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Climate Change: The Facts

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Sunday 11 August at 7.40pm

Presented by Sir David Attenborough.

We’re just two degrees away from a climate catastrophe.

If the rate of global warming continues, we’ll reach the threshold for permanent environmental damage within 40 years.

Heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic. Wildfires running out of control across the USA. Rising numbers of heat-related deaths. The evidence of climate change is all around us: it’s happening now.

But we have the power to prevent it.

Using dramatic user-generated content and emotional first-hand testimony, this documentary delivers the facts about global warming simply and strikingly. Intimate stories get inside the lives of the people affected by climate change, and those fighting it. And world-leading experts reveal the developments that are redefining our horizons.

How can cows eating seaweed save the planet? Why should we put power plants on water? These inspiring stories show how we can take control of our future.

This is the greatest challenge we’ve faced. And the human race can rise to it.We’re on the verge of an environmental catastrophe. This is the story of how we can prevent it.

Miriam’s Deathly Adventure

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From Tuesday 13 August at 9.30pm

Inimitable actress Miriam Margolyes is rather terrified of death. In this though provoking and entertaining two-part documentary, she’s on a mission to confront her fear of ageing and death and tackle our greatest taboo – our own mortality.

With her unique mix of charm, cheek and intellectual curiosity Miriam’s travelling through the UK, Europe and America taking an unflinching look at different approaches and attitudes to dealing with death.

In Episode One Miriam checks into Wren Hall, a dementia care home, to see what getting old might actually look like. With average life expectancy for women in the UK at 82, Miriam, 77, knows statistically she hasn’t got long left and the chances are, like most of us, she’ll end up in a home. She meets Geoff, who visits his wife June every day following her stroke six years ago.

Terrified and chastened she heads to America to meet people who believe that soon we’ll not only be able to ‘cure ageing’ but with radical medical and technological advances we could actually ‘defeat’ death enabling us to live forever.

In California Miriam heads to RAAD Fest - the world’s largest gathering of life enthusiasts. The Revolution Against Ageing and Death festival attracts thousands of people, with some going to extreme and even dangerous lengths to prevent ageing and prolong life.

Next she meets pioneers of the super longevity movement - the eerily youthful 82-year-old Bernadene and cryotherapy enthusiast Jim. At their monthly meeting in Arizona Miriam sees a growing community of people who are trying to achieve ‘unlimited lifespans’ by thinking and feeling differently about how we deal with death. In his minus 140-degree Celsius cryo chamber Miriam learns of Jim’s philosophy that rather than waste our lives because we all think death is inevitable, why not aspire to immortality and improving the world with our wisdom?

Loma Linda, near San Diego, is one of the world’s five ‘Blue Zones’ - longevity hotspots where people live longer than anyone else on earth and residents survive ten years longer than the average American. It’s also home to over nine thousand Seventh Day Adventists – strict believers in healthy living and a devotion to God. Miriam joins 71-year-old Marijke at water aerobics – part of her daily three-hour exercise regime. Surrounded by hundreds of sprightly pensioners, all preaching the gospel to fitness and Jesus, Miriam next accompanies Ida to her experimental laughter therapy session at Loma Linda’s medical university.

But not everyone wants to laugh their way to long life. For some, the answer to super longevity is found in science. At the Church of Perpetual Life in Florida, Miriam meets founder Bill Falloon. His church doesn’t involve God but rather a devotion to supplements that may keep you alive long enough to allow you to benefit from scientific breakthroughs that will lead to immortality. But they don’t come cheap and Miriam begins to wonder whether fighting death and achieving a healthy never-ending old age is beyond the pockets of most and wonders what this means for those who can’t afford it.

Returning to the UK humbled, Miriam heads back to Wren Hall. Geoff’s invited her to a party where she soon realises that while the privileged busily fret about extending their lives, for most people, the best way to deal with death is to make the most out of life.

Poldark - Season 5

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From Saturday 17 August at 8.30pm

The fifth and final series of Poldark is set in a new century and with it comes the promise of a hopeful future, but the past casts a long shadow over Cornwall.

