Sunday Night: July 1

In addition to its much-publicised return of Molly this weekend, Sunday Night features a story on Sunrise regular Dr. John D’Arcy and the dangers of osteoarthritis.

Exclusive: When Molly Met Katy
In Molly Meldrum’s much anticipated comeback interview since his December fall, he sits down with pop superstar Katy Perry in Los Angeles. The result is a remarkably frank and open interview in which the singer opens up about her marriage break up with comedian Russell Brand, and subsequent break down on tour. She promises to be gentle with Molly telling him, “I’m so glad you’re back, and you’re well, and you’re here and you’re alive.” There’s lots of laughter, tears, kisses and presents – Molly’s first assignment is a must-watch television event.

End Of The World
They’re called ‘Doomsday preppers,’ and across the world they are hard at work planning for the end of the world. Sunday Night meets the US investor putting his money into building super-bunkers outside Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. According to the Mayan calendar the trigger for Armageddon will take place at the end of 2012. Alex Cullen joins one group in Alaska planning their last stand deep in the wilderness. Who will they be fighting against? Well they believe it could be Muslim terrorists, extra-terrestrial ‘zombies’, or simply a cataclysmic natural disaster. An explosive story that will leave you shaking your head.

Bill Gates
He was the richest man in the world until he started giving it all away. Bill Gates, the nerdy university dropout who founded Microsoft and built it into a $100 billion personal fortune, takes Sunday Night reporter Peter FitzSimons into the inner sanctum of his incredible charity city. He’s a man after every baby boomer’s heart – spending big and spending the kids’ inheritance on good causes, including ridding the world of deadly diseases. In this very rare television interview Gates pleads for wealthy Australians to follow his lead and become more generous philanthropists.

The Day Doctor John Nearly Died
Doctor John has had problems with his knees for years – like many Australians he was overweight and didn’t do enough exercise. Every extra kilo you carry in your body increases the force on your knees by about 6 kilos. But it’s not only people battling the bulge that are in danger. Around the country young, fit and healthy people are causing great damage to their knees every time they step onto a netball court or a footy field. But now, there is an exciting new surgery to replace the damaged bone with a metal and plastic crown. No recovery and rehab, patients are walking within hours. This is what Dr John should have done. Instead, he kept putting it off, turning to painkillers. Then, the doctor made a mistake that nearly killed him – he mucked up his medicine and it landed him the emergency ward. A very personal story from Dr John, and a warning for every Australian.

Sunday, July 1 at 6.30pm on Seven.