FIRED UP for 2025

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Raring to go for the year ahead, with our team champing at the bit to head out filming top travel experiences here in Australia, and overseas, for our Seven Network programme TRAVEL OZ.

Smiling Susan Elliott has been cruising the Antarctic Peninsula with Chimu Adventures, for a spectacular special on Aussies in the Antarctic. She’s now gearing up for a big filming trip with Intrepid Travel to Cape York, after heading to Africa and Sri Lanka.

Leading travel guru Irene Jones is preparing to film in the Bahamas and Hawaii, with filming scheduled for the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival in Victoria.

Meanwhile top Melbourne media personality Sarah Maree Cameron - currently on camera at the Australian Open - is preparing to film a series of specials in the Middle East.

Me, Greg Grainger…. Well I’m all psyched for a big road trip filming through remote regions in Western Australia and South Australia., as well as an exploratory trip along the Great Barrier Reef.

Year of the Snake. Sure to see a few of those.

CHANNEL 7 Re-SIGN THROUGH TO 2026

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Pleased to report that Channel 7 have renewed my contract through to 2026.

That’ll mark 40 years since I was poached from Nine on an offer to double my salary and give me one doco to produce each year.

Since then, I’ve produced 134 docos and 228 episodes of Travel Oz, totalling 362 TV specials.

Mostly for the Seven Network, but some for Ten. Some have even been screened by Netflix, Nat Geo and Discovery.

The latest contract is for 18 new episodes of Travel Oz.

Travel Oz currently runs for 4 hours a week across the Seven Network, from Channel 7 Main to 7TWO and 7PLUS.

CHARMING SHANDONG:

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Greg Grainger has been filming two specials in China for the Ten Network. This special covers the best of the Shandong province, from the ancient recreated water town of Taierzhuang with its serenading boat ladies to the sacred Mount Tai where tens of thousands of people climb every day to watch the sunrise.

In Qingdao, he visits a beer museum. This is a city where beer and seafood are big pleasures. In the city of Weihai, he travels to the Tower of Happiness to find out more about the city’s happy philosophies. In Yantai, he visits a school dedicated to teaching martial arts. And in the city of Zibo, he watches an amazing glass making process, a hundred workers creating highly creative glass works.

Episode 1 screens on Channel 10 on Saturday November 9 at 2.30pm, the second episode one week later at 2.30pm on Saturday November 16.

COWRA BREAKOUT

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80 years ago, the world’s biggest wartime prison outbreak took place in Cowra, central NSW.

In Cowra this year, there were was a big series of events… Peace Bell Ceremonies, Lantern Parades, wreath laying at the Australian and Japanese cemeteries, and a 2am ceremony, timed exactly 80 years to the minute since the original outbreak.

Greg Grainger was honoured to be the presenter at this 2am ceremony, attended by a big crowd including the NSW Governor The Honourable Margaret Beazley and leading Japanese and Australian officials.

REMEMBERING CYCLONE TRACY

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Cyclone Tracy was Australia’s most devastating Cyclone, flattening Darwin on Christmas Day 1974. Greg Grainger was there, reporting for the Nine Network.

That pic above shows a very intense young Greg interviewing Australia’s greatest leader Gough Whitlam and disasters relief chief Major General Allan Stretton straight afyer the cyclone.

This Christmas marks 50 years since that disaster, with Greg back in Darwin right now presenting a documentary for the Seven Network, CYCLONE WARRIORS which will air this Christmas.

This programme focuses on the rescue and relief effort, paying tribute to the emergency workers, military and police who pitched in to help. Greg is in Darwin for a week interviewing these people.

Travel OZ

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Australia’s premiere TV travel show is now screening for 9 hours a week on the Seven Network.

TRAVEL OZ can be seen in a 90-minute timeslot six days a week on 7TWO, with repeats on Channel 7 and 7FLIX.

Travel Oz also screens on airlines around the world through Inflight, Fox Network Europe, People’s Daily Online China, STV UK, Carnival Cruises and channels across Asia, Europe and North America.

