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Six prominent Australians challenge their strong beliefs about asylum seekers on an immersive refugee journey to some of the most dangerous places on earth.
- 3 x 1 hour episodes
- Licensed for screening in educational institutions
- Stream in web browser, or download an unrestricted MP4 file
- Study guide (PDF download)
Six ordinary Australians challenge their preconceptions about refugees and asylum seekers on an immersive journey to some of the most inhospitable and dangerous places on Earth.
- 3 x 1 hour episodes
- Licensed for screening in educational institutions
- Stream in web browser, or download an unrestricted MP4 file
- Licensed for screening in educational institutions
- Stream in web browser, or download an unrestricted MP4 file
- Includes downloadable study guide (PDF)
Six ordinary Australians agree to challenge their preconceived notions about refugees and asylum seekers by embarking on a confronting refugee journey themselves for 25 days. Deprived of their wallets, phones and passports they board a smuggler’s boat, are rescued mid-ocean, experience immigration raids in Malaysia, live in Kenyan refugee camps and visit slums in Jordan before ultimately making it to the Congo and Iraq, protected by UN peacekeepers and the US military. For some of the Aussies, it’s their first time abroad. For all of them, it’s the journey of a lifetime.
The world’s best how-babies-are-made book reborn as an animated series.
Long before Cold Chisel, long before 'Barnsey' there was the true story of James Dixon Swan. A feature documentary on the early life of Australia's biggest rock star - Jimmy Barnes. Based on his book, Working Class Boy.
Muslims Like Us is a fascinating two-part series exploring Islamic life in modern Australia. With Muslims under siege from politicians and sections of the media, ten Muslims from across the country spend eight days living together in former PM Tony Abbott’s Sydney electorate. This diverse group might be united in faith, but the cast are divided on what it means to be a good Muslim. There is a rift between those who practice Islam in a traditional way, and others who champion a more modern take on their faith.
Muslims Like Us is a fascinating two-part series exploring Islamic life in modern Australia. With Muslims under siege from politicians and sections of the media, ten Muslims from across the country spend eight days living together in former PM Tony Abbott’s Sydney electorate.
This diverse group might be united in faith, but the cast are divided on what it means to be a good Muslim. There is a rift between those who practice Islam in a traditional way, and others who champion a more modern take on their faith.
In the second episode of this two-part series, Muslims Like Us explores what its like to practice Islam in a climate of growing suspicion and fear. The ten Muslims describe their fight against the rising tide of Islamophobia in Australia. Fahad and Husnain argue over Australia’s national security measures, which Fahad claims are racist. Meanwhile, a personal revelation puts Anjum and Rida at odds, while the traditional/progressive rift opens again, this time over Islamic mysticism.
The journey to every wedding day brings tears and tension, chaos and compromise. So what happens when you try to send two vastly different cultures down the aisle? The answer: you double-down on the stress and drama and buckle up for an epic, colourful tale of love against the odds. Marry Me, Marry My Family is the amazing story of cross-cultural weddings in Australia. This 3 x1 hour TV series follows a wildly diverse cast of couples as they try to straddle the gulf between cultures and the gap between their parents' expectations and their own dreams.
30-year-old Armenian Christian bride Nancy is marrying 37-year-old Indian Hindu groom Ashu in a high Christian wedding in the Armenian Church. Nancy’s family has struggled to accept the union, so much so that Nancy and her mother didn’t speak to each other for 18 months. Now the families are trying to come together in time for the wedding day. While in Adelaide, 40-year-old skip truck driver Mark is marrying 37-year-old sustainability expert, Wambui in a ceremony in Kenya. Mark has only travelled overseas once before to Hawaii. He is in for a culture shock in Nairobi when the first task is to negotiate a goat dowry for his bride.
