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03 | Saga Land | The story of Gisli

In the remote north-west of Iceland, Kári Gislason and Richard Fidler follow in the doomed footsteps of Gísli, the most uncompromising of the saga heroes – this is a tale about the complexity of family life, and the difficult choices which can come with it. Back in Reykjavik, Kári begins to unravel the knotty threads of his own Icelandic heritage and is suddenly faced with a choice.Credits:Writers - Richard Fidler and Kari GislasonProducer -  Richard FidlerSound Engineer - Steve FieldhouseMusic composition - Richard FidlerSaga Land is written by Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason, published by Harper Collins/ABC Books, 2018

02 | Saga Land | The story of Gudrun

Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason continue their travels across Iceland to tell the ancient Viking sagas; tales of love, war and humanity. This episode tells the story of Gudrun, the most beautiful woman in Iceland and the two men who loved her. Kari and Richard also continue to try and piece together the mysterious and tantalising threads of Kari’s Icelandic family history. Credits:Writers - Richard Fidler and Kari GislasonProducer -  Richard FidlerSound Engineer - Steve FieldhouseMusic composition - Richard FidlerSaga Land is written by Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason, published by Harper Collins/ABC Books, 2018

01 | Saga Land | The story of Gunnar

Broadcaster and author Richard Fidler, with this friend the writer Kari Gislasen, travel across Iceland to discover the Sagas – the ancient tales of Viking love, war and humanity.  This episode tells the story a famous Viking warrior, Gunnar, and his destructive love affair with the most beautiful and dangerous woman in Iceland, Hallgerd. And Richard and Kari have another mission during their time in Iceland: to try and find out if Kari is related the one of the country’s greatest saga writers.Credits:Writers - Richard Fidler and Kari GislasonProducer -  Richard FidlerSound Engineer - Steve FieldhouseMusic composition - Richard FidlerSaga Land is written by Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason, published by Harper Collins/ABC Books, 2018

08| Remember Me | The middle of the air

If a friend sent you a farewell text, saying she was planning to end her life, what would you do? Jennie’s response was to go and sing with Nia and promise to tell her story. Nia has scleroderma, her skin and lungs have hardened over the last 20 years, the pain and discomfort has now become unbearable. But thanks to the Voluntary Assisted Dying laws that Nia helped establish she will have the death she hopes for.  

07 | Remember Me | The Sceptic

Sunil Badami's mother loved telling him stories of his colourful uncle, India's best-known sceptic, who devoted his life to disproving fraudulent gurus' "miracles" by eating fire, bending forks and floating mid-air. But at the heart of the Sceptic's magic was a disappearing act.