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Behind the News

Behind the News is a news and current affairs program aimed at upper primary and lower secondary students. Each program is built around major news stories of the week, providing background information not usually given in news bulletins.

BTN Term Dates
Tuesday 22 Jul - Wednesday 24 Sep
Tuesday 14 Oct - Wednesday 3 Dec

Tuesday at 10:00am and repeated Wednesdays 10:30am

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Subtitles CC

Date Episode Information
Wednesday
23 July
10.30am
01. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
29 July
10.00am
02. BtN
Wednesday
30 July
10.30am
02. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
5 August
10.00am
03. BtN
Wednesday
6 August
10.30am
03. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
12 August
10.00am
04. BtN
Wednesday
13 August
10.30am
04. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
19 August
10.00am
05. BtN
Wednesday
20 August
10.30am
05. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
26 August
10.00am
06. BtN
Wednesday
27 August
10.30am
06. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
2 September
10.00am
07. BtN
Wednesday
3 September
10.30am
07. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
9 September
10.00am
08. BtN
Wednesday
10 September
10.30am
08. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
16 September
10.00am
09. BtN
Wednesday
17 September
10.30am
09. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
23 September
10.00am
10. BtN
Wednesday
24 September
10.30am
10. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
14 October
10.00am
11. BtN
Wednesday
15 October
10.30am
11. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
21 October
10.00am
12. BtN
Wednesday
22 October
10.30am
12. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
28 October
10.00am
13. BtN
Wednesday
29 October
10.30am
13. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
4 November
10.00am
14. BtN
Wednesday
5 November
10.30am
14. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
11 November
10.00am
15. BtN
Wednesday
12 November
10.30am
15. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
18 November
10.00am
16. BtN
Wednesday
19 November
10.30am
16. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
25 November
10.00am
17. BtN
Wednesday
26 November
10.30am
17. BtN (Repeat)
Tuesday
2 December
10.00am
18. BtN
Wednesday
3 December
10.30am
18. BtN (Repeat)