
Series
The True Believers
1988 · 1 season · War & Politics · Drama
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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."
Cast

Ed Devereaux
Ben Chifley

John Bonney
Robert Menzies

Simon Chilvers
H.V. Evatt
John Derum
B.A. Santamaria

Graham Rouse
Arthur Fadden

Nick Tate
Les Hayden

Gary Files
Fred Daly
Stuart McCreery
Allan Dalziel
Mary-Lou Stewart
Joanna Malcolm
Dorothy St. Heaps
Elizabeth Chifley
Leonie-Martin Smith
Ethel Casey
Hec Macmillan
Sir William McKell
Peter Corbett
John Dedman
Michelle Marzo
Rosalind Evatt
Paul Hunt
John Burton

Harold Hopkins
Edgar Ross
Crew
- Peter FiskDirector
- John LonieWriter
- Matt CarrollWriter · Executive Producer
- Bob EllisWriter
- Stephen RamsayWriter
- Bruce LiebauProducer
- Sandra LevyExecutive Producer
- Cathy ForsterEditor
- Graham TickleEditor
Details
- First aired
- June 28, 1988
- Last aired
- August 16, 1988
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 8
- Genres
- War & Politics, Drama
Seasons
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