This Week On 20/20 Rite of Passage

This Week On 20/20

Thursday 28TH October 2010, 9.30pm TV2



This week on 20/20:

TAKEN: She was a young Kiwi woman on her big O.E, enjoying the trip of a lifetime in the tourist mecca of Cappadocia, Turkey… when her life was changed forever. Olivia was brutally attacked and strangled by a stranger… a man who thought he’d killed her… and planned to bury her. Incredibly she survived… and escaped… and tonight for the first time tells her story publically to 20/20’s Sonya Wilson, in the hope it might help other women survive a trauma that she very nearly didn’t.

SINS OF THE FATHER: He can’t hold down a job, buy a house or even a car – and all because someone’s stolen his identity. And that’s not the worst of it … Randy Waldron Jnr is in debt to the tune of more than two million dollars. But as 20/20 discovers, the real problem is that the person doing the stealing … is Randy’s own father. He hasn’t been able to find him either … until now. Our cameras are there for the dramatic reunion.

COVERING UP: Everyone seems to have an opinion on women who wear the full veil…and in some countries they’ve even taken steps to ban it being worn publically. Tonight 20/20 talks to the women themselves about what it really means… and whether one of the most arresting images of Islam is one of liberation or control.

PLUS Love thy neighbour – You’re at the beach… and it’s not long before you notice something a little… suspicious going on. Someone with wandering hands has helped themselves to a fellow sun lover’s belongings… so what do you do? It’s not like you know the person right? Speak up… pursue the thief … or just let it all drift past your sunnies? You may be surprised at who’s ready to become an everyday hero.

Mr Sicc

I have an odd job I meet all sorts of people, people you' re not meant to like but do, people that are meant to scare you but don't, people that you're meant to like but don't ..... and so it goes on. The one thing I've learnt is that once you meet someone you're doomed, you see them for who they are. People are the product of their experiences and once you have an understanding of that you're able to understand where they're coming from. Don't under-estimate a rapper because you don't get it! have a listen you may just find that they're not that different from you. Karlos Diamond is a product of his experiences and has grown up in an environment that you may like to think doesn't exist in NZ, i have news for you it does! Have a listen he ain't that different to you but he has somethings to say that you might not like to hear. Just because you don't want to hear it doesn't mean it's not true. Watch 20/20 tonight with an open mind and at least then you will have grounds for whatever opinion you hold, but don't be surprised if you end up liking what you thought you wouldn't.

Bowled Over

If you like Ugly Betty, Lost, Outrageous Fortune, or True Blood you're going to love this weeks 20/20. Beth Bates, Chris Brown and myself headed to Sydney last week and caught up with Grant Bowler a man of mant faces.

Snow Men

Playing Doctor

PLAYING DOCTOR: He may hate to admit it… but a few years back, he was the go to guy if you wanted a character to take his shirt off. But there’s much more to Robbie Magasiva than just his physique, with a body of work as an actor in this country that encompasses nearly two decades. He’s been famous for being funny… and more recently his star’s been blazing across our screens thanks to a certain nightly New Zealand hospital Soap. Tonight 20/20’s Sonya Wilson takes you on an all access backstage pass as Robbie shows us the power of Shortie, and says he’s a ladies man no more.

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