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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr.) ; 349657449 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*The hit ABC TV series, Making Australia Happy, proved that science can make individuals happy in just two months. Now, Making Couples Happy is raising the stakes. Can it also work for couples? Four ordinary Australian couples embark on a confronting and challenging eight week journey to happiness and relationship fulfilment.Two weeks into the eight-week experiment and the experts focus on the couples' communication styles - both verbal and non-verbal. John takes the couples to an archery range. This may seem like tempting fate, but he wants to show them how focusing on the positives rather than the negatives pays dividends in both archery and relationships.Desiree lines up an unorthodox communication lesson for Alison and Paul in an Aikido studio, where they learn that the principle behind the martial art - 'yield to win' - is also at the heart of successful relationships. But when Desiree discovers that it's a challenge for Alison to even hold Paul's hand, the scale of the barriers the experts face becomes clear.Paula and Steve are shocked to learn from Anna-Louise that 85% of all communication is non-verbal, and they put the research to the test by identifying happy couples randomly from their body language, and discovering their secrets for a happy relationship.As the couples receive their scores four weeks into the experiment, some have increased, but others have taken a tumble. The next four weeks will be crucial to their future happiness.PRODUCTION DETAILS:MAKING COUPLES HAPPY :) is an Heiress Films, Screen Australia documentary program, developed and produced in association with Screen NSW, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Producer: Jennifer Cummins Executive Producer: Daryl Karp Series Director: Phil Kemp ABC Commissioning Editor: Karina Holden |
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Broadcast 2013-02-21 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Body language -- Testing.
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Interpersonal communication -- Study and teaching.
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Interpersonal relations -- Research.
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Marriage counseling -- Evaluation.
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Married people -- Psychology.
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New South Wales.
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Streaming video
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Kemp, Phil, director
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Wenham, David, cast
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