That’s Right, We’re Talking Taboo.
Nominated for a 2019 TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program, TABOO will return to screens on Thursday, 13 June at 8.30pm.
Over four insightful episodes, award winning comedian and host, Harley Breen, will tackle ‘taboo’ topics in a sensitive yet humorous way, while providing a sharp and thoughtful look at the reality of living differently.
The series premiere will see Harley Breen make four new inspiring friends who all have a terminal illness. Viewers get an insight into what life is like for 28-year-old Lauren who was born with Cystic Fibrosis, 34-year-old Nicole, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer just over two years ago, Michel, 44 who has non-smoking related lung cancer and 22-year-old Matt who has stage 2 oligodendroglioma, an incurable brain cancer.
Harley will tell their stories in a comedic way, in the hope of empowering people in society who feel like they are invisible, who don’t have a voice or don’t get seen.
Together, they will talk about things we’re not sure you want to talk about and laugh at things we’re really not sure you want to laugh about.
This season, TABOO will provide insights into four subjects: terminal illness, racism, mental illness and physical disability.
TABOO. Premieres Thursday, 13 June At 8:30PM. Only On 10 And WIN Network.
I remember the day when I was told that I had stage 4 non small cell non smoking related lung cancer. "Sorry, there’s nothing we can do. We’ll get you palliative care and continue with your chemo, but best get your life sorted as you don’t have too much time." Do you know how that feels? Well, I wasn’t prepared to just lay down and die. I summoned Doctor Google, and found a very faint chance of doing the opposite. They had been experimenting with Immunotherapy in the UK, and trials had just been authorised here, at the very same hospital I was being treated at. I asked my oncologists could I be included. Each one denied knowing anything about it, except for the last one I asked. She said she’d look into it. Four hours later, I got a call from her stating that she got me into the trials! That was 2015. It is now mid 2019. The fact that I’m sitting here typing this is the result of me being included in those trials…. I hate all my oncologists except ONE. Even when I was first diagnosed, it took almost three months before ANY initial treatment begun [be it chemo or radio therapy], and my tumour had grown from the size of a 20 cent piece to something resembling a large grapefruit IN MY RIGHT LUNG. The pain was unbearable, treated with unlimited amounts of opiates. I was convinced nobody just didn’t care. I became exponentially depressed and anxious… but there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and I was determined not to die. So, here I am, …. and I did it myself, by simply not giving up and being extremely persistent. I was and still am one of the few very lucky ones at that time, but my heart oh so goes out to those and their families that got ignored by a very ignorant, and above all, a very arrogant system.