NaN/100 votes#1 - Code of Silence
Season 28 Episode 0 - Aired 8/12/2014
Follows the twin journeys of a fervently Orthodox Jewish father and his now-secular son, after the son breaks the code of silence in Melbourne's Orthodox community and goes public with his story of being sexually abused as a student.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Joanna Lumley: The Search For Noah's Ark (Part 1)
Season 28 Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/2014
Who was Noah? When did the flood happen? Is the story really true? From Tissington Church in Britain to Mount Ararat in Turkey, the mountains of Oman and beyond, Joanna goes on a quest to unravel the truth behind the myths and legends surrounding one of the Bible’s greatest stories.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Joanna Lumley: The Search For Noah's Ark (Part 2)
Season 28 Episode 2 - Aired 3/16/2014
Who was Noah? When did the flood happen? Is the story really true? From Tissington Church in Britain to Mount Ararat in Turkey, the mountains of Oman and beyond, Joanna goes on a quest to unravel the truth behind the myths and legends surrounding one of the Bible’s greatest stories.
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#4 - The Holy Dip
Season 28 Episode 3 - Aired 3/23/2014
Three Australian families go on a pilgrimage to the oldest and largest religious festival on Earth, India’s Maha Kumbh Mela, to take a holy dip in the sacred Ganges...
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NaN/100 votes#5 - The Children Of Clonyn Castle
Season 28 Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/2014
A group of elderly European Jews reunite to tell their story of how their lives were transformed by living in an Irish castle for a year after the horrors of WW2...
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#6 - My Island Church
Season 28 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/2014
The extraordinary 100 year old story of the relationship between the Catholic Church and Tiwi Islanders...
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#7 - The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene (Part 1)
Season 28 Episode 6 - Aired 4/13/2014
Melvyn Bragg uncovers the real story behind one of the Bible's most enigmatic and controversial figures: Mary Magdalene...
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#8 - The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene (Part 2)
Season 28 Episode 7 - Aired 4/20/2014
Melvyn Bragg uncovers the real story behind one of the Bible's most enigmatic and controversial figures: Mary Magdalene...
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#9 - The Moral Compass: Anzac Special
Season 28 Episode 8 - Aired 4/27/2014
In our premiere program Geraldine and her guests grapple with thorny questions about Anzac Day: Are we glorifying war rather than honouring individual soldiers? Surrender — a seldom discussed matter. And, the highly emotional issue of the repatriation of soldiers' remains from past conflicts in faraway battlefields. She is joined by Dr Leslie Cannold, ethicist; former Army Captain James Brown, Professor Peter Stanley, a military historian and Ken Doolan, National President of the RSL.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - God In The Lodge (Part 1)
Season 28 Episode 9 - Aired 5/4/2014
God in the Lodge examines the religious beliefs of Australia’s Prime Ministers from Federation to now. In recent years our Prime Ministers’ religious beliefs have become more public but in our increasingly secular age, it’s an aspect of political life rarely explored. Part 1 (1901 – 1966) tells how our first Prime Minister’s meeting with the Pope outraged Australia’s majority Protestant population back home, how Billy Hughes fanned the flames of religious sectarianism in WW1’s conscription debates and reveals the fallout for Ben Chifley when he married outside the Catholic Church.
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#11 - God In The Lodge (Part 2)
Season 28 Episode 10 - Aired 5/11/2014
The faith, beliefs and values of Australia's prime ministers from Federation to present day. This week looks at our PMs from 1966-2014, including John Gorton, Gough Whitlam, Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.
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#12 - Twilight Songs
Season 28 Episode 11 - Aired 5/18/2014
A deeply moving story that shows how music can rekindle emotions and re-awaken memories for elderly people lost to dementia...
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#13 - My Big Fat Bar Mitzvah
Season 28 Episode 12 - Aired 5/25/2014
My Big Fat Bar Mitzvah steps inside the world of Bar and Bat Mitzvah parties, uncovering a spectacular new aspect of contemporary Australian Jewish life...
