When the War is Over, Mint’s latest series hosted by art-lover Rachel Griffiths, has broken the one million mark.
Two of the five episodes – Gallipoli and Vietnam – each accrued more than one million viewers before Christmas on ABC TV and ABC iView.
The series, released on November 18 to critical and audience acclaim, explores how art and pop culture – films, music, books, paintings, songs – have helped Australians better understand and heal from our five major wars: World War I, WWII, Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Australian wars fought here on home soil.
Among the all-star cast are Jimmy Barnes and Don Walker from Cold Chisel, Redgum’s John Schumann, Peter Weir and David Williamson, who directed and wrote Gallipoli, actors Neil Pigot and Kate Mulvany, singer/songwriter Troy Cassar-Daley, and artists Ben Quilty, Kat Rae and Alex Seton.
The series was directed by Sophie Meyrick and produced by Ili Baré. Executive producers were Rachel Griffiths, Dan Goldberg and Craig Graham. Rachel Robinson was executive producer for the ABC with Kath Earle as the Head of Arts.
It was financed by the ABC and Screen Australia, with a grant from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Saluting Their Service program, as well as some philanthropic funding.
When The War Is Over is streaming on ABC iView.
