About this season
Rachel Griffiths puts the power of art to the ultimate test, one artwork and one war at a time.
Episodes (5)
1. Gallipoli
Aired 18 November 2025 • 30 min
Rachel Griffiths follows in the footsteps of director Peter Weir to understand how his 1981 blockbuster film unintentionally brought an ailing Anzac legend roaring back to life.
2. Vietnam
Aired 25 November 2025 • 29 min
Rachel Griffiths sits down with some Aussie rock legends, and heads to the jungles of Vietnam in a bid to understand the music that united a divided nation.
3. Afghanistan
Aired 2 December 2025 • 29 min
Rachel Griffiths meets artist Ben Quilty to explore the art that not only exposes what happens when the war is over, but helps veterans and their loved ones heal from it.
4. Changi
Aired 9 December 2025 • 28 min
Rachel Griffiths visits the Burma-Thailand Railway that has become synonymous with WWII Prisoners of War. But a dusty piano in storage at the Australian War Memorial reveals something she could never have imagined.
5. The Australian Wars
Aired 16 December 2025 • 28 min
A country music hit, a forgotten 1880s sketchbook and a monologue that went viral expose wars fought on Australian soil, and an ongoing culture of resistance.