The Killing Season (Australian TV series)
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The Killing Season is a 2015 Australian television three-part documentary series which analyses the events of the RuddโGillard government of 2007โ2013, a turbulent period of Australian political history. Journalist Sarah Ferguson interviewed the Australian Labor Party decision-makers and strategists who engaged in internal conflict that brought down a government which had successfully countered the post-2008 global financial crisis.[1]
Ratings
Episode | Original air date | Overnight viewers | Nightly rank | Consolidated viewers | Adjusted rank | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Part One | June 9, 2015 | 986,000 | #5 | 1,179,000 | #2 | [2][3] |
2 | Part Two | June 16, 2015 | 968,000 | #7 | 1,130,000 | #3 | [4][5] |
3 | Part Three | June 23, 2015 | 979,000 | #6 | 1,121,000 | #5 | [6][7] |
Soundtrack
The soundtrack accompanying the opening titles and credits is the version of Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2 used in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film Barry Lyndon.[8]
Awards
- Outstanding Public Affairs Report - 2016 Logie Awards
- AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program[9]
See also
- Labor in Power, as series on the first decade of the preceding Labor government from 1983-1996
- The Howard Years, a series on the preceding Coalition government from 1997-2007
- Nemesis, covering the Coalition government from 2013-2022
References
- ^ The Killing Season at ABC TV
- ^ "Tuesday 9 June 2015". TV Tonight.
- ^ "Timeshifted: Tuesday 9 June 2015". TV Tonight.
- ^ "Tuesday 16 June 2015". TV Tonight.
- ^ "Timeshifted: Tuesday 16 June 2015". TV Tonight.
- ^ "Tuesday 23 June 2015". TV Tonight.
- ^ "Timeshifted: Tuesday 23 June 2015". TV Tonight.
- ^ Holmes, Jonathan (17 June 2015). "The Killing Season is one of finest TV documentaries made in Australia". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "'The Killing Season' by Sarah Ferguson Wins Logie for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report | Books+Publishing".
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