This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with legendary Australian, Basil Zempilas.

Basil is recognised as one of Australia’s best-known sports commentators and for years brought us all the high drama of Olympic and Commonwealth Games events, as well as covering AFL matches.

In 2020 he was elected the Lord Mayor of Perth.

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with legendary Australian, Rob Sitch.

Sitch is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian. He is known for his 1990s comedy series Frontline, and the long-running comedy series Utopia

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis revisits an old chat with Derryn Hinch. 

Born in New Zealand, Hinch is a media personality, politician, actor, journalist and published author.

He is best known for his career in Australia, on Melbourne radio and television.

He served as a Senator for Victoria from 2016 to 2019. 

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with legendary Australian, Andy Lee. 

A comedian, television presenter, musician and children's writer. He is known for working alongside Hamish Blake as part of the comedy duo Hamish & Andy.

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with Kevin & Janetta from channel 9's hit show, 'Travel Guides.'

The couple have been traveling for over 40 years and know exactly what they want. They love ships, five star accommodation, business class travel and the luxuries high-end travel has to offer, but is it all its cracked up to be?  

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with legendary Australian, television and radio journalist, Nick McCallum.

As a broadcast journalist, McCallum works as a senior reporter with the Seven Network and as a part-time presenter for Melbourne radio station 3AW. 

He has also had an extensive career in the United states and Europe, and has covered stories all over the world

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with legendary Australian, John Blackman.

John is an Australian radio and television presenter, voice-artist and comedy writer and author.

He is most widely known for his voice-over work on comedy variety show 'Hey Hey It's Saturday'.

He discusses his career, and ongoing health challenges and battles with cancer. 

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with a legendary Australian, Don Elgin. 

A country boy from Victoria, Don was born without the lower half of his left leg but this didn’t stop him from developing a passion for sport.

Don Elgin is a Paralympian who is well known and much loved for his larrikin, down-to-earth nature and highly respected for his many achievements on and off the field. 

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with a legendary organistion, Legacy. 

Legacy is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, and to commemorate, theres a torch relay going on that first started on the battle fields of France. 

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This week on Great Australian Lives Craig Willis catches up Robert DiPierdomenico or Dipper. 

Dipper is a retired AFL footballer who represented Hawthorn in the (AFL) from the 1970s to the 1990s.

He is one of the most successful Italian Australians to play Australian football, and his contribution to the game was recognized by selection in the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century.

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