E1 - Road to Nowhere (Part 1)

Aired: February 06, 2012

Part 1 of our story on Di Gicrist, the woman taking on the big end of town and changing the face of justice in South Australia after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.

E2 - Road to Nowhere (Part 2)

Aired: February 13, 2012

The conclusion to our story on Di Gilcrist and her fight for justice after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.

E3 - Mary and Me

Aired: February 20, 2012

Kath Evans was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain and given only weeks to live. She attributes her sudden, extraordinary recovery to the then Blessed Mary MacKillop and the event was accepted by the Vatican as a miracle.

E4 - By the Light of Stars

Aired: February 27, 2012

Yaron Lifschitz took a small, troubled circus company and turned it into an artistic triumph that now has the world applauding its daring and glamour.

E5 - Half a Million Acres

Aired: March 05, 2012

David Pollock, a young man from remote Western Australia and Frances Jones, a young woman from the Melbourne suburbs, battle to save the historic grazing property Wooleen.

E6 - The Book of Daniel

Aired: March 12, 2012

Daniel Clarke at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia.

E7 - Woman from Snowy River

Aired: March 19, 2012

Leigh Woodgate's journey from young mountain girl to shining racing star, through dark days of hospital and recovery to the triumphant joy of riding a horse for early morning track work.

E8 - Going Troppo

Aired: March 26, 2012

From teenage years marked by delinquency, expulsions from school and several brushes with the law, John Polson became a successful actor and went on to direct some of the world's best known TV dramas.

E9 - House Of Hancock

Aired: April 02, 2012

Another look at the 1997 classic story on Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.

E10 - A Done Deal

Aired: April 09, 2012

Ric Richardson is an inventor who took on the might of Microsoft and scored a remarkable victory.

E11 - Streets with No Names

Aired: April 16, 2012

Scott Neeson built a career as a top Hollywood movie executive but after a holiday in Cambodia, gave it all up and now works to help some of the poorest children there.

E12 - The Razor's Edge

Aired: April 23, 2012

Risktaker, investigator and troublemaker: animal advocate Lyn White and the images that shocked a nation.

E13 - Return to Wooleen

Aired: April 30, 2012

Since Half a Million Acres aired, the Pollock's battle to save their property has attracted powerful supporters and a visit by natural landscape ecologist, Peter Andrews who has previously featured on Australian Story.

E14 - Larger Than Life

Aired: May 07, 2012

Clive Palmer has been described as a generous giver, a national treasure and a major political force. He's also been labelled a billionaire mining magnate who has never mined, a human headline and a manipulator of the media.

E15 - When We Were Racers

Aired: May 14, 2012

Triple world champion, Sir Jack Brabham became the first driver to be knighted for services to motorsport and the only Formula One driver to win a world title in a car of his own construction.

E16 - According to Her Cloth

Aired: May 21, 2012

From international model via prison to toast of Australian fashion week as a new generation designer: Tovah Cottle.

E17 - Turning the Tables

Aired: May 28, 2012

Jack Manning Bancroft, was just 19 when he started a plan to help disadvantaged kids finish school. Now at 26 he's one of Australia's youngest CEO's.

E18 - Walking with Kate Mulvany

Aired: June 04, 2012

Actress and playwright Kate Mulvany has experienced more than most people do in a lifetime and speaks candidly about life's many challenges and explains how she found the energy and determination to return to the public spotlight.

E19 - The Voice

Aired: June 11, 2012

Gurrumul Yunupingu's haunting voice has captivated global audiences, most recently in London for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

E20 - To Set Before a Queen

Aired: June 18, 2012

In the early hours of Sunday June 24, the unbeaten Black Caviar will take on Europe's best at Royal Ascot, in front of the Queen. This is the fascinating inside story of the making of Black Caviar, stretching back across the generations.

E21 - Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 1)

Aired: June 25, 2012

Part One of our two part special where friends and family of Diana Bliss tell her story and reveal the extent of the private torment behind the glittering existence.

E22 - Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 2)

Aired: July 02, 2012

This week, the conclusion to our story about Diana Bliss whose death earlier this year was reported around the world.

