The Best of George Negus - Season 1 / Year 2024
Season 1 / Year 2024
Episodes
The Real Thing (1983)
George Negus travels to the heart of French champagne to understand what makes the beverage so special and why the Champegnoise guard their secret and name so passionately.
Riding High (1979)
George Negus explores how the surfing industry, once considered a sport for drop-outs and flower children, morphed into a lucrative business.
The Fugitive (1981)
George Negus meets a prison escapee who makes startling claims about police corruption.
The Killing Ground (1981)
George Negus reports on a potential Vietnam-type crisis flaring up in El Salvador, where secret death squads roam the streets every night.
The Woman at No.10 (1981)
George Negus goes face to face with the Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher, ahead of her visit to Australia.
The Forgotten War (1980)
George Negus goes on the frontlines of the Morocco War with the Algerian-backed Polisario guerillas on patrol for five gruelling days and nights in the Sahara Desert.
A Woman's Place (1981)
George Negus explores the complex problem of wife-beating, where he talks not just to victims but to men who admit their guilt without really understanding what drives them to such violence.
Islands of Innocence (1983)
George Negus visits the Galapagos Islands, the very place that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
In the Name of Allah (1982)
George Negus and the 60 Minutes team go right to the heart of Iran's revolution, where, as the first Western TV crew allowed in the country since the violence started, they witnessed the catastrophic consequences of war.
Little People (1980)
George Negus meets some little people to talk about the hotly divisive issue around having children with the risk that they may be handicapped.
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