Shaun is back to return to the roots of well known comedians and celebrities – not Homer’s Odyssey, but an Origin Odyssey!
Announced as returning for a second season last year, Origin Odyssey sees Shaun travel with his guests to their ancestral homelands, uncovering history and stories along the way, along with a dose of Shaun’s humor.
This season, Shaun is travelling with Pia Miranda, Tony Armstrong, Kate Langbroek, Luke McGregor, Denise Scott and Matt Okine, visiting Ghana, Germany, Jamaica, Scotland, Ireland and Italy to discover some road-less-travelled family heritages.
Season Two of Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey starts 7:30pm Tuesday 18 August on SBS, and can also be seen on SBS On Demand. Season One is already on SBS On Demand!
I think Origin Odyssey is a neat way to highlight Australia’s global community and to offer insights into geography and history and culture and genes and nurturing of presented personalities. It would be interesting to move beyond comedians and known celebrities to those who have contributed in other ways to the country and from places a beet rooting bulldozer could not dream of let alone pronounce.