Creative Types with Virginia Trioli

Jimmy Barnes jumps into the car with Virginia for a ride and a chat and to turn up the cassette player on the music that formed and informed him and that continues to drive him into a mature life of music making.

The actor's actor, Hugo Weaving, finds the humanity within the fractured and complex men he plays in movies and films, but is still a beloved icon of the Australian stage.

Classical pianist, Andrea Lam finds a new skill and prominence as star of the hit ABC show, The Piano, and a new passion as a teacher and mentor inspiring other budding young pianists.

Trail-blazing comedian Nazeem Hussain wants the "majority to feel like the minority for an hour" with sell-out comedy that breaks all the racial taboos.

An anarchic writer, Andy Griffiths has always refused to follow the rules. He shows us into his all-important music room, and his zany 'playroom' filled with the books and toys that have fired his imagination since childhood.

American Ballet Dancer, now artistic director, shows how he has taken The Australian Ballet company to a new level of power and style and shares the lessons he learned from a catastrophic foot injury.