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Seasons: 29
Total Episodes: 1039
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Networks: ABC TV
Status: Returning Series
First Air Date: May 29, 1996
Recent Air Date: Mar 11, 2024
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In Production: Yes
Original Language: English
Age Rating: NR
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Episodes
Episode 1
06 February 2012 - Road to Nowhere (Part 1)
Part 1 of our story on Di Gicrist, the woman taking on the big end of town and changing the face of justice in South Australia after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.
Episode 2
13 February 2012 - Road to Nowhere (Part 2)
The conclusion to our story on Di Gilcrist and her fight for justice after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.
Episode 3
20 February 2012 - Mary and Me
Kath Evans was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain and given only weeks to live. She attributes her sudden, extraordinary recovery to the then Blessed Mary MacKillop and the event was accepted by the Vatican as a miracle.
Episode 4
27 February 2012 - By the Light of Stars
Yaron Lifschitz took a small, troubled circus company and turned it into an artistic triumph that now has the world applauding its daring and glamour.
Episode 5
05 March 2012 - Half a Million Acres
David Pollock, a young man from remote Western Australia and Frances Jones, a young woman from the Melbourne suburbs, battle to save the historic grazing property Wooleen.
Episode 6
12 March 2012 - The Book of Daniel
Daniel Clarke at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia.
Episode 7
19 March 2012 - Woman from Snowy River
Leigh Woodgate's journey from young mountain girl to shining racing star, through dark days of hospital and recovery to the triumphant joy of riding a horse for early morning track work.
Episode 8
26 March 2012 - Going Troppo
From teenage years marked by delinquency, expulsions from school and several brushes with the law, John Polson became a successful actor and went on to direct some of the world's best known TV dramas.
Episode 9
02 April 2012 - House Of Hancock
Another look at the 1997 classic story on Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.
Episode 10
09 April 2012 - A Done Deal
Ric Richardson is an inventor who took on the might of Microsoft and scored a remarkable victory.
Episode 11
16 April 2012 - Streets with No Names
Scott Neeson built a career as a top Hollywood movie executive but after a holiday in Cambodia, gave it all up and now works to help some of the poorest children there.
Episode 12
23 April 2012 - The Razor's Edge
Risktaker, investigator and troublemaker: animal advocate Lyn White and the images that shocked a nation.
Episode 13
30 April 2012 - Return to Wooleen
Since Half a Million Acres aired, the Pollock's battle to save their property has attracted powerful supporters and a visit by natural landscape ecologist, Peter Andrews who has previously featured on Australian Story.
Episode 14
07 May 2012 - Larger Than Life
Clive Palmer has been described as a generous giver, a national treasure and a major political force. He's also been labelled a billionaire mining magnate who has never mined, a human headline and a manipulator of the media.
Episode 15
14 May 2012 - When We Were Racers
Triple world champion, Sir Jack Brabham became the first driver to be knighted for services to motorsport and the only Formula One driver to win a world title in a car of his own construction.
Episode 16
21 May 2012 - According to Her Cloth
From international model via prison to toast of Australian fashion week as a new generation designer: Tovah Cottle.
Episode 17
28 May 2012 - Turning the Tables
Jack Manning Bancroft, was just 19 when he started a plan to help disadvantaged kids finish school. Now at 26 he's one of Australia's youngest CEO's.
Episode 18
04 June 2012 - Walking with Kate Mulvany
Actress and playwright Kate Mulvany has experienced more than most people do in a lifetime and speaks candidly about life's many challenges and explains how she found the energy and determination to return to the public spotlight.
Episode 19
11 June 2012 - The Voice
Gurrumul Yunupingu's haunting voice has captivated global audiences, most recently in London for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Episode 20
18 June 2012 - To Set Before a Queen
In the early hours of Sunday June 24, the unbeaten Black Caviar will take on Europe's best at Royal Ascot, in front of the Queen. This is the fascinating inside story of the making of Black Caviar, stretching back across the generations.
Episode 21
25 June 2012 - Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 1)
Part One of our two part special where friends and family of Diana Bliss tell her story and reveal the extent of the private torment behind the glittering existence.
Episode 22
02 July 2012 - Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 2)
This week, the conclusion to our story about Diana Bliss whose death earlier this year was reported around the world.
