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Can We Help? is an audience-driven series with the questions and stories coming from viewers at home. If there is someone that you have lost contact with, a moment in time you have wondered about, a little mystery in life that has always puzzled you or a word origin you can’t fathom, all you have to do is get in touch, email us by clicking on the Ask Us A Question button.
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This series, our audience will have access to experts such as Health Expert Dr Norman Swan, Organic Gardner Josh Byrne, Weather Specialist Neil Bennett, Numismatist Andrew Crellin, Mathematician Adam Spencer, Wine Writer and Author Peter Forrestal, Environmental Toxicologist Dr Peter Dingle and Stress Phobia specialist Clare Rees. So if you have a question for any of our experts, please let us know and we’ll get our experts to work on it!
The Can We Help? team often receives calls where they need to turn to the experts to find the answers. We have sought out some of the best experts Australia has to offer including: Film expert James Sherlock, Social Trends expert Demograper Bernard Salt, Environmental & Nutrional Toxicologist Peter Dingle, Paleontologist Ken McNamara, Cricket expert Justin Langer & Gardening expert Peter Cundall. We also have experts in wine, world records, coins, marine life, fitness & psychology. So if you have a question for one or all of our experts then ask away!
As fanciful as ‘migrant brides’ and ‘bride ships’ might sound, they are a fact of Australian history, and we go back to a moment in time to find out more.
Dr Norman Swan dulcet Scottish tones grace the health report on ABC’s Radio National and he can’t wait to answer your questions.
Does the adjective ‘suddenly’ make “all of a sudden” an acceptable phrase? Is it correct to pronounce ‘H’ as ‘Haitch’ and what is the origin of the expression “getting the sack”? Our word expert, Kate Burridge answers your questions.
This week Pete Investigates, how wigs are made with the help of Wig Maker Andrew Barnett. Andrew’s family have been in the wig making business for one hundred and twelve year’s, which is a small chink in the timeline of the wig and its history.
These are the little questions that you can't find the answers to on a wide range of subjects... When was the Haka first used at an international rugby game?
Dennis Butler has wanted to meet his father ever since the day he was taken from him when he was only two years old. Dennis went in search of his father and got a lot more than he bargained for.
More about Peter Rowsthorn and the Can We Help? expert panel.
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Next week on Can We Help? What was the world’s first car? Why do we say bless you when someone sneezes? We go prehistoric and speak to Paul Willis from Catalyst and Pete finds out why wedding cakes are costing us the big bucks. And Nigel Stafford fulfils his life-long dream to have a beer with his Dad who he hasn’t seen for 34 years. Friday 6:30pm
| 6:00 | My Family |
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| 6:30 | Gardening Australia |
| 7:00 | ABC News (NSW) |
| 7:30 | Wild At Heart |
| 8:20 | Collectors (Shorts) |
| 8:25 | ABC News (National) |
| 8:30 | The Bill |
| 10:05 | ABC News (National) |
| 10:10 | Silent Witness |
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