Series

The True Believers

1988 · 1 season · War & Politics · Drama

IMDb

6.8

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."

Ed Devereaux

Ben Chifley

John Bonney

Robert Menzies

Simon Chilvers

H.V. Evatt

John Derum

B.A. Santamaria

Graham Rouse

Arthur Fadden

Nick Tate

Les Hayden

Gary Files

Fred Daly

Stuart McCreery

Allan Dalziel

Mary-Lou Stewart

Joanna Malcolm

Dorothy St. Heaps

Elizabeth Chifley

Leonie-Martin Smith

Ethel Casey

Hec Macmillan

Sir William McKell

Peter Corbett

John Dedman

Michelle Marzo

Rosalind Evatt

Paul Hunt

John Burton

Harold Hopkins

Edgar Ross

• Peter FiskDirector
• Bob EllisWriter
• John LonieWriter
• Stephen RamsayWriter
• Matt CarrollWriter · Executive Producer
• Bruce LiebauProducer
• Sandra LevyExecutive Producer
• Graham TickleEditor
• Cathy ForsterEditor

First aired

June 28, 1988

Last aired

August 16, 1988

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

8

Genres

War & Politics, Drama

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