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The Country GP (Lani Tupu) takes a back seat in an episode set in the first week of 1950 which centres around the arrival in Mason’s Valley of the parents of local teacher Tim Bryant (Duncan Smith). The discovery that Tim’s father is a unionist and paid up member of the Communist Party shatters the township’s apparently relaxed way of life. Sid Bryant (Graeme Tetley) has come to warn his son of difficult times ahead that could see him back in prison, but his presence inflames some of the locals and leads to a questioning of the true meaning of freedom.

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 Steve La Hood
 Stephen McElrea
 John Whitwell

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Quotes

Every so often something comes along to upset the status quo. That’s when I’m needed. 
Sometimes I wish I didn’t believe in anything. But I do and there’s no going back. No matter what... 
Just a few days ago you were all in this hall celebrating, celebrating the beginning of a new decade. Everyone was talking about better days to come. Well, I’m afraid, if this is any example of how the second half of the century is going to go, we’re in for a sad future indeed.