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Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story: With Kristin Booth, Tatiana Maslany, Ian Tracey, Paul Gross. A mini-series based on the work of Canadian political icon Tommy Douglas.
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- 2006-03-12
- Biography, Drama
- Kristin Booth, Tatiana Maslany, Ian Tracey
Prairie Giant. Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story is a CBC Television miniseries first aired in two consecutive parts on March 12 and March 13, 2006. It dramatizes and fictionalizes the life and career of Tommy Douglas, the Canadian politician who oversaw the legislation of Canada 's first public healthcare program as Premier of Saskatchewan.
Dec 15, 2011 · Prairie Giant explains the history of Medicare in Canada by depicting the life of young Tommy Douglas and his wonderful wife Irma Dempsey. Douglas started off as a minister until he realized that he could never heal people's wounds when they were caused by exploitative conditions at work.
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Browse Movies TV Shows Live TV Español Tubi Kids. Sign In Register ... Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story. 2006 · 2 hr 58 min. TV-PG. Drama.
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- January 1, 2006
- Kristin Booth
Aug 3, 2015 · August 3, 2015. 1 h 29 min. NR. Tommy Douglas and his brilliant finance minister stare down economic threats from big business and vested interests. As he fights for election on a national platform, Tommy is also waging the bitterest struggle of his career. The doctors of Saskatchewan are on strike against 'state medicine'.
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Overview. In 1930s Saskatchewan, a small town parish has a new young new pastor, Tommy Douglas. However, for all his regular duties, which include boxing lessons, Tommy sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address with the pulpit. With that in mind, Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian ...
