This article is about the television mini-series. For the animated short, see Overwatch animated media § The Last Bastion.
The Last Bastion
Genre
War
Written by
Denis Whitburn David Williamson
Directed by
Chris Thomson George Miller
Starring
Michael Blakemore John Wood Timothy West
Theme music composer
Colin Stead
Country of origin
Australia
Original language
English
No. of episodes
3 × 2 hours
Production
Producers
Brian Rosen Denis Whitburn David Williamson
Cinematography
Louis Irving
Editor
Sara Bennett
Running time
360 min.
Budget
$3.6 million[1][2]
Original release
Network
Network Ten
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The Last Bastion is a television mini-series which aired in Australia in November 1984. It is a docudrama telling the story of Australia's involvement in World War II, and its often strained relations with its two main allies, Great Britain and the United States.[3]
The running time of the series is reported as 360 minutes (6 hours) on the IMDb page, that is the screening time with ads. Each part runs for approx 90 minutes, both on VHS tape and DVD, is approximately 160 minutes implying they are heavily edited versions, as they've compressed 3 episodes into one 2 hour 40 minute film.
The 3 episodes still remain in the Screensound Archive.
^Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p209
^Lewes, Jacqueline Lee (5 June 1983). "Million$ of Viewing". Sydney Sun Herald. p. 47.
^"We are the last bastion". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 November 1984. p. 1 (SPORTS SECTION). Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Trove.
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