About this season
Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus Route. And Memory Bike Path. Julia and her guest will make their way from the seat of childhood memories, the family home, through the surrounding neighbourhood and all the way to the school gate, reliving formative moments, talking about life, love and achievement, about the past, present and future. What Julia discovers about her guests will explain, well, almost everything. Time-travelling guests Carl Barron, Noeline Brown, John Safran, Alan Brough and Shane Jacobson will share with Julia where they stacked their first bike, stole their first kiss and learned the art of a withering comeback.
Episodes (10)
1. Rebecca Gibney
Aired 2 May 2018 • 31 min
Julia Zemiro visits the much-loved actress Rebecca Gibney in her hometown of Wellington, New Zealand, where they explore her tumultuous childhood at the hands of her alcoholic father.
2. Maggie Beer
Aired 9 May 2018 • 28 min
The kitchen Maggie Beer made famous in The Cook and the Chef may be in the heart of the Barossa Valley, but our most beloved foodie meets up with Julia where she grew up in Sydney's Lakemba.
3. Professor Brian Cox
Aired 16 May 2018 • 30 min
On a freezing day in a park in Manchester, Julia meets with broadcaster and scientist Brian Cox. From there they travel to his school, meet a favourite teacher, and talk about his career in music, physics and broadcasting.
4. Louis Theroux
Aired 30 May 2018 • 31 min
Louis Theroux takes Julia Zemiro to the site of his formative years in South London, Westminster and Brixton. They visit his old home, his school, and the famous Brixton Academy, where he saw many famous bands.
5. Barrie Cassidy
Aired 6 June 2018 • 31 min
Barrie Cassidy takes Julia back to his childhood home in Chiltern in Victoria's goldrush country. He describes his father's war experience and shows Julia a house that once had no running water in the kitchen.
6. Raelene Boyle
Aired 13 June 2018 • 28 min
Former track and field star Raelene Boyle takes Julia to her childhood home and to her primary school in Coburg Victoria, where they chat about her early family life and the beginnings of her sporting career.
7. Germaine Greer
Aired 11 July 2018 • 29 min
Germaine Greer's first home was in Melbourne's Sandringham, a place she doesn't remember with fondness. But having come to the UK in 1964, she shows Julia through her haunts in her now home, Cambridge.
8. Dave Faulkner
Aired 27 June 2018 • 28 min
Dave Faulkner, lead singer and songwriter of much-loved band the Hoodoo Gurus, goes back to Western Australia to show Julia some of the pivotal locations of his childhood, and chat about his musical beginnings.
9. Nicky Winmar
Aired 4 July 2018 • 29 min
Nicky Winmar is an AFL hero and one of the best Indigenous players ever to kick a Sherrin football. With Nicky as her guest, Julia travels to Pingelly, 158ks outside of Perth in the West Australian wheat belt.
10. Catherine McGregor
Aired 20 June 2018 • 30 min
Julia meets transgender writer, commentator, and former military officer Cate McGregor in Toowoomba, visiting her childhood home and high school, where Cate talks about her life dealing with gender dysphoria.