The Seven Network’s commitment to Travel Oz comes as the Network extends its contract with producers Grainger TV through to April 2026.

Seven Network programmer Jesse Ford says “Travel Oz resonates with viewers, because it captures the true spirit of Australia, showcasing its wonderful characters, events and destinations.”

“This is a programme that has a strong and loyal following” he says.

Travel Oz producer/presenter Greg Grainger says he’s thrilled with the on-going commitment by the Seven Network.

“Filming in these restrictive times of Covid has become a real challenge, but as border restrictions are eased we have been producing specials on opening states, such as South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.”

The Victorian special premieres on Saturday March 13, featuring the Great Ocean Road, Bendigo, Phillip Island, Yarra Ranges and Daylesford Macedon.

Next week, the Travel Oz team begin filming a series of specials in Queensland, from the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Southern Downs and Sunshine Coast right through outback Queensland to the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Separate specials on NSW, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are being planned.

SEVEN SIGN TRAVEL OZ TIL 2026

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Australia’s Seven Network has just signed the Grainger TV produced programme Travel Oz through to April 2026.

Seven Network programmer Jesse Ford says “Travel Oz resonates with viewers, because it captures the true spirit of Australia, showcasing its wonderful characters, events and destinations.”

“This is a programme that has a strong and loyal following” he says.

The Seven Network currently screen Travel Oz in a dedicated 90-minute timeslot every weekend on 7TWO, with repeats on Seven main and 7FLIX.

Travel Oz also screens on airlines around the world through Inflight, Fox Network Europe, People’s Daily Online China, STV UK and Carnival Cruises.

Travel Oz producer/presenter Greg Grainger says he’s thrilled with the on-going commitment by the Seven Network.

“Filming in these restrictive times of Covid has become a real challenge, but as border restrictions are eased we have been producing specials on opening states, such as South Australia and Tasmania.”

Grainger had just finished filming a special around the town of 1770 and the Barrier Reef’s Musgrave Island when Queensland introduced its border closures in late March 2020.

Since then, he’s produced a 5-part aerial series featuring Africa, Iceland, Greenland and the Scandinavian countries, commissioning local drone cameramen to film as Grainger and team were unable to travel. In total, Grainger TV produced 19 programmes in 2020 with a similar amount being planned for 2021.

Right now, the Travel Oz team are set to film another special in Victoria as their borders are re-opened, with shoots planned early February on the Great Ocean Road, Bendigo, Phillip Island, Yarra Ranges and Daylesford Macedon.

That programme is scheduled to air on the first weekend in March 2021.

Travel Oz is a small but prolific production team, comprising of Grainger as producer and presenter, Barry Jacobs on camera, Harley Rossetto and Harrison Stringer editing and Justin McCoy composing original music.

Australian destinations and hotels interested in being featured in any of these series should make contact with the producer Greg Grainger greg@graingertv.com

MAJOR TV NETWORKS SIGN CONTRACTS FOR TRAVEL-RELATED TV SPECIALS

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The Seven, Nine and Ten Networks have recently signed contracts for series which will promote Australian-tourism. Contracts issued are with Australian TV production company Grainger TV.

Nine’s new business channel, affiliated with Sky News, is YOUR MONEY, which has signed for a 5-part series WINNER$. Filming commenced in January, with programmes to air prime time in March. Filming is taking place all over Australia, with many stories featuring Australian tourism destinations.

The Ten Network is signing for a new reality show PUB GRUB which will feature life in Australian hotels. Filming commences in April with first episodes broadcast in May. The first series is 8 programmes.

The Seven Network has signed a new 3 year contract for 30 more episodes of TRAVEL OZ. The programme already airs on Channel 7, 7TWO and 7FLIX with 10-hours of the 140 episodes produced so far broadcast every week. Filming this year will include a special on the Whitsundays, with the newly renovated Daydream Island one of the destinations to be featured.

Australian destinations and hotels interested in being featured in any of these series should make contact with the producer Greg Grainger greg@graingertv.com

Miracle Of Mae Sai

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This production - MIRACLE OF MAE SAI - follows the miraculous rescue of the 12 young Thai soccer players and their coach from the Tham Luang Cave, near the town of Mae Sai Northern Thailand recently.