The Poldarks look forward to life together in peace, but a plea from Ross’ old Army Colonel, Ned Despard (Vincent Regan), compels him to the capital to help. As Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) manages their affairs in Cornwall she encounters disenchantment and a new opponent, Tess (Sofia Oxenham). George (Jack Farthing) meanwhile struggles to engage with the world after Elizabeth’s death and it falls to Cary (Pip Torrens) to expand the family empire as Valentine (Woody Norman) struggles to find his place within it.

Arriving in London, Ross (Aidan Turner) finds it gripped with paranoia and is determined to save Ned from the conspiracy that imprisoned him. George enters into an alliance with a merchant behind Ned’s imprisonment, Ralph Hanson (Peter Sullivan), whose business is in upholding the slave trade. Meanwhile, Geoffrey Charles (Freddie Wise) decides to follow in Ross’s footsteps and enter the military but also finds himself drawn to Cecily Hanson (Lily Dodsworth-Evans), Ralph’s daughter. As George’s grief leads the Warleggans into uncharted and worrying territory, Ross discovers a grave plot and is urged to heroism, while Demelza is forced into action herself back at home.

Schedule change -

9:00pm- Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell
9:30pm- No Offence
10:20pm- ABC Late News
10:50pm- The Business
11:08pm- Wentworth

Week commencing 28 July


Sunday 28 July
7:40pm The Planets Life Beyond the Sun Saturn
8:40pm Midsomer Murders: The Ghost Of Causton Abbey Season Final
10:10pm David Bowie: The Last Five Years
11:45pm Shetland

Monday 29 July
8:00pm Back Roads: Flinders Ranges, SA
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business
11:30pm TBA

Tuesday 30 July
8:00pm Waltzing The Dragon With Benjamin Law
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8:30pm TBA
9:30pm Are You Autistic?
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm The Business
11:05pm Q&A

Wednesday 31 July
8:00pm Hard Quiz Season Return
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00 pm Squinters: Thunder Roar
9:25pm Insert Name Here: John
9:55pm QI: Naked Truth
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:15pm Four Corners

Thursday 1 August
8:00pm Escape From The City: Greater Region of Hobart TAS: The Viapiana
9:00pm No Offence
9:45pm Humans
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business
11:20pm Wentworth

Friday 2 August
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm The Heights x 2
9:25pm Loch Ness
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm The Business
11:00pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:35pm Planet America

Saturday 3 August
7:30pm Shakespeare And Hathaway: Too Cold For Hell Season Final
8:15pm Father Brown: The Skylark Scandal
9:05pm Friday On My Mind
10:35pm Pine Gap
11:30pm Poldark

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but ABC has been showing a BBC series called The Repair Shop on late afternoons (around 5pm) in the past month or so. In each episode, family heirlooms are restored for their owners by experts. Series 3, which has 15 episodes, began today. Series 4 debuted in UK in April so it may be shown here as well.

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I watched one last week around 11:00am about the repair of a gramophone player. Interesting, but I can understand why the ABC is showing it as a daytime program.

Keeping Faith

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Premieres Friday 23 August 8.30pm

Keeping Faith is an 8-part series that tells the story of lawyer, wife and mother Faith (Eve Myles) as she fights to find the truth behind the sudden disappearance of her husband. She comes to discover that her beautiful, idyllic home town, set on the estuary, harbours many dark secrets that threaten the lives of Faith and her family. Faith’s ordeal transforms her from a stay-at-home, fun-loving and carefree mother to detective, action hero and lover. She takes risks and gambles and finds a new inner strength.

Dark Money

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Premieres Friday 23 August 9.30pm

Money cannot change the past.

Following the success of National Treasure, which told the story of a celebrity in the spotlight and his alleged sexual misdemeanour, The Forge brings us Dark Money, their new individual series penned by the award-winning Levi David Addai.

Dark Money follows a young British boy riding the wave of success for his role in a Hollywood blockbuster, when it soon becomes apparent he’s suffered abuse on set by the renowned producer. On discovering the devastating news, his parents accept a substantial pay-off to keep silent rather than press charges. Not wanting to hurt their family further from publicity hell, they think this will allow them all to move on.

They were wrong. Whilst the pay-off outwardly transforms their lifestyle, the hurt and betrayal cannot be erased and the family begins to crack.

