NaN/100 votes#1 - The Man On The Mantelpiece
Season 16 Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2011
Maggie MacKellar was a city dweller who seemed to have it all – a successful academic career, a devoted husband, a young daughter and another baby on the way.
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#2 - On Your Bike
Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2011
When Doug Sunderland succumbed to the blues after losing his wife and being diagnosed with cancer, his GP told him to 'get back on his bike'. He did... and it 'saved his life', so much so, that he decided to ride around Australia solo, surviving on tinned food and sleeping by the road.
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#3 - The Third Act
Season 16 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2011
For the last 48 years Jacki Weaver has been one of Australia's best loved actors. Now 63, she has achieved a stunning career high by being chosen as one of the Best Supporting Actress nominees for this year's Oscars.
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#4 - Dogs Of War
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2011
Wildlife photographer Jennifer Parkhurst's passion for dingos set her at odds with park rangers - and brought her to the brink of disaster...
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#5 - Take No Prisoners
Season 16 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2011
On the eve of his retirement from public office, the nation's longest serving Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicholas Cowdery, reflects exclusively on his sixteen years in the top job.
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#6 - Girl Most Likely
Season 16 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2011
Jade Hopper is a young woman on the cusp of the toughest decision of her life - to pursue her dream of becoming a world no. 1 tennis player or to court success from her law studies.
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#7 - The Terminator
Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2011
Two years ago, former Navy clearance diver Paul de Gelder was testing new sonar equipment in Sydney Harbour when he was attacked by a shark and pulled from the water, barely alive.
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#8 - Across The Night Sky
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 3/28/2011
Last year a Victorian court sentenced Robert Farquharson to a minimum 33 years jail for deliberately driving his three sons to their death in a dam on Father's Day.
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#9 - Mr Quigley's Quandary (Part 1)
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/2011
Part 1 of the program about lawyer and politician John Quigley whose three decades in the public spotlight have drawn controversy, enmity and notoriety.
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#10 - Mr Quigley's Quandary (Part 2)
Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 4/11/2011
The conclusion to our story on Western Australian lawyer and politician John Quigley.
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#11 - Under Her Wing
Season 16 Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2011
Eight years ago Elizabeth Clayton was living in Fiji when she rescued a young man known as the 'chicken boy'. His name was Sujit and he'd been kept in a hen house as a child and then tied up for 22 years in an old people's home.
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#12 - In The Jet Stream
Season 16 Episode 12 - Aired 4/25/2011
Band manager David Powell took the Melbourne rock band JET from obscurity to ARIA triumph and then onto the international stage. But fate was less kind to David – today he is lucky to be alive to tell his story.
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#13 - Shattered
Season 16 Episode 13 - Aired 5/2/2011
On 22 July 2007, Peter Hodgkins threw a rock at a car from an overpass at Kiama, NSW, smashing the skull of beauty therapist Nicole Timbs and changing both their lives forever.
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#14 - 15th Anniversary Special (Part 1)
Season 16 Episode 14 - Aired 5/9/2011
Part 1 of our celebration of 15 years of Australian Story featuring Ric Birch, Gina Rinehart, John Button and Estelle Blackburn, Pauline Hanson, Sam and Jenny Bailey, Nick Ross and Allan Fels.
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#15 - 15th Anniversary Special (Part 2)
Season 16 Episode 15 - Aired 5/16/2011
The conclusion to our celebration of 15 years of Australian Story featuring Gayle Shann, Chris Sarra, Beth Heinrich, Greg Combet, Belinda Emmett, Bob Irwin, Gemma Sisia and Michael Ware.
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#16 - Hearts Of Gold
Season 16 Episode 16 - Aired 5/23/2011
Brian Sherman rose to great wealth and success as a businessman. His son Emile is a co-producer of 'The King's Speech', winner of this year's best picture Oscar. But what really unites the family is their overwhelming passion for animal welfare.
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#17 - Mind Of His Own
Season 16 Episode 17 - Aired 5/30/2011
Charlie Teo is a Sydney neurosurgeon, loved by patients but unpopular with some in the medical establishment. He is credited with prolonging the lives of many people with tumours that were considered inoperable.
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#18 - The Girl From Boryslaw
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 6/6/2011
Sabina Wolanski was left alone in the world at 17 when her family were killed in the Holocaust. In 2005 she addressed a gathering of state dignitaries in Berlin, received a standing ovation and reduced journalists to tears.
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#19 - Conviction (Part 1)
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 6/13/2011
For three and a half years, Newcastle pathologist Dr Simon Palfreeman has been shuttling between Australia and Bulgaria negotiating that country's complex and controversial justice system to try to help his 24 year old son.
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#20 - Conviction (Part 2)
Season 16 Episode 20 - Aired 6/20/2011
The conclusion of our story on Dr Simon Palfreeman, the Newcastle pathologist on a mission to help his son who's serving twenty years in a Bulgarian jail.
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#21 - Love and Other Drugs
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 6/27/2011
When Sally Nielsen's fiance Sam Goddard suffered a catastrophic stroke, she ignored the advice of some of those closest to her and stuck by him. Now her efforts have produced an amazing medical breakthrough.
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#22 - Desperate Remedies (Part 1)
Season 16 Episode 22 - Aired 7/4/2011
Penelope Dingle was a former model and actor married to TV science guru Peter Dingle. At the age of 43 she was diagnosed with a common cancer regarded as highly curable if it’s caught early...
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#23 - Desperate Remedies (Part 2)
Season 16 Episode 23 - Aired 7/11/2011
The conclusion to the story of Penelope Dingle whose untimely death had shattering and unexpected repercussions for those closest to her.
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#24 - City of Angels
Season 16 Episode 24 - Aired 7/18/2011
Alisa Latto was born with a life threatening genetic condition – one shared by her two siblings and her mother, Rosemary... This story follows her difficult journey to motherhood.
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#25 - Trust Me Mr Chandler
Season 16 Episode 25 - Aired 7/25/2011
International banker Sascha Chandler had a secret he'd been harbouring since childhood. Two years ago he decided to deal with his demons and joined forces with a dogged NSW detective to bring to justice one of the country's most elusive and dangerous predators.
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The Best Episodes of Australian Story Season 16
Every episode of Australian Story Season 16 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Australian Story Season 16!
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Season 16 Ratings Summary
"The Man On The Mantelpiece" is the best rated episode of "Australian Story" season 16. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/7/2011. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "On Your Bike".