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; 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 Killing Season at ABC TV 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.
Ratings Episode Original air date Overnight viewers Nightly rank Consolidated viewers Adjusted rank Ref 1 The Prime Minister And his loyal Deputy 9 June 2015 986,000 #5 1,179,000 #2 2 Great Moral Challenge 968,000 #7 1,130,000 #3 3 The Long Shadow 979,000 #6 1,121,000 #5
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.
Awards Outstanding Public Affairs Report – 2016 Logie Awards AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program
See also Labor in Power, a 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
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