[2] The telemovie chronicles the life of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
It centres around the build up to his election in 1983, the situations he faced during his time as Prime Minister, and losing the 1991 leadership contests to his Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister Paul Keating.
The film begins and ends with this event, but proceeds to show the rest of Hawke's life through flashbacks.
[4] A scene was filmed on 25 August 2009 at Dallas Brooks Hall, East Melbourne.
[3] Roxburgh reprised his role as Hawke in the 2020 episode "Terra Nullius" of the Netflix series The Crown.