Australian Story
Season 18 Episode 33 - In Your Face
In a world obsessed with physical beauty, Robert Hoge is a man embracing 'ugly'. Hoge was born 41 years ago with a massive tumour in the middle of his face. At first his own mother couldn't bear to look at him and the family was advised to 'put him in a home'. There were national newspaper headlines when a pioneering craniofacial surgeon used the cartilage from baby Robert's toe to construct a nose. Hoge grew up to become a journalist and then built a stellar career as a public servant culminating in the job of media advisor to then Queensland Premier Anna Bligh. But he has rejected further surgery that might make him look more conventional. Now a husband and a father himself, he's on a mission to confront us all with some difficult questions and start a new debate about concepts of beauty and ugliness and everything in between...
Episodes in Season 18
The Light of Day
30 min
On the Precipice
30 min
So Much to Say
30 min
The First Word
30 min
The Chosen One
30 min
Suddenly Last Summer (1)
30 min
Suddenly Last Summer (2)
30 min
On the Warpath
30 min
Letters to the Editor
30 min
Down by the Sea (1)
30 min
Down by the Sea (2)
30 min
Fade to Black
30 min
Call of Duty
30 min
Know Thy Enemy (1)
30 min
Know Thy Enemy (2)
30 min
Listen to Me
30 min
The Hazel Effect
30 min
A Life Laid Bare
30 min
Northam Exposure
30 min
When Blood Runs Cold
30 min
The Men Who Fell to Earth
30 min
No More Than a Ghost
30 min
The Music Lesson
30 min
Irons in the Fire
30 min
There but for Fortune
30 min
Too Good to Refuse
30 min
Corridors of Power
30 min
A Place for Us
30 min
Long Walk Back
30 min
A Voice in the Wilderness
30 min
Driving Greg Norman (1)
30 min
Driving Greg Norman (2)
30 min
In Your Face
30 min
Turning the Gaze
30 min
Count On Clive
30 min
A Sapper's Lullaby
30 min
On Maggies Farm
30 min
Cracking the Code
30 min
Letters From Elizabeth
30 min
Think Big
30 min
A Feeling for the Water (1)
30 min
A Feeling for the Water (2)
30 min
Taking Flight
30 min
