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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...
Aired: Sep 15, 2014 Genre: Documentary NewsCasts:Duration: 30m Rating: 0 Country:Production:
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01: The Other Side02: The Back of His Mind03: No Half Measures04: Call Me Cate05: His Driving Force06: An Unnatural History07: The House of Tara08: Out of the Box09: Set in Stone10: A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 111: A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 212: A Man Called Boy13: A Very Good Rascal14: The Edge of the Mountain15: In Tracy's Corner16: All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 117: All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 218: Out of the Kitchen19: The Last Commando , Part 120: The Last Commando , Part 221: Driving Miss Davis22: Forget Me Not23: Talk of the Town24: The Game Changer25: Leaps and Bounds26: Divide and Conquer27: Lock Me Away28: Searching for C1129: Searching for C11 (2)30: Before the Storm31: Out of the Shoebox32: Getting the Hang of It33: The Past Is a Foreign Country34: The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)35: The Pursuit of Happiness36: I Am Jack37: Vanishing Act38: The Innocent39: The Innocent (2)40: How I Met Your Father41: Just Call Me Bob42: Just Call Me Bob (2)43: Letter from Wooleen