Top-rated
Thu, May 30, 1991
Clive James returns to the place where he and Mozart were born, but the Germans won't admit it. Along the way he meets personalities from that era including Ita Butrose, yet to be elevated as manager of the ABC decades later. Luna Park is a sad ruin abandoned after the ghost train fire; Opera in the Park was still good opera before it became deafening salsa; Peter Doyle showcases his restaurant on the harbour and Len Evans introduce Clive to spitting out wine after tasting. Ending with a showdown at Bondi with an Iron Man.