The Killing Season (Australian TV series) explained

The Killing Season is a 2015 Australian television three-part documentary series which analyses the events of the Rudd–Gillard government of 2007–2013, 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	9 June 2015	986,000	5	1,179,000	2	^[2] ^[3]
2	Part Two		968,000	7	1,130,000	3	^[4] ^[5]
3	Part Three		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 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

Notes and References

1. The Killing Season at ABC TV
2. Web site: Tuesday 9 June 2015. TV Tonight.
3. Web site: Timeshifted: Tuesday 9 June 2015. TV Tonight.
4. Web site: Tuesday 16 June 2015. TV Tonight.
5. Web site: Timeshifted: Tuesday 16 June 2015. TV Tonight.
6. Web site: Tuesday 23 June 2015. TV Tonight.
7. Web site: Timeshifted: Tuesday 23 June 2015. TV Tonight.
8. Web site: The Killing Season is one of finest TV documentaries made in Australia . Holmes . Jonathan . 17 June 2015 . 4 April 2016.
9. Web site: 'The Killing Season' by Sarah Ferguson Wins Logie for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report | Books+Publishing.