Australian Story Season 16

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16x01 The Man On The Mantelpiece aired Feb 07, 2011

Maggie MacKellar was a city dweller who seemed to have it all – a successful academic career, a devoted husband, a young daughter and another baby on the way. read more

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16x02 On Your Bike aired Feb 14, 2011

When Doug Sunderland succumbed to the blues after losing his wife and being diagnosed with cancer, his GP told him to 'get back on his bike'. He did... and ... read more

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16x03 The Third Act aired Feb 21, 2011

For the last 48 years Jacki Weaver has been one of Australia's best loved actors. Now 63, she has achieved a stunning career high by being chosen as one of t... read more

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16x04 Dogs Of War aired Feb 28, 2011

Wildlife photographer Jennifer Parkhurst's passion for dingos set her at odds with park rangers - and brought her to the brink of disaster...

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16x05 Take No Prisoners aired Mar 07, 2011

On the eve of his retirement from public office, the nation's longest serving Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicholas Cowdery, reflects exclusively on his ... read more

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16x06 Girl Most Likely aired Mar 14, 2011

Jade Hopper is a young woman on the cusp of the toughest decision of her life - to pursue her dream of becoming a world no. 1 tennis player or to court succe... read more

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16x07 The Terminator aired Mar 21, 2011

Two years ago, former Navy clearance diver Paul de Gelder was testing new sonar equipment in Sydney Harbour when he was attacked by a shark and pulled from t... read more

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16x08 Across The Night Sky aired Mar 28, 2011

Last year a Victorian court sentenced Robert Farquharson to a minimum 33 years jail for deliberately driving his three sons to their death in a dam on Father... read more

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16x09 Mr Quigley's Quandary - Part 1 aired Apr 04, 2011

Part 1 of the program about lawyer and politician John Quigley whose three decades in the public spotlight have drawn controversy, enmity and notoriety.

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16x10 Mr Quigley's Quandary - Part 2 aired Apr 11, 2011

The conclusion to our story on Western Australian lawyer and politician John Quigley.

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16x11 Under Her Wing aired Apr 18, 2011

Eight years ago Elizabeth Clayton was living in Fiji when she rescued a young man known as the 'chicken boy'. His name was Sujit and he'd been kept in a hen ... read more

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16x12 In The Jet Stream aired Apr 25, 2011

Band manager David Powell took the Melbourne rock band JET from obscurity to ARIA triumph and then onto the international stage. But fate was less kind to Da... read more

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16x13 Shattered aired May 02, 2011

On 22 July 2007, Peter Hodgkins threw a rock at a car from an overpass at Kiama, NSW, smashing the skull of beauty therapist Nicole Timbs and changing both t... read more

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16x14 15th Anniversary Special - Part 1 aired May 09, 2011

Part 1 of our celebration of 15 years of Australian Story featuring Ric Birch, Gina Rinehart, John Button and Estelle Blackburn, Pauline Hanson, Sam and Jenn... read more

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16x15 15th Anniversary Special - Part 2 aired May 16, 2011

The conclusion to our celebration of 15 years of Australian Story featuring Gayle Shann, Chris Sarra, Beth Heinrich, Greg Combet, Belinda Emmett, Bob Irwin, ... read more

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16x16 Hearts Of Gold aired May 23, 2011

Brian Sherman rose to great wealth and success as a businessman. His son Emile is a co-producer of 'The King's Speech', winner of this year's best picture Os... read more

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16x17 Mind Of His Own aired May 30, 2011

Charlie Teo is a Sydney neurosurgeon, loved by patients but unpopular with some in the medical establishment. He is credited with prolonging the lives of man... read more

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16x18 The Girl From Boryslaw aired Jun 06, 2011

Sabina Wolanski was left alone in the world at 17 when her family were killed in the Holocaust. In 2005 she addressed a gathering of state dignitaries in Ber... read more

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16x19 Conviction - Part 1 aired Jun 13, 2011

For three and a half years, Newcastle pathologist Dr Simon Palfreeman has been shuttling between Australia and Bulgaria negotiating that country's complex an... read more

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16x20 Conviction - Part 2 aired Jun 20, 2011

The conclusion of our story on Dr Simon Palfreeman, the Newcastle pathologist on a mission to help his son who's serving twenty years in a Bulgarian jail.

