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Smother - Season 3

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Friday 26 May 8.30pm

After the turmoil and Finn’s subsequent injuries, Grace returns to London. The Ahern clan gather for Val’s rather speedy remarriage to the mysterious Paul.

After the turmoil and Finn’s subsequent injuries, Grace returns to London. Finn is furious about his ordeal despite the Ahern family’s honesty. Will the entire truth about Denis’ death finally be revealed.

The Ahern clan gather for Val’s (Dervla Kirwan) rather speedy remarriage to the mysterious Paul. Everyone is surprised by the arrival of Elaine, who has been let out of prison early and invited by Jacob. When she reveals that Grace had visited her in prison, Jenny (Niamh Walsh) and Anna are shocked and set out to discover why.
Also stars Gemma-Leah Devereux and Conor Mullen.

Production credit: Writer, Kate O’Riordan. Director, Dathai Keane. Composer, John McPhillips. A BBC Studios and Treasure Entertainment co-production for RTÉ.

Monsters Or Medicine?

Tuesday 16 May 9:30 PM

Veterinarian Garnett Hall takes a closer look at parasites and the many ways scientists are trying to harness their powers for good. Pioneering Australian research shows they might actually be helpful to us too.

Week commencing 14 May2023


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Sunday 14 May
7:30pm Grand Designs: Derbyshire
8:20pm The Messenger Series Premiere


9:10pm Movie: Misbehaviour Rpt
10:55pm Interview With The Vampire: After The Phantoms Of Your Former Self Rpt
11:40pm Mayfair Witches: The Dark Place Rpt

Monday 15 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:35pm India Now Rpt
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:25pm The Business Rpt
11:40pm The Split Rpt

Tuesday 16 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm The ABC Of Julia Gillard Season 2 Premiere
8:30pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Collisions Series Premiere
9:30pm Monsters Or Medicine?
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:40pm The Business Rpt
11:00pm Four Corners Rpt
11:45pm Media Watch Rpt

Wednesday 17 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:05pm Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe: We Got a Bad Review :frowning: Series Final
9:30pm QI: This, That and The Other
10:05pm Staged: Knock, Knock Rpt
10:30pm ABC Late News
10:45pm The Business Rpt
11:00pm Ragdoll Rpt
11:50pm Father Brown: The Folly of Jephthah Rpt

Thursday 18 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Folau Part 1 Premiere Special
9:00pm Grand Designs New Zealand: Castello
9:45pm Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip: Get Some Number 8 Wire: Wellington Rpt
10:35pm Art Works Rpt
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Business Rpt
11:35pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Collisions Rpt
12:35am Q+A Rpt

Friday 19 May
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Traces Season Final
9:20pm Mayfair Witches: The Second Line
10:00pm Interview With The Vampire: Is My Very Nature That Of The Devil
10:40pm Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe: We Got a Bad Review :frowning: Rpt
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:30pm The Split Rpt

Saturday 20 May
7:30pm Sister Boniface Mysteries: Lights, Camera, Murder!
8:15pm The North Water
9:15pm Ragdoll
10:05pm The Messenger Rpt
10:55pm Fires Rpt
11:50pm rage Guest Programmer

Good. About as funny as a heart attack.

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland and Beyond - Season 2

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From Thursday 1 June 8.00pm

Actors Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming rip-roar across Scotland and beyond, as they take in some spectacular and far-flung locations, reconnect with old friends and rekindle old memories.

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TV’s ‘golden odd couple’ are back as Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming continue their rip-roaring road trip antics across Scotland and beyond.

Our duo kick off their Scotland leg on the ‘Harry Potter Express” steam train, before it’s campervan time again, as they drive to the glorious Cairngorms where Miriam finally gets behind the wheel of a tandem scooter. Looking like a bank robber in her midge-repellent hat, the pair get stuck into some very modern orienteering and have an emotional close encounter with reindeer. All before heading to the east coast to hook up with dear friend and actor Brian Cox at his old stomping ground, the Dundee Rep.

As an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church, Alan reveals he’s been given the special task of conducting an LGBTQIA+ wedding, which takes their journey towards Loch Lomond. A route that sparks childhood memories of holiday crushes for Miriam - whilst Alan insists on a stop off at the quant village of Luss, to relive his early career playing an evil woodcutter in the legendary ‘Take the High Road’.

