My Brother Tom

{{Short description|1986 telemovie directed by Pino Amenta}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = | creator = | based_on = {{Based on|''My Brother Tom''|[[James Aldridge]]}} | writer = [[Tony Morphett]] | screenplay = | story = | director = [[Pino Amenta]] | starring = [[Tom Jennings]]<br />[[Catherine McClements]]<br />[[Keith Michell]]<br />[[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | country = Australia | language = English | num_episodes = 2 x 2 hours | producer = [[Rod Hardy]] | editor = | cinematography = | runtime = 117 mins (video release) | company = | budget = | network = [[Network Ten]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1986|09|22|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|1986|09|23|df=y}} }} '''''My Brother Tom''''' is a 1986 Australian television miniseries about sectarianism in a small country town.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p215</ref>

==Cast== * [[Tom Jennings]] as Tom Quayle * [[Catherine McClements]] as Margaret 'Peggy' McGibbon * [[Keith Michell]] as Edward Quayle * [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] as Lockie McGibbon * [[Nadine Garner]] as Jean Quayle * [[Maurie Fields]] as 'Muscles' Smith * Christopher Mayer as Fin McColl * [[Reg Gorman]] as M / O Driver * [[Bud Tingwell]] as Justice Masters * [[Ross Newton]] as Les Connor

== DVD release == It has been announced by Crawford Productions that this miniseries will be released on DVD in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1257492471984226&set=a.743238793409599 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.crawfords.com.au/libary/series/mybrotom.shtml ''My Brother Tom''] at Crawfords Australia *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140752/ ''My Brother Tom''] at [[IMDb]]

[[Category:1980s Australian television miniseries]] [[Category:1986 Australian television series debuts]] [[Category:1986 Australian television series endings]] [[Category:English-language Australian television shows]]