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Australian TV series You Can't Ask That has finally landed on Netflix - eight years after its TV debut in 2016.
Directed and produced by Kirk Docker and Aaron Smith, it sees everyday people who are part of marginalised groups sit down and answer questions sent in by members of the public.
Groups explored in season one included people who were wheelchair users, overweight, Indigenous, or terminally ill.
Interviewees had to answer unflinching questions such 'Why are you so fat?' and 'Why don't you exercise?'
Speaking about the series, Docker told the Guardian Australia: 'We don't warm them up with anything. We go for the jugular straight away. The poor b*ggers, sometimes they come in and then, we're on!'
Despite there being every chance the show could have fallen flat, it broke down barriers and enabled people to share their stories on a prominent platform.
You Can't Ask That has finally landed on Netflix - eight years after its TV debut in 2016.
Directed and produced by Kirk Docker and Aaron Smith, the Australian TV series sees everyday people part of marginalised groups sit down and answer questions sent in by members of the public
According to Docker, the trick to making a compassionate programme that is simple.
He explained: 'It's giving a s**t. The trick is actually caring. I've run some interviewing workshops and I always say that in that moment I am in love with these people. There's no one more important to us in that moment.
'Our focus is 100% on these people and nothing else.
Understandably there's some topics that are harder to talk about - such as post-natal depression, juvenile detention and suicide.
The question was: 'Do you want to kill yourself before you become a vegetable?', which Docker described as 'insensitive'.
'This person knows that they're deteriorating and the idea of calling them a vegetable, which is what they are going to become, and that you ultimately want to end your life before you become this thing that no one wants, that's the most horrible thought,' he told ABC.
'I was nervous about asking that, because I knew that it's a delicate subject matter and it was hard, too, because of the coronavirus, I had to do some of those interviews via the internet, which I don't really like doing because with those sorts of questions they can't feel my energy in the room.'
Groups explored in season one included people who were wheelchair users, overweight, Indigenous, or terminally ill
From asking bogans 'what's with the mullet?' to questioning how people with dementia live their day-to-day lives, there's practically no stone left unturned
Fans of the show have taken to X, formerly Twitter, to urge others to tune in
Those who signed up for the show are fully aware that they might come face to face with some uncomfortable questions, but very rarely mind answering them truthfully.
Instead of appearing scandalous, the responses are often just stated a matter of fact, destigmatising what people do in their day to day lives.
At the end of each interview, Docker gives the interviewees the chance to mention anything they don't wish to include.
Netflix just made the series available in the UK for the first time, with the first two seasons now streaming on the platform.
The second season features 12 episodes, with some of them focusing on blind people, suicide attempt survivors, refugees, gambling addicts and the homeless.
Those who signed up for the show are fully aware that they might come face to face with some uncomfortable questions, but very rarely mind answering them truthfully
Fans of the show have taken to X, formerly Twitter, to urge others to tune in, with one writing: 'Why did no one tell me about 'You Can't Ask That' on Netflix?'
Another said: 'You can't ask that' On Netflix is a must watch!'
'I loveee watching ' you can't ask that' on Netflix,' said a third.
A fourth penned: 'So Netflix have a show called You Can't Ask That. All about insights into different people, breaking down stereotypes, and asking people things that others are afraid to ask. Interesting watch!'
A fifth added: 'The series 'You can't ask that' on Netflix is good. I never thought to ask most of these questions, but they're questions most people are probably interested in knowing the answers to.'
A sixth commented: 'Have you all watched 'You Can't Ask That' on Netflix!? OMG PLLEAAASSEEEEE!!!!! The entire episode is funny, sad, witty, charming, and straight up entertaining AND informative!'