Enormous public interest in Thailand and globally was generated as the delicate search and rescue mission unfolded over three heart-stopping weeks.

MIRACLE OF MAE SAI looks at what’s happened since, with giant statues sculpted, huge paintings by 300 artists, and big tribute picture galleries erected.

The programme also explores the surrounding region and its attractions, which takes in the Golden Triangle, Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai.

Producer/presenter Greg Grainger goes walking with elephants Beau and Bonsri through bamboo jungles, gets massaged by flaming feet straight out of a fire and watches craftsmen etch silver at the Silver Temple.

There’s a visit to a hill tribe, encounters with tea pickers and an encounter with a monk, at an experience known as monk chat.

MIRACLE OF MAE SAI is being shown across three of the channels on the Seven Network, and will be released at the MIPCOM television festival in Cannes in October.

The programme was organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

CHANNEL 7 SIGNS GRAINGER TV FOR 3 MORE YEARS

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As Sydney-based TV travel production company GraingerTV marks 250 TV specials, the Seven Network has signed the company for 3 more years.

Channel 7 programmer Andrew Green reached the agreement with producer/presenter Greg Grainger, taking the production deal through to 2021.

The deal covers 124 episodes of Travel Oz produced so far, and 30 new TV specials, plus 126 episodes produced for the WORLD AROUND US.

Travel Oz was initially contracted to the ABC, and now runs across three of the Seven Network channels: Channel 7, 7TWO and 7FLIX.

Travel Oz enjoys a 90-minute timeslot every Saturday morning on 7TWO, with 7FLIX running up to 7 episodes every week.

Channel 7 screens new episodes.

The specials filmed so far include all of Australia’s major tourism destinations, including Australia’s territory in the Antarctic, with separate series filmed recently in Dubai, the USA, and China. Celebrities featured have included Princess Diana.

To launch the new contract, Grainger TV is planning specials in Northern Thailand following the heroic cave rescues, and the coming bumper wildflower season in Western Australia.

Greg Grainger is a Logie-winner, and current holder of the ASTW Best Travel Presenter.

AUSSIE-CHINESE TV TRAVEL COLLABORATION

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The Chinese Government-operated web service People’s Daily Online has partnered with Australian television production company Grainger TV to produce a series of television and internet programmes.

One series, CHARMING CHINA, launches this coming weekend, with a Grainger TV crew flying to Sichuan province to film a 30-minute travel special, featuring giant pandas, Sichuan cuisine and historic villages such as Dujiangyan. This special, set to air on the Seven Network and People.cn in early July, marks 10 years since the devastating Wenchuan earthquake which claimed over 80,000 lives.

People.cn Australia ’s marketing manager and senior programme producer Jing Xu will accompany the Grainger team to facilitate filming.

CHARMING CHINA follows the success of the 7-part series FUTURISTIC CHINA which has just gone to air on the Sky Network on Australia, and across China on People.cn. That series was filmed from December 2017 through to February 2018, and featured stories filmed in Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Hainan, Chengdu and Shenzhen.

LIVE BROADCASTS are also part of the specials broadcast by People.cn with teams from both that network and Grainger TV working together in outback NSW this past fortnight on the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s 90th anniversary flight by 25 vintage aircraft.

From that collaboration, People.cn transmitted a live one hour broadcast across China with 2 feature reports now being transmitted, while Grainger TV produced a 30-minute TRAVEL OZ special due to go to air on the Seven Network in mid June. This joint series of broadcasts was supported by Destination NSW.

People.cn and Grainger TV are now planning a series of new television ventures. Says Mandy Xue, general manager of People’s Daily Online Australia, “The partnership has enormous benefits for both China and Australia. On the one hand, we are able to show China to Australian audiences, while Australia’s best travel destinations are featured to audiences of up to 8-million viewers across China.”

GRAINGER TV WINS 7-PART TV SERIES IN CHINA

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Sydney-based TV production company Grainger TV has won a 7-part TV series with the Chinese Government’s international web outlet www.people.com.cn.

