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Australian Story

Season 15 2010

  • 2010-01-08T09:00:00Z on ABC
  • 30m
  • 22h 30m (45 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Documentary, News
Australian Story is a weekly biography program, produced and broadcast on ABC Television. Australian Story has covered many people from diverse backgrounds and reputations. The stories are 'narrated' by the profile subjects and those who know them best. The program aims to present a varied and contrasting picture of contemporary Australia and Australians, both known and unknown.

45 episodes

Season Premiere

2010-01-08T09:00:00Z

15x01 Summer Series Edition - Doctor In The House

Season Premiere

15x01 Summer Series Edition - Doctor In The House

  • 2010-01-08T09:00:00Z30m

Dr Michael Buist is an intensive care specialist with a unique perspective from both sides of the hospital curtain who's now emerged as a world leader in the push to improve patient care.

Radio and TV personality Ian 'Dano' Rogerson and his wife Nicole gave up their home, careers and an exciting lifestyle for the love of their son, Jack.

Ric Richardson is an inventor who took on the might of Microsoft and scored a remarkable victory.

Dylan Parker makes and flies paper planes and he has become one of the very best in the world.

Ian Conway is a man determined to make a difference. Twenty years ago he made a promise to an Aboriginal elder. It was a big promise and for years he was haunted by the fact that he hadn't delivered.

2010-02-08T09:00:00Z

15x06 The Story of Samuel

15x06 The Story of Samuel

  • 2010-02-08T09:00:00Z30m

Behind the scenes Red Symons and his family have been on a journey with their eldest son Samuel that no one could wish for.

15x07 Something In The Water (1)

  • 2010-02-15T09:00:00Z30m

A GP, a group of oyster farmers and a Sydney scientist banded together to investigate mysterious water quality issues in one of the most beautiful areas of Tasmania.

15x08 Something In The Water (2)

  • 2010-02-22T09:00:00Z30m

The compelling conclusion to our story about a GP and a Sydney scientist who teamed up to investigate a water contamination issue near Tasmania's famous Bay of Fires.

2010-03-01T09:00:00Z

15x09 Watch Over Me

15x09 Watch Over Me

  • 2010-03-01T09:00:00Z30m

As a little boy, Glenn Scott dreamed of becoming a motorcycle champion… just like his heroes Mick Doohan and Casey Stoner.

2010-03-08T09:00:00Z

15x10 When Words Fail

15x10 When Words Fail

  • 2010-03-08T09:00:00Z30m

Young Sydney musician Lachlan McCarthy's determination to escape the twin demons of poverty and a tragedy involving his father, sees him become the first in his family to finish high school and go to university.

2010-03-15T09:00:00Z

15x11 Becoming Jangala

15x11 Becoming Jangala

  • 2010-03-15T09:00:00Z30m

From Perth policeman to a life of high fashion and celebrity in New York, Russell James is one of the world's most influential fashion photographers who is now working in Australia on an art collaboration with Aboriginal artist Clifton Bieundurry.

2010-03-22T09:00:00Z

15x12 Call Of The Wild

15x12 Call Of The Wild

  • 2010-03-22T09:00:00Z30m

Emerging from a troubled childhood, self-made coffee millionaire, Kenton Campbell has led a life of extremes. He fulfilled the 'rags to riches' American dream here in Australia, only to find that success left him empty.

15x13 The Night Before Christmas

  • 2010-03-29T09:00:00Z30m

Graham Stafford served almost fifteen years in jail for a crime he has always claimed he did not commit. Since his release four years ago, he has continued to argue his innocence and seek redress from the legal system that incarcerated him.

2010-04-05T09:30:00Z

15x14 Children Of A Lesser God

15x14 Children Of A Lesser God

  • 2010-04-05T09:30:00Z30m

Tara Winkler was just twenty-two when she established the Cambodian Children's Trust in Cambodia. She is now 'mother', mentor and older sister to twenty-seven orphans, some as young as two.

2010-04-12T09:30:00Z

15x15 Dumb And Dumber

15x15 Dumb And Dumber

  • 2010-04-12T09:30:00Z30m

It was hailed as possibly the most inept bank robbery of all time and it made headlines around the world. One of the robbers, Anthony Prince, is back home in Byron Bay, much chastened and speaking for the first time...

2010-04-19T09:30:00Z

15x16 In My Little Town

15x16 In My Little Town

  • 2010-04-19T09:30:00Z30m

Two years ago the harmony of rural life in a small township in Central Victoria was ripped apart after a fatal car accident involving five young friends.

