Sarah Ferguson
Birthday: Born in in Lagos, Nigeria
Deathday: Alive
Sarah Ferguson is an ABC journalist. In the same year that she worked on The Killing Season, she also wrote and presented Hitting Home, the landmark series on domestic violence. She has presented the ABC's 7.30 and worked as a journalist on Four Corners, where she won four Walkleys—including the Gold Walkley in 2011 for 'A Bloody Business'—the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill Award, four Logies for most outstanding public affairs report, as well as the George Munster Award for Independent Journalism and the Queensland Premier's Literary Award.
TV Credits
Four Corners
Character: Herself - Host
Four Corners is Australia's longest-running investigative journalism/current affairs television program. Broadcast on ABC1 in Australia, it premiered on 19 August 1961 and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2021. Founding producer Robert Raymond and his successor Allan Ashbolt did much to set the ongoing tone of the program. Based on the Panorama concept, the program addresses a single issue in depth each week, showing either a locally produced program or a relevant documentary from overseas. T...
Hitting Home
Character: Herself - Presenter
In a year dominated by headline stories of domestic violence and the murder of nearly 70 women, award-winning journalist Sarah Ferguson has spent six months on the frontline of our national crisis. With unprecedented access to courts and safe rooms, domestic abuse programs in prison, forensic doctors and specialised police units, Sarah also moves into a women's refuge in search of answers. How does domestic violence begin? How does it escalate from control to physical violence and even death?...
The ABC Of
Character: Self
The ABC Of, a interview series, revisits the pasts of prominent Australians through moments drawn from the vast ABC archives....
Silvia's Italian Table
Character: Self
A unique cooking and celebrity chat series presented by cook Silvia Colloca. Silvia grew up in Milan where daily life revolved around the kitchen table, and where cooking and conversation went hand in hand. Now she wants to share her heritage with Australia, inviting three interesting personalities into her kitchen to cook simple, mouthwatering Italian dishes while sharing stories about their lives and the things that matter most to them....
The Killing Season
Character: Herself - Presenter
A comprehensive cast of the main players provides an enthralling account of one of the most turbulent periods of Australian political history. For the first time, Kevin Rudd gives his full account of the period and relives in vivid detail the events of losing the Prime Ministership. Julia Gillard is forthright with her recollections and analysis and doesn't spare her colleagues....
Revelation
Character: Self - Presenter
In a world television first, Revelation takes cameras into the criminal trials of notorious Catholic priests accused of sex crimes against children. Through a series of extraordinary interviews filmed during the trials, Revelation uncovers the secret lives and motivations of some of the most reviled men of modern times. How does a man of God become a predator of children? Revelation culminates in the Vatican with the story of a high ranking Cardinal accused of abusing boys in an orphanage in Aus...
Movie Credits
Revelation
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Revelation follows the criminal trials of Father Vincent Ryan and Brother Bernard McGrath, Catholic priests accused of sex crimes against children. Ryan and McGrath reveal the secret lives and motivations of some of the most reviled men of modern times. Former residents of an orphanage in Ballarat, make allegations against Australia's most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell. An altar-boy who was raped by Father Gerald Ridsdale, launches a landmark lawsuit against the Catholic Church....
Despair and Defiance: The Battle for Ukraine
Character: Self
Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, is enduring indiscriminate bombing. With Russian forces attempting to encircle the city, it's a time marked of both deep despair and deep defiance for the residents of Kyiv....
The Lindt Cafe Siege
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The Lindt Cafe terror attack in Sydney in December 2014 shocked Australia to its core. This forensic investigation from ABC Four Corners explores how the disaster unfolded and questions how such an event was allowed to happen. It also features exclusive interviews with surviving hostages and the families of the two victims of the attack....