First Contact | |
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Genre | Reality television Documentary |
Written by | Jacob Hickey |
Directed by | Ronan Sharkey & Dora Weekley (s1) David Grusovin & Bruce Permezel (s2) |
Presented by | Ray Martin |
Narrated by | Hugo Weaving |
Composers | Matteo Zingales Russel Thornton |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Rachel Perkins (s1) Jacob Hickey (s2) |
Producers | Darren Dale Jacob Hickey |
Cinematography | Nicola Daley Bonnie Elliott Micah Walker |
Editors | Steven Robinson Mark AtkinASE |
Running time | ≥ 52 minutes[1] 60 minutes (inc.adverts) |
Production company | Blackfella Films |
Original release | |
Network | SBS One |
Release | 18 November 2014 1 December 2016 | –
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First Contact is an Australian reality television documentary series that aired on SBS One, SBS Two and NITV from November 2014. A second season aired in 2016. The show, produced by Blackfella Films and presented by Ray Martin, takes six European Australians on a journey across Australia, challenging their preconceived ideas about Indigenous Australians. In the second season, the non-Indigenous participants are all well-known Australians.