Australian Story

Synopsis

Putting the "real" back into reality television, Australian Story is an award-winning documentary series with no narrator and no agendas — just authentic stories told entirely in people's own words.

First Air Date: 1996-05-29

Last Air Date: 2025-11-03

Number of Seasons: 30

Number of Episodes: 1103

Networks: ABC TV

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Top Cast

Caroline Jones as Self - Presenter
Leigh Sales as Self - Presenter
Sam Neill as Self
Paul Hogan as Self
Ben Gillies as Self
Chris Joannou as Self
Joel Edgerton as Self
David Graham as Himself
Gretel Killeen as Herself
Camilla Severi as Herself

Seasons

Specials (2011) - (1 Episodes)

Season 1 (1996) - (27 Episodes)

Season 2 (1997) - (38 Episodes)

Season 3 (1998) - (36 Episodes)

Season 4 (1999) - (37 Episodes)

Season 5 (2000) - (37 Episodes)

Season 6 (2001) - (42 Episodes)

Season 7 (2002) - (39 Episodes)

Season 8 (2003) - (37 Episodes)

Season 9 (2004) - (38 Episodes)

Season 10 (2005) - (40 Episodes)

Season 11 (2006) - (43 Episodes)

Season 12 (2007) - (39 Episodes)

Season 13 (2008) - (38 Episodes)

Season 14 (2009) - (4 Episodes)

Season 15 (2010) - (45 Episodes)

Season 16 (2011) - (41 Episodes)

Season 17 (2012) - (41 Episodes)

Season 18 (2013) - (43 Episodes)

Season 19 (2014) - (43 Episodes)

Series 2015 (2015) - (42 Episodes)

Series 2016 (2016) - (43 Episodes)

Series 2017 (2017) - (41 Episodes)

Series 2018 (2018) - (35 Episodes)

Series 2019 (2019) - (35 Episodes)

Series 2020 (2020) - (34 Episodes)

Series 2021 (2021) - (35 Episodes)

Series 2022 (2022) - (29 Episodes)

Series 2023 (2023) - (33 Episodes)

Series 2024 (2024) - (31 Episodes)

Series 2025 (2025) - (37 Episodes)

Specials (2011)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Australian Story Special: David Hicks (2011-08-30)

For the first time on television, David Hicks tells his story. On Tuesday 20th September at 8.30pm on ABC1, David Hicks speaks about his life and journey in David Hicks: Australian Story Special. Over several months, award winning Australian Story reporter/producer Helen Grasswill has explored the Hicks case, encouraging him to reflect on his past and the actions that resulted in six years detention at the controversial US prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. In this revealing program, Hicks sheds light on his childhood and the steps that brought him to embrace Islam and become involved with fundamentalist groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Grasswill also poses the difficult questions, pressing Hicks about his now infamous letters to his family after he spent time in a militant training camp in Pakistan and his differing explanations about why he returned to Afghanistan after the events of September 11, 2001. As well, the program features interviews with members of Hicks's family, key representatives of the Australian government of the day, and a number of experts who give their view on the veracity of Hicks's claims about his time in Guantanamo and the legal case against him.