The miniseries comprised six one-hour episodes. It was originally broadcast by Network Ten, beginning on 6 March 1983 (the day after the 1983 federal election), and was also broadcast in the United Kingdom.
It was voted the 19th-best Australian television show on the 50 Years 50 Shows list.
In the 1970s there were several attempts to make a film based on the same story called King Hit written by Erwin Rado and Bruce Grant. Phillip Noyce and Paul Cox were both attached as directors for a time.[2]
dismissal, miniseries, dismissal, australian, television, miniseries, first, screened, 1983, that, dramatised, events, 1975, australian, constitutional, crisis, dismissalscreenplay, byterry, hayesron, blairsally, gibsongeorge, millerphillip, noycedaphne, paris. The Dismissal is an Australian television miniseries first screened in 1983 that dramatised the events of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis The DismissalScreenplay byTerry HayesRon BlairSally GibsonGeorge MillerPhillip NoyceDaphne ParisStory byRon BlairDirected byCarl SchultzGeorge MillerPhillip NoyceJohn PowerGeorge OgilvieStarringMax PhippsJohn StantonJohn MeillonCountry of originAustraliaOriginal languageEnglishNo of episodes3ProductionProducerTerry HayesCinematographyDean SemlerEditorsRichard Francis BruceSara BennettJohn HollandsRunning time270 minutesProduction companyKennedy MillerBudget 2 6 million 1 ReleaseOriginal networkNetwork TenOriginal release6 March 1983 1983 03 06 It was partly written and directed by the noted film makers George Miller and Phillip Noyce as well as Mad Max screenwriter Terry Hayes with cinematography by Dean Semler The miniseries comprised six one hour episodes It was originally broadcast by Network Ten beginning on 6 March 1983 the day after the 1983 federal election and was also broadcast in the United Kingdom It was voted the 19th best Australian television show on the 50 Years 50 Shows list In the 1970s there were several attempts to make a film based on the same story called King Hit written by Erwin Rado and Bruce Grant Phillip Noyce and Paul Cox were both attached as directors for a time 2 Contents 1 Cast 2 Reception 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCast EditMax Phipps as the dismissed Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam John Meillon as Governor General Sir John Kerr John Stanton as the appointed Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser John Hargreaves as Whitlam s Deputy Prime Minister Jim Cairns Bill Hunter as Labor politician Rex Connor Ruth Cracknell as Margaret Whitlam the prime minister s wife George Ogilvie as Labor Senator Jim McClelland Peter Sumner as Treasurer Bill Hayden Vincent Ball as Labor Senator Justin O Byrne President of the Senate Ed Devereaux as Phillip Lynch Arthur Dignam as Eric Robinson Stewart Faichney as Billy Snedden Robyn Nevin as Anne Kerr Lady Kerr Tom Oliver as Liberal Senator Reg Withers Sean Scully as Doug Anthony Martin Vaughan as independent Senator Albert Field Lucky Grills uncredited as George Harris President of Carlton Football Club Peter Carroll narratorReception EditThe series was a huge ratings success in Australia getting a 42 viewing share 3 See also EditThe Dismissal musical References Edit Albert Moran Moran s Guide to Australian TV Series AFTRS 1993 p 146 David Stratton The Last New Wave The Australian Film Revival Angus amp Robertson 1980 p212 Sadlier Kevin Death of the Australian mini series Sydney Sun Herald p 47 External links EditThe Dismissal at IMDb The Dismissal at Australian Screen Online nbsp This article about a television show originating in Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Dismissal miniseries amp oldid 1149476767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
