The Battlers

The Battlers
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Based on	The Battlers by Kylie Tennant
Written by	Peter Yeldham
Directed by	George Ogilvie
Starring	Gary Sweet Jacqueline McKenzie
Theme music composer	Carl Vine
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Budget	$4.1 million [1]
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	13 July 1994 (1994-07-13) – 1994 (1994)

The Battlers is a 1994 Australian mini series about two drifters during the Great Depression, based on the novel of the same name by Kylie Tennant. ^[1]

Cast

• Gary Sweet - Snow Grimshaw
• Jacqueline McKenzie - Dancy Smith
• Marcus Graham - Busker
• Peter Stonham - Jimmy
• Audine Leith - Dora Chester-Phipps
• Richard Piper - Apostle
• Amanda Cross - Millie
• Anne Phelan - Ma Tyrell
• Lois Ramsey

References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p176

External links

• The Battlers at IMDb
• The Battlers at AustLit