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It's April 1966 when young Massey student Peter (Hurst, sporting period mop and moustache) makes a surprise visit back home at the farm during study break, and is quickly put out by the archaic social mores: "ya taken to wearing a bra as well?". It's also Anzac Day, and his newfound pacifism and career plans soon put him on a collision course with his veteran father (Vere-Jones) in a surprisingly potent TV drama that pulls no punches — literally — in its depiction of a generation gap that proves irreconcilable.  

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 Mike Smith

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 Anzac Day Collection

Quotes

They’re in there celebrating five years of murder. 
When they came back [from the war] ... so many of them ... were like children. Old, tired children.  
You make me sick ... you with your bloody give-him-a-gun-and-make-a-man-of-him philosophy! 

Awards

1984 Feltex Awards
Nominated for Best Dramatic Script: Judy Callingham