Source: ABC
Season 6 of the ABC’s award-winning You Can’t Ask That is now in production and we’re looking for more participants, and more questions.
However, for the first time, we’re also asking for your topic suggestions. What have you always wanted to see on the show?
Series Director and Producer, Kirk Docker, said:
“People are always approaching me with ideas for episodes they’d like to see. It’s a great conversation starter. The purpose of the show is to take questions from the public, so why not take episode ideas from the public too?
This year we decided to broaden the offer and ask the public to submit the topic they’d most like us to cover. There is a test however to see if it’s a good topic – and that is, can you come up with (at least) 10 questions you’d love to ask?”
For season 6, You Can’t Ask That will also be casting a wide net and putting the following subjects under the microscope: Teen Parents, Amputees, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Chinese People, ‘Cheaters’ (infidelity), Identical Twins, Families of Missing Persons, Farmers, Footballers, Post Natal Depression, the Wrongly Accused and Adult Virgins.
If you would like to apply to be on You Can’t Ask That, or to submit questions for any of the new subjects or for a topic idea of your own, go to: https://ab.co/askaquestion or email [email protected]
The most successful original ABC format in decades, You Can’t Ask That confronts prejudice and discrimination by offering searing insights into the lives of diverse Australians who live with judgement and scrutiny. By asking only the hard questions (submitted anonymously online) and allowing interviewees to answer in their own words, the series adds new voices, surprising insights and fresh perspectives to subjects often dismissed.
All episodes of the past five seasons of You Can’t Ask That are available to watch on ABC iview
New possible topic, Mental disorders: Bipolar, BPD
1. How long has you manic episode lasted for?
2. What is the craziest thing you’ve done while manic – How did this effect you?
3. What does it feel like being on the medication?
4. How come you’re so random – Cant you just stick to one thing and go through with it?
5. Does anyone know you’re bipolar or have BPD? Why, why not?
6. Does it effect your ability to work?
7. How much of it is really a chemical imbalance – are you just seeking attention?
8. What other mental issues do you have?
9. It can’t be that bad – Are you just too sensitive?
10. Everyone has mood swings, why and how are your mood swings categorized as a disorder?