I Was Actually There

  • Premiered: Jul 2024
  • Episodes: 12
  • Followers: 0
  • Running
  • ABC (AU)
  • Tuesday at 20
  • Documentary

Seasons:

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Season 2
2x1
Black Saturday Fires
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 07, 2025
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.
2x2
September 11 Terrorist Attack
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 14, 2025
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?
2x3
The Dismissal
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 21, 2025
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.
2x4
Cronulla Riots
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 2025
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".
2x5
Fairlie Arrow Abduction Hoax
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 2025
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.
2x6 Season finale
Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race Tragedy
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 2025
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.

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