Australian Story
Season 19 Episode 33 - The Past Is a Foreign Country
This week’s program looks at the untold stranger than fiction life of a woman well recognised in the entertainment industry for her role in helping to launch the careers of some of Australia's biggest stars. Jan Russ was the initial casting director for Neighbours and remained in the role for nearly 25 years, launching performers like Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue, Delta Goodrem, Natalie Imbruglia, Liam Hemsworth and Guy Pearce. But until now the Australian star-maker has hidden the private pain of her own tumultuous real life story. Jan Russ's personal story has all the ingredients of a prime time drama playing out over fifty years and several continents. It starts with a teenage pregnancy and a lifelong quest to find a daughter adopted out in particularly harrowing circumstances. There's a stellar career, a doomed marriage and in the last couple of years the unexpected ascendancy of a son who has suddenly become a huge hit on South Korean television...
Episodes in Season 19
The Other Side
30 min
The Back of His Mind
30 min
No Half Measures
30 min
Call Me Cate
30 min
His Driving Force
30 min
An Unnatural History
30 min
The House of Tara
30 min
Out of the Box
30 min
Set in Stone
30 min
A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 1
30 min
A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 2
30 min
A Man Called Boy
30 min
A Very Good Rascal
30 min
The Edge of the Mountain
30 min
In Tracy's Corner
30 min
All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 1
30 min
All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 2
30 min
Out of the Kitchen
30 min
The Last Commando , Part 1
30 min
The Last Commando , Part 2
30 min
Driving Miss Davis
30 min
Forget Me Not
30 min
Talk of the Town
30 min
The Game Changer
30 min
Leaps and Bounds
30 min
Divide and Conquer
30 min
Lock Me Away
30 min
Searching for C11
30 min
Searching for C11 (2)
30 min
Before the Storm
30 min
Out of the Shoebox
30 min
Getting the Hang of It
30 min
The Past Is a Foreign Country
30 min
The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)
30 min
The Pursuit of Happiness
30 min
I Am Jack
30 min
Vanishing Act
30 min
The Innocent
30 min
The Innocent (2)
30 min
How I Met Your Father
30 min
Just Call Me Bob
30 min
Just Call Me Bob (2)
30 min
Letter from Wooleen
30 min
