Sophie Meyrick
Director
When The War Is Over (2025)
Season 1
Rachel Griffiths puts the power of art to the ultimate test, one artwork and one war at a time.
Released Nov. 18, 2025
Episode 28 min
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S1E1 - Gallipoli
Rachel Griffiths follows in the footsteps of director Peter Weir to understand how his 1981 blockbuster film unintentionally brought an ailing Anzac legend roaring back to life.
Nov. 18, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - Vietnam
Rachel Griffiths sits down with some Aussie rock legends, and heads to the jungles of Vietnam in a bid to understand the music that united a divided nation.
Nov. 25, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - Afghanistan
Rachel Griffiths meets artist Ben Quilty to explore the art that not only exposes what happens when the war is over, but helps veterans and their loved ones heal from it.
Dec. 2, 2025, midnight
S1E4 - Changi
Rachel Griffiths visits the Burma-Thailand Railway that has become synonymous with WWII Prisoners of War. But a dusty piano in storage at the Australian War Memorial reveals something she could never have imagined.
Dec. 9, 2025, midnight
S1E5 - The Australian Wars
A country music hit, a forgotten 1880s sketchbook and a monologue that went viral expose wars fought on Australian soil, and an ongoing culture of resistance.
Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 28 min.
Season Runtime: 144 min.
Released: Nov. 18, 2025
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: PG
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