Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
2006•1 Seasons•2 Episodes•5.8•Ended
Drama
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.
Network
CBC Television
Origin
CA
Cast
Michael Therriault
Tommy Douglas
Kristin Booth
Irma Douglas
Nicholas Campbell
EJ Young
Brent Carver
Secretary Balsam
Aidan Devine
MJ Coldwell
Shannon Jardine
Lally Lawson
Andy Jones
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
Brian Markinson
Premier Jimmy Gardiner
Don McKellar
Clarence Fines
Jane Redlyon
Mrs. Babitch
Ian Tracey
Charlie Lawson
Paul Gross
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker
R.H. Thomson
Dr. Moulds
Robert Benz
murderous RCMP officer
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