E23 - Letters to the Editor

Aired: July 09, 2012

It's a time of unprecedented crisis in the newspaper industry. But this week's Australian Story is about a former big city journalist who's bucking the trend. James Clark had been living the dream in Paris when he decided to put his future, his relationship and the family sheep station on the line to chase his dream of running a little local newspaper in outback Cunnamulla.

E24 - Stranger on the Shore

Aired: July 16, 2012

Next week's program tells the story of a young woman unsettling her middle class Melbourne family by going out on a limb to 'adopt' a fourteen year old Afghan asylum seeker.

E25 - Foolin' Around

Aired: July 23, 2012

Popular Country singer Beccy Cole has decided she is ready to tell audiences about a personal dilemma which has dogged her for more than ten years.

E26 - It Takes a Village

Aired: July 30, 2012

In 2001 Ian and Sandy Johnson adopted two orphaned children, Tigi and Frazer, from Ethiopia. Now with the children 12 and 15, we returned to find out how it's all worked out.

E27 - Her Natural Life

Aired: August 06, 2012

This program documents Annabelle Sandes' unlikely pathway from the fine art auction rooms of inner Sydney to whale conservation in the Kimberley.

E28 - Tatiana Is Dancing

Aired: August 13, 2012

Tanya Pearson has shaped the careers of hundreds of aspiring Australian dancers and at 75 continues to teach classical ballet full time.

E29 - The Queen of Extreme

Aired: August 20, 2012

Torah Bright has lived in the United States since she was fifteen years old when she turned professional as a snowboarder. Since then, she's flown under the radar of many Australians. Her specialty is the half pipe – a winter Olympic event with a huge international following.

E30 - Kicking the Habit

Aired: August 27, 2012

A recent High Court ruling all but ended the branding of cigarette packets in Australia. The decision and the woman behind it, Federal-Attorney General Nicola Roxon, have generated news headlines around the world.

E31 - War Paint

Aired: September 03, 2012

Ben Quilty is an Archibald prize winning artist with a lifelong interest in concepts of masculinity - from youthful excesses with drugs, alcohol and fast cars to soldiers on the front line.

E32 - On Bicheno Beach

Aired: September 10, 2012

It's forty years since a 15 year old Shane Gould created a sporting sensation by winning three individual gold medals at the Munich Olympics.

E33 - Alaska and Me

Aired: September 17, 2012

Twenty-seven year old John Cantor has devoted the past six years to trying to complete one of the toughest solo expeditions on earth - Brooks Range in Alaska.

E34 - Life After Puberty

Aired: September 24, 2012

Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja, the two young girls who starred in the 1981 Bruce Beresford film 'Puberty Blues', found fame and celebrity and looked set for big careers on screen...

E35 - Leap of Faith

Aired: October 01, 2012

Li Cunxin - once one of the world's best known dancers - embarks on a high stakes return to the ballet world after 15 years as a stockbroker.

E36 - The Slam

Aired: October 08, 2012

Exclusive with Rod Laver: the tennis legend is joined by family, friends and a line up of greats including Roger Federer.

E37 - The Slam (Part 2)

Aired: October 15, 2012

Part two follows Laver through his marriage to an older American divorcee, raising children, battling a near catastrophic stroke and his return to Australia in circumstances he describes as the supreme highlight of his life.

E38 - The Year of Living Famously

Aired: October 22, 2012

Ben Lewin and Judi Levine are two film-makers whose latest film 'The Sessions' has received considerable acclaim and is now being tipped as an Academy Awards contender.

E39 - A Man of His Word

Aired: October 29, 2012

Veteran print reporter Malcolm Brown has covered some of the biggest stories of the last four decades, but now finds himself somewhat out of step with the times in an industry caught on the cutting edge of the digital revolution.

E40 - Dreams from My Mother

Aired: November 05, 2012

Oscar-nominated actress Diane Cilento left Hollywood at the height of her fame to pursue more creative and spiritual endeavours. Her most enduring love was a theatre she created in the middle of the North Queensland rainforest.

E41 - Under Her Spell

Aired: November 12, 2012

Zelie Bullen is a former stunt woman, turned world renowned animal trainer who trained Abraham, the lead horse in Steven Spielberg's movie 'War Horse'.