Episode 23
09 July 2012 - Letters to the Editor
It's a time of unprecedented crisis in the newspaper industry. But this week's Australian Story is about a former big city journalist who's bucking the trend. James Clark had been living the dream in Paris when he decided to put his future, his relationship and the family sheep station on the line to chase his dream of running a little local newspaper in outback Cunnamulla.
Episode 24
16 July 2012 - Stranger on the Shore
Next week's program tells the story of a young woman unsettling her middle class Melbourne family by going out on a limb to 'adopt' a fourteen year old Afghan asylum seeker.
Episode 25
23 July 2012 - Foolin' Around
Popular Country singer Beccy Cole has decided she is ready to tell audiences about a personal dilemma which has dogged her for more than ten years.
Episode 26
30 July 2012 - It Takes a Village
In 2001 Ian and Sandy Johnson adopted two orphaned children, Tigi and Frazer, from Ethiopia. Now with the children 12 and 15, we returned to find out how it's all worked out.
Episode 27
06 August 2012 - Her Natural Life
This program documents Annabelle Sandes' unlikely pathway from the fine art auction rooms of inner Sydney to whale conservation in the Kimberley.
Episode 28
13 August 2012 - Tatiana Is Dancing
Tanya Pearson has shaped the careers of hundreds of aspiring Australian dancers and at 75 continues to teach classical ballet full time.
Episode 29
20 August 2012 - The Queen of Extreme
Torah Bright has lived in the United States since she was fifteen years old when she turned professional as a snowboarder. Since then, she's flown under the radar of many Australians. Her specialty is the half pipe – a winter Olympic event with a huge international following.
Episode 30
27 August 2012 - Kicking the Habit
A recent High Court ruling all but ended the branding of cigarette packets in Australia. The decision and the woman behind it, Federal-Attorney General Nicola Roxon, have generated news headlines around the world.
Episode 31
03 September 2012 - War Paint
Ben Quilty is an Archibald prize winning artist with a lifelong interest in concepts of masculinity - from youthful excesses with drugs, alcohol and fast cars to soldiers on the front line.
Episode 32
10 September 2012 - On Bicheno Beach
It's forty years since a 15 year old Shane Gould created a sporting sensation by winning three individual gold medals at the Munich Olympics.
Episode 33
17 September 2012 - Alaska and Me
Twenty-seven year old John Cantor has devoted the past six years to trying to complete one of the toughest solo expeditions on earth - Brooks Range in Alaska.
Episode 34
24 September 2012 - Life After Puberty
Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja, the two young girls who starred in the 1981 Bruce Beresford film 'Puberty Blues', found fame and celebrity and looked set for big careers on screen...
Episode 35
01 October 2012 - Leap of Faith
Li Cunxin - once one of the world's best known dancers - embarks on a high stakes return to the ballet world after 15 years as a stockbroker.
Episode 36
08 October 2012 - The Slam
Exclusive with Rod Laver: the tennis legend is joined by family, friends and a line up of greats including Roger Federer.
Episode 37
15 October 2012 - The Slam (Part 2)
Part two follows Laver through his marriage to an older American divorcee, raising children, battling a near catastrophic stroke and his return to Australia in circumstances he describes as the supreme highlight of his life.
Episode 38
22 October 2012 - The Year of Living Famously
Ben Lewin and Judi Levine are two film-makers whose latest film 'The Sessions' has received considerable acclaim and is now being tipped as an Academy Awards contender.
Episode 39
29 October 2012 - A Man of His Word
Veteran print reporter Malcolm Brown has covered some of the biggest stories of the last four decades, but now finds himself somewhat out of step with the times in an industry caught on the cutting edge of the digital revolution.
Episode 40
05 November 2012 - Dreams from My Mother
Oscar-nominated actress Diane Cilento left Hollywood at the height of her fame to pursue more creative and spiritual endeavours. Her most enduring love was a theatre she created in the middle of the North Queensland rainforest.
Episode 41
12 November 2012 - Under Her Spell
Zelie Bullen is a former stunt woman, turned world renowned animal trainer who trained Abraham, the lead horse in Steven Spielberg's movie 'War Horse'.
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