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Synopsis

Presented with humour and verve, Australian Encounters celebrates ten historic encounters, each between a renowned Australian and an international mover and shaker.

Episodes

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1. Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974Now viewing2013-07-303mPresented with humour & verve, Australian Encounters celebrates historic encounters between a renowned Australian & an international mover & shaker. This episode recounts when Bob Hawke met Frank Sinatra in 1974.
2. Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 19192013-08-063mIt was 1919 and the world's statesmen were gathered at Versailles to redraw the map of the world. Australia had sacrificed much blood to win the peace, and Billy Hughes was there to see it got its fair share of the spoils.
3. Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 19142013-08-133mIn December 1914, an athletic young Hawaiian strode across the beach at Freshwater, a stretch of sand between Manly and Curl Curl. He was about to perform a feat never before seen in Australia: surfing!
4. Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 19022013-08-203mThe imperious Australian soprano and the effusive Italian tenor had transformed La Boheme from a slow burn sleeper into a blockbuster hit that's still putting bums on seats a century later. Their double act was sensational.
5. Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 19372013-08-273mHerr Hitler was busy in the Rhineland, so Joseph Aloysius Lyons decided to pay a visit to Signor Mussolini instead. It was 1935 and collecting dictators was de rigueur for Australian politicians on visits to Europe.
6. Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 19582013-09-103mJust before Christmas, 1958, Rupert Murdoch, then aged 27, met a sensitive young Tamil on the dodge from the immigration authorities. A poor scholar with black skin, Kamahl's days in White Australia were numbered.
7. George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 19602013-10-083mIn the backroom bar of the Katsikas brothers' grocery store, amid tins of olive oil and sacks of flour, a young unknown Canadian poet met an Australian expatriate named George Johnston.
8. Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 19872013-10-153mKylie Minogue met Michael Hutchence at a bash after the Countdown Awards in 1987. By the time their two-year affair ended, it had transformed a singing budgie into a femme fatale, and set Kylie's course towards pop divadom.
9. Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 19682013-10-223mTwenty-year-old boxer Lionel Rose was in Los Angeles to defend his world bantamweight title. When he received the message that Elvis wanted to meet him, he jumped under the shower and drove straight to the MGM lot.
10. Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 18802013-10-293mIn 1880, an unschooled Catholic bushman and a Protestant judge traded points, back and forth, neither ultimately persuading the other. "Edward Kelly," concluded Redmond Barry, "I hereby sentence you to death by hanging."

Cast

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Geoffrey Rush
Himself - Narrator

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How many seasons does Australian Encounters have?

Australian Encounters has 1 season and 10 episodes.

When did Australian Encounters first air?

Australian Encounters first aired in 2013.

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Australian Encounters is classified as Animation, Documentary.