First Contact (Australian TV series)

First Contact
GenreReality television
Documentary
Written byJacob Hickey
Directed byRonan Sharkey & Dora Weekley (s1)
David Grusovin & Bruce Permezel (s2)
Presented byRay Martin
Narrated byHugo Weaving
ComposersMatteo Zingales
Russel Thornton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersRachel Perkins (s1)
Jacob Hickey (s2)
ProducersDarren Dale
Jacob Hickey
CinematographyNicola Daley
Bonnie Elliott
Micah Walker
EditorsSteven Robinson
Mark AtkinASE
Running time≥ 52 minutes[1]
60 minutes (inc.adverts)
Production companyBlackfella Films
Original release
NetworkSBS One
Release18 November 2014 (2014-11-18) –
1 December 2016 (2016-12-01)
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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.

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