Australian Story - Season 1 Episode 24

Fame: Our first story is about a group of gifted young students at Perth's Aboriginal Academy of Performing Arts and their quest for show business success. Among them is a talented young female vocalist who is being hailed in some quarters as the next Christine Anu. But, as filming progressed big question marks developed over the future of the group. PLUS: A Different Drum: Gary Shearston was the husky voiced Australian heart throb who had a huge world wide hit with his version of "I Get a Kick Out of You" in the seventies. Now, 57, he's an Anglican priest with a diocese based in Hay which takes in nearly a third of rural New South Wales. This year, having resigned himself to a life of "priestly bachelorhood" he remarried and now has a six month old baby. His is a fascinating story of a life of great contrasts and surprising choices.