Putting the 'real' back into reality TV, the award-winning series with no narrator and no agendas, just authentic stories told in people's own words. For 26 years we have been telling the stories of extraordinary Australians.
Acclaimed biographical documentary series broadcast continuously on ABC TV since 1996. Australian Story is known for its narratorless story telling style where the subject tells their own story in their own words. The program has featured both famous and previously unknown Australians from all walks of life and won numerous awards including Logies, Walklies, Golden Tripods and Ellies.
Aired: Feb 4, 2013The untold story of one of Australia's most enduring photographic mysteries. ...
Aired: Feb 11, 2013Scott Johnson was a young man with everything going for him - a maths genius ...
Aired: Feb 18, 2013Stevie Wright became a superstar at the age of sixteen, with the iconic rock ...
Aired: Feb 25, 2013A failed medical school student turned journalist, Peter Ford hit the big tim...
Aired: Mar 4, 2013The story of three young Australians and their mission to rescue an orphaned ...
6. Suddenly Last Summer Part 1
Aired: Mar 11, 2013The untold personal story of an Australian cricket captain through the eyes o...
7. Suddenly Last Summer Part 2
Aired: Mar 18, 2013Monday night's program has the emotional conclusion to our story about former...
Aired: Mar 25, 2013We first profiled official war artist Ben Quilty last September as he worked ...
9. Letters to the Editor (Encore)
Aired: Apr 1, 2013This week we're returning to Cunnamulla in outback Queensland and the story o...
Aired: Apr 8, 2013If you are a certain age chances are you remember exactly where you were in t...
Aired: Apr 15, 2013This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of those nation defining moments. T...
Aired: Apr 22, 2013Tonight's Australian Story provides new insights into a saga that's captured ...
Aired: Apr 29, 2013In a career spanning 35 years, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox has forged...
Aired: May 6, 2013This week's program is about a woman who provided some of Australia's most me...
Aired: May 13, 2013This week's program concludes the dramatic story of Olympic cyclist Anna Mear...
Aired: May 20, 2013This week's program is about a man recently named by The Australian newspaper...
Aired: May 27, 2013An updated edition of the Logie awarding winning episode on former First Lady...
Aired: Jun 3, 2013When Lisa Poulos stepped into a Melbourne taxi six years ago, she had no idea...
Aired: Jun 10, 2013Sami Shah has been in Australia for less than one year but he's already makin...
Aired: Jun 17, 2013Monday's Australian Story centres on a crime that has been described as one o...
Aired: Jun 24, 2013A fatal plane crash and the disturbing facts that emerged in the aftermath. I...
Aired: Jul 1, 2013This week, the story of a young Adelaide student and the obsession that's mad...
Aired: Jul 8, 2013Singer Jessica Mauboy introduces this updated program on the life of Yothu Yi...
Aired: Jul 15, 2013It's said there’s nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come... T...
Aired: Jul 22, 2013Richard Farleigh amassed an early fortune as a young gun in the financial mar...
Aired: Jul 29, 2013In 2001 Ronald Biggs surrendered to British authorities so he could receive m...
Aired: Aug 5, 2013When the electricity transmission company TransGrid decided to build a high v...
Aired: Aug 12, 2013Award winning television journalist Sara James was living the dream as an anc...
Aired: Aug 19, 2013Chloe Palmer-Simpson was only 18 when she was involved in a head-on car crash...
Aired: Aug 26, 2013From his vantage point in the Simpson Desert, retiring independent MP Tony Wi...
31. Driving Greg Norman Part One
Aired: Sep 2, 2013Greg Norman remains a world sporting icon and is considered by many to be Aus...
32. Driving Greg Norman Part Two
Aired: Sep 9, 2013The conclusion to the epic tale of Greg Norman, recognised as one of Australi...
Aired: Sep 16, 2013In a world obsessed with physical beauty, Robert Hoge is a man embracing 'ugl...
Aired: Sep 23, 2013Melbourne schoolgirl Olympia Nelson is only sixteen, but she's no stranger to...
Aired: Sep 30, 2013Much has changed since Australian Story first explored the private and profes...
Aired: Oct 7, 2013Fred Smith has been described as 'Australia's secret weapon' in international...
Aired: Oct 14, 2013Three years ago Maggie MacKellar, daughter of a former Federal Cabinet Minist...
Aired: Oct 21, 2013The Damiani family's story has been described as a breathtaking example of ho...
Aired: Oct 28, 2013A daughter's quest for her father's love unearths a nest of family secrets an...
Aired: Nov 4, 2013As a fatherless child, Johnson Maker-Adeng fled from war-ravaged Sudan with t...
41. A Feeling for the Water Part 1
Aired: Nov 11, 2013Murray Rose was an inspiration for generations of Australians, in and out of ...
42. A Feeling for the Water Part 2
Aired: Nov 18, 2013The conclusion to the story on Olympic legend Murray Rose offers more insight...
Aired: Nov 25, 2013Before a training accident Janine Shepherd hoped to represent Australia in th...
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: ABC TV
Genres:Documentary, Biography
