NaN/100 votes#1 - Adrenaline Brush
Season 22 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#2 - The Hardest Choice
Season 22 Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#3 - Unchained Melody
Season 22 Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#4 - Into Hot Water
Season 22 Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#5 - Getting Away With Murder
Season 22 Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#6 - On Borrowed Time
Season 22 Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#7 - My Mother's Secret
Season 22 Episode 7 - Aired 3/20/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#8 - All For The Family
Season 22 Episode 8 - Aired 3/27/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#9 - Two Brothers
Season 22 Episode 9 - Aired 4/3/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#10 - Breaking Good
Season 22 Episode 10 - Aired 4/10/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#11 - The Story Of The Krait
Season 22 Episode 11 - Aired 4/24/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#12 - Channeling Mr Woo
Season 22 Episode 12 - Aired 5/1/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#13 - Splendour In The Grass
Season 22 Episode 13 - Aired 5/8/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#14 - Candy Man (Part 1)
Season 22 Episode 14 - Aired 5/15/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#15 - Candy Man (Part 2)
Season 22 Episode 15 - Aired 5/22/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#16 - The Beat Goes On
Season 22 Episode 16 - Aired 5/29/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#17 - Murder By The Sea
Season 22 Episode 17 - Aired 6/5/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#18 - I Am Sam
Season 22 Episode 18 - Aired 6/12/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#19 - Sins Of The Father
Season 22 Episode 19 - Aired 6/19/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#20 - Shooting For The Stars
Season 22 Episode 20 - Aired 6/26/2017
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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5.0/106 votes#21 - The Peacemaker
Season 22 Episode 21 - Aired 7/3/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#22 - Long Way From Home
Season 22 Episode 22 - Aired 7/10/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#23 - Long Way From Home (Part 2)
Season 22 Episode 23 - Aired 7/17/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#24 - My Son Sam
Season 22 Episode 24 - Aired 7/24/2017
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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NaN/100 votes#25 - Playing With Fire
Season 22 Episode 25 - Aired 7/31/2017
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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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!
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...
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Season 22 Ratings Summary
"Adrenaline Brush" is the best rated episode of "Australian Story" season 22. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/6/2017. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Hardest Choice".