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    Drama TV Shows - 1980s 3 Mins Read

    Vietnam

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    This 10-part series, produced by Kennedy-Miller for Network Ten in Australia, presents the Vietnam War as experienced by the Goddard family – father Douglas (Barry Otto), a politician in the Australian government; his wife Evelyn (Veronica Lang) and their children Megan (Nicole Kidman), a rebellious teenager, and Phil (Nicholas Eadie, pictured below) who gets drafted into the army and bundled off to Vietnam.

    Once in Vietnam, the Aussie soldiers are pushed to their limits and beyond, dealing with landmines, civilian casualties, capture and the other horrors of war.

    Meanwhile, as Megan grows up and grows closer to Serge (John Polson), she begins to feel frustrated at having no independence at home, so runs away to Sydney where Serge is at University.

    To the embarrassment of her politician father, Megan and her friends become publicly involved with anti-war demonstrations, and Megan begins to challenge her father on his war policies.

    Her parents separate, and Megan introduces her mother to her new friends involved in anti-war protests, allowing the two to relate to each other in a new way and develop a real bond.

    On the frontline in Vietnam, Phil is dealing with endless horrors and seeing more of his friends die or become injured.

    The series was filmed at Holsworthy army base in Sydney and on location in Thailand where one-and-a-half tonnes of equipment and 32 cast and crew members were flown in from Australia.

    The production had to comply with the strict and mandatory Thai censors, who had to be on the set every day to check each scene and sign each complete reel of film.

    And when the production hired three M16 automatic rifles from the Thai military, an entourage of 12 people was assigned to look after them!

    Considering the nature of the series – it’s a no-punches-pulled look at Australia’s role in Vietnam and its impact on Australian soldiers – it was surprising that the Australian Army helped out.

    Particularly when the series revealed the country’s involvement in a “dirty tricks” squad, backed by the CIA, which stirred anti-Communist feeling by killing Viet Cong leaders and blaming communist insurgents.

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    Barry Otto
    Megan Goddard
    Nicole Kidman
    Phil Goddard
    Nicholas Eadie
    Evelyn Goddard
    Veronica Lang
    Serge
    John Polson
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    Laurie Fellows
    Mark Lee
    Lien
    Pauline Chan
    Deb
    Alyssa-Jane Cook
    Monica Montgomery
    Celia De Burgh
    Ferret
    Tom Appleton
    Ros
    Francesca Raft
    Dave the Spook
    Vincent Ball
    Rabbit
    Warren Coleman
    Ainslie Gotto
    Deborah Coulls
    Lt Smart
    Jim Holt
    Alice
    Helen Panckhurst
    Pascoe
    Tim Robertson
    Malcolm Fraser
    John De Ville
    John Gorton
    Alan Cassell
    Harold Holt
    Henri Szeps
    Sir Robert Menzies
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    William McMahon
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