35-year-old Sri Lankan Hindu Lalith, has gone against his parents wishes for an arranged marriage and chosen 35-year-old Chinese Australian, Louise. His parents refuse to speak to her and they won’t be attending the wedding. Lalith has a tough job on his hands trying to persuade his parents to acknowledge his bride-to-be before the big day. 21-year-old childhood sweethearts, Derian and Jye are planning an extravagant, three day, 500-guest affair. Derian is a Macedonian Australian Muslim Gypsy and has agreed to adopt many wedding traditions to keep her family happy. Derian’s father, Izzy, has instructed easy-going Maltese Aussie, Jye that his daughter MUST be a virgin until she’s married. Izzy will find out whether Jye and Derian have kept their promise on the wedding night, when the sheets will be inspected for blood. If she is, they will celebrate with an ancient blood ceremony called a Blaga Rakija. If not, he will disown his daughter.
When 35-year-old Travis swiped right on Tinder, he found himself in a fast-moving relationship with Rabia, a Pakistani-Australian in her mid-30s. To continue the relationship, Travis had to convert to Islam and marry Rabia immediately. Rabia faces on-going struggles within her Pakistani community, particularly with her devout mother, Nadia. Nadia thinks Travis has converted purely for the sake of marriage, and fears a backlash from the gossipmongers in her Melbourne community. Meanwhile, Indigenous Wiradjuri woman Jessa plunges into Maori culture. Her wedding to important Maori leader, Areti, will be heavy on protocol, with Indigenous elders, politicians, and even royalty on the guest list. Jessa’s greatest challenge will be performing an ancient Maori song called a Waiata at the wedding reception. She’s under pressure to get it right, or risk causing offence.
The Obesity Myth challenges commonly held views of obesity by following the lives of morbidly obese patients at Melbourne’s Austin Health. Backed by new research, doctors at Austin Health are taking a new approach by treating obesity as a chronic genetic disease. Patients are told, often for the first time in their life, their weight problems are not their fault but a result of their genetic predisposition. The treatment regimen uses diet, medication and sometimes surgery to transform lives. Doing nothing isn’t an option as obese people can face an early death from obesity related illnesses.
The Obesity Myth follows the lives of morbidly obese patients at Austin Health – a public hospital which, backed by new research, treats obesity as a chronic disease caused by genetics. Challenging our misconceptions about obesity as a lifestyle choice, the episode features patients such as stroke victim Cara, former gridiron player Robert, former taxi driver Leanne and boxer Huss as they battle their biology to reclaim their lives.
The Obesity Myth follows the lives of morbidly obese patients at Austin Health – a public hospital which, backed by new research, treats obesity as a chronic disease caused by genetics. Challenging our misconceptions about obesity as a lifestyle choice, the episode features patients such as stroke victim Cara, former gridiron player Robert, former taxi driver Leanne and boxer Huss as they battle their biology to reclaim their lives.
The Obesity Myth follows the lives of morbidly obese patients at Austin Health – a public hospital which, backed by new research, treats obesity as a chronic disease caused by genetics. Challenging our misconceptions about obesity as a lifestyle choice, the episode features patients such 26-year-old Felicity, former gridiron player Robert and Wayne, whose diabetes means he faces a foot amputation, as they battle their biology to reclaim their lives.
Continuing their reverse refugee journey, six ordinary Australians travel to Kenya and Jordan to live as refugees. In Kenya, they discover the daily struggle to survive in one of the world’s biggest refugee camps, while in Jordan, they navigate life in its dire slums. Unexpectedly, the Australians are offered a chance to travel all the way to two of the world’s most dangerous cities: Goma in the Congo and Baghdad, Iraq. Will they take on the challenge?
Six ordinary Australians agree to challenge their preconceived notions about refugees and asylum seekers by embarking on a confronting refugee journey themselves for 25 days. Deprived of their wallets, phones and passports they board a smuggler’s boat, are rescued mid-ocean, experience immigration raids in Malaysia, live in Kenyan refugee camps and visit slums in Jordan before ultimately making it to the Congo and Iraq, protected by UN peacekeepers and the US military. For some of the Aussies, it’s their first time abroad. For all of them, it’s the journey of a lifetime.
Jacqui and Marina are still in the former ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, the most destroyed city in the world according to Amnesty. The human cost of liberating the city was high as the Alaisa family relatives show them where 35 of their family members were killed in a coalition airstrike. Even more confronting for the two participants is a live visit to a mass grave site on the outskirts of the city.
