When the War is Over
TV Show · Documentary

Rachel Griffiths puts the power of art to the ultimate test, one artwork and one war at a time, exploring how pop culture and art can help us understand and heal from war.

2025 · 29m
Starring Rachel Griffiths
Director Sophie Meyrick

Season 1

  • Gallipoli
    EPISODE 1
    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.
    29m
  • Vietnam
    EPISODE 2
    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.
    28m
  • Afghanistan
    EPISODE 3
    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.
    28m
  • Changi
    EPISODE 4
    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.
    27m
  • Australian Wars
    EPISODE 5
    Australian Wars
    A country music hit; a forgotten 1880s sketchbook; a monologue that went viral expose wars fought on Australian soil; an ongoing culture of resistance.
    27m

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  • Stephanie In the Water
  • Annabel Crabb's Civic Duty

Cast & Crew

  • Rachel Griffiths
    Host
  • S‌M
    Sophie Meyrick
    Director
  • I‌B
    Ili Bare
    Producer
  • D‌G
    Dan Goldberg
    Producer
  • Rachel Griffiths
    Producer
  • C‌G
    Craig Graham
    Producer

About

When the War is Over

Documentary

Rachel Griffiths puts the power of art to the ultimate test, one artwork and one war at a time, exploring how pop culture and art can help us understand and heal from war.

Information

Studio
ABCTN
Released
2025

Languages

Subtitles

English (Australia) (CC, SDH)

Accessibility

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Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

Europe

  • Armenia
  • Österreich
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (Français)
  • Deutschland
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg (English)
  • Malta
  • Moldova, Republic Of
  • Nederland
  • Norway
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  • Portugal (Português)
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  • Slovenia
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  • Sverige
  • Schweiz
  • Türkiye (English)
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

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  • Antigua and Barbuda
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  • Virgin Islands, British
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  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
  • Ecuador (Español)
  • El Salvador (Español)
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala (Español)
  • Honduras (Español)
  • México
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