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#14 - The Return Of Jack Charles
Season 28 Episode 13 - Aired 6/1/2014
Geraldine Doogue meets veteran actor, elder and activist Jack Charles who at 72 is enjoying newfound fame and purpose, after putting his life of crime and drugs behind him...
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#15 - Orphans On Wall St
Season 28 Episode 14 - Aired 6/8/2014
An Australian entrepreneur sets out to empower low-caste Indian orphans by teaching them to become Wall Street traders...
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#16 - The Moral Compass
Season 28 Episode 15 - Aired 6/15/2015
In our latest program Geraldine and her guests grapple with issues raised by the Rolf Harris trial, whether religious leaders should take part in illegal protests and overweight Australians - are they getting a fair go? She is joined by Greg Sheridan, foreign editor of The Australian; Sister Susan Connelly, nun and refugee advocate; Kate Carnell, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Tim Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination Commissioner for the Human Rights Commission.
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#17 - The Legion (Part 1)
Season 28 Episode 16 - Aired 6/22/2014
How a corrupt, paedophile Catholic priest founded The Legionaries of Christ which he ran for 60 years with the Vatican's seal of approval.
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#18 - The Legion (Part 2)
Season 28 Episode 17 - Aired 6/29/2014
Irish investigative reporter Mick Peelo reveals how five successive popes publicly endorsed Fr Marcial Maciel, despite repeated warnings. Former Legion recruits believe it is a cult within the Catholic Church that cannot be fixed. But the Vatican and the Legion believe there is hope for its future.
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#19 - Break-Fast At Mobinah's
Season 28 Episode 18 - Aired 7/6/2014
Ramadan, the world-wide Muslim month of fasting and feasting, has begun and Compass follows two families through the most important event on the Islamic calendar.
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#20 - The Moral Compass
Season 28 Episode 19 - Aired 7/13/2014
In our latest program Geraldine and her guests grapple with the thorny topic of children’s vaccination: Is it wrong for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children? Reality TV: What responsibilities do broadcasters, producers and viewers have to those who take part? And we also return to the Rolf Harris case: Should his creative legacy be expunged now from public view altogether? She is joined by Leslie Cannold, ethicist and writer; Tim Bowden, Anglican minister and school principal; Melinda Houston, TV critic and author and Matthew Beard, ethicist at the University of Notre Dame.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Faith & Funerals (Part 1: Anglican & Muslim)
Season 28 Episode 20 - Aired 7/20/2014
A country town Anglican farewell for a much loved local and a no-frills Muslim funeral for an asylum seeker.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Faith & Funerals (Part 2: Vietnam Veteran & Chinese Buddhist)
Season 28 Episode 21 - Aired 7/27/2014
Leather meets brass in a motorcycle send-off for a Vietnam Vet and a traditional Chinese-Buddhist funeral - Australian style.
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#23 - Faith & Funerals (Part 3: Italian Catholic & Hindu)
Season 28 Episode 22 - Aired 8/3/2014
An Italian-Catholic funeral draws 1500 mourners and a son farewells his father in a humble Hindu funeral a long way from home.
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#24 - Faith & Funerals (Part 4: Pentecostal Ghanaian & Secular)
Season 28 Episode 23 - Aired 8/10/2014
A Sydney group of Pentecostal Ghanaians celebrate and dance for the deceased and a do-it-yourself secular funeral: no God or grief allowed.
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#25 - Faith & Funerals (Part 5: How Shall We Remember Them?)
Season 28 Episode 24 - Aired 8/17/2014
A Facebook memorial for a young man, a wife's ashes scattered in the sea, a tribal Tiwi ceremony, grieving for those lost without trace and a loved one's remains gifted to science.
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The Best Episodes of Compass Season 28
Every episode of Compass Season 28 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Compass Season 28!
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Season 28 Ratings Summary
"Code of Silence" is the best rated episode of "Compass" season 28. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/12/2014. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Joanna Lumley: The Search For Noah's Ark (Part 1)".