Season 18 (2013)

The Light of Day
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February 4, 2013 • 30m

In 2004 Sam Cullen and his wife Janet bought a rare collection of photographs at a London auction. They were captivated by the hau...Read more

On the Precipice
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February 11, 2013 • 30m

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...Read more

So Much to Say
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February 18, 2013 • 30m

Stevie Wright became a superstar at the age of sixteen, with the iconic 1960s rock band The Easybeats - the first Australian group...Read more

The First Word
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February 25, 2013 • 30m

This week's program is about a man who's become an international pioneer in a significant but unlikely field. A failed medical sch...Read more

The Chosen One
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March 4, 2013 • 30m

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

Suddenly Last Summer (1)
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March 11, 2013 • 30m

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

Suddenly Last Summer (2)
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March 18, 2013 • 30m

Monday night's program has the emotional conclusion to our story about former Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting and his fam...Read more

On the Warpath
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March 25, 2013 • 30m

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

Letters to the Editor
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April 1, 2013 • 30m

This week we're returning to Cunnamulla in outback Queensland and the story of a newspaper, an unlikely romance and a grazing prop...Read more

Down by the Sea (1)
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April 8, 2013 • 30m

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 w...Read more

Down by the Sea (2)
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April 15, 2013 • 30m

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 i...Read more

Fade to Black
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April 22, 2013 • 30m

Monday's Australian Story provides new insights into a saga that's captured the imaginations of all kinds of people all around the...Read more

Call of Duty
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April 29, 2013 • 30m

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 aft...Read more

Know Thy Enemy (1)
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May 6, 2013 • 30m

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

Know Thy Enemy (2)
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May 13, 2013 • 30m

This week's program concludes the dramatic story of Olympic cyclist Anna Meares. Meares has dominated women's cycling for nearly a...Read more

Listen to Me
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May 20, 2013 • 30m

This week's program is about a man recently named by The Australian newspaper as the most influential broadcaster in Australia. He...Read more

The Hazel Effect
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May 27, 2013 • 30m

Australian Story on May 27 will feature an updated edition of the Logie awarding winning episode on former First Lady Hazel Hawke,...Read more

A Life Laid Bare
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June 3, 2013 • 30m

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 ...Read more

Northam Exposure
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June 10, 2013 • 30m

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 i...Read more

When Blood Runs Cold
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June 17, 2013 • 30m

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

The Men Who Fell to Earth
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June 24, 2013 • 30m

This week's program is about a fatal plane crash and the disturbing facts that emerged in the aftermath. It started when a young w...Read more

No More Than a Ghost
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July 1, 2013 • 30m

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

The Music Lesson
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July 8, 2013 • 30m

Singer Jessica Mauboy introduces this updated program on the life of Yothu Yindi frontman Mr Yunupingu. "Growing up in Darwin, eve...Read more

Irons in the Fire
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July 15, 2013 • 30m

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 ...Read more

There but for Fortune
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July 22, 2013 • 30m

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 amasse...Read more

Too Good to Refuse
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July 29, 2013 • 30m

August marks the 50th anniversary of one of Britain's most infamous crimes – the Great Train Robbery. Ronald Biggs was sentenced t...Read more

Corridors of Power
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August 5, 2013 • 30m

This week we visit a scenic valley where best selling author Di Morrissey and a determined group of rural residents have stared do...Read more

A Place for Us
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August 12, 2013 • 30m

Award winning television journalist Sara James was living the dream as an anchor and foreign correspondent for American network NB...Read more

Long Walk Back
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August 19, 2013 • 30m

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 accid...Read more

A Voice in the Wilderness
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August 26, 2013 • 30m

Retiring independent MP Tony Windsor offers a unique insider's account on Australian Story of the last three years of political tu...Read more

Driving Greg Norman (1)
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September 2, 2013 • 30m

Includes interviews with President Bill Clinton, Jack Nicklaus, Peter FitzSimons, Morgan-Leigh Norman (daughter), and Gregory Norm...Read more

Driving Greg Norman (2)
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September 9, 2013 • 30m

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

In Your Face
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September 16, 2013 • 30m

In a world obsessed with physical beauty, Robert Hoge is a man embracing 'ugly'. Hoge was born 41 years ago with a massive tumour ...Read more

Turning the Gaze
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September 23, 2013 • 30m

Melbourne schoolgirl Olympia Nelson is only sixteen, but she's no stranger to controversy. She's grown up in an unusual but talent...Read more

Count On Clive
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September 30, 2013 • 30m

Much has changed since Australian Story first explored the private and professional worlds of Clive Palmer sixteen months ago. At...Read more

A Sapper's Lullaby
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October 7, 2013 • 30m

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

On Maggies Farm
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October 14, 2013 • 30m

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

Cracking the Code
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October 21, 2013 • 30m

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

Letters From Elizabeth
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October 28, 2013 • 30m

They say every family has its secrets, but in Susan Swingler's case those secrets were buried more deeply than most. Abandoned by...Read more

Think Big
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November 4, 2013 • 30m

As a fatherless child, Johnson Maker-Adeng fled from war-ravaged Sudan with the remnants of his family. For four years they trekk...Read more

A Feeling for the Water (1)
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November 11, 2013 • 30m

Murray Rose was an inspiration for generations of Australians, in and out of the swimming pool where he won six Olympic medals. Y...Read more

A Feeling for the Water (2)
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November 18, 2013 • 30m

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

Taking Flight
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November 25, 2013 • 30m

Annabel Blake grew up with a mother who, as a young athlete, had hoped to represent Australia in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Janine...Read more