Returning: Compass

Compass returns to ABC TV Plus in 2022 with a special edition of ‘Sacred Space.’

Host Geraldine Doogue visits journalist, host, podcaster and father Marc Fennell.

Centred around his Sacred Space – the family kitchen – Marc reflects on his childhood and explores the challenges and opportunities his Pentecostal upbring brought to his multicultural family. For the first time Marc ponders his own connection to Christianity, sharing the thrills and hard knocks that have shaped him.

As Marc prepares lunch for Geraldine, he opens up about his evolving, complex relationship with food, the role it played in his early career and how this shaped his success in recent years. Geraldine and Marc discuss the impact of social media on body image and sense of self, while debating the moral dilemma new media poses to society.

From movie reviewer to driving international conversations on topics such as racism, Marc’s kitchen has remained his Sacred Space where life, food and family connect with the past and present.

This deep dive into the life and spiritual journey of Marc Fennell reveals astute and moving insights not only into his own life but into his aspirations and hopes for the future Australia that he will leave for his children.

Production credits: Presenter: Geraldine Doogue. Producer: Deborah Boerne. Editor: Andrew Hope. EP: Amanda Collinge and Jessica Douglas-Henry.

7.30pm Sunday 13th March on ABC TV Plus.