Fallout Part 1
Prime Minister Robert Muldoon decides to take a political risk and call a snap election. National is defeated as the Labour Party sweeps into power with their anti-nuclear platform. Upon taking office, David Lange faces pressure from the public and his colleagues to live up to his campaign rhetoric.
A two-part drama about the events leading up to New Zealand's anti-nuclear stand in the mid 1980s.
Primary Title
- Fallout
Episode Title
- Part 1
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 24 July 1994
Start Time
- 20 : 35
Finish Time
- 22 : 20
Duration
- 105:00
Series
- 1994
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- A two-part drama about the events leading up to New Zealand's anti-nuclear stand in the mid 1980s.
Episode Description
- Prime Minister Robert Muldoon decides to take a political risk and call a snap election. National is defeated as the Labour Party sweeps into power with their anti-nuclear platform. Upon taking office, David Lange faces pressure from the public and his colleagues to live up to his campaign rhetoric.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- New Zealand--Politics and government--1984-
- Nuclear weapons--Government policy--New Zealand
- Nuclear warships--Government policy--New Zealand
- New Zealand--Foreign relations--United States
Genres
- Docudrama
- Drama
- Politics
Contributors
- Tom Scott (Writer)
- Greg McGee (Writer)
- Tim Sanders (Producer)
- Chris Bailey (Director)
- Montana (Season Sponsor)
- Mark Mitchell (Actor)
- Ian Mune (Actor)
- John Dybvig (Actor)
- Desmond Kelly (Actor)
- Jonathon Hendry (Actor)
- Carol Smith (Actor)
- Peter Elliott (Actor)
- Joanne Mildenhall (Actor)
- Donogh Rees (Actor)
- South Pacific Pictures (Production Unit)
- Television New Zealand (Funder)
- Avalon NFU (Funder)
- NZ On Air (Funder)
Subjects
- New Zealand--Politics and government--1984-
- Nuclear weapons--Government policy--New Zealand
- Nuclear warships--Government policy--New Zealand
- New Zealand--Foreign relations--United States