About this season
Code 1: Minute by Minute breaks down the hours, minutes and seconds of the biggest and most tragic news events to ever impact Australians. People from all walks of life, forever joined by a single dreadful event. The program breaks down in forensic detail exactly how these people came to cross paths at that particular catastrophic moment in time.
Episodes (6)
1. The Cronulla Riots
Aired 8 February 2023 • 42 min
Terrifying images of Australians turning on one another are burnt into our memories. First responders and eyewitnesses recall the...
2. The Lismore Floods
Aired 15 February 2023 • 41 min
On 28 February 2022, a disastrous weather destroyed thousands of homes in Lismore. In record-breaking floods locals risked their lives to save...
3. The Essendon Plane Crash
Aired 22 February 2023 • 42 min
In February 2017 a group of golfers chartered a small aircraft to fly them from Melbourne to nearby King Island. 10 seconds after take off the plane exploded into a popular shopping centre.
4. The Martin Place Siege
Aired 28 February 2023 • 43 min
On 15 December 2014 eighteen people were taken hostage in Sydney’s Lindt café. Eyewitnesses and first responders explain what happened minute by minute.
5. The Childers Backpacker Fire
Aired 7 March 2023 • 45 min
88 young world travelers were at the Childers Palace Backpacker Hostel in Queensland when one of their own deliberately set fire to the place.
6. The Bali Bombings
Aired 14 March 2023 • 68 min
In 2002 Bali Nightclubs were bombed killing 88 Australians. Three years later terrorists bombed restaurants killing another 20 people.