Australian Story - Season 16

Australian Story - Season 16

Season 16

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DatesFeb 7, 2011 - Nov 14, 2011
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Episodes

The Man on the Mantelpiece
Season 16Episode 130 min

The Man on the Mantelpiece

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.
Feb 7, 2011
On Your Bike
Season 16Episode 230 min

On Your Bike

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 it 'saved his life', so much so, that he decided to ride around Australia solo, surviving on tinned food and sleeping by the road.
Feb 14, 2011
The Third Act
Season 16Episode 330 min

The Third Act

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 the Best Supporting Actress nominees for this year's Oscars.
Feb 21, 2011
Dogs of War
Season 16Episode 430 min

Dogs of War

Wildlife photographer Jennifer Parkhurst's passion for dingos set her at odds with park rangers - and brought her to the brink of disaster...
Feb 28, 2011
Take No Prisoners
Season 16Episode 530 min

Take No Prisoners

On the eve of his retirement from public office, the nation's longest serving Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicholas Cowdery, reflects exclusively on his sixteen years in the top job.
Mar 7, 2011
Girl Most Likely
Season 16Episode 630 min

Girl Most Likely

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 success from her law studies.
Mar 14, 2011
The Terminator
Season 16Episode 730 min

The Terminator

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 the water, barely alive.
Mar 21, 2011
Across the Night Sky
Season 16Episode 830 min

Across the Night Sky

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's Day.
Mar 28, 2011
Mr Quigley's Quandary - Part 1
Season 16Episode 930 min

Mr Quigley's Quandary - Part 1

Part 1 of the program about lawyer and politician John Quigley whose three decades in the public spotlight have drawn controversy, enmity and notoriety.
Apr 4, 2011
Mr Quigley's Quandary - Part 2
Season 16Episode 1030 min

Mr Quigley's Quandary - Part 2

The conclusion to our story on Western Australian lawyer and politician John Quigley.
Apr 11, 2011
Under Her Wing
Season 16Episode 1130 min

Under Her Wing

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 house as a child and then tied up for 22 years in an old people's home.
Apr 18, 2011
In the Jet Stream
Season 16Episode 1230 min

In the Jet Stream

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 David – today he is lucky to be alive to tell his story.
Apr 25, 2011
Shattered
Season 16Episode 1330 min

Shattered

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 their lives forever.
May 2, 2011
15th Anniversary Special - Part 1
Season 16Episode 1430 min

15th Anniversary Special - Part 1

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 Jenny Bailey, Nick Ross and Allan Fels.
May 9, 2011
15th Anniversary Special - Part 2
Season 16Episode 1530 min

15th Anniversary Special - Part 2

The conclusion to our celebration of 15 years of Australian Story featuring Gayle Shann, Chris Sarra, Beth Heinrich, Greg Combet, Belinda Emmett, Bob Irwin, Gemma Sisia and Michael Ware.
May 16, 2011
Hearts of Gold
Season 16Episode 1630 min

Hearts of Gold

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 Oscar. But what really unites the family is their overwhelming passion for animal welfare.
May 23, 2011
Mind of His Own
Season 16Episode 1730 min

Mind of His Own

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 many people with tumours that were considered inoperable.
May 30, 2011
The Girl from Boryslaw
Season 16Episode 1830 min

The Girl from Boryslaw

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 Berlin, received a standing ovation and reduced journalists to tears.
Jun 6, 2011
Conviction - Part 1
Season 16Episode 1930 min

Conviction - Part 1

For three and a half years, Newcastle pathologist Dr Simon Palfreeman has been shuttling between Australia and Bulgaria negotiating that country's complex and controversial justice system to try to help his 24 year old son.
Jun 13, 2011
Conviction - Part 2
Season 16Episode 2030 min

Conviction - Part 2

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.
Jun 20, 2011
Love and Other Drugs
Season 16Episode 2130 min

Love and Other Drugs

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 efforts have produced an amazing medical breakthrough.
Jun 27, 2011
Desperate Remedies - Part 1
Season 16Episode 2230 min

Desperate Remedies - Part 1

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 highly curable if it’s caught early...
Jul 4, 2011
Desperate Remedies - Part 2
Season 16Episode 2330 min

Desperate Remedies - Part 2

The conclusion to the story of Penelope Dingle whose untimely death had shattering and unexpected repercussions for those closest to her.
Jul 11, 2011
City of Angels
Season 16Episode 2430 min

City of Angels

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 journey to motherhood.
Jul 18, 2011
Trust Me Mr. Chandler
Season 16Episode 2530 min

Trust Me Mr. Chandler

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 with a dogged NSW detective to bring to justice one of the country's most elusive and dangerous predators.
Jul 25, 2011
A Measure of Courage
Season 16Episode 2630 min

A Measure of Courage

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. Despite their heroism neither was ever nominated for the Forces' highest accolade, the Victoria Cross.
Aug 1, 2011
A Plague on All Their Houses
Season 16Episode 2730 min

A Plague on All Their Houses

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 devastating consequences.
Aug 8, 2011
Ita Tells Me So - Part 1
Season 16Episode 2830 min

Ita Tells Me So - Part 1

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 history in Part One of a candid, moving, and surprising double episode.
Aug 15, 2011
Ita Tells Me So - Part 2
Season 16Episode 2930 min

Ita Tells Me So - Part 2

In Part Two Ita Buttrose talks candidly about men, dating, loneliness, family, media ethics and grabbing life by the throat, at any age.
Aug 22, 2011
The Trials of Jonty Bush
Season 16Episode 3030 min

The Trials of Jonty Bush

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 took up the challenge to change the world and in the process changed herself...
Aug 29, 2011
Paint the Town Black
Season 16Episode 3130 min

Paint the Town Black

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 the best racehorse in the world.
Sep 5, 2011
Brand New Day
Season 16Episode 3230 min

Brand New Day

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 the launch, the super fit indomitable Gavin was anything but okay...
Sep 12, 2011
The Courage of Her Convictions
Season 16Episode 3330 min

The Courage of Her Convictions

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 criminal history.
Sep 19, 2011
Scared Straight
Season 16Episode 3430 min

Scared Straight

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 about big wave surfing, alcohol fuelled violence and the sequence of events that finally frightened the young men into cleaning up their lives.
Sep 26, 2011
For the Holy Grail
Season 16Episode 3530 min

For the Holy Grail

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 treat cancer without toxic side effects and avoiding drug resistance.
Oct 3, 2011
Under Her Spell
Season 16Episode 3630 min

Under Her Spell

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 winning play 'War Horse'.
Oct 10, 2011
Bad Blood - Part 1
Season 16Episode 3730 min

Bad Blood - Part 1

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.
Oct 17, 2011
Bad Blood - Part 2
Season 16Episode 3830 min

Bad Blood - Part 2

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 nearly twenty years ago.
Oct 24, 2011
Something About Me
Season 16Episode 3930 min

Something About Me

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 toughened her for the brutal crossfire of public life.
Oct 31, 2011
The Planet They're On
Season 16Episode 4030 min

The Planet They're On

Nazeem Hussain and Aamer Rahman have become two of the hottest young comedians on the Australian comedy scene.
Nov 7, 2011
When William Met Sarah
Season 16Episode 4130 min

When William Met Sarah

Film critic Margaret Pomeranz introduces this encore edition on the very special personal and professional bond shared by filmmaker Sarah Watt and her husband actor and writer William McInnes.
Nov 14, 2011

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