The episode builds to a celebration to remember in more ways than one, as Miriam gets her kit off for some pre-wedding pampering in the form of an outdoor massage, before donning her sequins and giving a unique read of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-Cat’, whilst Alan weds his cousin and gives Miriam a whirl on the dance floor.

Production Credit: A BLINK FILMS PRODUCTION

The Homes That Built Australia

From Tuesday 23 May 9:30pm

Ep 1: The Birth of the ‘Burbs’ (1945 -1960)

The end of WW2 marks the beginning of radical transformations to Australia’s housing landscape - social, cultural and architectural history is about to unfold inways never before seen.

Ep 2: It’s Time! (1960 - 1975)

The Australian Dream continues to evolve, as underrepresented Australians work to secure a sense of home & belonging for themselves and their families - whether it’s equality or immigration reform, the fight has just begun.

Silent Witness - Season 25

Sunday 28 May 9:15 PM

Sam Ryan recruits the Lyell team to investigate the assassination of the health secretary, but Nikki is unsure whether Sam knows more than she’s letting on.

https://twitter.com/10NewsFirst/status/1656459284191002625?s=20

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Designing A Legacy

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Sunday 4 June 7.30pm

In Designing a Legacy, architectural nerd Tim Ross travels the length and breadth of the country seeking an alternate story of Australia; one that shows how great design better connects us to place – and to each other.

Tim Ross is on the hunt for great Australian architecture. In this two-part series he journeys to find and share his passion for buildings with people whose lives have all been touched by the power of good design. From celebrated Australian architects to eccentric American millionaires, and from school kids and surfers to social housing tenants, a cast of great characters show him the amazing buildings in their lives …because Tim knows that when we create architecture, it also creates us.

While Tim is as happy as any of us to ogle at extraordinary homes, his love of design goes deeper than this. While beautiful and luxurious buildings can inspire us, he passionately believes that even the simplest things, when designed well, make our lives better…. and not just the buildings we live in either. There are all sorts of spaces in our lives which can have this effect.

Tim tracks down some of these structures and offers a new story about how our buildings shape us, today and into the future, acknowledging the millennia of human history this is all built upon on this continent.
Episode one, “Country”, deals with our understanding of place and country and how, since the European idea of architecture imposed itself on this continent 235 years ago, it has been slowly coming to terms with the complexity, uniqueness and beauty of the land on which we live.

Production credit: Presenter, Writer: Tim Ross. Executive Producers: Tim Ross and Sally Aitken. Producer: Aline Jacques. Director: Chris Eley. ABC Executive Producer: Madeleine Hawcroft. ABC Manager, Documentaries: Stephen Oliver. A SAM Content and Modernister Films production in association with ABC.

Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep?

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Tuesday 6 June 8.30pm

Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? is an investigative documentary that looks at the impact humans are having on wild dolphins through popular hand-feeding tourism programs in Australia.

Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? is a ground-breaking investigative documentary that explores the impact humans are having on wild dolphins through hand feeding tourism programs in Australia at Monkey Mia and Bunbury in Western Australia, and Moreton Bay and Tin Can Bay in Queensland.

Hand feeding in some of these locations has caused a litany of problems including high calf mortality, aggressive behaviour, and reduced survival rates in the wild. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg, with mystery surrounding the deaths of female dolphins at Monkey Mia over the last five years.

The documentary examines research from the world’s leading marine scientists, as well as the views of marine biologists, environmental groups, conservation advocates and governments, who all have differing opinions on the issue.

The film investigates and challenges our insatiable need to interact with wild dolphins and lays bare the challenge of our all-consuming desire to get back to nature and the stark reality that we could be loving some dolphins to death.

