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Australian Story Season 18

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18x01 The Light of Day aired Feb 04, 2013

In 2004 Sam Cullen and his wife Janet bought a rare collection of photographs at a London auction. They were captivated by the haunting faces in the phot... read more

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18x02 On the Precipice aired Feb 11, 2013

Scott Johnson was a young man with everything going for him - a maths genius with a bright future. But on a trip to a Sydney beach one sunny day in 1988, ... read more

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18x03 So Much to Say aired Feb 18, 2013

Stevie Wright became a superstar at the age of sixteen, with the iconic 1960s rock band The Easybeats - the first Australian group to achieve chart success i... read more

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18x04 The First Word aired Feb 25, 2013

This week's program is about a man who's become an international pioneer in a significant but unlikely field. A failed medical school student turned journ... read more

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18x05 The Chosen One aired Mar 04, 2013

This week, the story of three young Australians and their mission to rescue an orphaned elephant calf on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. Sumatran elepha... read more

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18x06 Suddenly Last Summer - Part 1 aired Mar 11, 2013

This week's program has the untold personal story of an Australian cricket captain through the eyes of those closest to him. The cricket captaincy occupie... read more

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18x07 Suddenly Last Summer - Part 2 aired Mar 18, 2013

Monday night's program has the emotional conclusion to our story about former Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting and his family. This episode has th... read more

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18x08 On the Warpath aired Mar 25, 2013

We first profiled official war artist Ben Quilty last September as he worked on portraits of Australian soldiers who'd served in Afghanistan. Quilty spoke... read more

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18x09 Letters to the Editor aired Apr 01, 2013

This week we're returning to Cunnamulla in outback Queensland and the story of a newspaper, an unlikely romance and a grazing property. James Clark left t... read more

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18x10 Down by the Sea - Part 1 aired Apr 08, 2013

If you are a certain age chances are you remember exactly where you were in the early hours of September 27 thirty years ago. It was the day an Australian... read more

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18x11 Down by the Sea - Part 2 aired Apr 15, 2013

This week's program concludes the story of Australia II's epic quest to win the America's Cup and end the longest winning streak in sporting history. This... read more

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18x12 Fade to Black aired Apr 22, 2013

Monday's Australian Story provides new insights into a saga that's captured the imaginations of all kinds of people all around the world. On Saturday, Mel... read more

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18x13 Call of Duty aired Apr 29, 2013

In a 35-year career, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox has forged a reputation as an officer who goes out of his way to look after victims. He rose to n... read more

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18x14 Know Thy Enemy - Part 1 aired May 06, 2013

This week's program is about a woman who provided some of Australia's most memorable moments at the last Olympics. Anna Meares, the unflinching 'coalminer... read more

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18x15 Know Thy Enemy - Part 2 aired May 13, 2013

This week's program concludes the dramatic story of Olympic cyclist Anna Meares. Meares has dominated women's cycling for nearly a decade. Her first bi... read more

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18x16 Listen to Me aired May 20, 2013

This week's program is about a man recently named by The Australian newspaper as the most influential broadcaster in Australia. He's Radio 2GB 'shock jock... read more

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18x17 The Hazel Effect aired May 27, 2013

Australian Story on May 27 will feature an updated edition of the Logie awarding winning episode on former First Lady Hazel Hawke, first aired ten years ago.... read more

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18x18 A Life Laid Bare aired Jun 03, 2013

When Lisa Poulos stepped into a Melbourne taxi six years ago, she had no idea how her life was about to turn upside down. To that point she appeared to he... read more

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18x19 Northam Exposure aired Jun 10, 2013

Sami Shah has been in Australia for less than one year but he's already making a name for himself on the stand up comedy circuit in Western Australia. Sha... read more

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18x20 When Blood Runs Cold aired Jun 17, 2013

Monday's Australian Story centres on a crime that has been described as one of the 'top five' unsolved murder mysteries in Australian history. Twenty year... read more

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18x21 The Men Who Fell to Earth aired Jun 24, 2013

This week's program is about a fatal plane crash and the disturbing facts that emerged in the aftermath. It started when a young woman called Samantha Har... read more

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18x22 No More Than a Ghost aired Jul 01, 2013

This week, the story of a young Adelaide student and the obsession that's made her an international publishing sensation. She's 28 year old Hannah Kent an... read more

