Patriots Three: Program Four
Billy Hughes
Patriots Three is the story of how Billy Hughes, Lloyd George
and Keith Murdoch changed the course of British politics and
the conduct and outcome of the First World War.
In program four Billy Hughes is begged to remain in England
but returns to Australia; fails to win a referendum on conscription;
breaks with the Labor Party; forms the Nationalist Party,
and loses a second referendum on conscription; Keith Murdoch
tries to win AIF support for conscription; Lloyd George becomes
Britain's Prime Minister - with an Imperial vision; America
enters the war, and Woodrow Wilson announces his Fourteen
Point program for world peace
Actors in this program
Denis Moore plays Billy Hughes
Tony Llewellyn Jones plays Lloyd George
Ben Grant plays Keith Murdoch
Other roles are played by
Kirk Alexander
Peter Curtin
John Dicks
Beverly Dunne
Paul English
Frank Gallagher
Ronald Falk
Catherine McClements
Rhys McConnochie
Roger Oakley
Terry Norris
David Tredinnick
James Wright
Music
Fred Brown plays chromatic harmonica
Linda O'Brien and Duncan Yardley play piano
Broadcast Credits
Patriots Three was researched, written and narrated by Jill
Kitson
Technical producion was by Carey Dell
The Executive Producer was Richard Buckham
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