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I Was Actually There

I Was Actually There (2024)

July. 09,2024

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I Was Actually There

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.

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I Was Actually There

2024

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 2 : 2025

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Black Saturday Fires

October. 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.

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Episode 2 - September 11 Terrorist Attack

October. 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?

Episode 3 - The Dismissal

October. 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.

Episode 4 - Cronulla Riots

October. 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".

Episode 5 - The Fairlie Arrow Abduction Hoax

November. 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.

Episode 6 - The Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race

November. 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.

Seasons 1 : 2024

6 Episode