Producer/presenter Greg Grainger has been filming across China since December, with the series screening tonight on Australia’s SKY Network. (Friday February 23rd 8pm Sky Business)

The series - FUTURISTIC CHINA – has taken Grainger and team from Beijing to the Great Wall, of China, Tianjin, Qingdao, Chengdu, Baoding, Shenzhen and the resort island of Hainan.

While the series is primarily business oriented, it does have travel and cultural aspects.

FUTURISTIC CHINA showcases a China that is making enormous progress in key areas of the economy.

From artificial intelligence to future energy, from innovation and new tech, China is making advances at a breath-taking rate.

Other episodes feature CULTURE with big business at work in the food industry and the BUSINESS OF TOURISM on the southern resort island of Hainan.

This series takes viewers to the heart of development, speaking to the business leaders who are implementing strategies designed to meet the Central Government’s commitment to leading the world.

FUTURISTIC CHINA is being screened concurrently in Australia on Sky and across China’s www.people.com.cn network to a viewing audience of 81,000,000 followers.

The series are will be launched to the international market by TVF London at MIP in Cannes April 2018.

2017 BEST TRAVEL PRESENTER ASTW

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Greg Grainger has been awarded the BEST TRAVEL PRESENTER for 2017 by the Australian Society of Travel Writers.

The annual AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE, staged on the Sunshine Coast, saw three finalists in this category.

Greg submitted three productions for the judges:
* THE WHALE WHISPERER, featuring the whales of Hervey Bay.
* UTAH: THE BEST SNOW ON EARTH
* DALLAS FORT WORTH

The Dallas-Fort Worth and Utah productions form part of the new TV series, TRAVEL USA, while National Geographic is one of the international broadcasters who are currently airing THE WHALE WHISPERER.

Greg was winner of the 2016 award for TOP TRAVEL BROADCASTER.

Picture: Shelley Winkel of Tourism and Events Queensland presents Greg with his 2017 award

GraingerTV Partners with RightSmith to License Breathtaking Collection of Documentary Film Footage

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to License Breathtaking Collection of Documentary Film Footage

RightSmith Group, specialists in the licensing and management of high-value media archives, has partnered with Australia’s GraingerTV to make clips from its enormous archive of stunning stock footage available for licensing by content producers. GraingerTV’s newest productions, filmed in Australia, the USA and Duybai is now exclusively available for licensing by creative professionals via the RightSmith content portal.

GraingerTV is a Sydney-based production company that specialises in television documentaries and programs. The company has produced more than 300 TV programs, screened by close to 100 international broadcasters, including Netflix, National Geographic and Discovery channels. GraingerTV was founded by Greg Grainger, an award-winning producer and presenter of topical travel and adventure documentaries and wildlife programs that feature remote and exotic locations. His highly acclaimed adventures have captured activities as diverse as sky burials in Tibet to shark riding in Tahiti, expeditions across the Arctic and Antarctic, and along the Andes and Himalaya.

Until now, GraingerTV’s documentary films have been broadcast on the web via VIMEO, but in recognising the need to showcase the stunning footage more widely, Grainger is offering select clips from his broad archive for use by the world’s top creative talent.

Working in close cooperation with the Greg, the visual experts at RightSmith’s media services team have provided guidance on how best to assess, categorize and index thousands of hours of footage to maximize its market potential.

Creative professionals now have instant access to high-definition stock footage shot in who/what/where/why. The entire archive has been meticulously catalogued for fast search and easy licensing.

Some of the epic archives include the Grand Canyon, the Great Barrier Reef, and evocative wildlife like breeching whales. Rightsmith’s broader catalogue available for licensing include remote locations such as Mongolia, the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and tiny villages in Azerbaijan. In many instances, high-definition drone and aerial footage is available, along with dramatic POV shots.

"The world is a visual woinderland," said Greg Grainger, CEO/Executive producer of GraingerTV. "And we’ve taken advantage of the latest 4K technology and drones to capture it in its very highest technical form."

