My Brother Tom

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My Brother Tom
Based onnovel by James Aldridge
Written by Tony Morphett
Directed by Pino Amenta
Starring Tom Jennings
Catherine McClements
Keith Michell
Gordon Jackson
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer Rod Hardy
Running time117 mins (video release)
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten
Release22 September 1986 (1986-09-22)

My Brother Tom is a 1986 Australian television miniseries about sectarianism in a small country town. [1]

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  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p215