The House with Annabel Crabb - Series 1

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Episode 1

1 - Episode 1

Air Date: August 8, 2017

Join Annabel Crabb on an all-access visit to Australia's Parliament House. As the 45th Parliament opens with a cast of apprehensive new MPs & an unpredictable Senate, Annabel takes us on a tour of the engine room.

Episode 2

2 - Episode 2

Air Date: August 15, 2017

Annabel explores the peculiar pitfalls of a workplace where all comes unstuck if 76 people can't successfully sprint to a designated point within 4 mins. She also reveals something unnerving about the coat of arms.

Episode 3

3 - Episode 3

Air Date: August 22, 2017

A behind-the-scenes look at just how much plotting, planning and rehearsal goes into the brutal piece of political performance theatre that is Question Time in the House of Representatives.

Episode 4

4 - Episode 4

Air Date: August 29, 2017

Annabel steps into the intoxicating world of the Senate, presided over by Senate President Stephen Parry (a former cop and undertaker) and his Clerk Rosemary Laing, an expert in 17th century British poetry.

Episode 5

5 - Episode 5

Air Date: September 5, 2017

Annabel inveigles her way into the building's Members-only dining room, to hear a startling confession from former PM Tony Abbott. Nick Xenophon does something very strange with some plates.

Episode 6

6 - Episode 6

Air Date: September 12, 2017

The last week of Parliament arrives, full of Christmas parties & knotty legislative business which politicians have left to the last minute to fix. Security faces challenges as protesters infiltrate the building.