The Howard Years was a documentary series about the prime ministership of John Howard produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was divided into four one-hour episodes - one episode for each term Howard served as Prime Minister of Australia - and originally broadcast on ABC1 from 17 November to 8 December 2008.
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Quick facts
First Aired
2008
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Genre
Documentary, War & Politics
Status
Ended
Network
ABC TV
Language
EN
Seasons
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S01E01
Change the Government, Change the Country
Nov 17, 2008
Since regaining the leadership in 1995, Howard has re-created "a convincing consensual language" for the party beyond the narrow economic individualism in which it had become trapp…
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S01E02
Whatever It Takes
Nov 24, 2008
John Howard entered his second term determined to secure his 20-year vision of tax reform. But in his victory speech, the seeds of discontent with his Treasurer were sown and would…
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S01E03
Commander-in-Chief
Dec 1, 2008
In a bizarre twist of fate, John Howard would find himself in Washington DC on the day the world changed forever. Encompassing both the 2001 and 2004 elections, episode three shows…
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S01E04
Walking On Water
Dec 8, 2008
John Howard’s Prime Ministership ended with defeat at the 2007 election. But why was it so, and could the result have been different with a change of leadership? Speaking candidly,…