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7.0 1 Seasons • 8 Episodes

The True Believers - Season 1

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."

Top Cast

  • Ed Devereaux

    Ed Devereaux

    Ben Chifley

  • John Bonney

    John Bonney

    Robert Menzies

  • Simon Chilvers

    Simon Chilvers

    H.V. Evatt

  • John Derum

    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

    Stuart McCreery

    Allan Dalziel

  • Mary-Lou Stewart

    Mary-Lou Stewart

    Joanna Malcolm

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."

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