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Series 2017

41 episodes · Feb 6, 2017

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  • Adrenaline Brush
    S22E1

    Adrenaline Brush

    Feb 6, 201730m

    Sophie Cape, a former elite downhill skier and track cyclist, survived death-defying injuries and extreme mental trauma to become one of the young "rock stars" of Australian art.

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  • The Hardest Choice
    S22E2

    The Hardest Choice

    Feb 13, 201730m

    The Hardest Choice: After a series of heartbreaking decisions, Claudine and Dave Fitzgibbon take a leap of faith with pioneering surgery to improve their chances of having a healthy child.

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  • Unchained Melody
    S22E3

    Unchained Melody

    Feb 20, 201730m

    Australian singer-songwriter Melody Pool's journey through young love and heartbreak takes a surprising turn and threatens to derail a promising career.

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  • Into Hot Water
    S22E4

    Into Hot Water

    Feb 27, 201730m

    Underwater adventurer Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg leads a team that believes some of the world's great coral reefs can be saved from the threat of rising sea temperatures and climate change.

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  • Getting Away With Murder
    S22E5

    Getting Away With Murder

    Mar 6, 201730m

    Could one of Australia's most notorious cold cases finally be solved? Two women investigate a chilling crime and discover a world of fear, favours and political intrigue.

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  • On Borrowed Time
    S22E6

    On Borrowed Time

    Mar 13, 201730m

    A young asylum seeker is released from immigration detention to return to her married life in the community. But she faces an uncertain future.

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  • My Mother's Secret
    S22E7

    My Mother's Secret

    Mar 20, 201730m

    Blindsided by her mother's shock suicide, newspaper columnist Nikki Gemmell's search for answers takes her down the rabbit hole of the euthanasia debate.

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  • All For The Family
    S22E8

    All For The Family

    Mar 27, 201730m

    Reigning world surfing champion Tyler Wright reveals how her campaign for the title was almost derailed when her brother Owen was seriously injured in a surfing accident.

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  • Two Brothers
    S22E9

    Two Brothers

    Apr 3, 201730m

    Two brothers Mal and Mike Leyland were pioneers of outback documentary-making, first setting off to Central Australia in 1960. But after a failed tourist project, they fell out and never fully reconciled.

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  • Breaking Good
    S22E10

    Breaking Good

    Apr 10, 201730m

    Peter Lyndon-James is a former ice addict and criminal now running Australia's strictest drug rehabilitation centre. At Shalom House in Perth, addicts go cold turkey with surprising results.

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  • The Story Of The Krait
    S22E11

    The Story Of The Krait

    Apr 24, 201730m

    A veteran's campaign to preserve a rickety little fishing boat, in which fourteen "Z Special" commandos undertook one of Australia's most audacious missions of WWII.

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  • Channeling Mr Woo
    S22E12

    Channeling Mr Woo

    May 1, 201730m

    Channeling Mr Woo: From a humble migrant background to internet stardom, maths teacher Eddie Woo is changing lives by providing free maths lessons worldwide on his Wootube site.

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  • Splendour In The Grass
    S22E13

    Splendour In The Grass

    May 8, 201730m

    As they work to regenerate their historic property of Wooleen in WA, newlyweds David Pollock and Frances Jones risk alienating their neighbours in the community where David grew up.

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  • Candy Man (Part 1)
    S22E14

    Candy Man (Part 1)

    May 15, 201730m

    With his award-winning script for Lion, Luke Davies has become one of Hollywood's most celebrated screenwriters. But he found success only after overcoming years of addiction and despair.

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  • Candy Man (Part 2)
    S22E15

    Candy Man (Part 2)

    May 22, 201730m

    Part 2 of the story of Luke Davies - poet, novelist & Oscar-nominated screenwriter of the hit movie Lion - charts his recovery from heroin addiction & rise to becoming one of the most sought-after writers in Hollywood.

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  • The Beat Goes On
    S22E16

    The Beat Goes On

    May 29, 201730m

    With country people dying of heart disease at a rate far greater than their city cousins Dr Rolf Gomes pioneered a mobile cardio clinic. Thanks to a mystery million-dollar benefactor he's now about to build another Heart Bus.

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  • Murder By The Sea
    S22E17

    Murder By The Sea

    Jun 5, 201730m

    The brutal murder of young Sydney mother Lynette White in 1973 has baffled police for decades. Join Sydney homicide detectives as they re-open the investigation and hunt for a breakthrough.

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  • I Am Sam
    S22E18

    I Am Sam

    Jun 12, 201730m

    The story of Sam Goddard and his family's efforts to help him following a series of strokes. They defied medical advice, travelled overseas for treatments & experimented with an illicit substance... with remarkable results.

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  • Sins Of The Father
    S22E19

    Sins Of The Father

    Jun 19, 201730m

    Two years ago Vincent Shin became the first school-based lawyer in Australia, the job of his dreams. But when he discovered a court file involving his father, he was shaken to the core.

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  • Shooting For The Stars
    S22E20

    Shooting For The Stars

    Jun 26, 201730m

    As a child fleeing civil war in Africa, Mayor Chagai found solace in basketball. Now he's coaching a new generation of sporting champions among the Sudanese community in Sydney.

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  • The Peacemaker
    S22E21

    The Peacemaker

    Jul 3, 201730m

    Ossie Cruse has been healing divisions in this country for 50 years. Now in his 80s he's inspiring his community to re-establish an ancient pathway where Aborigines first reached out to white settlers.

