Moynihan - You Can't Win 'Em All (Episode Two)

Ian Mune is Leo Moynihan, secretary of the carpenters’ union, who — with orange mini and leather jacket — has to navigate the shark-infested waters of 1970s industrial relations. In this episode, earthquake regulations, a shifty minister and standover tactics from worksite agitators, count amongst Moynihan’s workplace problems. At home, he has to introduce his lecturer girlfriend (Sheila Hammond) to his young son. The Kiwi-Australian co-production (with ABC) was the first drama series made by TV One’s drama department. It won Feltex Awards for Best Drama, and for Mune’s performance.

New Zealand television drama hit a gold standard with Moynihan last night. This tautly written, briskly played, and expertly directed play left this critic stunned with admiration and overjoyed to see a piece of indigenous television drama that lost nothing in comparison with like products from overseas.

– Critic Barry Shaw, quoted in book Ourselves at Primetime

Key Cast & Crew

Jane Galletly

Creator, Writer

Peter Gwynne

As: Minister Stan Barton

Sheila Hammond

As: Sarah

Ian Mune

As: Leo Moynihan

Earle Spencer

Creator

Brian Bell

Director