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Documentary series Revolution mapped the social and economic changes in New Zealand society in the 1980s and early 1990s. This first episode focuses on NZ's radical transformation from a heavily regulated welfare state to a petri dish for free market ideology. It includes interviews with key political and business figures of the day, who reveal how the dire economic situation by the end of Robert Muldoon's reign made it relatively easy for Roger Douglas to implement extreme reform. Revolution won Best Factual Series at the 1997 Film and TV Awards.

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Revisiting Revolution Marcia Russell 08.08.2009

It is now 13 years since Revolution was made for Television New Zealand and there has been no equivalent documentary of recent political history on our screens since as far as I can ascertain. The ...

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Revolution: an introduction Marcia Russell 07.08.2009

[From the introduction to the book accompanying the TV series, published by Hodder Moa Beckett, 1996]

Revolution is a journalist's assembly of observations about the transformation of New ...

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 Comments (3)

 Irene Gardiner

Irene Gardiner

Thanks for the positive comments on Revolution - it's a great series and really stands the test of time. Ario, regarding your request for Fallout - yes that is a series we are very keen to get for the site. Our Rights Executive Kim Baker is working on clearing the rights to it at the moment.

 Ario Smith

Ario Smith | website

Thanks for making this available in full; it's still enlightening and highly watchable 13 years on. The c. 1995 drama 'Fallout' would be a great complement to this series, if available.

 Angelike Legath

Angelike Legath

Really like this series - great work!

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