60 Minutes: Oct 28

On Sunday’s 60 Minutes Karl Stefanovic meets Al Pacino, plus Tara Brown speaks to the parents of Lilie James, murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2023.

Beautiful Lilie
At 21, Lilie James was busy doing all the things people do at that young age. Studying, working, playing, she was on the threshold of a promising life. But, tragically, last October this beautiful and vivacious woman was savagely beaten to death in the gymnasium of the school where she had a part-time job. The level of violence was shocking – so too was the identity of the man who killed her. Paul Thijssen, 24, Lilie’s ex-boyfriend and co-worker at the school, was by all accounts a model citizen. That he could commit such a heinous crime was inconceivable to most who knew him. On 60 Minutes, Tara Brown speaks exclusively to Lilie James’ heartbroken parents, and delves into Thijssen’s well-hidden past to unmask the truth about this violent and cruel killer.
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producers: Hannah Bowers, Sheree Gibson

Sonny Boy
It was an offer Karl Stefanovic couldn’t refuse: An interview with the godfather of modern cinema, Al Pacino. The movie megastar might now be 84, but he remains a force of nature, even recently becoming a father for the fourth time. In fact, as Stefanovic reports, that joyous event was the impetus Pacino needed to look back and, finally, write his long-awaited memoir. Titled Sonny Boy, it is – as everyone would expect – as gritty and intense as many of his explosive on-screen characters. What’s perhaps less expected, though, is that the real Al Pacino is also incredibly funny and disarmingly down to earth.
Reporter: Karl Stefanovic
Producer: Garry McNab