Nancy Wake (miniseries)

Nancy Wake
Based onNancy Wake: The Story of a Very Brave Woman
by Russell Braddon
Written byRoger Simpson
Directed byPino Amenta
StarringNoni Hazlehurst
John Waters
Shane Briant
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 x 2 hours
Production
ProducersRoger Le Mesurier
Roger Simpson
Budget$3 million[1]
Original release
NetworkNetwork Seven
Release4 November 1987 (1987-11-04)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

Nancy Wake is a 1987 Australian mini-series on the exploits of New Zealand born Australian Nancy Wake (Wellington, NZ, 30 August 1912 – London, UK, 7 August 2011) during World War II as a female British Special Operations Executive agent based on Russell Braddon's 1956 book Nancy Wake: The Story of a Very Brave Woman.[1][2] It was released as True Colors in the United States.

  1. ^ a b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p216
  2. ^ Simmonds, Diana (16 February 1987). "Nancy's war in Melbourne". No. The Sydney Morning Herald.