Returning: The ABC Of…

The ABC Of with host David Wenham returns to ABC in May with first guest, former Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Once again the show has raided the vast ABC archives to inspire its conversations.

Before they sit down, the guests are unaware of the clips that have been chosen. And these video memories often travel past the choices you’d expect, the obvious markers of the guest’s CV, wending their way down delightful and surprising paths to footage that has not seen the light of day for decades.

Steering each interview is David Wenham, a globally successful film and TV actor whose own ABC career dates back to early 1990s programs such as Simone De Beauvoir’s Babies, Come In Spinner, Police Rescue and G.P. as well as more recent series The Code and Les Norton. And no, we are not forgetting his turn as Diver Dan in SeaChange.

At its core, The ABC Of is about how we change and how the world changes around us. It’s who we were and who
we’ve become. It’s time travel without the cost and without the jet lag.

Production credit: A Guesswork Television Production in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Executive Producers: Jon Casimir and Jo Long. ABC Commissioning Editor Julie Hanna. Acting Head of Factual and Culture Richard Huddleston.

8pm Tuesday May 16 on ABC.