Catching Milat (ATOM Study Guide)

Catching Milat is a two-part drama based on the events surrounding the investigation that led to the arrest and conviction of serial killer Ivan Milat. Most characters play the roles of actual people, but certain events and characters have been created or changed for dramatic effect.

Incorporating stylised flashbacks and archival footage, Catching Milat is a television miniseries that returns viewers to a time when backpacking was a rite of passage for young people eager to explore the world.

Ivan Milat was arrested in 1994. Catching Milat is the story of the men who brought him to justice. Catching Milat is based on the book Sins of the Brother by Mark Whittaker and Les Kennedy.

The program was filmed entirely around Sydney at locations including Parramatta, Wattle Grove, St Ives, Terrey Hills and inner-suburban Balmain and Glebe.

Twenty years have passed since Ivan Milat was jailed in 1994 for the murders of seven backpackers in New South Wales in the early 1990s. The story told in this program dramatises how the investigation unfolded over six months from October 1993, when Task Force Air was established to find the killer of these young backpackers.

Curriculum Guidelines

This program would be of interest to senior and tertiary students of Legal Studies, Criminology and Media Studies.