Erebus: The Aftermath
Directed by Peter SharpWriter: Greg McGee
1987
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Bruce Allpress ... Peter Grundy
Roy Billing ... Captain Gordon Vette
Ken Blackburn ... Colin Nicholson
Johnny Bond
David Cameron
Alan Carlisle
David Cole ... Captain Ian Gemmell
David Copeland ... Hon. J Mclay
Peter Cox ... Brian Hewitt
Antony Croser ... George Barton
Alistair Douglas ... Eric Omundsen
Peter Elliott ... Paul Davison
Jonathan Elsom ... Alistair MacAlistair
Don Hope Evans ... Jack Spence
Matthew Evans
Frank Finlay ... Judge Peter Mahon / ...
Paul Gittins ... Gary Harrison
Derek Hardwick ... Cyril Mace
Ian Harrop
Tony Hazeldine
Eddie Hegan ... Lord Diplock
William Johnson ... Lloyd Brown
Paula Jones
Desmond Kelly ... Sup. Wilkinson
Gerald Lascelles
Roy Leywood
Jim MacFarlane ... Edgar Kippenberger
Lewis Martin ... John Wilson
Maggie Maxwell ... Elspeth McNeill
Rhys McConnochie ... Des Dalghety
Brian McDermott ... Rt Hon R Muldoon
Pam Merwood
Michael Morrissey
Helen Moulder ... Maria Collins
Ian Mune ... Morrie Davis
Bruce Phillips ... Roger MacLaren
Simon Prast ... Richard Mcgrane
Dinah Priestley ... Margarita Mahon
Patrick Smyth ... Sir Owen Woodhouse
Geoffrey Snell ... David Williams
Darien Takle ... Myra Davis
Jeffrey Thomas ... David Baragwanath
Stephen Tozer ... Ross Johnson
John Watson
Dick Weir ... Narrator
Frank Whitten ... John Henry
Kevin Wilson
James Wright ... Anthony Lawson
Erebus: The Aftermath was a 1987 New Zealand television miniseries about Air New Zealand Flight 901, which crashed in Antarctica in 1979. The miniseries, a docudrama, was produced by Television New Zealand, and was broadcast in New Zealand and Australia. It was also aired by BBC 2 television in the UK. It was recently repeated by TVNZ to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the crash.
The series starred Frank Finlay as Justice Peter Mahon QC, the head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry that investigated the disaster, and David Cole as the chief witness. It was directed by Peter Sharp and written by Greg McGee. It was produced by Caterina De Nave. The series was partially based on Mahon's book Verdict on Erebus.
Erebus: The Aftermath won several New Zealand Film and TV Awards, including Best Drama Programme, Best Drama Series, Best Writer (Drama), Best Television Director, and Best Performance - Male in a Dramatic Role (by Ian Mune).
