Erebus: The Aftermath
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 and written by Greg McGee. It was produced by . 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).
Erebus: The Aftermath can be viewed, but not loaned or copied, at the Wellington office of the New Zealand Film Archive.
Cast[]
Air New Zealand
- Morris "Morrie" Davis – Ian Mune
- Brian Hewitt –
- John Wilson –
- Ross Johnson –
- Peter Grundy – Bruce Allpress
- Anthony Lawson –
New Zealand Government
- Rt. Hon. Robert Muldoon –
- Sir Owen Woodhouse –
Legal Teams
- Paul Davison – Peter Elliott
- Roger MacLaren –
- Alastair MacAlister – Jonathan Elsom
- Colin Nicholson – Ken Blackburn
- John Henry QC – Frank Whitten
- David Williams –
- Richard McGrane – Simon Prast
Royal Commission
- Justice Peter Mahon QC – Frank Finlay
- David Baragwanath – Jeffrey Thomas
Privy Council (London)
- Lord Diplock QC –
Civil Aviation Division
- Edgar Kippenberger –
- Jack Spence –
- Eric Omundsen –
With:
- Helen Moulder
- Roy Billing
- Paul Gittins
- Bill Johnson
- David Cameron
Narrator:
Technical Advisor
- Captain G. White
See also[]
- Air New Zealand Flight 901
- Peter Mahon (judge)
- Ron Chippindale
- Gordon Vette
External links[]
- New Zealand television miniseries
- 1980s New Zealand television series
- Aviation television series
- TVNZ original programming
- 1988 New Zealand television series debuts
- New Zealand films
- 1980s television miniseries
- Television series set in 1979
- Television film stubs
- New Zealand film stubs