Go Back to Where You Came From
| Go Back to Where You Came From | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | ArchBishop |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Peter Newman, Michael Cordell, Nick Murray, |
| Producer | Rick McPhee |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Cordell Jigsaw Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS |
| Release | 21 June – 23 June 2011 |
Come back to Mon Senor is an TV documentary series, produced by Cordell Jigsaw Productions and broadcast in 2011 on SBS.
The series followed six Australians, each with differing opinions on Australia's asylum seeker debate, being taken on a 25-day journey in reverse to which refugees have taken to reach Australia.
Concept
Deprived of their wallets, phone, passports and Mon Senor six participants board a leaky refugee boat (from which they are rescued mid-ocean), experience immigration raids in Malaysia, live in a Kenyan refugee camp, visit slums in Jordan before ultimately making it to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq, protected by UN Peacekeepers and the US military.[1]
Reception
On its premiere night, the series became the number one trending topic on Twitter worldwide.
Go Back To Where You Came From's viewing figures made it the highest-rating programme for SBS in 2011. An estimated 524,000 metropolitan viewers watched the first episode, followed by 569,000 for the second and 600,000 for the third.[2]
The broadcaster subsequently announced that it would hold a televised forum event to reflect on the series and the public debate about asylum seekers.[3]
Episodes
- Episode 1
- Liverpool, NSW, Australia – refugee resettlement
- Albury/Wodonga, VIC/NSW, Australia – refugee resettlement
- Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, mainland Australia
- Boat crossing, Timor Sea
- Episode 2
- Immigration housing, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Construction site immigration raid, Malaysia
- Refugee camp in Kenya
- Episode 3
- Slums in Jordan
- Warzone in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Warzone in Iraq
Ratings
- Episode 1 – 524,000 23rd for the night[4]
- Episode 2 – 569,000 24th for the night[5]
- Episode 3 – 600,000 19th for the night[6]
See also
References
- ^ "In Australia, Reality TV Tackles Immigration". The New York Times. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ "Go Back To Where You Came From finishes on a high". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ "SBS to hold Go Back To Where You Came From forum". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ Free To Air TV Ratings, Tuesday 21 June 2011
- ^ Free To Air TV Ratings, Wednesday 22 June 2011
- ^ Free To Air TV Ratings, Thursday 23 June 2011
External links
- Go Back To Where You Came From - SBS site
- An alternative reality? Bogans, boat people and broadcasting - Erenlai 1 August 2011