The True Believers (1988)

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Genre: War & Politics, Drama

Cast: Ed Devereaux, John Bonney, Simon Chilvers, John Derum, Graham Rouse, Nick Tate, Gary Files, Stuart McCreery, Mary-Lou Stewart, Dorothy St. Heaps, Leonie-Martin Smith, Hec Macmillan, Peter Corbett, Michelle Marzo, Paul Hunt, Harold Hopkins, Paul Sonkkila, Bill Young, Valerie Bader, Ray Meagher, Ron Blanchard, John Ewart, Bryan Marshall, Malcolm Robertson, Joan Bruce, Kevin Golsby, Tim Elliott, Kenneth Radley, Danny Adcock, Diane Craig, Jeff Ashby, Robin Bowering, Neil Fitzpatrick, Tracy Mann, Alan McQueen, Norman Kaye, Rob Steele, Bob Baines, Scott McGregor, Gerry Duggan, Ron Hackett, Colin Borgonon, Laurie Butler

First aired: Jun 27, 1988

Last air date: Aug 15, 1988

Show status: Ended

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."

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