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16x21 Love and Other Drugs aired Jun 27, 2011

When Sally Nielsen's fiance Sam Goddard suffered a catastrophic stroke, she ignored the advice of some of those closest to her and stuck by him. Now her effo... read more

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16x22 Desperate Remedies - Part 1 aired Jul 04, 2011

Penelope Dingle was a former model and actor married to TV science guru Peter Dingle. At the age of 43 she was diagnosed with a common cancer regarded as hig... read more

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16x23 Desperate Remedies - Part 2 aired Jul 11, 2011

The conclusion to the story of Penelope Dingle whose untimely death had shattering and unexpected repercussions for those closest to her.

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16x24 City of Angels aired Jul 18, 2011

Alisa Latto was born with a life threatening genetic condition – one shared by her two siblings and her mother, Rosemary... This story follows her difficult ... read more

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16x25 Trust Me Mr. Chandler aired Jul 25, 2011

International banker Sascha Chandler had a secret he'd been harbouring since childhood. Two years ago he decided to deal with his demons and joined forces wi... read more

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16x26 A Measure of Courage aired Aug 01, 2011

Captain Hec Waller and Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean both saw service during the darkest days of the Japanese advance towards Australia during World War II. D... read more

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16x27 A Plague On All Their Houses aired Aug 08, 2011

An encore edition of our bittersweet story of Queensland vet Ben Cunneen and his co-worker, Natalie Beohm who were exposed to the Hendra horse virus with dev... read more

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16x28 Ita Tells Me So - Part 1 aired Aug 15, 2011

Ita Buttrose and those closest to her go on the record with their recollections of a trail blazing career and a momentous period in Australia's social histor... read more

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16x29 Ita Tells Me So - Part 2 aired Aug 22, 2011

In Part Two Ita Buttrose talks candidly about men, dating, loneliness, family, media ethics and grabbing life by the throat, at any age.

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16x30 The Trials of Jonty Bush aired Aug 29, 2011

In the space of a few years Jonty Bush lost two of her closest family members in separate and unrelated crimes. Instead of succumbing to grief and anger, she... read more

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16x31 Paint the Town Black aired Sep 05, 2011

Not since the mighty Phar Lap has a horse captured the public imagination like Black Caviar. She remains unbeaten after thirteen runs and has been declared t... read more

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16x32 Brand New Day aired Sep 12, 2011

Three years ago Gavin Larkin used his marketing nous and high profile contacts to create a national day of awareness called R U OK? Day. But not long after t... read more

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16x33 The Courage of Her Convictions aired Sep 19, 2011

When Catherine Smith was found not guilty of attempting to murder her own husband it was a turning point in one of the most extraordinary cases in Australian... read more

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16x34 Scared Straight aired Sep 26, 2011

TV Drama legend Sue Masters teamed up with 'Bra Boys' Maccario de Souza and his friends Mark Matthews and Richie Vas to work on a big screen documentary abou... read more

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16x35 For the Holy Grail aired Oct 03, 2011

A repeat of the program about Australian scientists Dr Jennifer MacDiarmid and Dr Himanshu Brahmbhatt and one of medicine's holy grails finding a way to trea... read more

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16x36 Under Her Spell aired Oct 10, 2011

Zelie Bullen is stepping into the international spotlight as the woman who trained 'Abraham', the lead horse in Spielberg's production of the Tony award winn... read more

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16x37 Bad Blood - Part 1 aired Oct 17, 2011

Part one of the program that centres on the notorious case of Jeffrey Gilham, in jail for life for the murders of his own parents.

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16x38 Bad Blood - Part 2 aired Oct 24, 2011

The conclusion to the program about the notorious case of Jeffrey Gilham, currently serving a life sentence for the murders of his own parents in Sydney near... read more

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16x39 Something About Me aired Oct 31, 2011

Kristina Keneally made history by becoming the first female Premier of NSW. What few realise is the family experience that she says led her into politics and... read more

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16x40 The Planet They're On aired Nov 07, 2011

Nazeem Hussain and Aamer Rahman have become two of the hottest young comedians on the Australian comedy scene.

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16x41 When William Met Sarah aired Nov 14, 2011

Film critic Margaret Pomeranz introduces this encore edition on the very special personal and professional bond shared by filmmaker Sarah Watt and her husban... read more

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