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After the Night

Season 1

2020 · 4 episodes

  1. 1. The End of Innocence

    2020-11-29

    A brutal end of innocence for 1960s Perth, Australia when a series of seemingly unrelated murders shocks a tight community.

  2. 2. The Sting

    2020-11-29

    Yet another horrific killing terrorises the community, as John Button stands trial for the hit and run murder of his girlfriend Rosemary Anderson, and police set a cunning trap for an elusive killer.

  3. 3. The Confession

    2020-11-29

    Eric Edgar Cooke’s role in the Australia Day shootings are exposed, but the true extent of his crimes and their lasting effects on the community are only now coming to light, while new evidence prompts John Button’s legal team to seek an exoneration.

  4. 4. The Legacy

    2020-11-29

    Now cleared of murder, John Button’s case exposes a corrupt police force, prompting a Royal Commission and yet another exoneration, as Cooke’s crimes continue to reverberate across a community that will never again be the same.

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