Elders With Andrew Denton

All Episodes 2008 - 2009

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  • 2008-06-15T13:30:00Z
  • 35m
  • 7h (12 episodes)
  • Andrew Denton
  • Australia
  • English
In an age of salacious, youth-oriented media, Andrew Denton is heading in the opposite direction and seeking the stories of our elders. He will explore six very different lives in search of that almost-out-of-fashion idea: wisdom.

12 episodes

Series Premiere

2008-06-15T13:30:00Z

1x01 Sir David Attenborough

Series Premiere

1x01 Sir David Attenborough

  • 2008-06-15T13:30:00Z35m

The first in the six-part "Elders" series, this episode brings you the interview with Sir David Attenborough as he talks about his life experiences after a lifetime exploring the world.

2008-06-22T13:30:00Z

1x02 Dame Elisabeth Murdoch

1x02 Dame Elisabeth Murdoch

  • 2008-06-22T13:30:00Z35m

In the second part of the six-part "Elders" series, Andrew Denton chats with Dame Elisabeth Murdoch about her long life, love story, family and philanthrophy.

2008-06-29T13:30:00Z

1x03 Isabel Allende

1x03 Isabel Allende

  • 2008-06-29T13:30:00Z35m

In the third part of the "Elders" series, the deeply passionate, insightful and spirited Isabel Allende takes us through her life's most difficult moments that shaped her life now.

2008-07-06T13:30:00Z

1x04 Helen Thomas

1x04 Helen Thomas

  • 2008-07-06T13:30:00Z35m

This fourth part of the "Elders" series features Helen Thomas, the doyenne of the White House Press Corps - from JFK to George W. Bush, she has reported on the highs and lows of world politics for 57 years.

2008-07-13T13:30:00Z

1x05 Bob Hawke

1x05 Bob Hawke

  • 2008-07-13T13:30:00Z35m

This fifth part of the 'Elders' series features Bob Hawke, Australia's longest serving Labor Prime Minister. From the Prime Ministership to the life lessons he's learned, he is still very much the passionate intellectual.

2008-07-20T13:30:00Z

1x06 Father Des Reid

1x06 Father Des Reid

  • 2008-07-20T13:30:00Z35m

This sixth part of the 'Elders' series features Father Des Reid. For over half a century as a Catholic priest, he has ministered to people on three continents - from isolated communities in east Africa to illegal immigrants in Australian detention centres.

Season Premiere

2009-11-15T13:00:00Z

2x01 Alan Alda

Season Premiere

2x01 Alan Alda

  • 2009-11-15T13:00:00Z35m

He is a man that makes us smile... The New York Times called him "a state of mind".

2009-11-22T13:00:00Z

2x02 Helen Bamber

2x02 Helen Bamber

  • 2009-11-22T13:00:00Z35m

Helen Bamber has devoted six decades of her life to issues most of us would rather not think about: genocide, ethnic violence, slavery and torture. Based in London, this pint-sized therapist and human-rights campaigner, calls herself "a witness to the vulnerability of humanity".

2009-11-29T13:00:00Z

2x03 Clive James

2x03 Clive James

  • 2009-11-29T13:00:00Z35m

His talent for using precisely the right word at the right time has won him acclaim as a television and literary critic in the 1970's, and as TV presenter through the 80's and 90's. He's written over 30 books, and is said to own thousands.

2009-12-06T13:00:00Z

2x04 Muhammad Yunus

2x04 Muhammad Yunus

  • 2009-12-06T13:00:00Z35m

From one of the world's poorest countries, comes a man with one of the world's richest imaginations, so limitless, that, for him, the idea of consigning poverty to history doesn't seem far-fetched. In Bangladesh, 35 years ago, during a terrible famine, he had a simple idea: lend money to the poorest of the poor then watch as they transform their lives.

2009-12-13T13:00:00Z

2x05 Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

2x05 Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

  • 2009-12-13T13:00:00Z35m

In 1955, the movie JEDDA plucked a 16 year old girl from the desert and catapulted her into celluloid history. Daring and controversial, the film revealed an epic tale of passion and divided cultures with Aboriginal actors in the leading roles.

2009-12-20T13:00:00Z

2x06 Richard Dawkins

2x06 Richard Dawkins

  • 2009-12-20T13:00:00Z35m

Richard Dawkins is the essence of scientific reason, an evolutionary biologist, a best-selling author, and strident atheist. He's been declared one of the most influential - and provocative - thinkers of our time.

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