Season 13

E1. Hell or High Water

Feb 11, 2008 · 30m

Ben Potts sailed into worldwide controversy when he boarded a Japanese harpoon boat in the Southern Ocean.

E2. That's What Friends Are For

Feb 18, 2008 · 30m

Fashion designers Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton (Sass and Bide) speak about the personal crisis that rocked their universe.

E3. The Candidate

Feb 25, 2008 · 30m

Nicole Cornes reveals the harrowing saga which was playing out behind the scenes of her public humiliation as the Labor Party's candidate for the seat of Boothby in Adelaide.

E4. Nothing But the Truth

Mar 3, 2008 · 30m

Charles Waterstreet is one of Sydney’s best known and most colourful barristers.

E5. Take It To The Limit

Mar 10, 2008 · 30m

Speed skier and Paralympian gold medallist Michael Milton faces the supreme test of his life.

E6. None Shall Sleep

Mar 17, 2008 · 30m

A mysterious death, determined ex cop Peter Goonan and one of the nation's oldest cold cases.

E7. Bomber And Roy

Mar 24, 2008 · 30m

Like many Vietnam veterans, Bomber and Roy were traumatised by their experiences. After a chance meeting in a psychiatric ward three years ago, they teamed up to help deactivate landmines in Cambodia.

E8. Access All Areas

Mar 31, 2008 · 30m

Legendary rock music promoter Michael Chugg reveals the quiet man behind his loud shirts and even louder voice.

E9. Father Of The Man

Apr 7, 2008 · 30m

Australian Federal Police Commander Grant Edwards was once Australia’s strongest man. He was able to pull massive locomotives, aeroplanes and semi-trailers with his brute strength. But no amount of physical power could protect him from psychological injury. Grant was at the coalface of the AFP’s most difficult work, heading up a team investigating child exploitation. The thousands of images and videos he was exposed to took their toll. But as one of those charged with protecting society, he’d always been taught to harden up, close those boxes in the mind and move on. After a highly-charged year training police in Afghanistan, things began to unravel. It took a breakdown for Grant to understand he was injured in ways not seen by the naked eye. After the suicide of an AFP colleague, he decided to go public with his own struggles, becoming a lightning rod for change inside the AFP. Now Commander of the Americas, Grant is on a mission to remove the stigma of mental health not just in policing, but society-wide.

E10. It's A Beautiful Day

Apr 14, 2008 · 30m

Jessica Disteldorf documented her journey with cancer by video diary capturing the raw, powerful and sometimes amusing twists and turns of her life.

E11. Woman Of Steel

Apr 21, 2008 · 30m

E12. Friday's Child

Apr 28, 2008 · 30m

Charmaine Dragun was a rising star who seemed to everything to live for - a brilliant career and secret plans to marry her boyfriend on her 30th birthday on Good Friday. But at 29, Charmaine Dragun drove to 'The Gap' in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and jumped to her death. She had been receiving treatment for depression and her family says she had recently changed her medication... The tragedy shocked all those who knew her. Her family, partner and close friends speak for the first time as part of the process of trying to make sense of what happened and in the hope that Charmaine’s story may help others.

E13. Show Of Force - Part 1

May 12, 2008 · 30m

Australia has a proud history of entertainers visiting war zones to lift the morale of our troops. On the face of it, a tour of Afghanistan and Iraq would not appeal to everyone. But this program is about a group of entertainers who did step forward to sign up for the journey. They were rewarded with the ride of a lifetime.

E14. Show Of Force - Part 2

May 19, 2008 · 30m

The team heads into Iraq to entertain the troops and experiences a frightening trip along the infamous Route Irish in Baghdad.

E15. The Sum Of Sam

May 26, 2008 · 30m

A few years ago, 'Secret Life of Us' actor Samuel Johnson was one of the rising stars of the Australian film and TV industry. He was dubbed 'Mr Everywhere Man'. Then, as suddenly as he had appeared, he disappeared. Johnson's career and personal life went into well publicised free fall in 2005 after the final series of 'The Secret Life of Us'. In his first television interview since the sudden death of his girlfriend, Samuel Johnson talks about the turmoil of the last three years – and his life changing involvement with Open Family Australia, a charity that works with vulnerable young people. He was one of the key drivers of an Open Family project that recently took eleven young people on a retreat for a crash course in film-making and a journey of emotional self discovery and personal expression.

E16. Body And Soul

Jun 2, 2008 · 30m

Body and Soul revisits the tense triangle involving Ash Falkingham, his mother and a stranger from half-way across the world, who wants one of his kidneys…

E17. Show No Mercy

Jun 9, 2008 · 30m

Ironwoman Candice Falzon confronts her critics and reveals the personal cost of public ridicule.

E18. The Boy Next Door

Jun 16, 2008 · 30m

E19. Abby's Road

Jun 23, 2008 · 30m

In 2006 Nicola and Jim Walker got the news every parent dreads. Their precious two-year-old daughter, Abby was diagnosed with leukaemia...

E20. The Waiting Room

Jun 30, 2008 · 30m

E21. William Tells

Jul 7, 2008 · 30m

Acclaimed actor and author William McInnes turns the tables on Australian Story in an irreverent, 'behind the scenes' look at this own life and the filming process.

E22. She's Not There

Jul 14, 2008 · 30m

When Sally Robbins stopped rowing in the final of the Women's 8s in Athens, it started a controversy that continues to this day.

E23. No Man's Land

Jul 21, 2008 · 30m

Raised by a strong single mum, educated in the radical university environment of the late seventies and groomed for success by a powerful man, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh now faces her toughest test.

E24. The Money Shot

Jul 28, 2008 · 30m

As the self-styled 'Prince of Paparazzi', Jamie Fawcett has established a prominent profile in a tough and often controversial business.

E25. Looking For Kate

Aug 4, 2008 · 30m

E26. This Boy's Life

Aug 11, 2008 · 30m

E27. It's Not Easy Being Green

Aug 18, 2008 · 30m

Respected businessman Bill McHarg radically changed his direction in life to embark on a mission to save the planet.

E28. Reality Bytes

Aug 25, 2008 · 30m

Daniel Meadows lives his life on the internet. But when he ventured out into the real world for love, disaster struck.

E29. Til Death Us Do Part

Sep 1, 2008 · 30m

For three decades, Catherine Smith cared for her six children and put up with sadistic domestic violence that has been described as one of the most extreme examples ever witnessed in Australia.

E30. The Finishing Line

Sep 8, 2008 · 30m

John Maclean was a footballer and aspiring professional athlete when he was hit from behind by an eight-tonne truck 20 years ago.