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*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and voices of people who have died*The Sydney Olympics delivered heroes and unforgettable moments. But there was one event that gathered up the Australian community as one, and made them all feel good at the same time. If you're an Australian, you'll be able to answer this question: where were you when Cathy Freeman ran in the 400 metres final? John asks all of the people interviewed for this series what it meant. And he asks Cathy.Since the 1950s and 60s, the great Australian sports experience has shifted from playing sport to watching it. Television wants live sport and more live sport - with a very strong preference for male team sport. But the healthy, egalitarian society we think all this televised sport is reflecting, is in trouble. And sport is often funded by the problem.Australia still competes at the highest level, but it's more complicated - Cadel Evans is an Italian and French-speaking Australian Swiss resident with an American employer.Away from the professional and international arena, community sport, mainly football and netball, is gathering pace, the common ground and the social glue across a lot of rural Australia. Sub-cultural sports in the suburbs provide a sense of connection and community for people who don't find it in traditional sport. Legions of mum and dad volunteers prop up an industry in kids' sport that is more about keeping kids active and healthy and away from screens than it is about producing champions.Champions emerge, just as they always have - champions of the past like Pat Rafter and Cathy Freeman. And champions of the future like Ellie Cole.John asks some of the greatest athletes this nation has ever produced how they achieved such prodigious deeds and why sport is important. And the answers are not what you'd think.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Written and presented by John Clarke. Produced by Andrea Denholm and Lavinia Riachi. Director: Bruce Permezel. Executive Producer: Laura Waters. Original music: Julian Langdon. Edited by Ian Carmichael. A Princess Pictures production in association with Screen Australia developed and produced in association with ABC and Film Victoria |
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Broadcast 2012-07-08 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Athletes -- Biography.
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Celebrities -- Interviews.
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Olympics -- Social aspects.
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Popular culture.
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Sports -- Finance.
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Sports for women.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Permezel, Bruce, director
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Clarke, John, host
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