The Killing Season (Australian TV series)

The Killing Season
GenrePolitical docuseries
Written bySarah Ferguson
Presented bySarah Ferguson
ComposerPete Drummond
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producerSue Spencer
ProducerDeborah Masters
EditorLile Judickas
Running time70 minutes – 88 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC TV
Release9 June (2015-06-09) –
23 June 2015 (2015-06-23)
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The Killing Season is a 2015 Australian three-part documentary television series which analyses the events of the RuddGillard government which lasted from 2007 until 2013; it was 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 that performed well during the 2008 financial crisis. The program followed the ABC's contemporary tradition of producing similar long-form retrospective documentary series of Australian governments, such as Labor in Power and The Howard Years.