"RightSmith is dedicated to working with content owners whose work can add excitement, drama and vivid, rich details to the work of other content creators," said Jackie Mountain, president, RightSmith Group. "Greg Grainger has been bitten by a shark, gored by an elephant, knocked over by a cheetah — all in the pursuit of capturing on film the world in which we live. We’re delighted to make his work available to creative professionals around the world."

The GraingerTV stock footage collection is available now at www.rightsmith.com.

About GraingerTV

GraingerTV is a Sydney-based production company that specializes in television documentaries and programs. Founded by Greg Grainger, an award-winning producer and presenter of topical travel and adventure documentaries and wildlife programs that feature remote and exotic locations, GraingerTV has produced more than 300 fascinating documentaries, primarily in the wildlife, travel and adventure genres, but also specials designed for cinema release.
www.graingertv.com

About RightSmith

RightSmith is a leader in media archive management and monetization, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, and London. RightSmith connects creators and media professionals to content that appears every day throughout the world’s film, television, advertising, publishing and online media industries. Visit RightSmith to learn more about how the company works with large media archives to monetize, store, and distribute their assets. www.rightsmith.com

NEW AUSSIE TRAVEL-ACTION TV PROGRAMME:

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Well known American TV host and fitness fanatic Anna Kooiman is taking Australia by storm.

Having presented the number one weekend cable morning show in the world Fox and Friends for the past 3 years, Anna has married an Australian broker, and moved Down Under.

The new Aussie Travel-Action programme she’ll be presenting is ACTION ANNA. It’s a fast-paced travel show that will take her to all corners of the continent, showcasing Australia’s best-known AND lesser know destinations. She’ll also interact with the wonderful characters who live there.

Want to go diving with whales along the Great Barrier Reef? Abseil down Cradle Mountain in Tasmania? Or climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge? Anna will take viewers to the heart of the action.

Anna will take viewers behind the scenes at the Opera House, hike around a Uluru, surf at Australia's most iconic beaches, and indulge in wine tasting in the Barossa Valley.

Between adventures, Anna will keep you laughing until you cry as you learn some Aussie slang along the way. Aussies will translate words like bogan, budgie smugglers, bikkies, sunnies, servo, avo, bugger, footy, and fair dinkum!

Anna is best known for her spunky and sassy personality and interactive, sporty style of storytelling. In Australia she’ll travel around the country, crossing off bucket-list items.

ACTION ANNA will be produced by local powerhouse production company, GraingerTV, producer of the all-Aussie travel show TRAVEL OZ, which airs every weekend for 90-minutes on the Seven Network. Distribution of ACTION ANNA to US markets is being handled by Washington agent Matthew Kingsley of 3 Kings Entertainment.

Hang on tight. Viewers are in for a helluva ride!!

TRAVEL OZ: New timeslot on Channel 7 and 7TWO

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A new year, a new timeslot.

The all-Aussie travel show TRAVEL OZ returns to the Seven Network this weekend, with 2 Queensland episodes.

7TWO is screening Travel Oz for 90-minutes every Sunday from 12-noon, with this week’s episodes featuring the great characters of outback Queensland, and the Great Barrier Reef and Whitsundays.

Channel 7 will run new episodes as they’re completed on Saturday afternoons, with the next episode being filmed in southern New South Wales and Victoria from next week.

Producer/presenter Greg Grainger will be fishing for giant tuna off Portland in Western Victoria, practicing yoga in the snow in Falls Creek, experiencing the tramways of Bendigo, taking in the newly renovated waterfront and farmers markets of Mildura, and tracking the abundant birdlife in the freshly filled waters of Lake Cowal near West Wyalong.

Travel Oz is produced by Grainger TV, whose other programmes such as THE WHALE WHISPERER (the Whales of Hervey Bay) and ULTIMATE FREEDIVE: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF screen to in excess of 11-million viewers on Networks that range from Netflix and National Geographic to Inflight: The movie service that screens on International flights.

7 Network Double Screening: Travel OZ

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Travel Oz, the all-Aussie TV travel programme, is to be screened across two of the Seven Network's channels.