Dark Money confronts the conflict between the price of silence and a parent’s responsibility to their son. The film studios’ responsibility to its crew and a young boy who put his trust in them. And ultimately if justice can play a role.

Week commencing 4 August


Sunday 4 August
7:40pm The Planets Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds Season Final
8:40pm Les Norton: You Wouldn’t Be Dead For Quids Season Premiere


9:35pm David Bowie: Finding Fame
11:10pm Shetland

Monday 5 August
8:00pm Back Roads: Riverina, NSW Mid Season Final
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business
11:30pm Waltzing The Dragon With Benjamin Law

Tuesday 6 August
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent: High Steaks Season Return
8:30pm Waltzing The Dragon With Benjamin Law Final
9:30pm Louis Theroux: Savile
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Business
11:35pm Q&A

Wednesday 7 August
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00 pm Squinters: Bless The Broken Road
9:25pm Insert Name Here: Jane
9:55pm QI: Non-Sequiturs
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:15pm Four Corners

Thursday 8 August
8:00pm Escape From The City: Perth Hills WA: The Roberts
9:00pm No Offence
9:45pm Humans
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business
11:25pm Wentworth: Think Inside the Box

Friday 9 August
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm The Heights x 2
9:25pm Loch Ness
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm The Business
11:00pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:35pm Planet America

Saturday 10 August
7:30pm Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None Premiere
9:15pm Les Norton: You Wouldn’t Be Dead For Quids
10:10pm Pine Gap
11:10pm Poldark

Documentary film The Australian Dream, about former Sydney Swans AFL player Adam Goodes and written by Stan Grant, will be shown on ABC early next year. It was revealed at the film’s world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival this evening.

Week commencing 11 August


Sunday 11 August
7:40pm Climate Change: The Facts
8:40pm Les Norton: Wrongside Rossiters
9:40pm Secrets of Silicon Valley: The Persuasion Machine Series Premiere
11:00pm Apple Tree Yard
11:25 pm Rwanda & Juliet

Monday 12 August
8:00pm Australian Story Series Return
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business
11:30pm Waltzing The Dragon With Benjamin Law

Tuesday 13 August
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Catalyst: Staying Younger for Longer: Body
9:30pm Miriam’s Deathly Adventure
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:15pm Q&A

Wednesday 14 August
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00 pm Squinters: Take a Back Road Season Final
9:25pm Diary Of An Uber Driver Series Premiere


9:55pm QI: Nature/Nurture
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:55pm The Business
11:10pm Four Corners

Thursday 15 August
8:00pm Escape From The City: Northern Rivers NSW: The Ommundsons
9:00pm Little Women
10:00pm Humans
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Business
11:35pm Wentworth: Snakehead

Friday 16 August
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm The Heights x 2 Season Final
9:25pm Loch Ness Season Final
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm The Business
11:00pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:30pm Planet America

Saturday 17 August
7:30pm Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None
8:30pm Poldark Season 5 Premiere
9:30pm Les Norton: Wrongside Rossiter
10:25pm Pine Gap
11:25pm Luther

AFL documentary Collingwood: From the Inside Out will have its TV premiere on ABC on Tuesday, September 3 at 9.30pm. Produced by Josh Cable and Marcus Cobbledick, it details the lives of coach Nathan Buckley and players Brodie Grundy, Jarryd Blair and Adam Treloar throughout the 2018 year. The documentary will debut at the Melbourne International Film Festival next Thursday evening (August 15).


Collingwood: From the Inside Out

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Tuesday 3 September at 9:30pm

Collingwood: From The Inside Out shows the human face of football, the impact the pursuit of excellence at the elite level can have on players and coaches, and how Collingwood rebuilt to bring about change and success.


