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Australian Encounters

20131 Season3m episodes

Animation, Documentary

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Runtime: 3m episodes
Genre: Animation
Origin: AU

About

Presented with humour and verve, Australian Encounters celebrates ten historic encounters, each between a renowned Australian and an international mover and shaker.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in Australia, New Zealand.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jul 30, 2013
Network: ABC TV
Studio: Suitcase Murphy

Time to finish

1 hrs

10 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

Cast

Geoffrey Rush

Himself - Narrator

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SERIES

Australian Encounters

20131 Season3m episodes

Animation, Documentary

Your rating

Runtime: 3m episodes
Genre: Animation
Origin: AU

About

Presented with humour and verve, Australian Encounters celebrates ten historic encounters, each between a renowned Australian and an international mover and shaker.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in Australia, New Zealand.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Jul 30, 2013 · 3m
Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974
Presented with humour & verve, Australian Encounters celebrates historic encounters between a renowned Australian & an international mover & shaker. This episode recounts when Bob Hawke met Frank Sinatra in 1974.
E2 · Airs Aug 6, 2013 · 3m
Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919
It was 1919 and the world's statesmen were gathered at Versailles to redraw the map of the world. Australia had sacrificed much blood to win the peace, and Billy Hughes was there to see it got its fair share of the spoils.
E3 · Airs Aug 13, 2013 · 3m
Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914
In December 1914, an athletic young Hawaiian strode across the beach at Freshwater, a stretch of sand between Manly and Curl Curl. He was about to perform a feat never before seen in Australia: surfing!
E4 · Airs Aug 20, 2013 · 3m
Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902
The imperious Australian soprano and the effusive Italian tenor had transformed La Boheme from a slow burn sleeper into a blockbuster hit that's still putting bums on seats a century later. Their double act was sensational.
E5 · Airs Aug 27, 2013 · 3m
Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937
Herr Hitler was busy in the Rhineland, so Joseph Aloysius Lyons decided to pay a visit to Signor Mussolini instead. It was 1935 and collecting dictators was de rigueur for Australian politicians on visits to Europe.
E6 · Airs Sep 10, 2013 · 3m
Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958
Just before Christmas, 1958, Rupert Murdoch, then aged 27, met a sensitive young Tamil on the dodge from the immigration authorities. A poor scholar with black skin, Kamahl's days in White Australia were numbered.
E7 · Airs Oct 8, 2013 · 3m
George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960
In the backroom bar of the Katsikas brothers' grocery store, amid tins of olive oil and sacks of flour, a young unknown Canadian poet met an Australian expatriate named George Johnston.
E8 · Airs Oct 15, 2013 · 3m
Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987
Kylie Minogue met Michael Hutchence at a bash after the Countdown Awards in 1987. By the time their two-year affair ended, it had transformed a singing budgie into a femme fatale, and set Kylie's course towards pop divadom.
E9 · Airs Oct 22, 2013 · 3m
Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968
Twenty-year-old boxer Lionel Rose was in Los Angeles to defend his world bantamweight title. When he received the message that Elvis wanted to meet him, he jumped under the shower and drove straight to the MGM lot.
E10 · Airs Oct 29, 2013 · 3m
Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880
In 1880, an unschooled Catholic bushman and a Protestant judge traded points, back and forth, neither ultimately persuading the other. "Edward Kelly," concluded Redmond Barry, "I hereby sentence you to death by hanging."

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jul 30, 2013
Network: ABC TV
Studio: Suitcase Murphy

Time to finish

1 hrs

10 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

Cast

Geoffrey Rush

Himself - Narrator

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2011

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2023

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