Australian Epic: Season 1

At the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, speed skater Steven... More Bradbury won Australia's first ever Winter gold medal after everyone else in his race fell over, proving to the world that you don't need to be the best at what you do in order to come out on top.

Tasmanian-born Mary Donaldson was living an ordinary life, when on... More a last-minute whim she accepted a friend's invitation to go out drinking during the Sydney Olympics. At a pub called the Slip Inn, she caught the eye of a dashing young man called Fred, who just happened to be the Crown Prince of Denmark.

A musical comedy about the international incident caused by Johnny... More Depp when he brought his two Yorkshire terriers into Australia, where he was filming a Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Depp and his partner Amber Heard had arrived in Australia by private plane but failed to declare their dogs to Australian customs.

The comedy of errors that befell Melbourne's cursed Ferris Wheel,... More conceived as an international landmark to put the city on the map, but plagued by construction mishaps and the world's worst views.