''Do-ol Ah-in Going All Directions'', also known as ''Do-ol Ah-in Go In All Directions'', is a 2019

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n culture talk show program on

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presented by actor Yoo Ah-in and contemporary Korean philosopher Do-ol Kim Yong-ok. It airs on

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on Saturdays at 20:00 ( KST) from 5 January to 23 March 2019 for 12 episodes.

Overview

''Do-ol Ah-in Going All Directions'' is a hybrid of lecture and variety program that reinterprets a hundred years of modern and contemporary history of Korea that transcends the past and future, and communicates through generations and genders. It was created as a special project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the

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and the March First Movement. The title "오방간다" (Oh-bang-gan-da) is derived from the

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, and refers to 'all directions' and 'joyful and excited state'. The title was created by Yoo Ah-in, and he directly participated in the planning, co-writing and co-directing each episode, including casting the performers.

Format

A new concept of hybrid variety show made by unexpected combination of professor Kim Yong-ok (pen name: Do-ol), actor Yoo Ah-in and

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singer Lee Hee-moon. Each episode brings different topics related to history, culture, social-politics and current affairs. The talk show takes

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style and emphasizes impromptu elements or

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given by Yoo Ah-in and Do-ol that involves the audience and musicians. The talk show opens with audience survey, then a lecture from Do-ol, follows by Yoo Ah-in's personal stories and experiences, and opinion-sharing with audience. Lee Hee-moon performs

Korean folk music Korea refers to music from the Korean peninsula ranging from prehistoric times to the division of Korea into South and North in 1945. It includes court music, folk music, poetic songs, and religious music used in shamanistic and Buddhist trad ...

in the program's opening and closing.

Cast

* Do-ol Kim Yong-ok - Presenter * Yoo Ah-in - Presenter * Lee Hee-moon - Singer, ''Obang-shin'' ('the god of five-directions') * Prelude - Jazz band

List of ''Do-ol Ah-in Going All Directions'' episode

(Ratings: Nielsen Korea provided) *

References

{{reflist South Korean television talk shows Centennial anniversaries 2019 television specials Korean Broadcasting System original programming Korean culture History of South Korea