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| Road to Now | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Simon Nasht |
| Directed by | Nick Warnsbrough |
| Narrated by | Chris Bath |
| Theme music composer | Sony Emi |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Alan Erson |
| Producer | Alice Taylor |
| Editor | Jim Wilkes |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Production company | Wildbear Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 26 May – 30 June 2020 |
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Road to Now is a six-part Australian documentary about the post–Cold War era, hosted by Australian journalist Chris Bath. It was produced by Wildbear Entertainment in collaboration with the ABC, which broadcast the show in 2020.
The show predominantly draws on footage from ABC news and current affairs shows, interspersed with commentary from former leaders, academics and journalists including Melina Abdullah, Christiane Amanpour, Helen Clark, Gareth Evans, Niall Ferguson, Thomas Friedman, John Howard, Yascha Mounk and Malala Yousafzai.
In each episode, Bath describes various interrelated events which occurred between the end of the Cold War, an optimistic period when many believed Western values and the free market had triumphed, and the current period marked by conflict and illiberalism.[1]
Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, Ben Pobjie described the series as a fine example of a deep-dive historical perspective, which although did not reveal much particularly new, nevertheless showed how unrecognisable the immediate post–Cold War era is to the current day.[2] Inside Story's Jane R. Goodall criticised the script and Chris Bath's leaden delivery, which often lacked sufficiently deep perspective and failed to marshal structural and thematic clarity.[3]
- ^ "ABC Media Release". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "ABC doco Road To Now is a sobering reminder of how fast history moves". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Chaos is Come Again". Inside Story. Retrieved 21 June 2020.