Behind the News is a long-running news program broadcast on Australia's ABC1 made in Adelaide and aimed at school-aged children. BtN is aimed at upper primary and lower secondary students with the goal of helping them understand current issues and events in their world. Behind the News explores major news events using the language, music and popular culture of young people. The program explains the concepts that underpin the issues and events, while also providing background information that puts current affairs into context. Behind the News also covers kids' issues often overlooked by mainstream news, and makes use of online resources including streaming video of BtN stories, study materials for teachers and additional information and activities for students. BtN explains news items in a fun, simplistic way that is easy to understand. In 2004 Behind the News was temporarily axed due to Government budget cuts but returned to air in 2005. While BtN was the first and original program of this nature, a similar program on Network Ten, ttn, debuted in the year BtN did not air. ttn itself was axed at the end of 2008. Some schools let students watch BtN on a regular basis in hope that it will give them an insight into politics, current affairs, sport and various other topics.
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Season 1969 | Episode 1 | 6/6/1969 | 1969-06-06 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 13 | 24/5/16 | 2016-05-24 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 14 | 31/5/16 | 2016-05-31 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 15 | 7/6/16 | 2016-06-07 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 16 | 14/6/16 | 2016-06-14 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 17 | Civics Series: What Is Democracy? | 2016-06-27 | 5 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 18 | 28/6/16 | 2016-06-28 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 19 | Civics Series: The History Of Voting | 2016-06-28 | 5 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 20 | Civics Series: The Three Levels Of Government | 2016-06-29 | 5 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 21 | Civics Series: What Is An Electorate? | 2016-06-30 | 5 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 22 | 26/07/2016 | 2016-07-26 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 23 | 02/08/2016 | 2016-08-02 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 24 | 9/8/16 | 2016-08-09 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 25 | 16/8/16 | 2016-08-16 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 26 | 23/8/16 | 2016-08-23 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 27 | 30/8/16 | 2016-08-30 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 28 | 6/9/16 | 2016-09-06 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 29 | 13/9/16 | 2016-09-13 | 25 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 30 | 20/9/16 | 2016-09-20 | 25 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 12 | 02/05/2017 | 2017-05-02 | 25 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 13 | 09/05/2017 | 2017-05-09 | 25 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 14 | 16/05/2017 | 2017-05-16 | 25 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 15 | 23/05/2017 | 2017-05-23 | 25 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 16 | 30/05/2017 | 2017-05-30 | 25 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 17 | 06/06/2017 | 2017-06-06 | 25 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 18 | 13/06/2017 | 2017-06-13 | 25 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 19 | 20/06/2017 | 2017-06-20 | 25 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 1 | How to Spot Bias in the Media | 2018-01-01 | 25 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 2 | Dishonesty, Accuracy & Ethics in the Media | 2018-01-01 | 25 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 3 | How To Spot Fake News | 2018-01-01 | 25 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 4 | Which News Sources Can Be Trusted? | 2018-01-01 | 25 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 5 | What Makes News, News? | 2018-01-01 | 25 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | 2020-03-10 | 25 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 7 | Episode 7 | 2020-03-17 | 25 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 8 | Episode 8 | 2020-03-24 | 25 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 9 | Episode 9 | 2020-03-31 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | 2024-03-19 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 2 | Episode 2 | 2024-03-26 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 3 | Episode 3 | 2024-04-02 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 4 | Episode 4 | 2024-04-09 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 5 | Episode 5 | 2024-04-16 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | 2024-04-23 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 7 | Episode 7 | 2024-04-30 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 8 | Episode 8 | 2024-05-07 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 9 | Episode 9 | 2024-05-14 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 10 | Episode 10 | 2024-05-21 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 11 | Episode 11 | 2024-05-28 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 12 | Episode 12 | 2024-06-04 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 13 | Episode 13 | 2024-06-11 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 14 | Episode 14 | 2024-06-18 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 15 | Episode 15 | 2024-06-25 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 16 | Episode 16 | 2024-07-02 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 17 | Episode 17 | 2024-07-09 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 18 | Episode 18 | 2024-07-16 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 19 | Episode 19 | 2024-07-23 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 20 | Episode 20 | 2024-07-30 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 21 | Episode 21 | 2024-08-06 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 22 | Episode 22 | 2024-08-13 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 23 | Episode 23 | 2024-08-20 | 25 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 24 | Episode 24 | 2024-08-27 | 25 min |