted by Barry Cassidy, Insiders is a fast-moving treatment of Australian national affairs with interviews, discussion, and analysis.

Alan Kohler with analysis and comment on the events and issues driving investors, entrepreneurs and big business.

Asia Pacific Focus covers world events with an emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Interviews and analysis on the broader issues underscoring the headlines.

Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program.

This week we travel from one of Japan's largest and most historically rich cities, Kyoto, to one of the most popular cities in the world, London.

Latest News headlines from ABC News

Hosted by Barry Cassidy, Insiders is a fast-moving treatment of Australian national affairs with interviews, discussion, and analysis.

Alan Kohler with analysis and comment on the events and issues driving investors, entrepreneurs and big business.

Rnd 9: Brisbane Lions v St.Kilda

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China's Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River has raised river levels so high there have been landslides and widespread soil erosion. This has forced over a million people to resettle on higher banks, some as far away as the city of Chongqing.

News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region.

TravelOz offers viewers the ultimate in adventure and discovery . This new Australian series showcases Australia's most appealing travel destinations, breathtaking scenery, awesome adventures, unique cultures and amazing wildlife.

US soldiers suffer terrible losses in the fiercely defended terrain of the Hurtgen Forest and Vosges Mountains. In the central Pacific, MacArthur returns to Leyte, but months of bloody fighting lie ahead before the Philippine Islands can be liberated

Asia Pacific Focus covers world events with an emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Interviews and analysis on the broader issues underscoring the headlines.

This week we travel from one of Japan's largest and most historically rich cities, Kyoto, to one of the most popular cities in the world, London.

News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region.

TravelOz offers viewers the ultimate in adventure and discovery . This new Australian series showcases Australia's most appealing travel destinations, breathtaking scenery, awesome adventures, unique cultures and amazing wildlife.

In the Dead Letter Office sit thousands of fading dreams - correspondence dislocated from destination. It is here that Alice, vulnerable and impetuous, starts a search for her long-absent father.

Andrew Rogers, the Australian sculptor, building a series of giant sculptures (geolyphs) around the world.

US soldiers suffer terrible losses in the fiercely defended terrain of the Hurtgen Forest and Vosges Mountains. In the central Pacific, MacArthur returns to Leyte, but months of bloody fighting lie ahead before the Philippine Islands can be liberated