Conversations with Richard Fidler

Vietnam veteran Gary McKay is one of Australian's foremost oral historians.

Sydney Archeologist Dr Estelle Lazer has spent much of her time knee-deep in the bones of the citizens of Pompeii.

Jim Frazier OAM is a pioneer of wildlife cinematography.

Professor Mac Christie is one of the leading scientists working on the science of drug addiction and chronic pain. Annabel Crabb has a good ear for the absurdities and bluster in federal parliament.

Ray Martin has been appearing in Australian living rooms for four decades now.

Debby Cox was a zoo keeper at Taronga Zoo, and is now one of the world's foremost experts on the handling, care and conservation of chimpanzees.

Michael Bobka grew up in East Germany, with only a vague idea of what life was like in the west.

Bird biologist Dr Glen Chilton has travelled all over the world looking for specimens of the extinct Labrador Duck. Mark Tully is on a different mission - to save all endangered domestic livestock in Australia.

Tamara Davis is something of a science superhero, and she's in the search of dark energy.

Professor Graham Martin OAM is director of the Centre for Suicide Prevention Studies at the University of Queensland.

George Friedman is a political scientist, strategic thinker and futurist.

Barry Humphries and Dame Edna have been part of our lives for five decades.

Deacon Gary Stone served as a senior officer in the Australian Army, and is now a military chaplain on call to travel to scenes of devastation anywhere in the world.

Richard Glover and his friend Phillip Clarke spent ten years building a house out of mud bricks.

Lynne Tietzel knows her cheeses, particularly those made by small producers dotted around Australia.

Chef and food writer Stephanie Alexander believes good food is so much more than something nice on a plate.

Barry Tuckwell is one of the world's great french horn players and conductors, and Director of the Melba Foundation, which showcases Australian artists to the world.

Writer Iola Mathews thought she was "all washed up" in her fifties but now she's discovered a whole new lease of life.

Grant Page is known in the movie industry as one of the most fearless stuntmen in the world.