Both Channel 7 and 7TWO will screen Travel Oz, with the next special being aired on Channel 7 at 3pm on Sunday December 17.

The Travel Oz special featuring the return of colour to much of the Great Barrier Reef - THE HEALTHY REEF - will air on New Year's Eve.

7TWO will screen 90-minutes of TRAVEL OZ every Saturday once the tennis finishes in late January.

The Seven Network recently signed a new 3 year deal with Grainger TV to broadcast Travel Oz, with 10 new programmes to be produced every year.

Recent Australian specials filmed include the Western Victoria region of Wimmera-Malee and the Daintree Rainforest of Tropical North Queensland, with international specials including Nevada and Dallas-Fort Worth.

“Travel Oz aims to capture the wonderful spirit of Australians, its diverse destinations and major events” says executive producer Greg Grainger.

More than 330 destinations have been featured in the 113 episodes of Travel Oz produced so far.

Top Broadcasting Award

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TV producer GREG GRAINGER has been honoured with the Top Travel Broadcaster award by the Australian Society of Travel Writers.

The award was presented at the ASTW’s annual convention in Cape Town South Africa by Shelley Winkel of Tourism and Events Queensland.

Two of the three TV programmes that Grainger submitted for the award were filmed in Queensland.

One was a 1-hour international TV documentary ULTIMATE FREEDIVE: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF, in which Grainger and crew filmed world champion free-diver Marina Kazankova in a series of challenges, from swimming with spawning coral to free-diving with a giant whale shark.

Grainger also filmed the great characters of outback Queensland in a road trip that stretched from the cattle auctions in Roma through to a marathon staged at the Porcupine Gorge, north of Hughendon.

The third TV special judged was the TV series MY DUBAI, in which Grainger followed major events from the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup, through to a concert by Sting.

The Barrier Reef program will be screened internationally by major networks such as National Geographic, while the Dubai and Queensland character stories were badged as Travel Oz episodes and broadcast on 7TWO on Saturdays.

Grainger acknowledged that producing these programmes is a team effort: “I’d like to give a big thanks to the talented team that supported me with production…. Harley Rossetto, Brent Spillane, Toby de Jong, and Paul Moses on camera, Justin McCoy for his original music and Marcus Fonseca for his wonderful graphics.”.

Grainger’s prize is a trip for 2 to Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef.

Seven Network signs new 3 year contract for Travel Oz

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The all-Aussie travel programme TRAVEL OZ has been signed for 3 more years by the Seven Network.

Seven is giving TRAVEL OZ a 90-minute time slot every weekend, with new episodes to start going to air in mid June.

In a signing ceremony at the Seven Network's Pyrmont headquarters, programmers Andrew Green and Alison Perry congratulated TRAVEL OZ producer/presenter Greg Grainger on the new deal.

To date, Grainger has produced 116 episodes of the program, with another 30 programmes to be filmed these next three years.

While Travel OZ is seen on the Seven Network in Australia, it is also seen by an estimated 11,500,000 viewers internationally, including on the prestigious National Geographic network.

TRAVEL OZ has filmed from Australia's Antarctic territory right up to the Tiwi Islands and Torres Straight, from Cocos Island and Christmas Island in the far west across to Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Islands in the east.

From deserts and rainforests to the Great Barrier Reef, the program captures the spirit of Australia's characters, and shows its amazingly diverse range of destinations and events.

First programme to air will feature a road trip from the Blue Mountains and Bathurst to Wellington Caves, Parkes and Forbes.

Another episode will follow a trip by houseboat along the Hawkesbury River from Wisemans Ferry to Windsor, then Gwydir shire and festivals in Inverell and Grafton.

Western Victoria stars in another programme, with a four wheel drive trip down the Border Track, and the highlights of Wimmera Malee and Pyrenees shires.

Says Greg Grainger: "I'm delighted to be entertaining Australian audiences with true blue stories from across the country. Australians have a delightful spirit which the program aims to capture in a series of captivating stories."