2010-04-26T09:30:00Z

15x17 Woman On A Mission

15x17 Woman On A Mission

  • 2010-04-26T09:30:00Z30m

Until last year, Meagen Nay was known as the 19 year old swimmer treading the same path as her Olympian father, Robert. Then fate dealt a second tragic blow in an already painful life story...

2010-05-03T09:30:00Z

15x18 Mad World

15x18 Mad World

  • 2010-05-03T09:30:00Z30m

Chris 'Douggs' McDougall - free spirit, thrill-seeker or lawbreaker? This BASE jumping pioneer challenges convention and embodies the true definition of 'fearless'.

2010-05-10T09:30:00Z

15x19 Proof Of Life

15x19 Proof Of Life

  • 2010-05-10T09:30:00Z30m

In August 2008, Bundaberg photojournalist Nigel Brennan was kidnapped in Somalia, along with Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout. Last year, the Brennan family became players in the shadowy world of international kidnap and ransom.

2010-05-17T09:30:00Z

15x20 Sting in the Tale

15x20 Sting in the Tale

  • 2010-05-17T09:30:00Z30m

The murder of one of Australia’s foremost bee experts, Tony Knight, baffled police until a fortuitous event exposed a suspect with a sinister motive.

2010-05-24T09:30:00Z

15x21 The Blue Beret (1)

15x21 The Blue Beret (1)

  • 2010-05-24T09:30:00Z30m

Part One charts the remarkable in combat experiences of highly decorated female soldier, Matina Jewell, but raises serious concerns about the conditions she faced when wearing the blue beret as a UN peacekeeper.

2010-05-31T09:30:00Z

15x22 The Blue Beret (2)

15x22 The Blue Beret (2)

  • 2010-05-31T09:30:00Z30m

Part Two explores the ongoing battle Matina Jewell faced at home in Australia once it became clear her days as a career soldier were over.

2010-06-07T09:30:00Z

15x23 The Company of Men

15x23 The Company of Men

  • 2010-06-07T09:30:00Z30m

When Dianne Brimble died mysteriously aboard the Pacific Sky cruise liner in 2002, her family was left to mourn the loss of a beloved mother, wife, sister and daughter. It also began a seven and a half year battle for answers by the two men who had shared her life.

2010-06-14T09:30:00Z

15x24 Heaven Sent

15x24 Heaven Sent

  • 2010-06-14T09:30:00Z30m

Peter Roberts, an accomplished musician, gave up a lucrative career as a businessman to retrain overseas at his own expense to become Australia's only music thanatologist.

2010-06-21T09:30:00Z

15x25 She Who Waits

15x25 She Who Waits

  • 2010-06-21T09:30:00Z30m

With prescient timing, an in depth look at the woman who has just made history by becoming Australia’s first female Prime Minister.

2010-06-28T09:30:00Z

15x26 Pay it Forward

15x26 Pay it Forward

  • 2010-06-28T09:30:00Z30m

'Pay it Forward' is a marvellously inspirational tale of sportsmanship, mentoring and redemption across three generations of Australian Rules Football. At the centre of it all is a young man called David Conway.

2010-07-05T09:30:00Z

15x27 Ticket to Tigray

15x27 Ticket to Tigray

  • 2010-07-05T09:30:00Z30m

Wanting to build a better world and keen to offer his skills as a water technician, Shane Dolan signed up with Community Aid Abroad and embarked for the war torn province of Tigray, in Ethiopia.

2010-07-10T09:30:00Z

15x28 Blowing In The Wind

15x28 Blowing In The Wind

  • 2010-07-10T09:30:00Z30m

Kiff Saunders had spent most of his professional life airborne at the helm of a hot air balloon. But despite the heights of his success, he was becoming increasingly disenchanted with the air up there.

2010-07-19T09:30:00Z

15x29 Mum's The Word

15x29 Mum's The Word

  • 2010-07-19T09:30:00Z30m

After her oldest son announced that he was gay, Shelley Argent was spurred to action. Now she's the national spokesperson for the international organisation PFLAG and a 'gay icon' in her own right...

2010-07-26T09:30:00Z

15x30 It's a Long Way There

15x30 It's a Long Way There

  • 2010-07-26T09:30:00Z30m

Glenn Wheatley is an undisputed legend of the entertainment industry. He's guided the careers of huge stars like John Farnham, Delta Goodrem and the Little River Band.

2010-08-02T09:30:00Z

15x31 Unfathomable (1)

15x31 Unfathomable (1)

  • 2010-08-02T09:30:00Z30m

It's seven years since a young American bride, Tina Watson, died during a honeymoon scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef. Her husband Gabe was accused of murder and was eventually convicted and jailed for manslaughter.