Production credit: A Sea Dog TV International Pty Ltd production. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with ABC. Financed with support from Screenwest. Local distribution by ABC. International sales by ABC Commercial. Producers Jodie De Barros and Leighton

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Week commencing 21 May 2023


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Sunday 21 May
7:30pm Grand Designs: Dunstable
8:20pm The Messenger
9:15pm Movie: Suffragette
11:00pm Interview With The Vampire: Is My Very Nature That Of The Devil Rpt
11:40pm Mayfair Witches: The Second Line Rpt

Monday 22 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:35pm India Now Rpt
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:25pm The Business Rpt
11:40pm Folau Rpt

Tuesday 23 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm The ABC Of Ian Chappell
8:30pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Connections
9:30pm The Homes That Built Australia The Birth of the ‘Burbs’ (1945 -1960) Series Premiere
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:40pm The Business Rpt
11:00pm Four Corners Rpt
11:45pm Media Watch Rpt

Wednesday 24 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz: Battle of the Duds
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:05pm In Limb Series Premiere


9:35pm QI: Tubular
10:05pm Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Guy Pearce Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Ragdoll Rpt
11:50pm Father Brown: The Numbers of the Beast Rpt

Thursday 25 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Folau Part 2 Premiere Special
9:05pm Grand Designs New Zealand: Sand Dune Season Final
9:50pm Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip: Jump Off A Cliff: Lake Coleridge Rpt
10:35pm Art Works Rpt
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Business Rpt
11:35pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Connections Rpt
12:35am Q+A Rpt

Friday 26 May
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Smother Season 3 Premiere
9:25pm Mayfair Witches: Curious and Curiouser
10:05pm Interview With The Vampire: The Ruthless Pursuit Of Blood With All A Child’s Demanding
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Split Rpt

Saturday 27 May
7:30pm Sister Boniface Mysteries: Love and Other Puzzles
8:15pm The North Water
9:15pm Ragdoll
10:05pm The Messenger Rpt
11:00pm Fires Rpt
11:55pm rage Guest Programmer

The Platypus Guardian

Tuesday 13 June 8.30pm

Cutting-edge camera technology and an obsessive guide, Hobart resident Peter Walsh, reveals the secretive life of a female platypus and the threats she faces trying to survive in the increasingly depleted habitat of Hobart’s waterways.

Peter Walsh faces a challenge when he’s diagnosed with a brain injury. He finds solace by the Hobart rivulet, where he meets a platypus named Zoom.

After finding Zoom tangled in plastic, Pete realises that the platypus are in trouble. With the help of experts, Pete explores the rivulet’s health and gets to know the platypus population, revealing intimate details about their lives.

When bulldozers and a flash flood on the rivulet cause Zoom to disappear, Pete launches a grassroots conservation effort to engage the community and save his platypus friends before it’s too late.

With stunning natural history footage, The Platypus Guardian captures unique, never-before-seen footage of one of the world’s weirdest animals, revealing a secret magical world that exists in the shadow of the city and Pete’s race against time to save it.

Production credit: A WildBear Entertainment Production. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with Screen Tasmania. Financed with support from Content Mint. Executive Producer: Chadden Hunter, Director/Producer: Nick Hayward, Producer: Fraser Johnston. ABC Executive Producer: Leo Faber.

ABC set to showcase Australian natural history in June

Over three weeks, from Tuesday 6 June, ABC TV and ABC iview will showcase three new, ground-breaking Australian natural history shows, that shine a light on the challenges and triumphs of our natural world.

Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? is an investigative documentary that looks at the impact humans are having on wild dolphins through popular hand-feeding tourism programs in Australia. The Platypus Guardian is an incredible story of an extraordinary man, whose life is changed forever when he meets a platypus named Zoom and realises she’s in danger. While Flyways tells the story of the world’s most incredible athletes – shorebirds – who migrate from the Southern Hemisphere to the Arctic to breed.

Richard Huddleston, ABC Acting Head of Factual and Culture, said: “These important documentaries are produced by some of the country’s finest filmmakers and take us into some spectacular landscapes. The stories are fantastic family viewing and give us all an opportunity to gain a better understanding on how to help protect our unique environments.”

Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? - Tuesday 6 June at 8.30pm

Is a ground-breaking investigative documentary that looks at the impact humans are having on wild dolphins through popular hand-feeding tourism programs in Australia.

In spite of our best intentions, hand feeding in some of these locations has caused a litany of problems such as high calf mortality, aggressive behaviour, and reduced survival rates in the wild. Investigating the dark secret behind the multi-million-dollar ‘eco tourism’ industry, the documentary challenges our insatiable need to interact with wild dolphins.

Production Credits: A Sea Dog TV International Pty Ltd production. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with ABC. Financed with support from Screenwest Producers Jodie De Barros and Leighton De Barros. Executive Producer Jodie De Barros. ABC Manager, Documentaries Stephen Oliver.