Go to the Travel Oz Website

Barrier Reef stars in Cannes TV Festival

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The 1-hour television special ULTIMATE FREEDIVE: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF is being launched this week at the international television convention, MIP, in Cannes.

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Produced by Sydney-based production company, GraingerTV, the programme is being shown by London-based TV factual specialists TVF International to major networks such as National Geographic and Discovery Communications.

National Geographic has already bought the previous GriangerTV production THE WHALE WHISPERER which features the whales of Hervey Bay in all forms of behaviour.

ULTIMATE FREEDIVE: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF features world champion freediver Marina Kazankova on a series of challenges, from swimming with turtles and giant groper, to diving on ship wrecks and through awesome caves.

One challenge at a time, all on a single breath of air.

Capable of holding her breath for 7-minutes at a time, Marina travels to the iconic Heart Reef, swimming around both its outer coral walls, and along its inner lagoon.

She takes on raging horizontal waterfalls, swimming through boiling waters surging out of coral lagoons.

And she encounters a giant whale shark, swimming freely alongside it for long periods.

From freeing trapped sea birds to following turtles as they lay hundreds of eggs, Marina experiences the very best of the Great Barrier Reef.

Her journey takes her from the Hardy Reef, off the Whitsunday Islands, way south, to Lady Elliot Island, exploring coral cays, and encountering an array of vibrant coral formations and dazzling sea creatures.

All of this, as the full moon triggers the spawning of coral, a phenomena that Marina experiences on a series of night dives.

Filmed on glorious super high-quality 4K, ULTIMATE FREEDIVE: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF is captured on 6 cameras, from drones above to a series of cameras beneath the waves.

And what they capture shows an impressive series of challenges that brings Marina face to face with the very best of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals and creatures.

Producer/director Greg Grainger believes the program will get a very wide screening internationally. “There is a shortage of programmes in 4K, particularly in Asia. We have captured some breath-taking events and creatures on the Reef, and we’re confident that the programme will resonates with tens of millions of viewers around the world.”

Netflix/Nat Geo Buy Aussie Travel Programs

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Australian TV travel production company GraingerTV has just signed a series of contracts that will see all-Aussie programs being broadcast to tens of millions of viewers world-wide.

Ultimate Freedive: The Great Barrier Reef

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World champion freediver Marina Kazankova is on a mission.

To free dive the Great Barrier Reef, taking on a series of challenges, from swimming with turtles and giant groper, to diving on ship wrecks and through awesome caves.

One challenge at a time, all on a single breath of air.

Capable of holding her breath for 7-minutes at a time, Marina travels to the iconic Heart Reef, swimming around both its outer coral walls, and along its inner lagoon.

She takes on raging horizontal waterfalls, swimming through boiling waters surging out of coral lagoons.

And she encounters a giant whale shark, swimming freely alongside it for long periods.

From freeing trapped sea birds to following turtles as they lay hundreds of eggs, Marina experiences the very best of the Great Barrier Reef.

Her journey takes her from the Hardy Reef, off the Whitsunday Islands, way south, exploring coral cays, and encountering an array of vibrant coral formations and dazzling sea creatures.

All of this, as the full moon triggers the spawning of coral, a phenomena that Marina experiences on a series of night dives.

Filmed on glorious 4K, ULTIMATE FREEDIVING: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF is being edited now, timed for a release at MIP in Cannes this April.

6 cameras follow her every dive, from drones above to a series of cameras beneath the waves.

And what they capture shows an impressive series of challenges that brings Marina face to face with the very best of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals and creatures.

THE WHALE WHISPERER: Grainger TV’s latest production being launched at MIPCOM in Cannes:

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The WHALE WHISPERER documents the inspiring relationship between whale lover VICKI NEVILLE and the humpback whales that come to play and socialise in a unique bay off the coast of Queensland Australia.

Acclaimed Documentary Maker to Focus on Hervey Bay Whales

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The star power of Hervey Bay’s famous humpback whales has proven impossible to resist for one of Australia’s most distinguished wildlife documentary makers who will showcase the gentle giants to a global audience in a new film.

