Series 2017

E1. Adrenaline Brush

Feb 6, 2017 · 30m

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.

E2. The Hardest Choice

Feb 13, 2017 · 30m

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.

E3. Unchained Melody

Feb 20, 2017 · 30m

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

E4. Into Hot Water

Feb 27, 2017 · 30m

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.

E5. Getting Away With Murder

Mar 6, 2017 · 30m

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.

E6. On Borrowed Time

Mar 13, 2017 · 30m

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

E7. My Mother's Secret

Mar 20, 2017 · 30m

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.

E8. All For The Family

Mar 27, 2017 · 30m

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.

E9. Two Brothers

Apr 3, 2017 · 30m

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.

E10. Breaking Good

Apr 10, 2017 · 30m

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.

E11. The Story Of The Krait

Apr 24, 2017 · 30m

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.

E12. Channeling Mr Woo

May 1, 2017 · 30m

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.

E13. Splendour In The Grass

May 8, 2017 · 30m

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.

E14. Candy Man (Part 1)

May 15, 2017 · 30m

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.

E15. Candy Man (Part 2)

May 22, 2017 · 30m

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.

E16. The Beat Goes On

May 29, 2017 · 30m

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.

E17. Murder By The Sea

Jun 5, 2017 · 30m

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.

E18. I Am Sam

Jun 12, 2017 · 30m

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.

E19. Sins Of The Father

Jun 19, 2017 · 30m

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.

E20. Shooting For The Stars

Jun 26, 2017 · 30m

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.

E21. The Peacemaker

Jul 3, 2017 · 30m

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.

E22. Long Way From Home

Jul 10, 2017 · 30m

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.

E23. Long Way From Home (Part 2)

Jul 17, 2017 · 30m

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.

E24. My Son Sam

Jul 24, 2017 · 30m

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

E25. Playing With Fire

Jul 31, 2017 · 30m

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.

E26. The Bridge

Aug 7, 2017 · 30m

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.

E27. The Shape Shifters

Aug 14, 2017 · 30m

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

E28. The Strong Man

Aug 21, 2017 · 30m

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.

E29. The Minister's Secret

Aug 28, 2017 · 30m

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.

E30. Beyond OK

Sep 4, 2017 · 30m

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.