Two in the Top End

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
8.00pm

After two months on the road, John Doyle and Tim Flannery are on the last leg of their journey across the Top End. As they push on through the western edge of the Kimberley, John sees the endless savannah and the occasional outcrop of rocks. Tim sees something very different - a window to the pre-history of the continent in the form of an ancient Devonian reef.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
8.00pm

The country's best-known scientist and his satirical mate continue their unique adventure investigating Australia's northern frontier. Tim and John finally make their way into the mighty Kimberley on the Gibb River Road. They stay overnight at Emma Gorge where Tim continues his obsessive role as the 'Indiana Jones of stones' finding ancient ripple rock in a creek bed.

Tuesday, 07 October 2008
8.00pm

Tim Flannery and John Doyle return to Darwin once the wet season is over…well not quite! It's time to resume their journey across the northern frontier of Australia investigating the future of the deep north.

Tuesday, 30 September 2008
8.00pm

Australian's best-known scientist and his satirical mate continue their unique adventure investigating Australia's northern frontier. Being a palaeontologist Tim views the world through very different eyes. While John sees a pile of rocks on the side of the road, Tim finds extraordinary evidence of the beginnings of life on earth, ancient stromatolites dating back 1.4 billion years.

As the temperature and humidity build, the pair race against the start of the wet season. With a bit more rain the red dirt roads of the Savannah Way will soon become impassable quagmires. They cross into the Northern Territory aiming to reach Borroloola and the safety of the bitumen road. But there's no guarantee they'll make it.

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Racing ahead of the wet season, Tim Flannery and John Doyle travel across the base of the Cape on the second leg of their adventure investigating Australia's northern frontier. The Savannah Way leads them to Croydon and a classic Top End story of boom and bust. During the gold rush Croydon was once the third largest town in Queensland, now it's barely on the map. There are massive mines ahead feeding the booming economies of China and India. Will they too become graveyards of rusted metal and faded glory?

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
8.00pm

John Doyle and Tim Flannery made their first journey together down the Murray Darling rivers in Tim's tinnie, the Bismarck. There were wild adventures along the way and the two mates discovered first hand the dire state of Australia's greatest river system.

Now, Tim and John set off on a new adventure - driving across the top of the continent in the six-part series Two in the Top End.

John and Tim explore the last frontier on a 4,000 kilometre journey across the Top End of Australia from Cooktown to Broome. As climate change shifts the national focus northward Australia's best-known scientist and his satirical mate examine the colourful past, present and future of the deep north in their inimitable style.