CinemaOSSeries · 1988 · 1 Season

The True Believers

70%(1)IMDbWar & PoliticsDrama

Award winning mini-series about the men and events that shaped Australia's post war history from 1945 1955. The series focuses on three men: Ben Chifley, Robert Menzies and H. V. "Doc" Evatt, and shows how the fabric of Australian democracy was almost wrecked by the idealism of good but troubled men.

Play
Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
June 28, 1988
Last aired
August 16, 1988
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Network
ABC TV

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ed Devereaux

Ed Devereaux

Ben Chifley

John Bonney

John Bonney

Robert Menzies

Simon Chilvers

Simon Chilvers

H.V. Evatt

John Derum

B.A. Santamaria

Graham Rouse

Graham Rouse

Arthur Fadden

Nick Tate

Nick Tate

Les Hayden

Gary Files

Gary Files

Fred Daly

Stuart McCreery

Allan Dalziel

Mary-Lou Stewart

Joanna Malcolm

Dorothy St. Heaps

Elizabeth Chifley

Creative team
Showrunner
Matt Carroll
Sandra Levy
Written by
Bob Ellis
Bob Ellis
Stephen Ramsay
Produced by
Bruce Liebau

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