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Kurt Fearnley talks to some well-known Australians who have faced challenges and setbacks in their lives, only to overcome them and go on to make a real difference. What drives them and what does it take to reach their goals?

Unique and outrageous, Jeanne Little was the comedy dah-ling of daytime television in the 1970s and 1980s. Four months after her death from Alzheimer's disease, daughter Katie reveals some intimate family secrets.

A lonely and friendless boy finds and untangles a hurt dolphin that loses it's tail in a crab trap. The boy believes the dolphin would be able to swim normally if it was given a prosthetic tail.

A decade ago Turia Pitt was running an ultramarathon when a grassfire caused burns to 65 percent of her body. Doctors weren't sure she'd survive, but she encapsulates what it means to have 'grit'. She joins Kurt Fearnley for a run, and a conversation about determination.

Scientist Veena Sahajwalla is a recycling revolutionary whose bold new ideas are helping reduce landfill. Now she's unveiling her latest brainchild, an invention which turns the discarded into the designer.

Button batteries are a hidden danger lurking in every home and mothers Andrea Shoesmith and Allison Rees have changed the world to protect our children.

Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.

On February 28, 1997, LAPD officers spot a robbery in progress while on routine patrol. But the situation that follows turns Hollywood movie-nasty with one of the most violent shootouts in US history.

Sixteen-year-old teen Bob Bramley takes to the skies to break a solo flying record and shine a light on youth mental health, galvanised by the desperate struggles of his two friends.

A personal examination of one of the most infamous athletes of all time, Lance Armstrong. From young Texas superstar, to global inspiration, to fallen icon.

The finalists must produce an authentic three-course menu to be tested by a restaurant full of owners Jay and Uttam's toughest critics - their loyal regulars. Will an Indian variation of fish and chips delight or dismay?

In the season finale, Australian Story meets an 81-year-old inventor who's saved the lives of hundreds of premature babies and checks in with the hilarious Dustyesky 'fake Russian' choir for a special Christmas performance.

The tandoor skill test puts chefs immediately under pressure to produce an authentic tandoori chicken. Can Bindi's infectious enthusiasm and years of home cooking fit into a professional kitchen?

February 2020. The treatment program has nine weeks to go. Melbourne faces a coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown as the global pandemic accelerates, and the Turning Point team call a crisis meeting to keep the treatment program on track.

The next three candidates must identify the correct three nuts to make an authentic korma. Will Kuldeep's celebrity chef training be enough to demonstrate now is his time to shine?

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Wayne tells the exhilarating story of 1987 World Motorcycle Grand Prix Champion Wayne Gardner's triumphant, improbable journey from a $5 dirt bike to the international summit of his sport.