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Sunday Night: Sept 11

Sunday Night investigates yet another killer. Let's hope it's a better report than that last one.

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This week Sunday Night tackles yet another crime investigation.

I sure hope it’s better than the one I saw on the killer of British backpacker Peter Falconio. That raised more questions than it answered, such as why Joanne Lees had to be subjected to the objections of convicted killer Bradley Murdoch and former lawyer Andrew Fraser without any substantial evidence. The NT government is now looking into how Murdoch’s interview was able to be aired, and Media Watch already exposed some of the motivations by those involved in the story.

At least the next investigation about UK killer Malcolm Webster is covered by Ross Coulthart. I realise the making of any current affairs show is its ability to break news but I’m tiring a bit of killers, kidnappers, missing persons and voices from behind bars at 6:30 on a Sunday. Sure they have their place, but I’m in a much lighter mood at that hour….

Wife Killer
A Sunday Night worldwide investigation into the life, and loves, of convicted wife killer Malcolm Webster. A cunning and charismatic serial psychopath, whose father was a senior Scotland Yard police officer, Webster had an insatiable appetite for money and possessions. He would seduce, date, marry and insure his lovers…. before carefully plotting to kill them. Reporter Ross Coulthart follows the trail of Webster, who has just been convicted of murdering his Australian wife Claire, attempting to murder his second wife, as well as planning the death of his new fiancé. A trained nurse, Webster spent three periods living in Australia, and the hunt is on to find his victims here.

Cluttered Lives
Australia is experiencing a hoarding epidemic. Around one million of us are trapped by clutter and suffocated by possessions we just can’t be parted from. Sunday Night reporter Alex Cullen meets three brave hoarders battling back against this crippling condition, which is tearing their lives apart and heaping misery on those around them. Hoarding, driven by consumerism in the modern world, is about to be officially recognised as a standalone medical condition, offering hope to those who suffer. The progress of the three extreme hoarders as they begin their brave battle to emerge from the darkness is inspiring.

Brain Wave
One of the happiest and most remarkable stories you will see in a long time. Damaged lives, wrecked by disability and disease, transformed in miraculous circumstances. It’s called Deep Brain Stimulation, and for sufferers with dystonia and cerebral palsy, it is nothing short of life changing. When you see the amazing before and after vision of Martha and Luke you will be astounded at this revolutionary breakthrough treatment.

Sunday September 11 at 6.30pm on Channel 7.

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  1. Hi David,
    I saw something on Crikey on Tuesday saying that Sunday Night actually beat Seven News last week. Apparently when they checked the figures Sunday Night was way ahead and was number 1. Who cares though, it’s just ratings. I guess what I am interested in is that Sunday Night is heaps better than 60 Minutes these days but I’m not reading that anywhere. All the main TV writers seem to be very for Nine’s programs. I remember everyone was saying Sunday Night was a flash in the pan but it’s actually beating 60 most weeks now, by hundreds of thousands of viewers. And, thestories are much much better.

  2. Hi David, I agree with you about the Falconio story but I loved the Ross Coulthart Webster story that aired last weekend. and did you see from Crikey that it rated 2.2M and was the top-rating show on Australian TV that night? Clearly, the punters liked it – a lot. It was also a bloody good story. That’s the issue with Sunday Night for me. it’s got great reporters like Ross, who comes from a solid background in the ABC and Sunday at Nine. But they go all tabloid every now and then. I think we should give credit though where credit’s due…that story Ross did wasn’t cheap and it was a pearler. Noone else is doing stuff like he does on Sunday Night, even Four Corners. They’re great looking stories and they break news.

  4. I thought the story on Falconio’s murder was very interesting, and while it may have raised more questions than it answered, I think that is what it meant to do. There is so much more to that case than meets the eye. Mark my words.

  7. Interesting stories. I hate seeing stories on hoarders. I think its just all the stuff they have and there is nowhere to move in the house.

    @ben. They did the sept 11 story last week.

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