The True Believers

The True Believers (1988)


  • Genre: War & Politics, Drama
  • First Air Date: 1988-06-28
  • Last Air Date: 1988-08-16
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 8
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Networks: ABC TV
  • Director: Peter Fisk

Summary

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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The True Believers Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1988-06-28
8 Episodes

The True Believers Episodes

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  • Ed Devereaux

    as Ben Chifley

  • John Bonney

    as Robert Menzies

  • Simon Chilvers

    as H.V. Evatt

  • John Derum

    as B.A. Santamaria

  • Graham Rouse

    as Arthur Fadden

  • Nick Tate

    as Les Hayden

  • Gary Files

    as Fred Daly

  • Stuart McCreery

    as Allan Dalziel

  • Mary-Lou Stewart

    as Joanna Malcolm

  • Dorothy St. Heaps

    as Elizabeth Chifley

  • Leonie-Martin Smith

    as Ethel Casey

  • Hec Macmillan

    as Sir William McKell

  • Peter Corbett

    as John Dedman

  • Michelle Marzo

    as Rosalind Evatt

  • Paul Hunt

    as John Burton

  • Harold Hopkins

    as Edgar Ross

  • Paul Sonkkila

    as Ron Tate

  • Bill Young

    as Jim Cooper

  • Valerie Bader

    as Mary Alice Evatt

  • Ray Meagher

    as Tom Burke

  • Ron Blanchard

    as Arthur Calwell

  • John Ewart

    as Fred Daley

  • Bryan Marshall

    as Richard Casey

  • Malcolm Robertson

    as Idris Williams

  • Joan Bruce

    as Pattie Menzies

  • Kevin Golsby

    as Narrator

  • Tim Elliott

    as Radio Announcer

  • Kenneth Radley

    as Bill Parkinson

  • Danny Adcock

    as Lloyd Ross

  • Diane Craig

    as Elsie

  • Jeff Ashby

    as Garfield Barwick

  • Robin Bowering

    as Mr. Purcell

  • Neil Fitzpatrick

    as H.C. Coombs

  • Tracy Mann

    as Tess Ross

  • Alan McQueen

    as Jim Healy

  • Norman Kaye

    as Archbishop Mannix

  • Rob Steele

    as Clyde Cameron

  • Bob Baines

    as Stan Keon

  • Scott McGregor

    as Jim Comerford

  • Gerry Duggan

    as Wally

  • Ron Hackett

    as Les McConnan

  • Colin Borgonon

    as

  • Laurie Butler

    as Speaker of the House
Writing Bob Ellis Writer
Writing Stephen Ramsay Writer
Directing Peter Fisk Director
Writing John Lonie Writer
Writing Matt Carroll Writer
Sound William Motzing Music
Crew Peter Knevitt Cinematography
Crew Richard A. Bond Jr. Cinematography
Crew Tony Conolly Cinematography
Crew Peter Robson Cinematography
Crew Murray Tonkin Cinematography
Editing Graham Tickle Editor
Editing Cathy Forster Editor
Art Julie Belle Production Design
Art Gregor McLean Production Design
Art Geoffrey Wedlock Production Design
Art Julie Belle Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Jolanta Nejman Costume Design
Production Stephen O'Rourke Line Producer
Production Matt Carroll Executive Producer
Production Sandra Levy Executive Producer
Production Bruce Liebau Producer

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