TV series
The Day of the Roses
1998 · 1 season
A sober, heart-wrenching docudrama that methodically reconstructs a real disaster and its aftermath, blending rescue heroism with bureaucratic cover-up.
- Created by
- Peter Fisk
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Gigi Edgley, Paul Mercurio, Helen Dallimore
- Overview
- On January 18th, 1977, a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney, came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge, crushing part of the train and killing 83 passengers and injuring more than 200 others. This story follows the coronial inquiry into the crash with flash-backs to the main story, and the efforts of the rescuers to free the injured victims.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Grief, justice, corruption, survival
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Peter Fisk
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Gigi Edgley, Paul Mercurio, Helen Dallimore
