Behind the News

For the 1940 film, see Behind the News (film).

For the radio program, see Doug Henwood.

Behind the News
Format	Education
Presented by	Nathan Bazley Sarah Larsen Kirsty Bennett Tash Thiele
Opening theme	Behind The News Theme song
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	44
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Clark
Camera setup	Digital Betacam
Running time	24:30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC1 ABC News 24
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	1968 (1968)–2003 (2003) 2005 (2005) – present (present)
External links
Website

Behind the News (more commonly known as BtN) is a long-running news-program broadcast on Australia's ABC1 made in Adelaide and aimed at school-aged children (10–13 years of age). 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 (the total news), 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 things.

News On 3

News On 3 is a programme broadcast on ABC3 since 4 December 2009. It is produced by and features the same team as Behind The News, but uses different graphics, music and website. It goes to air at 4:25 pm and 6:55 pm, Mondays to Fridays.

See also

• List of Australian television series

External links

• ABC Behind the News homepage
• ABC3 News homepage
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