Dubai To Feature In 4-Part International TV Series

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Dubai is the feature destination of a new 4-part TV series to be launched on the Seven Network.

The series, MY DUBAI, has separate themes for each episode… culture, family attractions, food and gastronomy delights, and events.

Produced by Grainger TV on assignment for Dubai Tourism, the series has been filmed on multiple shoots since December 2014, when the Dubai International Film Festival was covered.

The cultural episode features a recreated Bedouin camp with a Bedouin elder giving insight into their rich culture, the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding, the gold and spice souks, pearl museum, art of caligraphy, tea houses, and the Emirati style of dressing.

The Events special features National Day, concerts starring Sting, James Blunt and Katy Perry, the world’s richest horse race the Dubai Cup, the Dubai Art Festival, the Dubai Literature Festival and Polo championships.

The Food and Gastronomy program covers Dubai’s rich international dining scene, its food festival, Beach Canteen, the secret squirrel blogger, food tours of exotic restaurants, and genuine Emirati cuisine.

The special covering Dubai’s diverse range of family activities covers the Atlantis on the Palm resort with its dolphins, seals and water park, desert experiences such as dune bashing, falcon flying and camel riding, indoor skiing, the world’s largest shopping mall, and Kidzania.

Additional to the 4 TV programs, Grainger TV produced 30

1-minute social media reports, starring presenter, Kate Fitzsimons, and covering the diverse range of activities that can be experienced in Dubai.

Says GraingerTV producer Greg Grainger: “It was a joy producing this series, getting behind Dubai’s glitzy façade and experiencing the real Dubai. We featured some wonderful characters, and got to take part in a wide range of wonderful activities and events.”

MY DUBAI begins screening on 7TWO on Sunday August 2, 2015, with its international launch at the MIPCOM TV festival in Cannes in October 2015.

Watch Now: My Dubai

Nature On Ice

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There’s something breathtakingly riveting when you encounter a wild animal in its natural environment… whether you are in the Arctic, Antarctic or Galápagos.

Queensland To Star On Travel Oz

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Tourism and Events Queensland have inked a deal with GraingerTV to produce a series of episodes for the all-Aussie TV travel show TRAVEL OZ, featuring Queensland. Three destinations are to be featured: Outback Queensland, the Whitsunday Islands and the Sunshine Coast.

Antarctic Adventure

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Busy days, as we gear up for our next trip to the Antarctic. Greg will be leading a group of travellers, and filming for his next documentary, ANTARCTICA ALIVE. There are still berths left on this adventure which leaves the tip of South America on November 26, bound for the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic and a colony of emperor penguins.

New Adventure Travel Company

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Greg is launching a new travel venture, GREG GRAINGER ADVENTURES >> www.greggraingersadventuretours.com, in partnership with his good friend Everest summiteer Greg Mortimer's Adventure Associates. Greg Grainger's first trip will be to the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic this November in search of a colony of Emporer Penguins. That's followed by an expedition to the Galapagos Islands next April (2016), and a journey up near the North Pole the following July (2016) from Svalbard to Franz Josef Land. Films created on these expeditions will be used in his future documentaries, which Greg will continue to produce in conjunction with the new adventure travel venture.

Camels Across The Arabian Desert

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We've been filming in Dubai in recent months, a 4 part TV series called MY DUBAI, and a 30 part social media campaign. Kate Fitzsimons presents those social media reports, while Greg Grainger presents the TV specials. The 4 episodes will feature CULTURE, FAMILY ATTRACTIONS, EVENTS and FOOD.

Greg Grainger

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Greg has been at the giant TV market in Cannes, MIPCOM, negotiating deals with major international broadcasters such as Discovery Communications.

Most impressed with this drone from Italy... the latest 8-blade, 4K camera-carrying drone from D8W.

Productions currently underway:
UNTAMED AUSTRALIA 6 x 1-hr.
ANTARCTICA ALIVE 1 x 1-hr.
SMARTER THAN YOUR AVERAGE WHALE 1 x 1-hr.
Plus 6 new episodes of TRAVEL OZ.