Howard on Menzies

All Episodes 2016

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  • 2016-09-17T13:30:00Z
  • 1h
  • 2h (2 episodes)
  • Australia
  • Documentary
Former Prime Minister John Howard believes Bob Menzies, Australia's longest-serving PM, shaped modern Australia. In inviting former PM Bob Hawke, author Clive James and others to comment, he reveals much about politics.

2 episodes

Series Premiere

2016-09-17T13:30:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2016-09-17T13:30:00Z1h

Robert Menzies appeals to the middle classes then forms The Liberal Party to recapture the prime ministership in 1949. Prosperity follows. Home ownership & immigration rises but communism threatens

2016-09-24T13:30:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2016-09-24T13:30:00Z1h

In Part 2, Petrov & the ALP split help Robert Menzies hold on as PM. The Suez Crisis is a setback, his Japanese trade deal & Vietnam War support bothers some but he leaves politics on his own terms.

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