I Was Actually There (2024)
Season 2
From the makers of the award-winning You Can't Ask That, this bold six-part documentary explores defining moments of our recent history through the eyes, ears and voices of those who witnessed them firsthand.
Released July 9, 2024
Episode 31 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
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Production Companies: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Docker Media Production (AU)
Network: ABC TV
S2E1 - Black Saturday Fires
Black Saturday Bushfires. Sunday 7 February 2009. I Was Actually There collects personal stories from survivors, first responders and community members who faced the catastrophe.
Oct. 7, 2025, midnight
S2E2 - September 11 Terrorist Attack
How did it feel to watch from the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center, as the first 9/11 plane hit the building opposite?
Oct. 14, 2025, midnight
S2E3 - The Dismissal
It was a move that shocked the nation. Fifty years ago, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was dismissed by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr. The government was dissolved and an election called.
Oct. 21, 2025, midnight
S2E4 - Cronulla Riots
On a hot December Sunday, racial tensions boiled over at Sydney's Cronulla beach. The fuse had been lit a week earlier by an altercation between off-duty lifesavers and men described by police as "of middle eastern appearance".
Oct. 28, 2025, midnight
S2E5 - The Fairlie Arrow Abduction Hoax
When nightclub singer Fairlie Arrow disappeared from her Gold Coast home in 1991, the tabloid media went to town. Arrow was reported as abducted by "an obsessed fan". Spoiler alert. It was all a hoax.
Nov. 4, 2025, midnight
S2E6 - The Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race
The 1998 Sydney to Hobart race was a moment when nature asserted its dominance with terrifying force. Six lives were lost, five yachts sank and hundreds of sailors were pulled into a brutal fight for survival.
Nov. 11, 2025, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 31 min.
Season Runtime: 374 min.
Released: July 9, 2024
Last Air Date: Nov. 11, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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