The Past Is a Foreign Country
Episode 33 · 2014-09-15
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
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...
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
