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This April, 91Èȱ¬ World News premiers a new series of Peschardt’s People. Viewers will get to take a closer look at the lives of some of the most interesting and influential personalities across the Asia-Pacific region. The new series, which lasts 26 weeks, has been filmed across the world in India, the Middle East, Korea, Japan, the UK, New Zealand, Thailand and Singapore.

Over the past six years, Peschardt’s People has become an integral part of the 91Èȱ¬ World News schedule. Previous guests have included Robert De Niro, the Royal Family of Bahrain, Toni Collette and Sir Edmund Hillary.

Michael Peschardt is a former Senior Foreign Correspondent with 91Èȱ¬ News who has made the relaxed, informal but revealing interview style of Peschardt’s People his trademark.  Spending an average of three days with each of his guests, he interviews them about the people, places, and issues that really matter to them, encouraging them to open up and talk sincerely and passionately about their lives.

In the first programme of the new series, due for transmission on 17 April, Michael interviews Dr Chris O’Brien, the former Head of the Sydney Cancer Centre, whose life has been turned upside down since the discovery of a cancerous tumour in his brain. He talks with courage, dignity and breath-taking honesty about the approach of death – what it means to him and his family and what others might learn from his experiences.

Other Antipodeans to be featured in the new series include Greg Norman and New Zealand’s Georgina Beyer, the world’s first transsexual member of parliament.

Transmission times

Fridays from 17 April: 0330 GMT (excl. South Asia, Asia Pacific and the Middle East), 0830, 1430 (excl. the Middle East), 2030 and 2230 GMT
Repeated: Sundays: 0630 GMT (excl. South Asia and Europe)