L: Collingwood FTIO Adam Treloar after GF loss R:Collingwood FTIO Nathan Buckley consoles Brodie Grundy


L: Collingwood FTIO Jarryd Blair R:Collingwood FTIO Brodie Grundy

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Week commencing 18 August


Sunday 18 August
7:40pm Attenborough’s Wonder of Eggs Rpt
8:40pm Les Norton: Bowen Lager
9:30pm Secrets of Silicon Valley: The Persuasion Machine Series Final
10:25pm Apple Tree Yard
11:20pm - 5:00am Glitch Series 1 Binge

Monday 19 August
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business
11:20pm - 5:00am Glitch Series 2 Binge

Tuesday 20 August
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Catalyst: Staying Younger for Longer: Brain
9:30pm Miriam’s Deathly Adventure [color=#3399ff]Series Final[/color
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:20pm Q&A

Wednesday 21 August
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00 pm Utopia: The Law’s The Law Season 4 Premiere


9:30pm Diary Of An Uber Driver
9:55pm QI: Nonsense
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:15pm Four Corners

Thursday 22 August
8:00pm Escape From The City: Central Coast NSW: The Azars
9:00pm TBA
10:00pm Humans
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm The Business
11:35pm Wentworth: Mere Anarchy

Friday 23 August
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Keeping Faith Series Premiere
9:25pm Dark Money Series Premiere
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:15pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:45pm Planet America

Saturday 24 August
7:30pm Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None
8:30pm Poldark
9:30pm Les Norton: Bowen Lager
10:25pm Pine Gap
11:25pm Luther

Week commencing 25 August


Sunday 25 August
7:40pm Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure
8:35pm Les Norton: The Boys from Binjiwunyawunya
9:35pm Glitch Season 3 Premiere
10:25pm Apple Tree Yard
11:20pm Silent Witness: After The Fall (Part 1)

Monday 26 August
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business
11:30pm Making Muriel

Tuesday 27 August
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds Series Premiere
9:30pm New Dads
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:15pm Q&A

Wednesday 28 August
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00 pm Utopia: Working With Children
9:30pm Diary Of An Uber Driver
9:55pm The Set Season 2 Premiere
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business
11:20pm Four Corners

Thursday 29 August
8:00pm Escape From The City: Blue Mountains NSW: The Lenoirs
9:00pm Little Women Season Final
10:00pm Humans Series Final
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Business
11:35pm Wentworth: Coup de Grace

Friday 30 August
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Keeping Faith
9:25pm Dark Money
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:20pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:45pm Planet America

Saturday 31 August
7:30pm Deep Water Series Premiere
8:20pm Poldark
9:20pm Les Norton: The Boys from Binjiwunyawunya
10:15pm Pine Gap
11:20pm The Good Kama Hospital

It’s been announced this morning that Spicks & Specks will be returning for 4 new specials. Another Ausmusic Month episode will air in November, plus 3 themed episodes celebrating music of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s will air in 2020.

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Last year’s special was near perfect. Looking forward to these.

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More Spicks and Specks specials coming to ABC

Off the back of last years’ hugely popular Reunion Special (ABC’s most watched show for 2018*) ABC are thrilled to announce that Adam Hills, Myf Warhurst and Alan Brough have been lured back to ABC’s Melbourne Studio 31, for more Spicks and Specks!

Adam says “From the moment Alan, Myf and I were together in a room for last year’s Spicks and Specks Reunion Special, we had each other in fits of laughter. Any time I can spend with those two fools is time well spent, and if it takes four more specials to make that happen – so be it!

The response to last year’s show was overwhelming, both in the studio when we filmed it, and at home when it went to air. Spicks and Specks has a special place in our hearts, and I’m genuinely excited to make a few more specials for the ABC”

Australia’s favourite music quiz show will return in November to once again celebrate ABC’s Ausmusic Month, along with an impressive line-up of stars from the music and comedy worlds. But wait there’s more…

Forget the Bus Stop and the Nutbush, it’s time to Whip, Nae Nae and Gangnam Style, when in 2020 a further three Spicks and Specks specials will air. Adam, Alan and Myf have already brought us well-loved 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s specials. Now they plan to delve into music of the 90’s, noughties and the as-yet-unnamed 2010s. All music will be covered - from Spice Girls to Sia, from Nirvana to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, from Coldplay to… sadly, more Coldplay.

So crack out your old CDs, iPods and brand new vinyl and party like it’s 1999, 2009 and 2019.

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Storm In A Teacup

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Tuesday 17 September at 9:30pm

Australian artist Leon Pericles faces his greatest challenge: holding an exhibition of his life’s works while facing the mental decline of his wife and collaborator, Moira as Alzheimer’s disease turns their world upside down.

