The Pool
2x 60min Documentary Series for ABC (2019)
Narrated by Richard Roxburgh, The Pool is a social history documentary series that explores our love affair with pools and how our Australian identity has been shaped by these cobalt-blue bodies of water.
Featuring a diverse cast including Tim Ross, Myf Warhurst, Tim Flannery, Peter FitzSimons, Benjamin Law, Clare Wright, Hannah and Eliza Reilly, among many others, this series tells the surprising and untold story of the swimming pool in Australian culture and identity.
Director | Sally Aitken. Written by Christos Tsiolkas, Sally Aitken and Paul Clarke
Executive Producer | Mint Pictures: Adam Kay. Series Producer Mint Pictures, Dan Goldberg.
ABC Commissioning Editor | Jo Chichester
ABC Executive Producer | Natasha Negrea
Music | Caitlin Yeo
Additional music | Andrew Scott
Dir. Sally Aitken
Mint Pictures
TV Series