DECEMBER 2016

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In this exclusive local production, HISTORY brings you the story of the Brookvale Six – the men who shaped the Australian surfing industry. Through the stories of these Aussie pioneers we’ll trace the roots of the modern Australian surfboard, from fine-tuning the 'toothpick' for wave riding in the 40’s through to the arrival of the Malibu chip, the development of the Okanui in the 50’s and the peroxide surf boom of the early 60’s. (PG)

The Brookvale Six: A Personal Recollection

Article

Author Phil Jarratt. When I was growing up south of Sydney in the early 1960s, there was only one place in Australia when you could buy a custom surfboard. Read more…

Christmas on HISTORY

25 December

This December, HISTORY offers a wonderful array of programmes in the lead up to Christmas. Click here for a full list of programming.

Six Queens of Henry VIII

Mondays 8.30pm starts 5 December

Henry VIII’s queens were formidable individuals, ambitious, brave and ruthless. They shaped the man who began as a Renaissance prince, became a monster and ended a regretful old man. (M) Read more…

Rebellion: The Stuarts in Exile

Tuesdays 8.30pm starts 20 December

This special sheds new light on the political, military and cultural threat that the Jacobites posed to the embryonic British state. It shows the passion, cunning and bravery with which they prosecuted their cause. (PG) Read more…

A Day of Infamy -
Pearl Harbour

Article

7 December 1941 is the date of one of the most significant events of the twentieth century – the surprise attack by Japanese forces on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.
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Who Put The Klan In The Ku Klux Klan with Neil Oliver

Tuesday 6 December at 7.30pm

Unlock the hidden story of Scotland’s culpability in the shaping of America’s Nightmare: its violent, bloody history of race relations. Neil Oliver is about to discover that these are no coincidence. (M) Read more…

INSIDE HISTORY

This December, thanks to Inside History, we are giving you the chance to win one of ten subscriptions to Inside History magazine as well as a copy of Adam Spencer’s Time Machine.
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Walt Disney
Thursdays 4.30pm starts 15 December (G)

Apollo 17: The Untold Story of The Last Men on the Moon
Wednesday 7 December at 11.30pm (PG)

25 December
Christmas 1000 years ago today

The Christmas Day of 1000 years ago in Europe was very much a religious celebration with the primary purpose the observation of the birth of Christ - as directed by the Catholic Church of the day. However Christmas Day has changed over the years. Read more...

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