TV series · 1998
The Day of the Roses
First aired 18 October 1998 Drama TMDB ↗
On January 18th, 1977, a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney, came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge, crushing part of the train and killing 83 passengers and injuring more than 200 others. This story follows the coronial inquiry into the crash with flash-backs to the main story, and the efforts of the rescuers to free the injured victims.
FR·01
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John Bach
as Tom Weir
Carol Burns
as Greta
Andrew McFarlane
as Public Servant
Jeremy Sims
as Gerry Buchtmann
Aaron Blabey
as Dr White
Gigi Edgley
as Erica Watson
Chris Betts
as Sgt. Merv Masterson
Cormac Costello
as Michael "Scotty" McInally
Damian Pike
as Constable Garry Raymond
Everyone else (9) ↓
Bill Young
as Inspector Ray Williams
Heather Mitchell
as Margaret Shuttler
Wayne Pygram
as Sgt. Joe Beecroft
Peter O'Brien
as Boris Osman
Steven Vidler
as Dick Lamb
Paul Mercurio
as Bryan Gordon
Rebecca Gibney
as Margaret Warby
Helen Dallimore
as Annette Gordon
Stephen Curry
as Rescuer