The Platypus Guardian - Tuesday 13 June at 8.30pm

The remarkable story of an extraordinary man and an astonishing animal. Cutting-edge camera technology and an obsessive guide, Hobart resident, Peter Walsh, reveals the secretive life of a female platypus and the threats she faces trying to survive in the increasingly depleted habitat of Hobart’s urban waterways.

Following a life-changing medical diagnosis, Pete decides to make it his mission to protect the platypus’s habitat. But it’s a race against time to save these unique and special animals.

Production Credits: A WildBear Entertainment Production. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with Screen Tasmania. Financed with support from Content Mint. Executive Producer: Chadden Hunter, Director/Producer: Nick Hayward, Producer: Fraser Johnston. ABC Executive Producer: Leo Faber.

Flyways - Tuesday 20 June at 8.30pm

Tells the story of the world’s most incredible athletes – shorebirds.

These birds travel vast distances during their epic, annual migration, flying from the Southern Hemisphere to the Arctic to breed. Yet new urban developments are threatening the birds as they make their return journey.

Documenting the pressures placed on these birds from climate change and ever-expanding human development, this film reveals uncomfortable truths but also shows us how to help save these tenacious birds from precipitous declines.

Production credits: A Storyland production for the ABC. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios. Financed with support from ZED, Public Television Service Taiwan and Screen Queensland. Local distribution by Antidote. International sales by WNET Group and ZED. Producer/Director/EP Randall Wood, Producer Rebecca McElroy, Executive Producer Aline Jacques, Trish Lake, Odilla O’Boyle, David Elisco, Sean B. Carroll, Christine Le Goff, Manuel Catteau, Wuan-Ling Guo. ABC Commissioning Editor Stephen Oliver.

Week commencing 28 May2023


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Sunday 28 May
7:30pm Grand Designs: Sydenham Hill Season Final
8:20pm The Messenger
9:15pm Silent Witness: History Part One Season 25 Premiere
10:15pm In Limbo Rpt
10:45pm Interview With The Vampire: The Ruthless Pursuit Of Blood With All A Child’s Demanding Rpt
11:30pm Mayfair Witches: Curious and Curiouser Rpt
12:10am Parkinson In Australia: The Shane Warne Interview Rpt

Monday 29 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:35pm India Now Rpt Season Final
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:25pm The Business Rpt
11:40pm Folau Rpt

Tuesday 30 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm The ABC Of Miranda Tapsell
8:30pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Choices Series Final
9:30pm The Homes That Built Australia: It’s Time! (1960 - 1975)
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:40pm The Business Rpt
11:00pm Four Corners Rpt
11:45pm Media Watch Rpt

Wednesday 31 May
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz Season Final
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm In Limbo
9:30pm QI: Tea Time Season Final
10:05pm Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Keith Urban Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Ragdoll Rpt
11:50pm Father Brown: The River Corrupted Rpt

Thursday 1 June
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Miriam & Alan: Lost In Scotland And Beyond… Season 2 Premiere
8:50pm Grand Designs New Zealand: Burnt Timber Pavilion Rpt
9:40pm One Plus One - The Elders: June Oscar Season 7 Premiere
10:05pm Art Works Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Choices Rpt
12:05am Q+A Rpt

Friday 2 June
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Smother
9:20pm Mayfair Witches: The Thrall
10:05pm Interview With The Vampire: A Vile Hunger For Your Hammering Heart
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Split Rpt

Saturday 3 June
7:30pm Sister Boniface Mysteries: My Brother’s Keeper
8:15pm The North Water
9:15pm Ragdoll
10:00pm The Messenger Rpt
11:00pm rage Guest Programmer Rpt

Will another show replace Hard Quiz in the timeslot, or will the show go into repeat mode?

Utopia starts on Wednesday, 7 June, 8pm

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Forgot about that. Utopia used to air at 9pm on Wednesdays.

Will have to tape the new season as it clashes with MasterChef.

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Classic 100 in Concert

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According to ABC Content Sales website, the program was made by Wildbear Entertainment and consists of four episodes.