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18x23 The Music Lesson aired Jul 08, 2013

Singer Jessica Mauboy introduces this updated program on the life of Yothu Yindi frontman Mr Yunupingu. "Growing up in Darwin, everyone looked up to him, ... read more

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18x24 Irons in the Fire aired Jul 15, 2013

It's said there’s nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come... This week's program is about a psychology student and a brainwave that became ... read more

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18x25 There but for Fortune aired Jul 22, 2013

This week's program is about a man who's made a big name in London but is little known back in Australia. Richard Farleigh amassed an early fortune as a y... read more

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18x26 Too Good to Refuse aired Jul 29, 2013

August marks the 50th anniversary of one of Britain's most infamous crimes – the Great Train Robbery. Ronald Biggs was sentenced to 30 years gaol for his ... read more

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18x27 Corridors of Power aired Aug 05, 2013

This week we visit a scenic valley where best selling author Di Morrissey and a determined group of rural residents have stared down a corporate giant. Th... read more

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18x28 A Place for Us aired Aug 12, 2013

Award winning television journalist Sara James was living the dream as an anchor and foreign correspondent for American network NBC. She'd lived in New Yo... read more

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18x29 Long Walk Back aired Aug 19, 2013

Chloe Palmer-Simpson was just 18 when she was involved in a head-on car crash near her home in Bargo in New South Wales. The accident left her fighting fo... read more

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18x30 A Voice in the Wilderness aired Aug 26, 2013

Retiring independent MP Tony Windsor offers a unique insider's account on Australian Story of the last three years of political tumult. After two decades ... read more

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18x31 Driving Greg Norman - Part 1 aired Sep 02, 2013

Includes interviews with President Bill Clinton, Jack Nicklaus, Peter FitzSimons, Morgan-Leigh Norman (daughter), and Gregory Norman Junior (son) and third w... read more

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18x32 Driving Greg Norman - Part 2 aired Sep 09, 2013

Australian Story concludes the epic tale of Greg Norman, recognised as one of Australia's best and most flamboyant sports stars. Norman dominated internat... read more

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18x33 In Your Face aired Sep 16, 2013

In a world obsessed with physical beauty, Robert Hoge is a man embracing 'ugly'. Hoge was born 41 years ago with a massive tumour in the middle of his fac... read more

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18x34 Turning the Gaze aired Sep 23, 2013

Melbourne schoolgirl Olympia Nelson is only sixteen, but she's no stranger to controversy. She's grown up in an unusual but talented household as the daug... read more

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18x35 Count On Clive aired Sep 30, 2013

Much has changed since Australian Story first explored the private and professional worlds of Clive Palmer sixteen months ago. At the time former Qld Prem... read more

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18x36 A Sapper's Lullaby aired Oct 07, 2013

Fred Smith has been described as 'Australia's secret weapon' in international diplomacy. As a career diplomat, he's represented Australia in Bougainville ... read more

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18x37 On Maggies Farm aired Oct 14, 2013

Three years ago Maggie MacKellar, daughter of a former Federal Cabinet Minister, was living on the family farm in NSW trying to reassemble the pieces of her ... read more

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18x38 Cracking the Code aired Oct 21, 2013

The Damiani family's story has been described as a breathtaking example of how medicine can be transformed by the determination of ordinary people. Four y... read more

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18x39 Letters From Elizabeth aired Oct 28, 2013

They say every family has its secrets, but in Susan Swingler's case those secrets were buried more deeply than most. Abandoned by her father at the age of... read more

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18x40 Think Big aired Nov 04, 2013

As a fatherless child, Johnson Maker-Adeng fled from war-ravaged Sudan with the remnants of his family. For four years they trekked through the African wi... read more

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18x41 A Feeling for the Water - Part 1 aired Nov 11, 2013

Murray Rose was an inspiration for generations of Australians, in and out of the swimming pool where he won six Olympic medals. Yet despite his role build... read more

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18x42 A Feeling for the Water - Part 2 aired Nov 18, 2013

Part two of the top rating 'A Feeling For The Water' opens with Murray Rose's move to California to begin a university scholarship. America in the later 1... read more

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18x43 Taking Flight aired Nov 25, 2013

Annabel Blake grew up with a mother who, as a young athlete, had hoped to represent Australia in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Janine Shepherd's nickname, 'Ja... read more

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