About this season
A program that challenges audiences with a mix of the unexpected and the unconventional. Each episode is themed around specific issues facing the world today.
Episodes (12)
1. Secrets
Aired 23 March 2011 • 30 min
In the first episode of Series 3 of Hungry Beast we've gone all themed. Tonight it's SECRETS.
2. Captivity
Aired 30 March 2011 • 30 min
Episode 22 of Hungry Beast is themed around Captivity: from the woman trapped in her own body, who can only communicate by blinking; to liberating copyright from its confines; to the man holding his entire nation captive.
3. Faking It
Aired 6 April 2011 • 30 min
Episode 23 of Hungry Beast is Faking It: from counterfeit medicines to bogus qualifications to ethnic cosmetic surgery and places that aren't quite what they seem.
4. Waste
Aired 13 April 2011 • 30 min
Episode 24 of Hungry Beast looks at Waste: the alleged waste of Federal Government cash; the dirtiest of dirty jobs; Faeconomics; the life cycle of a plastic bottle; the food we don't eat; and rubbish thrown out by the stars.
5. Download
Aired 20 April 2011 • 30 min
Episode 25 of Hungry Beast is on Download: its likely demise at the hands of streaming; i-Dosing, the legal audio high?; online matchmaking; human downloading; internet anonymity; and Aussie kids' take on living a digital life.
6. Perfection
Aired 27 April 2011 • 30 min
Episode 26 of Hungry Beast is Perfection: the perfect soldier, animal and measurement. Plus the imperfect veggie, the animated characters that are just too lifelike and what happens when getting it perfect takes over your life?
7. Wealth
Aired 4 May 2011 • 30 min
Episode 27 of Hungry Beast is on Wealth: the future of money; Australia's richest person; Hip Hop Finance from Ross Greenwood and the Death of a Very Rich Man.
8. Power
Aired 11 May 2011 • 30 min
Episode 28 of Hungry Beast is on Power: of Climate Science, retail spaces, and the Force - plus much more.
9. Upload
Aired 18 May 2011 • 30 min
Episode 29 of Hungry Beast is themed around Upload: the net's neutrality, its carbon footprint, online Jihad and what you have prayed for.
10. Play
Aired 25 May 2011 • 30 min
Episode 30 of Hungry Beast is on Play: the dictators we hang around with; news as games; the hackers helping humankind; and real world board games.
11. Speed
Aired 31 May 2011 • 30 min
Episode 31 of Hungry Beast is on Speed: the exponential growth of computer intelligence; Australia's fastest sprint cyclist; Fast Fashion; and the island under threat from fast rising sea levels.
12. Death
Aired 8 June 2011 • 30 min
Episode 32 is the last of Series 3 of Hungry Beast. We go out on the theme of Death: killing the internet; the human cost of commodities trading; Stuxnet, the first computer virus designed to be a weapon; PTSD in the police; and what happens when humans take their final bow.