Anzacs

Anzacs (named for members of the all volunteer army formations) is a 1985 Australian five-part television miniseries set in World War I.

It was decided to pull back to 13 hours, and then Burrowes hired James Mitchell and John Clark to work on scripts with Dixon.

The episodes were directed by Pino Amenta, John Dixon, or George Miller (of The Man from Snowy River fame).

[citation needed] In one episode, an Australian soldier remarks how much the French countryside reminds him of Daylesford back home in Victoria, Australia.

were also used, including the title song, 'I wore a tunic', 'The bells of Hell' and other period numbers, like 'If you were the only girl' and 'keep the home fires burning' – which were performed by various actors.

[6] According to the review by James Anthony: "The battle scenes are terrific and the muddy trenches of the Western Front look acceptably cold and horrible.

"[7] In the 2003 book German Anzacs and the First World War by John F. Williams, even more contextual detail is provided: "'Anzacs' is essentially a very long buddy movie in the form of television soap.

Even so, on occasion 'Anzacs' does offer insights that are unexpected and subtle"[8] The series was first aired in the UK on 12–16 January 1987 during weekday afternoons.