The True Believers

The read

The series ran 1 season across 8 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Bob EllisWriter
• John LonieWriter
• Stephen RamsayWriter
• Matt CarrollWriter
• Peter FiskDirector

Cast

• Ed DevereauxBen Chifley
• John BonneyRobert Menzies
• Simon ChilversH.V. Evatt
• John DerumB.A. Santamaria
• Graham RouseArthur Fadden
• Nick TateLes Hayden
• Gary FilesFred Daly
• Stuart McCreeryAllan Dalziel
• Mary-Lou StewartJoanna Malcolm
• Dorothy St. HeapsElizabeth Chifley
• Leonie-Martin SmithEthel Casey
• Hec MacmillanSir William McKell

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