TV series

Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

2006 · 1 season

A sincere, old-fashioned biographical drama that moves at a steady, respectable pace and asks you to care about ideals and public life.

Overview: In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town pastor, sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address from the pulpit. Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian Commonwealth Federation where his idealism runs into powerful opposition from the wealthy and the powerful. Despite the long odds, Douglas' new calling would soon make him a leader who transformed Canada.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Politics, justice, class, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
justice
class
power
faith
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild