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The True Believers (1988)

First aired June 28, 19881h/ep1 season · 8 epsEnded
War & PoliticsDrama

Overview

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

Top Billed Cast

Ed Devereaux

Ed Devereaux

Ben Chifley

John Bonney

John Bonney

Robert Menzies

Simon Chilvers

Simon Chilvers

H.V. Evatt

John Derum

John Derum

B.A. Santamaria

Graham Rouse

Graham Rouse

Arthur Fadden

Nick Tate

Nick Tate

Les Hayden

Gary Files

Gary Files

Fred Daly

Stuart McCreery

Stuart McCreery

Allan Dalziel

Mary-Lou Stewart

Mary-Lou Stewart

Joanna Malcolm

Dorothy St. Heaps

Dorothy St. Heaps

Elizabeth Chifley

Leonie-Martin Smith

Leonie-Martin Smith

Ethel Casey

Hec Macmillan

Hec Macmillan

Sir William McKell

Peter Corbett

Peter Corbett

John Dedman

Michelle Marzo

Michelle Marzo

Rosalind Evatt

Paul Hunt

Paul Hunt

John Burton

Harold Hopkins

Harold Hopkins

Edgar Ross

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Miniseries

Last Air Date

August 16, 1988

Networks

ABC TV

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