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- Dan Halloran, now on the verge of adulthood has helped write a book to try to assist other families dealing with schizophrenia.
- When Brian and Bobbie Houston established their own tiny house of worship 20 years ago, they didn't dream they would end up at the helm of the biggest independent church in Australia.
- Brett and Wendy Whiteley were the golden couple of Australian art for 30 years. Their fame came as much from their controversial personal life as from Brett's internationally acclaimed paintings.
- Michael Willesee dominated Australian current affairs television for nearly three decades. For a long time everything he touched, inside and outside the media industry, turned to gold, seemingly without much effort on his part. In the late eighties, after a couple of highly publicised controversies, he walked away from his on camera life and pursued a number of outside business interests including a thoroughbred horse stud. The son of a Whitlam Government Cabinet Minister, Sen. Don Willesee, young Michael says he fell into journalism by accident. Now in his late fifties, twice divorced, father of five and grandfather of one, Michael Willesee seems to be engaged on his own search for meaning. He is increasingly committed to making documentaries about subjects he considers important.
- 1996– 28mTV EpisodeA Soldier's Story: Sir William Keys reflects on his use of Chinese medicine to combat his cancer. PLUS: Wild Stallion: Glen Innes farmer Robert Watchirs applies natural horsemanship techniques to catch and train a wild stallion in the bush. PLUS: Dante's Inferno: From Canberra, a look behind the scenes of Neil Cameron's spectacular production of Dante's Inferno featuring a huge amateur cast and real fire. The cast and crew overcome adverse weather to stage their poetic and inspiring work in an outdoor setting.
- One of the best loved and most talented actors and comedians that Australia has ever produced.
- Three years after the infamous "McFeast" appearance, Mark Chopper Read is back on the ABC.
- The story of the famous McPherson family.
- The Mouse That Roared Kylie Minogue is the guest presenter of tonight's first story. Sporting a new short haircut and a very English accent, Ms Minogue, who is recording a new album in London, agreed to introduce the story because of her high regard for the subject, Perth publisher Andrea Horwood. When Ms Horwood was a young girl, she was so shy and reclusive her nickname was "Mouse". But as a fledgling design student she started putting together a magazine on her lounge room floor. Seven years later, that magazine Australian Style is hitting the streets of New York and London, taking Australian ideas and culture to the rest of the world. PLUS: Dragon Tale: The second story is introduced by broadcaster and actor Annette Shun Wah. In contrast to the first story with its emphasis on the export of Australian culture, this story looks at a volunteer worker who has almost single handedly made the Victorian city of Bendigo an internationally significant centre for Chinese culture and history. His name is Russell Jack and, along with his wife, he has managed to raise millions of dollars for a number of landmark projects including the famous dragons of Bendigo, a major museum and Chinese gardens. Russell is a Chinese Australian who traces his ancestry back to the Victorian goldfields in the mid eighteen hundreds. His wife is Anglo-Australian.
- Diana Bliss, international theatrical entrepreneur and wife of Alan Bond. Ms Bliss who has not been interviewed since her marriage to Alan Bond talks for the first time about the marriage and her husband's life in jail.
- For Jason Donovan, the only son of well-known Australian actor Terence Donovan and TV Presenter Sue McIntosh, fame has been a two-edged sword.
- Johnny Young, legendary figure of Australian show business attempts to "start over" at the age of 53 with a new career, a new marriage and a new candour about the past.
- Australian Story explores the Steve Irwin legacy - and the moves that are already being made to ensure his work is continued.
- For three decades Peter Dawkins was the man Australian singers relied on to turn their music into chart-topping, record-breaking hits.
- Australian Institute of Sport women's cycling coach Warren McDonald talks for the first time about the crash which killed one of his team members and injured five others.
- Australian Story reveals the ordeal that has tested an ordinary Australian family beyond their worst imaginings.
- Lizzie Spender was 'given' a horse - a wild brumby running free in an area of the Kimberley the size of Tasmania - and resolved to capture and bring it back to Sydney.
- A candid and revealing look at the public and private sides of Julia Gillard.
- Toni Hoffman is the nurse who lifted the lid on a medical scandal making front page news, not just in Australia, but around the world.
- When Ian Thorpe won his two gold medals at the Athens Olympics, it was a personal triumph for him - and a vindication for a former art teacher called Tracey Menzies.
- Despite being born with a hare lip and double cleft palate, Wendy Harmer has become one of Australia's best known performers.
- Koby Abberton escapes a troubled childhood to become one of the world's most successful big wave surfers.
- In July 2005 convicted killer Heather Osland was released from Victoria's Tarrengower Prison. She had endured nearly 10 years of prison for the murder of her husband, Frank - a crime she and her many supporters claim she did not commit. Outrage over her incarceration has prompted dramatic changes to the Victorian domestic homicide laws. Even so, police still claim she's guilty as charged. In Australian Story, for the first time she describes in detail the violence and fear that she and her children suffered before her husband died, what happened the night of his death and about taking her first steps in forging a new life...
- Millions of fans know him as Harold Bishop, the slightly daggy star of the television soapie Neighbours. But until now, none knew Ian Smith's real life story encompasses a drama more remarkable than any script he has ever performed.
- William McInnes is an actor best known for his high profile TV roles in 'Blue Heelers' and 'SeaChange'.