Week commencing 1 September


Sunday 1 September
7:40pm Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure
8:40pm Les Norton: Lobster Mobster
9:40pm Glitch
10:40pm Apple Tree Yard Season Final
11:35pm Silent Witness: After The Fall (Part 2)

Monday 2 September
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business
11:30pm Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds

Tuesday 3 September
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds
9:30pm Collingwood: From the Inside Out
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business
11:20pm Q&A

Wednesday 4 September
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00 pm Utopia: Pipe Dreams
9:30pm Diary Of An Uber Driver
9:55pm The Set
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:20pm Four Corners

Thursday 5 September
8:00pm Escape From The City: Daylesford Vic: The Iletts
9:00pm Vera: Hidden Depths
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:15pm Wentworth: Hell Bent Season Final

Friday 6 September
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Keeping Faith
9:30pm Dark Money
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business
11:20pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:45pm Planet America

Saturday 7 September
7:30pm Deep Water
8:20pm Poldark
9:20pm Les Norton: Lobster Mobster
10:15pm Victoria: A Soldier’s Daughter
11:05pm The Good Kama Hospital

The Pool

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Sunday 22 and 29 September at 7:40pm

The Pool is a two-part documentary series that evokes deep nostalgia and childhood memories to look at Australian identity through the prism of the Pool. The pool is a focal point for leisure and community, but beneath its allure as a hedonistic playground lies the surprising and untold story of a battleground where feminism, racism and sexuality were explored, and sporting heroes born.

We are the world capital of pools – Australia boasts more than 100 ocean pools, more than 1000 public pools and more than one million backyard pools. The pool is where we splash around as kids, chase Olympic-sized dreams as teens, keep fit as adults and gather as a multicultural community of equals.

Stripped to our budgie smugglers or boardies, bikinis or burqinis, we all have nostalgic memories of the pool – relief from the blistering heat, the sting of chlorine, the terror of the school swim carnival, poolside fashion, bombs and dives.

The pool is also our theatre of competition, where Olympic heroes are crowned. The pool has also been a battleground for more than 100 years – not just for its physical existence, but for race, gender, sexuality and religion.

Unlike any other country on Earth, our pools play a pivotal part in our lives.

The Pool is a Mint Pictures production for ABC. Principal production investment from Screen Australia and the ABC in association with Create NSW. Directed by Sally Aitken. Written by Christos Tsiolkas, Sally Aitken and Paul Clarke. Narrated by Richard Roxburgh. Executive Producer Mint Pictures: Adam Kay. Series Producer Mint Pictures, Dan Goldberg. ABC Commissioning Editor: Jo Chichester. ABC Executive Producer: Natasha Negrea. Commissioned by ABC R&L. 2 x 60 mins.

Doing It In Public: The Kaldor Projects

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Tuesday 24 September at 9.30pm

Doing It In Public: The Kaldor Projects explores the private and public stories of the Kaldor Public Art Projects across fifty years and 34 public art projects in Australia.

The Kaldor Public Art Projects changed what happened in Sydney’s contemporary art landscape and Doing It In Public: The Kaldor Projects acts as a time capsule – documenting the impact on screen in seconds, that John Kaldor’s art philanthropy has had over the decades.

Doing It In Public: The Kaldor Projects interviews the artists of the featured projects, sharing the incredible artistic process.

Kaldor Public Art Projects have pushed the boundaries of architecture, performance and visual arts. From celebrity artist Marina Abramović’s “In Residence” (2015) where audiences invited them to participate in the ‘Abramović method’, enticing towards an artistic sensibility; ‘living sculpture’, Gilbert & George, enlivened the Art Gallery of NSW with their “Singing Sculpture” (1973); and Jeff Koons achieved an awesome feat of plant and steel construction with his much-loved “Puppy” (1995) standing guard at the forecourt of the Museum of Contemporary Arts, in Circular Quay.

Doing It In Public: The Kaldor Projects weaves together past and present stories of ephemeral works, as the narrative unfolds across many of the Kaldor projects, sharing the delights of his private passion for art. The program has layers and connections that form an intimate stratigraphy of the public art project in Sydney, from 1969 to 2019 and beyond.