Grand Designs Revisits

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Sunday 18 June 7.30pm

Series 20, Episode 1 of 4 North Devon

In 2011 Edward and Hazel set out to build an art deco lighthouse on the North Devon coast. By 2019 they were almost bankrupt, the lighthouse just a rusting shell. Three years on, Kevin is back to see if anything has changed with this disastrous project.

Kevin McCloud returns to North Devon for the highly anticipated lighthouse revisit episode.

Back in 2011, Edward and Hazel set out to build a brand-new art deco lighthouse complex, complete with infinity pool, on an exclusive stretch of North Devon coastline. To create their dream, the couple had already spent £1.4 million on their plot and intended to spend another £1.8 million more on their giant, bright white four-storey lighthouse, all to be complete in 18 months.

But almost immediately their optimistic plan ran into trouble. The lender that had approved their huge £1.8 million loan pulled out and Edward was forced to radically re-think. A smaller second house was built on the side of the plot, the sale of which was meant to finance the main project, but to no avail.
Regardless, their old house on site was demolished and painstaking piling work began on the new lighthouse, instantly eating up their entire £200k contingency.

Consumed by a spiral of borrowing and debt, by the end of 2019 Edward’s great gamble had him on the verge of bankruptcy. His marriage to Hazel was seemingly over, and the lighthouse itself was just an ugly rusting steel and concrete shell.

It was one of the saddest Grand Designs episodes ever.

But now 3 years on, Kevin is back to see if anything has been salvaged from this disastrous project. Have millions been found to finally complete the lighthouse and if so, who might be living there? Full of trepidation, Kevin is in Devon to find out…

Production credit: FremantleMedia Ltd t/a Naked West. Exec Producers: John Lonsdale and John Comerford.

Flyways – The Extraordinary Story of Migratory Shorebirds

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Tuesday 20 June 8.30pm

Flyways tells the story of the world’s most incredible athletes – shorebirds – and documents the pressures placed on these birds by climate change and ever-expanding human development.

These birds travel vast distances during their epic, annual migration, flying from the Southern Hemisphere to the Arctic to breed. Yet new urban developments are threatening the birds as they make their return journey.
How do they navigate such mindboggling distances? How are they able to stay aloft for days without stopping to refuel? Seeking to answer these and other questions, the film revels in the beauty and wonder of migratory shorebirds.

Documenting the pressures placed on these birds from climate change and ever-expanding human development, this film reveals uncomfortable truths but also shows us how to help save these tenacious birds from precipitous declines.

Production credit: A Storyland production for the ABC. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios. Financed with support from ZED, Public Television Service Taiwan and Screen Queensland. Local distribution by Antidote. International sales by WNET Group and ZED. Producer/Director/EP Randall Wood, Producer Rebecca McElroy, Executive Producer Aline Jacques, Trish Lake, Odilla O’Boyle, David Elisco, Sean B. Carroll, Christine Le Goff, Manuel Catteau, Wuan-Ling Guo. ABC Commissioning Editor Stephen Oliver.

Classic 100 LIVE Symphony Gala

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Saturday 24 June 7.30pm

Music lovers of all instruments unite!

ABC will showcase Australia’s most popular instruments with the Classic 100 in Concert, in partnership with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

ABC is partnering with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to bring to life this year’s Classic 100 search for Australia’s favourite instrument with a very special concert.

Premiering Saturday, 24 June, at 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview, the Classic 100 in Concert will give music lovers from across the nation a chance to celebrate their favourite instruments, as voted by them.

Hosted by ABC’s National Music Correspondent Zan Rowe, ABC Presenter Jeremy Fernandez and ABC Classic radio host Genevieve Lang, the concert will highlight the most popular instruments and what makes them so beloved.

Performed at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, under the baton of Principal Conductor in Residence and Creative Director Benjamin Northey, Australia’s best classical artists will showcase the sonic beauty of each instrument alongside an array of special guests.

Production credit: An ABC Production. Head Screen, Sport & Events Kath Earle. Manager Events & Content Partnerships Janet Gaeta. Content Manager ABC Classic & ABC Jazz, Kat McGuffie

Compass: Julia Gillard

Sunday 4 June 6:00 PM

A Compass special. Former PM Julia Gillard in conversation with Compass host Indira Naidoo at the Sydney Town Hall. In partnership with the Sydney Writers Festival.

The Compass special with Julia Gillard will take tomorrow (Thursday) evening.