The Years That Made Us
TV series
The Years That Made Us
2013, English, on ABC TV. Created by Chris Masters.
Award-winning journalist and author Chris Masters investigates the tumultuous 1920s and 1930s and the events that laid the foundation for Australia in the 21st Century. In Australian mythology nationhood was forged in the slaughter of Gallipoli in 1915. But in this documentary series, Chris Masters introduces a very different proposition. Far from bringing the nation together, the First World War tore the country apart and threatened to destroy the Federation Dream. The Great Depression wrecked a struggling recovery and just when light appeared on the horizon, the gates of hell reopened with the Second World War. This is the story of how the parents, grandparents and great grandparents of today’s Australians survived crisis after crisis and laid the groundwork for the nation we know today. Through the prism of his own working class family, Chris provides extra life, light and shade to the politics and economics of rapid change.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Ended in 2013
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Latest episode
S1 E3: Gathering Storms
Aired 27 July 2013
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 23 June 2013
- Last aired
- 27 July 2013
- Network
- ABC TV
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Type
- Miniseries
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The Years That Made Us has 1 season and 3 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
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Yes. The Years That Made Us ended in 2013, so you can watch the whole story.
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Who created The Years That Made Us?
The Years That Made Us was created by Chris Masters and stars Chris Masters.