

Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
5.2(2 votes)
2006
1 Season • 2 Episodes
Drama
In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town parish pastor, sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address from the pulpit. Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian Commonwealth Federation where his idealism runs into powerful opposition from the wealthy and the powerful. Despite the long odds, Douglas' new calling would soon make him a leader that would transform Canada.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 3/12/2006
Seasons

Miniseries
2 episodes
Episodes
1
Episode 12
Episode 2Cast

Michael Therriault
Tommy Douglas

Kristin Booth
Irma Douglas

Nicholas Campbell
EJ Young

Brent Carver
Secretary Balsam

Aidan Devine
MJ Coldwell

Shannon Jardine
Lally Lawson

Andy Jones
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King

Brian Markinson
Premier Jimmy Gardiner

Don McKellar
Clarence Fines

Jane Redlyon
Mrs. Babitch