2010-08-09T09:30:00Z

15x32 Unfathomable (2)

15x32 Unfathomable (2)

  • 2010-08-09T09:30:00Z30m

The conclusion to our story about young American bride Tina Watson who died seven years ago during a honeymoon dive trip on the Great Barrier Reef.

2010-08-16T09:30:00Z

15x33 Our New Selection

15x33 Our New Selection

  • 2010-08-16T09:30:00Z30m

Van Rudd is an artist who ran in Julia Gillard's seat as an independent backed by the new but tiny Socialist Revolutionary Party.

2010-08-23T09:30:00Z

15x34 Labor Of Love

15x34 Labor Of Love

  • 2010-08-23T09:30:00Z30m

From homeless teenager to the youngest ever leader of Australia's oldest union, Paul Howes is living a life accelerated.

2010-08-30T09:30:00Z

15x35 Hit the Road Jack

15x35 Hit the Road Jack

  • 2010-08-30T09:30:00Z30m

Jack Heath shocked his family and friends by turning his back on a promising political career to establish an innovative not-for-profit organisation committed to supporting and inspiring troubled youth.

2010-09-06T09:30:00Z

15x36 Into the Forest

15x36 Into the Forest

  • 2010-09-06T09:30:00Z30m

Fourteen years ago Ivan Milat was convicted of one of Australia's most infamous serial killings. His victims were seven young backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo State Forest, south of Sydney.

2010-09-13T09:30:00Z

15x37 Prisoner of War (1)

15x37 Prisoner of War (1)

  • 2010-09-13T09:30:00Z30m

Working in Afghanistan and Iraq for Time Magazine and then CNN, Michael Ware willingly went where no other reporter could or would.

2010-09-20T09:30:00Z

15x38 Prisoner of War (2)

15x38 Prisoner of War (2)

  • 2010-09-20T09:30:00Z30m

In this compelling conclusion, Michael Ware reveals the real cost to his psyche of all that he's witnessed for so long.

2010-09-27T09:30:00Z

15x39 The Wronged Man (1)

15x39 The Wronged Man (1)

  • 2010-09-27T09:30:00Z30m

Andrew Mallard was a young man living homeless on the streets of Perth when he was charged with the murder of Pamela Lawrence. He was convicted of her murder in 1995.

2010-10-04T09:00:00Z

15x40 The Wronged Man (2)

15x40 The Wronged Man (2)

  • 2010-10-04T09:00:00Z30m

The conclusion to the story of Andrew Mallard who was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Perth woman Pamela Lawrence in 1995.

2010-10-11T09:00:00Z

15x41 Animal Farm

15x41 Animal Farm

  • 2010-10-11T09:00:00Z30m

Jan Cameron has channelled her formidable energies and bank balance towards a new cause in the hope she can influence the way factory farmed animals are treated in Australia.

2010-10-18T09:00:00Z

15x42 Woman On A Mission

15x42 Woman On A Mission

  • 2010-10-18T09:00:00Z30m

Fresh off the plane from the Delhi, Meagen Nay updates our original program to explain how success has changed her...

2010-10-25T09:00:00Z

15x43 You're The Voice

15x43 You're The Voice

  • 2010-10-25T09:00:00Z30m

An intimate profile of the enigmatic Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu featuring behind the scenes footage shot by filmmaker Naina Sen, combined with interviews from his family and unofficial spokesperson Michael Hohnen.

2010-11-01T09:00:00Z

15x44 The Farmer Wants a Life

15x44 The Farmer Wants a Life

  • 2010-11-01T09:00:00Z30m

What happens when you come out on a national TV reality show in front of more than a million people?
After coming out on a national TV reality show in 2006, David Graham is attempting to reconcile his sexuality with his desire to be a farmer, a father and a force within the National Party.

For David Graham, the family fallout from such a public confession has been full of drama. Destined for a life on the land, he was born and bred to take over the family property in rural Queensland. But a fraught relationship with his father and a desire to explore the rest of the world led David far afield. By 2006, after a gay bashing, he signed up for Big Brother with the hope that he could raise awareness on gay issues. The decision took David's family by surprise and left his future as the inheritor of the family farm in doubt. Four years later, he's attempting to reconcile his sexuality with his desire to be a farmer, a father and a force within the National Party.

Season Finale

2010-11-08T09:00:00Z

15x45 The Graduate

Season Finale

15x45 The Graduate

  • 2010-11-08T09:00:00Z30m

When Kerry Tucker was jailed for seven years for theft and fraud she turned incarceration into an opportunity and is now a successful academic with a PhD and a job at a leading university...

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