True Stories (TV series)
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 Anna Coren on True Stories. |
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| Genre | Biographical documentary |
| Starring | Anna Coren |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Running time | approx 0:20 (plus commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel Seven |
| Original run | 2005 – incumbent |
True Stories is an Australian biographical documentary series which explores the personal journeys of ordinary, and sometimes extraordinary Australians. It is based on the ABC's Australian Story.
The four episode long first season of the program rated extremely well, attracting an average of over 1.7 million viewers per episode. As a result, Channel Seven announced a second season, consisting of over 20 episodes.
It is doubtful that original host Anna Coren will front the entire second season as mid-way through production Coren was posted as U.S. Correspondent for Seven News. Chris Bath is already confirmed to present at least one episode of the second series, the story of Sophie Delezio.
The second season of True Stories is currently airing on Channel Seven in Australia on Sunday nights.
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[edit] Season Two Episode Summaries
[edit] Dylan's Story
Dylan Hartung is a 7 year old boy diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma in 2004. Doctors in Australia were True Stories followed his trip to New York for treatment at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
[edit] Sophie's Story
Original airdate: 16 July 2006
Sophie Delezio is a five-year-old Sydney girl involved in two horrific car accidents. While some of her journey has been documented, the family have chosen to keep most of it private, until now. True Stories follows the recovery of Sophie, as well as the effect of her accidents on her family.
[edit] Tim's Story
Original airdate: 23 July 2006
Truck driver Tim Stuhlfauth was hijacked, held at gunpoint for 16 hours and forced to drive his rig without a break as the madman fired shots in the cabin of his truck. As the terrifying ordeal unfolded Tim thought he'd never see his family again convinced he was going to be killed. The hijacking came to a dramatic conclusion thanks to Tim's quick thinking. The story took a dramatic twist when the identity of the gunman was finally revealed.
