Movies and TvShows featuring "australian-prime-minister" theme.

Total Control is a thrilling TV show centered around the story of a teenage girl who becomes embroiled in a political scandal when she is unexpectedly appointed to the Australian Parliament. Set in the backdrop of racial tensions, the show delves into the complex dynamics of family relationships, highlighting themes of racism, prejudice, and power struggles within Australian society. With a captivating plot and engaging characters, Total Control keeps viewers on the edge of their seats, navigating through twists and turns as the protagonist fights against injustice and tries to make a difference.

The Dish is a heartwarming film about the teamwork and determination of a group of Australian scientists and engineers who faced multiple challenges to successfully transmit the historic moonwalk of Apollo 11 to a global audience.

Catherine Tate plays a disgraced member of the British Royal Family who is sent to rule Australia. Princess Georgiana is the black sheep of a fictional British Royal Family. A PR disaster, she's spent her spoilt, party-girl life plastered over the tabloids. On the back of her latest scandal her mother, the Queen, makes the unprecedented move of abdicating her Australian throne in favour of her daughter. It is hoped that giving her some real responsibility will finally be the making of her - and if it isn't, at least shipping her off keeps her 10,000 miles away from London. Accompanied by a useless entourage, Queen Georgiana of Australia goes kicking and screaming to a country she has zero interest in beyond the Hemsworth Brothers.

A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

ALLIES is a landmark documentary from 1983, made at the time of Bob Hawke’s unequivocal embrace of the American alliance.

Candid interview series with Kerry O'Brien revealing the forces that shaped Paul Keating's ambitions, and some of the inside stories from Australian political history

With Australia at war in Vietnam in 1967, suddenly Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared without a trace—an event unparalleled in the history of western democracy. Four decades later, a coronial inquiry confirmed that Harold Holt had accidentally drowned. Some people may still believe that Holt was a spy and fled to China in a submarine. But most suspect there was more to his disappearance than has ever been revealed. Reconstructed from eyewitness accounts, this dramatised documentary tells the story of the Prime Minister's secret world in the months before he disappeared — a world of betrayal, blackmail, political treachery, a poisonous feud, mounting physical and mental strain, and near-death experiences. Featuring Normie Rowe as Harold Holt, Nicholas Hope as William McMahon and Tony Llewellyn-Jones as John McEwen, this film reveals explosive new aspects of the case.

With James A. Fitzpatrick, we visit Sydney's Bondi Beach, the Blue Hills and onto Melbourne.

1976. A candid look at the highs and lows of Australian society.

Strong Female Lead is a documentary that explores the challenges and triumphs of a female politician in Australia. It highlights the issues of gender discrimination, workplace harassment, and workplace discrimination that she faces on her path to becoming the country's prime minister.