''The Killing Season'' is a 2015 Australian television three-part documentary series which analyses the events of the
Rudd
''Scardinius'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae commonly called rudds. Locally, the name "rudd" without any further qualifiers is also used for individual species, particularly the common rudd (''S. erythrophthalmus''). Th ...
–
Gillard government of 2007–2013, a turbulent period of Australian political history. Journalist
Sarah Ferguson interviewed the
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ...
decision-makers and strategists who engaged in internal conflict that brought down a government which had successfully countered the
post-2008 global financial crisis.
Ratings
Soundtrack
The soundtrack accompanying the opening titles and credits is the version of
Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2 used in
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
's 1975 film ''
Barry Lyndon
''Barry Lyndon'' is a 1975 period drama film written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel ''The Luck of Barry Lyndon'' by William Makepeace Thackeray. Starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard ...
''.
Awards
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Outstanding Public Affairs Report - 2016 Logie Awards
* AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program
References
External links
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Rudd Government
Gillard Government
2015 Australian television series debuts
2015 Australian television series endings
2010s Australian documentary television series