Making History documentaries on ABC1

Trailers, press kits, images and credits are available at the following Screen Australia websites:

The first documentary is The Prime Minister is Missing (directed by Peter Butt, starring Normie Rowe). Reconstructed from eyewitness accounts, this dramatised documentary examines the political implications of Prime Minister Harold Holt’s disappearance in 1967 and reveals explosive new aspects of the case.

The second documentary is Menzies and Churchill at War (directed by Steve Jodrell, starring Matthew King and ‘Bud’ Tingwell) premiering on 30 October on ABC1. Using Robert Menzies’ World War II diaries and remarkable 16mm film, this dramatised documentary lifts the lid on a bitter behind-the-scenes battle between Winston Churchill and the Australian Prime Minister as the fate of Australia hangs in the balance.

The third in the season is Infamous Victory—Ben Chifley’s Battle for Coal (directed by Geoff Burton, starring Tony Barry and Frankie J Holden) premiering on 6 November on ABC1. The filmmakers have used rare archival footage and re-creations to show how Labor Party leader Ben Chifley took on and defeated the growing forces of communism in Australia during the national miners’ strike of 1949.