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The Killing Season (Australian TV series)

{{Short description|2015 Australian television three-part documentary series}}

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The Killing Season is a 2015 Australian three-part documentary television series which analyses the events of the Rudd–Gillard government which lasted from 2007 until 2013; a turbulent period in Australia’s modern 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 2007–2008 financial crisis.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/killing-season/ The Killing Season] at ABC TV

Ratings

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colspan="2"| Episode

! Original air date

! Overnight viewers

! Nightly rank

! Consolidated viewers

! Adjusted rank

! Ref

1

| Part One

| 9 June 2015

| 986,000

| #5

| 1,179,000

| #2

| {{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/06/tuesday-9-june-2015.html|title=Tuesday 9 June 2015|publisher=TV Tonight}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/06/timeshifted-tuesday-9-june-2015.html|title=Timeshifted: Tuesday 9 June 2015|publisher=TV Tonight}}

2

| Part Two

| {{nowrap|16 June 2015}}

| 968,000

| #7

| 1,130,000

| #3

| {{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/06/tuesday-16-june-2015.html|title=Tuesday 16 June 2015|publisher=TV Tonight}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/06/timeshifted-tuesday-16-june-2015.html|title=Timeshifted: Tuesday 16 June 2015|publisher=TV Tonight}}

3

| Part Three

| {{nowrap|23 June 2015}}

| 979,000

| #6

| 1,121,000

| #5

| {{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/06/tuesday-23-june-2015.html|title=Tuesday 23 June 2015|publisher=TV Tonight}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/07/timeshifted-tuesday-23-june-2015.html|title=Timeshifted: Tuesday 23 June 2015|publisher=TV Tonight}}

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.{{cite web

| url =http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-killing-season-is-one-of-finest-tv-documentaries-made-in-australia-20150615-ghout5.html

| title =The Killing Season is one of finest TV documentaries made in Australia

| last =Holmes

| first =Jonathan

| date =17 June 2015

| access-date =4 April 2016}}

Awards

  • Outstanding Public Affairs Report – 2016 Logie Awards
  • AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/05/11/56945/the-killing-season-by-sarah-ferguson-wins-logie-for-most-outstanding-public-affairs-report/|title = 'The Killing Season' by Sarah Ferguson Wins Logie for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report | Books+Publishing}}

See also

  • Labor in Power, as series on the first decade of the preceding Labor government from 1983 to 1996
  • The Howard Years, a series on the preceding Coalition government from 1997 to 2007
  • Nemesis, covering the Coalition government from 2013 to 2022

References

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External links

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Category:Rudd government

Category:Gillard government

Category:2015 Australian television series debuts

Category:2015 Australian television series endings

Category:2010s Australian documentary television series

Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming

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