Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (2006)

In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town parish 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 that would transform Canada.

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  • First Air Date: 2006-03-12
  • Last Air Date: 2006-03-13
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 2
  • Episode Runtime: 90 min.
  • Network: CBC Television
  • Director: John N. Smith

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Seasons

  • Season 1

    2 Episodes

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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