Two new participants join Go Back Live as we turn our attention closer to Australia. Danni and Gareth are two young Australians with very different perspectives on the way we treat refugees and asylum seekers. After living with Tamil asylum seekers in Melbourne the pair find themselves on Manus Island where they are confronted with the Australian policy of offshore detention. We also cross live to Nauru and hear the traumatic stories of refugees detained on the island with nowhere to go.
Back in South Sudan Spida and Meshel join a Blue Helmets patrol protecting women collecting firewood from Bentui POC. They also visit a maternity clinic for displaced women.
Gretel and Steve have made their way by boat from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos, the epicentre of refugee boat arrivals into Europe. They experience the horror of the crowded refugee camps where thousands are living in limbo in shocking conditions.
In our final crosses we speak with all the participants and see whether their dramatic refugee experience has changed their views.
Go Back to Where You Came From Live is a bold adaption of SBS’s most successful factual format. The fundamental premise remains the same, to send Australians with strong views on refugees and asylum seekers on a confronting refugee journey. The simple aim is to challenge their opinions by walking in the footsteps of refugees. The series has no agenda other than to provoke more informed debate and discussion.
Undertaking the refugee experience are former senator Jacqui Lambie, refugee lawyer Marina Brizar, former AFL star Spida Everitt, comedian Meshel Laurie, prison youth worker Steve, presenter Gretel Killeen, and young Australians Dannii and Gareth.
The first six participants begin their immersive experience meeting refugee families in Australia. Former Senator Jacqui Lambie and refugee lawyer Marina Brizar spend time with the Alaisa family, Syrian refugees now living safely in Sydney. We then cross to Jacqui and Marina as they go back to Syria. Having just experienced life on the frontline in the fight against ISIS we cross as they try to find - in real time - the Alaisa family’s bombed out home in Raqqa.
Meanwhile former AFL star Spida Everett and comedian Meshel Laurie have spent time with a South Sudanese family in Melbourne where they confront the issue of African ‘gangs’ head on. We then cross live to Spida and Jacqui as they find themselves in South Sudan at a POC (Protection of Civilians) camp, now the second largest ‘city’ in the country housing over a hundred thousand displaced people.
In Turkey we cross live to prison youth worker Steve and presenter Gretel Killeen as they experience the border region close to the besieged Syrian city of Idlib. Back in Australia they have lived with the Nakour family, Syrian refugees living in Sydney.
During the live telecast we cross to a series of social media UGC stories where Ray and Janice speak directly to refugees in crisis areas around the world.
Jacqui Lambie and refugee lawyer Marina Brizar are in Raqqa following a live demining team. Raqqa is a city riddled with the lethal explosive devices after they were planted by departing ISIS fighters. The two participants have also visited the notorious square where ISIS publicly beheaded civilians. The experience is likely to be especially confronting for Jacqui who never saw active service during her time in the Australian army.
In Bentui POC Spida Everett and Meshel Laurie try to find the long lost sister of Jeffah. She and her brother haven’t seen each other for more than twenty years. In another continent Gretel and Steve have travelled to the north coast of Turkey to meet the aunt of 3 year-old drowning victim Alan Kurdi who retells the tragic story that became front-page news around the world. They then begin a boat journey - in real time - from the Turkish coast toward the Greek island of Lesbos. The conditions may look benign but an estimated 13,500 refugees have died since 2015 making similar journeys to Europe.
Gretel and Steve’s journey is particularly relevant with Australia’s Operation Sovereign Borders policy gaining world attention for its effectiveness in deterring refugees.
We cross to more social media and self-filmed stories where Ray and Janice speak directly to refugees in crisis areas around the world. Go Back Live will be crossing to refugees in Afghanistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Venezuela, Idlib and other locations.
Six ordinary Australians move in with Burmese refugees in Malaysia and are confronted by the harsh realities of their daily struggle to survive. As they forge emotional bonds, the Australians are shocked to learn the Burmese are in constant fear of arrest. During a midnight immigration raid it becomes clear why.
Six ordinary Australians agree to challenge their preconceived notions about asylum seekers and refugees by living like refugees for 25 days. They move in with real refugees building a new life in Australia, before taking a perilous journey to unknown shores on a leaky boat.