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  • Long Way From Home
    S22E22

    Long Way From Home

    Jul 10, 201730m

    When a 20-year-old backpacker is murdered during a working holiday in rural Australia her grieving mother uncovers a world of sexual, financial and psychological exploitation.

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  • Long Way From Home (Part 2)
    S22E23

    Long Way From Home (Part 2)

    Jul 17, 201730m

    After her daughter is brutally murdered while on the 88-day farm-work scheme, English woman Rosie Ayliffe travels to backpacker hotspots in Australia to lobby for change.

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  • My Son Sam
    S22E24

    My Son Sam

    Jul 24, 201730m

    The Sydney dad who defied convention and took his autistic teenage son backpacking across Africa. The results could revolutionise the study of autism.

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  • Playing With Fire
    S22E25

    Playing With Fire

    Jul 31, 201730m

    Sam Dastyari was the ALP's rising star until he was forced to resign from the Shadow Ministry last year over a political donations scandal. Tonight, the Senator speaks exclusively about lingering criticisms of his conduct.

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  • The Bridge
    S22E26

    The Bridge

    Aug 7, 201730m

    She jumped off a bridge to end her life only to wake up in the ER after a miracle survival. One woman's story of recovery and making the most of a second chance at life.

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  • The Shape Shifters
    S22E27

    The Shape Shifters

    Aug 14, 201730m

    Supermodel Robyn Lawley and her agent Chelsea Bonner take on the fashion industry to challenge its portrayal of the female form.

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  • The Strong Man
    S22E28

    The Strong Man

    Aug 21, 201730m

    Grant Edwards was once Australia's strongest man. But what he was exposed to as a top Federal Police Officer forced him to confront his own devastating vulnerability.

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  • The Minister's Secret
    S22E29

    The Minister's Secret

    Aug 28, 201730m

    Remembering Fiona Richardson, the Victorian Minister who passed away from breast cancer last week. The nation's first Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, she had her own traumatic experience of domestic abuse.

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  • Beyond OK
    S22E30

    Beyond OK

    Sep 4, 201730m

    The extraordinary story behind R U OK? Day. After advertising executive Gavin Larkin started the suicide prevention movement, he found out he was anything but ok. Nine years on, his legacy continues to sustain his own family.

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  • Modern Family
    S22E31

    Modern Family

    Sep 11, 201730m

    When partners John Guthrie & Dennis Cash decided to foster traumatised teenage girls, their friends thought they were crazy. But two decades later, the 'daughters' & 'Dads' have morphed into a remarkable 21st century family.

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  • All The World's A Stage
    S22E32

    All The World's A Stage

    Sep 18, 201730m

    Standing at just over a metre tall, Kiruna Stamell has knocked down every barrier in her way to forge a successful career as an actor and dancer.

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  • Found In Translation
    S22E33

    Found In Translation

    Sep 25, 201730m

    Professor Tony Attwood has revolutionised our approach to Asperger's syndrome, credited with being a world expert in diagnosis and treatment and viewing it not as a condition to be 'fixed' but a gift to be valued.

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  • Call Of The Wild
    S22E34

    Call Of The Wild

    Oct 2, 201730m

    Former Miss World Belinda Green found new meaning in life when she met veterinary surgeon Dr Howard Ralph, a man with an extraordinary devotion to saving native animals.

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  • Paying It Forward
    S22E35

    Paying It Forward

    Oct 9, 201730m

    Forty years ago, Waverley Stanley's life changed when a teacher saw something special in the young indigenous student & arranged a boarding school scholarship. Now Waverley is extending the same opportunity to others.

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  • A Gentle Man
    S22E36

    A Gentle Man

    Oct 16, 201730m

    Go behind-the-scenes with boxing's Mr Nice Guy Jeff Horn, charting his meteoric rise from bullied teen to world champion. The unknown teacher shot to international fame in July after his surprise take-down of Manny Pacquiao.

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  • End Game
    S22E37

    End Game

    Oct 23, 201730m

    Socceroos Coach Ange Postecoglou speaks his mind ahead of Australia's do-or-die World Cup qualifying matches against Honduras. Postecoglou confronts the critics of his strategy and addresses speculation about his future.

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  • Balancing The Scales
    S22E38

    Balancing The Scales

    Oct 30, 201730m

    For 20 years, Elisha Rose has lived with the secret shame of having a multiple murderer for a father. Elisha became a lawyer and tried to atone for her father's sins through charity work, keeping her secret until now.

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  • Behind The Mask - Mike Willesee (Part 1)
    S22E39

    Behind The Mask - Mike Willesee (Part 1)

    Nov 6, 201730m

    Part One of an exclusive look back at the life of legendary broadcaster Mike Willesee as he faces his greatest challenge - a diagnosis of throat cancer.

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  • Behind The Mask - Mike Willesee (Part 2)
    S22E40

    Behind The Mask - Mike Willesee (Part 2)

    Nov 13, 201730m

    The conclusion to the two-part special on broadcaster Mike Willesee as he faces his greatest challenge - a diagnosis of throat cancer.

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  • Without Rhyme Or Reason
    S22E41

    Without Rhyme Or Reason

    Nov 20, 201730m

    An exclusive Australian Story investigation into the death of Justine Damond Ruszczyk, the Australian woman shot dead by a Minneapolis police officer after calling 911 to report a crime.

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