Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

The read

The series ran 1 season across 2 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

Synopsis

In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town pastor, sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address from the pulpit. Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian Commonwealth Federation where his idealism runs into powerful opposition from the wealthy and the powerful. Despite the long odds, Douglas' new calling would soon make him a leader who transformed Canada.

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Key crew

• Bruce M. SmithWriter
• John N. SmithDirector
• Rob BryantonOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Michael TherriaultTommy Douglas
• Kristin BoothIrma Douglas
• Nicholas CampbellEJ Young
• Brent CarverSecretary Balsam
• Aidan DevineMJ Coldwell
• Shannon JardineLally Lawson
• Andy JonesPrime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
• Brian MarkinsonPremier Jimmy Gardiner
• Don McKellarClarence Fines
• Jane RedlyonMrs. Babitch
• Ian TraceyCharlie Lawson
• Paul GrossPrime Minister John Diefenbaker

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