First Contact (Australian TV series)
| First Contact | |
|---|---|
| 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 60 minutes (inc.adverts) |
| Production company | Blackfella Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS One |
| Release | 18 November 2014 – 1 December 2016 |
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.