The Great Escape: Former Federal Treasurer, John Dawkins left politics at a time of his own choosing, which makes him one of a rare breed of ex-pollies. Dawkins tells us his own story and candidly lets us in on how and why he left...
1. A Soldier's Journey/Wild Stallion/Dante's Inferno
Aired: May 29, 1996Sir William Keys reflects on his use of Chinese medicine to combat his cancer...
2. Trail Blazers/Cecelia and Justin/The Chant of Tommy Lewis
Aired: Jun 5, 1996Trail Blazers: A group of young boys who had lived on the streets and in the ...
3. Goodbye Mary/Slow Business/The Butcher's Pen
Aired: Jun 12, 1996Goodbye Mary: The daughters of the Australian literary figure Dame Mary Durac...
4. Australia Street/Mother and Sons/The Underwoods of Riveren
Aired: Jun 19, 1996Australia Street: Australia Street is a project by the Australian Museum and ...
5. Coming Home/Sentimental Journey/Spirited Woman
Aired: Jun 26, 1996Coming Home: The story of Perth yarn-spinner Kel Watkins. On the surface a si...
6. Robin's Song/A Day at the Dump/Lily's Children
Aired: Jul 3, 1996Robin's Song: A follow up on the previous weeks story with Petrea King. In th...
Aired: Jul 10, 1996The Postman: The postman is Tom Kruse who for many years had the mail run on ...
8. Betty and Me/The Barber/Life on a String
Aired: Jul 17, 1996Betty & Me: Betty and Me is a love story. It is the story of Betty and Dudley...
9. Men's Business/The Nun's Story/The Hard Sell
Aired: Jul 24, 1996Men's Business: Like a lot of mining towns, Moranbah is a mecca for people wa...
10. The Great Escape/Love Story/Food of Love
Aired: Jul 31, 1996The Great Escape: Former Federal Treasurer, John Dawkins left politics at a t...
11. The Surgeon's Story/Dingo Dash/The Deep End
Aired: Aug 7, 1996The Surgeon's Story: From Hobart, Caroline Jones interviews Dr Bryan Walpole,...
12. Mother and Child/Personal Best
Aired: Aug 14, 1996Mother & Child: The story of a mother and daughter, separated for more than h...
13. Pride of the Fleet/A Place in the Sun
Aired: Aug 21, 1996Pride of the Fleet: Commander Peter Sinclair is a navy man from a long line o...
Aired: Aug 28, 1996Caroline Jones introduces Australian Story's first half hour special. Thirtee...
15. The Grand Obsession/Good Move/Debbie's Place
Aired: Sep 4, 1996The Grand Obsession: Introduced by Caroline Jones, this is the story of an il...
16. Kerry's Baby/The Go-Between
Aired: Sep 11, 1996Kerry's Baby: Kerry has bi-polar disorder (manic depression) and yet she desp...
17. A Woman's Place/Song of Joy
Aired: Sep 18, 1996A Woman's Place: Mary Kostakidis from SBS Television introduces the first sto...
Aired: Sep 25, 1996Medicine Man: This story is about Dr Miles Little who has just retired from h...
19. Life of Slicer/Mrs Ainsworth/Dancing Dad
Aired: Oct 2, 1996Life of Slicer: Tasmanian conservative politician Michael Hodgeman introduces...
20. A League of His Own/Twilight Rebel
Aired: Oct 9, 1996A League of His Own: This story is an unusual and revealing look at the perso...
21. Master of Ceremonies/Tall Poppies
Aired: Oct 16, 1996Master of Ceremonies: We go behind the scenes with the ultimate Master of Cer...
22. Longley's Endeavour/Home Grown
Aired: Oct 23, 1996Longley's Endeavour: John Longley, the man behind the Endeavour replica, tell...
23. The Last Muster/Mr Squiggle
Aired: Oct 30, 1996The Last Muster: Brian O'Sullivan, a grazier and incidentally, Victorian Stat...
Aired: Nov 6, 1996Fame: Our first story is about a group of gifted young students at Perth's Ab...
25. Calling the Tune/The Matchmaker
Aired: Nov 13, 1996Calling the Tune: Our program begins with an incredible story of one of Austr...
Aired: Nov 20, 1996Best of Relationships: This week's program is all about relationships. There'...
Aired: Nov 27, 1996Best of Blokes: The final program in the series concentrates on some of the m...
Seasons: 29
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: ABC TV
Genres:Documentary, Biography
