Watch Mamamia on Sky News Ep 4 here

Episode 4 of Mamamia on Sky News featured the marvelous Nene King.

You can watch the full show here:

Our guests this week are Sam de Brito, Sarah Harris, Peter Fitzsimons and Dr Kerryn Phelps.

Sam de Brito is an author and columnist. You can find his column, All Men are Liars, here. He’s written several books, including Hello Darkness and The Lost Boys.

Sarah Harris is a journalist with Nine News.

Professor Kerryn Phelps is a medical practitioner and public commentator.

Peter Fitzsimons is a journalist and author who has written many novels, including his latest, Batavia.

If you missed Mia’s previous interviews with Peter Fitzsimons on Mamamia, you can watch them here:

You can go here to buy any of his books – including Batavia, the Nancy Wake biography, Kokoda, Tobruk and The Ballad of Les Darcy.

And in what is one of only a handful of television interviews since her sudden departure from the whirlwind of media and celebrities in 1999, Nene King will speak candidly with Mia about her highest of highs – running Australia’s most successful women’s magazines and the overwhelming power and influence which came with her position – and then the lowest of lows when she lost the love of her life in a diving accident.

Nene will share with us the heartbreak of losing her husband and how it was the catalyst for her depression and the seemingly uncontrollable downward spiral of loneliness, addiction to prescription medications and financial ruin.

She will share with Mia the moment that she set out on her path towards recovery and the stumbling blocks along the way.

Mamamia – The Nene King Story will air on Sky news on:
Friday, August 26 at 9:15pm AEST (Part 1)
Friday, September 2 at 9:15pm AEST (Part 2)
Encore screening:
Saturday, August 27 at 2:15pm AEST (Part 1)
Saturday, September 3 at 2:15pm AEST (Part 2)

The show tonight featured part of Mia’s interview with Benjamin Law. Benjamin is a freelance writer, his debut novel was called The Family Law and you can buy it here. Here’s the full interview – take a look, it’s brilliant…

With thanks to The Olsen in Melbourne for letting us film many of our interviews there this week – we can’t recommend them highly enough.

What did you think of the show?