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ABC Documentaries

Season 2020 2020
TV-PG

  • 2020-03-06T13:00:00Z on ABC
  • 1h
  • 7h (7 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Documentary
ABC TV Documentaries aims to screen programs that give us a greater understanding of where we came from, who we are, and where we might be going. ABC TV Documentaries commissions its documentaries from Australia’s highly competitive independent documentary industry. We seek a broad slate of quality documentaries which will tell strong stories, which are well researched, which are well made, and which will entertain and inform our audience. They can be single subject series or one off specials.

7 episodes

Season Premiere

2020-03-06T13:00:00Z

2020x01 Holden: The End Of The Road

Season Premiere

2020x01 Holden: The End Of The Road

  • 2020-03-06T13:00:00Z1h

Holden is an iconic brand closely tied to our national identity but how did it all go wrong for Australia's car? From the FJ, EH, Kingswood, Monaro, Torana and Commodore, Jeremy Fernandez charts the history as the end nears.

2020-05-23T13:30:00Z

2020x02 Maralinga Tjarutja

2020x02 Maralinga Tjarutja

  • 2020-05-23T13:30:00Z1h

The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.

2020-07-04T13:30:00Z

2020x03 In My Blood It Runs

2020x03 In My Blood It Runs

  • 2020-07-04T13:30:00Z1h

The critically acclaimed documentary told through the eyes of charismatic 10-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy, Dujuan and his family, revealing the challenges Dujuan faces both in his school and on the streets of Alice Springs.

2020-08-20T13:30:00Z

2020x04 Final Rendezvous

2020x04 Final Rendezvous

  • 2020-08-20T13:30:00Z1h

The collapse of a major spy case involving a female double agent haunted ASIO throughout the Cold War. A new investigation of surveillance film reveals what went wrong and uncovers a possible KGB murder on Australian soil.

2020-11-08T13:00:00Z

2020x05 Walkabout Wickets

2020x05 Walkabout Wickets

  • 2020-11-08T13:00:00Z1h

In 1868, an Aboriginal cricket team journeyed to the UK, it was Australia's first sports team to tour overseas. Walkabout Wickets follows the 2018 National Indigenous cricket teams to the UK to retrace those steps.

Steve Waugh, the mastermind behind Australia's golden age of cricket dominance, takes us on a trip through India, exploring the rich diversity of cultures and searching for the true spirit of cricket.

Experience the days, minutes, and seconds leading up to the 2019 White Island Eruption that killed 21 people through the eyes of survivors, rescue workers and the scientists who have been studying the volcano for years.

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