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The Best Episodes of Australian Story Season 22

Every episode of Australian Story Season 22 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Australian Story Season 22!

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#1 - Adrenaline Brush
S22:E12/6/2017
Sophie Cape, a former elite downhill skier and track cyclist, survived death-defying injuries and extreme mental trauma to become one of the young "rock stars" of Australian art.
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#2 - The Hardest Choice
S22:E22/13/2017
The Hardest Choice: After a series of heartbreaking decisions, Claudine and Dave Fitzgibbon take a leap of faith with pioneering surgery to improve their chances of having a healthy child.
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#3 - Unchained Melody
S22:E32/20/2017
Australian singer-songwriter Melody Pool's journey through young love and heartbreak takes a surprising turn and threatens to derail a promising career.
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#4 - Into Hot Water
S22:E42/27/2017
Underwater adventurer Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg leads a team that believes some of the world's great coral reefs can be saved from the threat of rising sea temperatures and climate change.
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#5 - Getting Away With Murder
S22:E53/6/2017
Could one of Australia's most notorious cold cases finally be solved? Two women investigate a chilling crime and discover a world of fear, favours and political intrigue.
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#6 - On Borrowed Time
S22:E63/13/2017
A young asylum seeker is released from immigration detention to return to her married life in the community. But she faces an uncertain future.
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#7 - My Mother's Secret
S22:E73/20/2017
Blindsided by her mother's shock suicide, newspaper columnist Nikki Gemmell's search for answers takes her down the rabbit hole of the euthanasia debate.
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#8 - All For The Family
S22:E83/27/2017
Reigning world surfing champion Tyler Wright reveals how her campaign for the title was almost derailed when her brother Owen was seriously injured in a surfing accident.
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#9 - Two Brothers
S22:E94/3/2017
Two brothers Mal and Mike Leyland were pioneers of outback documentary-making, first setting off to Central Australia in 1960. But after a failed tourist project, they fell out and never fully reconciled.
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#10 - Breaking Good
S22:E104/10/2017
Peter Lyndon-James is a former ice addict and criminal now running Australia's strictest drug rehabilitation centre. At Shalom House in Perth, addicts go cold turkey with surprising results.
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#11 - The Story Of The Krait
S22:E114/24/2017
A veteran's campaign to preserve a rickety little fishing boat, in which fourteen "Z Special" commandos undertook one of Australia's most audacious missions of WWII.
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#12 - Channeling Mr Woo
S22:E125/1/2017
Channeling Mr Woo: From a humble migrant background to internet stardom, maths teacher Eddie Woo is changing lives by providing free maths lessons worldwide on his Wootube site.
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#13 - Splendour In The Grass
S22:E135/8/2017
As they work to regenerate their historic property of Wooleen in WA, newlyweds David Pollock and Frances Jones risk alienating their neighbours in the community where David grew up.
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#14 - Candy Man (Part 1)
S22:E145/15/2017
With his award-winning script for Lion, Luke Davies has become one of Hollywood's most celebrated screenwriters. But he found success only after overcoming years of addiction and despair.
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#15 - Candy Man (Part 2)
S22:E155/22/2017
Part 2 of the story of Luke Davies - poet, novelist & Oscar-nominated screenwriter of the hit movie Lion - charts his recovery from heroin addiction & rise to becoming one of the most sought-after writers in Hollywood.
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#16 - The Beat Goes On
S22:E165/29/2017
With country people dying of heart disease at a rate far greater than their city cousins Dr Rolf Gomes pioneered a mobile cardio clinic. Thanks to a mystery million-dollar benefactor he's now about to build another Heart Bus.
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#17 - Murder By The Sea
S22:E176/5/2017
The brutal murder of young Sydney mother Lynette White in 1973 has baffled police for decades. Join Sydney homicide detectives as they re-open the investigation and hunt for a breakthrough.
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#18 - I Am Sam
S22:E186/12/2017
The story of Sam Goddard and his family's efforts to help him following a series of strokes. They defied medical advice, travelled overseas for treatments & experimented with an illicit substance... with remarkable results.
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#19 - Sins Of The Father
S22:E196/19/2017
Two years ago Vincent Shin became the first school-based lawyer in Australia, the job of his dreams. But when he discovered a court file involving his father, he was shaken to the core.
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#20 - Shooting For The Stars
S22:E206/26/2017
As a child fleeing civil war in Africa, Mayor Chagai found solace in basketball. Now he's coaching a new generation of sporting champions among the Sudanese community in Sydney.
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#21 - The Peacemaker
S22:E217/3/2017
Ossie Cruse has been healing divisions in this country for 50 years. Now in his 80s he's inspiring his community to re-establish an ancient pathway where Aborigines first reached out to white settlers.
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#22 - Long Way From Home
S22:E227/10/2017
When a 20-year-old backpacker is murdered during a working holiday in rural Australia her grieving mother uncovers a world of sexual, financial and psychological exploitation.
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#23 - Long Way From Home (Part 2)
S22:E237/17/2017
After her daughter is brutally murdered while on the 88-day farm-work scheme, English woman Rosie Ayliffe travels to backpacker hotspots in Australia to lobby for change.
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#24 - My Son Sam
S22:E247/24/2017
The Sydney dad who defied convention and took his autistic teenage son backpacking across Africa. The results could revolutionise the study of autism.
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#25 - Playing With Fire
S22:E257/31/2017
Sam Dastyari was the ALP's rising star until he was forced to resign from the Shadow Ministry last year over a political donations scandal. Tonight, the Senator speaks exclusively about lingering criticisms of his conduct.
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Season 22 Ratings Summary

"Adrenaline Brush" is the best rated episode of "Australian Story" season 22. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/6/2017. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Hardest Choice".