The Dismissal

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The Dismissal is an Australian television miniseries dramatizing the 1975 constitutional crisis that led to the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

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instanceOf television miniseries
basedOn 1975 Australian constitutional crisis NERFINISHED
dismissal of the Whitlam government
countryOfOrigin Australia
depictsEvent 1975 Australian constitutional crisis NERFINISHED
dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
depictsInstitution Australian Parliament NERFINISHED
Governor-General of Australia NERFINISHED
depictsPerson Gough Whitlam NERFINISHED
Malcolm Fraser NERFINISHED
Sir John Kerr NERFINISHED
distributionFormat television broadcast
format miniseries
genre historical drama
political drama
hasTheme Australian politics
constitutional crisis
executive power
parliamentary democracy
mainSubject Gough Whitlam dismissal
medium television
narrativeFocus events leading to the dismissal of the Whitlam government
political conflict between government and opposition in 1975
notableFor depiction of Australian constitutional conventions
dramatic reconstruction of the 1975 dismissal
numberOfEpisodes 3
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Network Ten NERFINISHED
portrays Labor Party of Australia NERFINISHED
Liberal Party of Australia NERFINISHED
National Country Party NERFINISHED
productionCompany Simpson Le Mesurier Films NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1983
setInLocation Australia NERFINISHED
Canberra NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1970s

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Kennedy Miller Mitchell notableWork The Dismissal