The trailer has dropped for Zan Rowe’s ‘Take 5’ TV Series.
Lifelong music fanatic and beloved host Zan Rowe is bringing her popular award-winning Double J radio show and podcast, Take 5 with Zan Rowe to screens next month.
Take 5 with Zan Rowe will premiere on Tuesday, 20 September at 8pm on ABC TV and ABC iview, with a trailer also dropping today giving fans an idea of what to expect.
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“You can learn a lot about someone from their mixtape. Across five episodes, icons in music and screen join Zan to delve deep into intimate moments in their lives as they share five songs they love and explore their connection to this curated soundtrack of their lives,” the synopsis reads.
Musicians like Keith Urban, Tori Amos and Missy Higgins will feature on the series, alongside acclaimed actor Guy Pearce and the one and only Tony Armstrong.
“From acclaimed actor Guy Pearce exploring the impact of losing his father at a young age, to music icon Keith Urban sharing his unexpected passion for electronic music and the story of finding himself at rock bottom with nothing to lose. And, in a deeply personal conversation, Missy Higgins opens up to Zan in an extraordinary interview you won’t forget.
“While Australia’s favourite sports presenter, the charismatic Tony Armstrong shares life lessons and the highs and extreme lows of his AFL career, and finally, the legendary Tori Amos talks about her fight to be heard as a woman in music, the endemic nature of sexual assault and how the fight continues.”
Using music as the blueprint to the lives of each guest, expect intimate, revelation fueled conversations that cast the people you know in a whole new light.
“Music, just like smell or taste, is sensory memory. We’ve all had those experiences where we hear a song and we’re transported back to an exact moment in our life,” Zan says.
All filtered through the universal language of music, Take 5 with Zan Rowe is where the power of music meets the power of human vulnerability.
Take 5 with Zan Rowe Episodes
- Episode 1: Guy Pearce, Tuesday 20 September, 8pm ABC TV & ABC iview
- Episode 2: Keith Urban, Tuesday 27 September, 8pm ABC TV & ABC iview
- Episode 3: Missy Higgins, Tuesday 4 October, 8pm ABC TV & ABC iview
- Episode 4: Tony Armstrong, Tuesday 11 October, 8pm ABC TV & ABC iview
- Episode 5: Tori Amos, Tuesday 18 October, 8pm ABC TV & ABC iview
Take 5 with Zan Rowe, screening Tuesdays at 8pm on ABC TV and ABC iview, is part of ABC’s commitment to Arts content and providing a home for the national conversation around visual and performance art, books, films, and music.
