1 Season
8 Episode
The True Believers - Season 1 Episode 7
Doc Evatt is elected Opposition Leader after Chifley's tragic death, but the odds are stacked against him. Menzies uses the Communist menace as a stick to beat him and milks the Petrov affair for all it's worth.
- Year: 1988
- Country: Australia
- Genre: War & Politics, Drama
- Studio: ABC TV
- Keyword: world war ii, cold war, prime minister, freedom of speech, constitution, parliament, political party, election campaign, trade union, idealism, anti-communism, class differences, disillusionment, political campaign, political leader, secret service, political intrigue , post world war ii, catholicism, communism, red scare, 1940s, political figure, 1950s, political repression, political scandal, australian history, political turmoil, leftist radicalism, political history, australian politics, australian prime minister
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- Cast: Ed Devereaux, John Bonney, Simon Chilvers, John Derum, Graham Rouse, Nick Tate