Australian Story · SEASON 19

All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 2

Episode 17 · 2014-05-26

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Episode overview

Introduced by Grant Hackett Monday’s program concludes the epic tale of Kieren Perkins and the inside story of his battles to build a new life away from the sport that had dictated his every move since childhood. The program reveals new detail of the ‘nation stopping’ day in July 1996 when Perkins swam his way to a gold medal in the 1500 after being all but written off when he qualified last in the heats. Kieren Perkins, now aged forty, is credited with largely avoiding the tabloid catastrophes that have bedevilled so many of his contemporaries. But in this week’s candid conclusion he discloses some of his own struggles and introduces his new partner, fellow banking executive Karen Davis. She is credited with bringing new happiness into his life not least, according to Perkins, because she knows him only as a banker, not a swimming hero...

30 minutes

Season 19 episodes

1. The Other Side2014-02-03 2. The Back of His Mind2014-02-10 3. No Half Measures2014-02-17 4. Call Me Cate2014-02-24 5. His Driving Force2014-03-03 6. An Unnatural History2014-03-10 7. The House of Tara2014-03-17 8. Out of the Box2014-03-24 9. Set in Stone2014-03-31 10. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 12014-04-07 11. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 22014-04-14 12. A Man Called Boy2014-04-21 13. A Very Good Rascal2014-04-28 14. The Edge of the Mountain2014-05-05 15. In Tracy's Corner2014-05-12 16. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 12014-05-19 17. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 22014-05-26 18. Out of the Kitchen2014-06-02 19. The Last Commando , Part 12014-06-09 20. The Last Commando , Part 22014-06-16 21. Driving Miss Davis2014-06-23 22. Forget Me Not2014-06-30 23. Talk of the Town2014-07-07 24. The Game Changer2014-07-14 25. Leaps and Bounds2014-07-21 26. Divide and Conquer2014-07-28 27. Lock Me Away2014-08-04 28. Searching for C112014-08-11 29. Searching for C11 (2)2014-08-18 30. Before the Storm2014-08-25 31. Out of the Shoebox2014-09-01 32. Getting the Hang of It2014-09-08 33. The Past Is a Foreign Country2014-09-15 34. The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)2014-09-22 35. The Pursuit of Happiness2014-09-29 36. I Am Jack2014-10-06 37. Vanishing Act2014-10-13 38. The Innocent2014-10-20 39. The Innocent (2)2014-10-27 40. How I Met Your Father2014-11-03 41. Just Call Me Bob2014-11-10 42. Just Call Me Bob (2)2014-11-17 43. Letter from Wooleen2014-11-24