Season 8

2003

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E1. Her Own Sweet Way

Feb 17, 2003 · 30m

E2. A Farm Somewhere

Feb 24, 2003 · 30m

E3. Postcards from Emmaville Part 1

Mar 3, 2003 · 30m

E4. Postcards from Emmaville Part 2

Mar 10, 2003 · 30m

E5. A Policeman's Lot

E9. Harvey's Daughters

Apr 21, 2003 · 30m

E10. Boots And All

Apr 28, 2003 · 30m

Former Socceroos captain and respected football analyst Craig Foster has been an outspoken, sometimes controversial public broadcaster, driven by an unrivalled passion for the game. But privately, he has led another life, working with those less fortunate than himself. And in November last year, when a fellow football international, Bahraini refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi, was arrested in Thailand and threatened with extradition back to the country where he had been imprisoned and tortured, Craig Foster led a global campaign to free him. Now he and Hakeem reveal the full story of that campaign, and how close it came to disaster.

E11. The Trouble with Charlie

May 5, 2003 · 30m

E12. On The Mountain

May 12, 2003 · 30m

Introduced by Caroline Jones. It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime but when Australian nurse Christy King led a group of experienced trekkers into the PNG jungle everything changed in an instant. Early in the evening of their first night in the mountainous terrain of the Black Cat track, the group was attacked by men wielding machetes and robbed at gunpoint. As day turned to night, Christy King was left to decide how best to protect the men in her care and how to manage the serious wounds of the PNG porters who took the brunt of the attack. With two of her group already dead she was left to make difficult and unenviable decisions. For the first time, she speaks publicly about the ordeal.

Quaden Bayles is a nine-year-old boy with dwarfism who just wants to fit in. But he unwittingly found himself the target of a vicious social media pile-on when his mum Yarraka posted a video of him distraught after being bullied at school. The video went viral and there was a huge outpouring of support. But the haters also came out in force, accusing Quaden of being an adult who was scamming the public for financial gain. This is how Quaden triumphed over the trolls.

E15. Secret Life of Jacki

Jun 2, 2003 · 30m

In August 2008, Bundaberg photojournalist Nigel Brennan was kidnapped in Somalia, along with Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout. Last year, the Brennan family became players in the shadowy world of international kidnap and ransom.

E16. While You Were Sleeping

Jun 9, 2003 · 30m

E17. The Affairs of Men

Jun 16, 2003 · 30m

When Dianne Brimble died mysteriously aboard the Pacific Sky cruise liner in 2002, her family was left to mourn the loss of a beloved mother, wife, sister and daughter. It also began a seven and a half year battle for answers by the two men who had shared her life.

E18. A Bird in the Hand

Jun 23, 2003 · 30m

E19. This Boy's Life

Jun 30, 2003 · 30m

Five years ago Australian Story featured the journey of Jenny Newman and her family. This program revisited the Melbourne grandmother to find that her worst fear is being realised.

E20. Something About Mary

Jul 7, 2003 · 30m

E21. The Unusual Suspect

Jul 14, 2003 · 30m

E22. Eye of a Needle

Jul 21, 2003 · 30m

E23. Walking on Water

Jul 28, 2003 · 30m

E24. Looking for Lyn

Aug 4, 2003 · 30m

For someone who’s been on our TV screens every night for twenty years, little is known about two time Gold Logie winner and Most Popular Actress, Kate Ritchie.

E25. The Chosen One

Aug 11, 2003 · 30m

This week, the story of three young Australians and their mission to rescue an orphaned elephant calf on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. Sumatran elephants are officially listed as critically endangered, driven out of their habitat by encroaching industries – in particular, palm oil production. It is estimated that there are now only two or three thousand left in the wild. But against all the odds, one Sumatran elephant calf has become a symbol of hope in an otherwise bleak situation. The program has the heart warming story of 'Bona' and three friends mobilising to save her. The three are all ex employees of the late Steve Irwin, who had a particular interest in the plight of the Sumatran elephants. As this episode reveals, some of those closest to the 'Crocodile Hunter' played a key role in the saga...

E26. An Inspector Calls

E29. When Cowboys Ruled

Sep 9, 2003 · 30m

E30. Madam Mayor

Sep 15, 2003 · 30m