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Elders
Based on Andrew Denton's television series of the same name, ELDERS is an exploration of the successes and failures, opportunities and formative experiences that are learned over a lifetime.
For his ABC television series ELDERS, Andrew Denton interviewed twelve diverse but well-known people over the age of 65, with the express aim of discovering what lessons they have learned in their lives and what values they have come to cherish most. the conversations were surprising, illuminating, humorous, thoughtful and candid. It was compelling television, and it makes inspiring and riveting reading. All the interviews from both series feature in this book, which also includes material that never made it to air. Alan Alda, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Muhammad Yunus, Bob Hawke, Sir David Attenborough, Isabel Allende, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Clive James, Father Des Reid, Helen thomas, Richard Dawkins and Helen Bamber
For his ABC television series ELDERS, Andrew Denton interviewed twelve diverse but well-known people over the age of 65, with the express aim of discovering what lessons they have learned in their lives and what values they have come to cherish most. the conversations were surprising, illuminating, humorous, thoughtful and candid. It was compelling television, and it makes inspiring and riveting reading. All the interviews from both series feature in this book, which also includes material that never made it to air. Alan Alda, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Muhammad Yunus, Bob Hawke, Sir David Attenborough, Isabel Allende, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Clive James, Father Des Reid, Helen thomas, Richard Dawkins and Helen Bamber
272 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2010
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March 23, 2017
There are some thought provoking moments in this book which is a series of interviews by Andrew Denton based on his TV show. What becomes annoying is that Denton wants to be part of the 'act' and is not always content to allow the person being interviewed to tell their story their way. To be fair though the book does include parts where the interviewee is clearly becoming annoyed with Denton. I also never got over the feeling that is was a cynical money making exercise to rehash interviews in a book form. Not a great achievement.
January 23, 2024
Was nice to read the perspectives of different people when asked similar questions, and people of a prominent profile. This is a dated book (given by a friend from a street library) however interesting to note despite the years, a lot of contemporary relevant themes. The interviewing style is classic Denton which is a bit abrupt and left of field which can either yield a lot of good conversation or go the other way and make people put up walls, which was evident. Refreshing through to see transcripts showing the good bad and the ugly, including the awkwardness!
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