Days Like These

There are times where you feel like you're just a side-character in someone else's narrative, or maybe you're off-stage waiting in the wings. But then something happens and suddenly you're the main character, the hero — or villain — of your own story.

As the demands of school, teenagerhood, and family life increase, so do the numbers of Vanessa's guinea pig herd.

In this one, Romeo is Kesh. And Juliet is aptly, Jules. And they are fearless.

Beth meets two men in a cafe. They’ve been chatting online for a while, but how will things go in person?

There’s a lot riding on this first date, more than romance or short-term fling.

When Laurie Luxe decided to pursue the art of clowning, one name kept coming up: Philippe Gaulier.

Alex doesn't want kids. She's learnt first-hand from the women in her family how hard it can be when relationships don't work out. But then she meets Tom.

Tom desperately wants to be a dad and Alex wants to be with Tom, so they come to a compromise: they'll have one child together.

But the family Alex ends up with is very different from the one she expects.

• Reporter Tamar Cranswick
• Sound engineer Isabella Tropiano
• Executive producer Sophie Townsend

Timmy Rubin grew up in Melbourne in the '70s and '80s, the child of two Holocaust survivors who let their children run wild.

When Patricia Santiago moves from Manila to Melbourne, her new schoolmates make fun of her American accent, her Filipino cuisine, her skin colour.

Alyssa Hodges always wanted to be a mum, just not at 19 years old. Then 17 weeks into her pregnancy, her partner left.

Overwhelmed and grieving, dating was the last thing on her mind. But a friend suggested she give Tinder a go, as it would be even harder to date once the baby arrived.

She didn't expect to meet and start falling for Max Silvy. And she definitely didn't expect to go into labour when they were meant to be having their fourth date.

Reporter Hannah Reich

Sound engineer Tim Jenkins

Executive producer Sophie Townsend