Episodes (26)

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
S01E01 · Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

Jun 21, 1976

Out of work and struggling to just put food on the table, John comes up with a scheme for he and his mates to make some money by fixing pigeon races. Finding success, they move up to horses.

Homecomings
S01E02 · Homecomings

Jun 28, 1976

John secures protection from the police for his bet making operation but faces new competition for workers when the factory reopens.

Friends and Neighbours
S01E03 · Friends and Neighbours

Jul 05, 1976

Jim Tracey gets out of prison looking to settle the score with John for not looking after his wife while he was inside.

Legal Proceedings
S01E04 · Legal Proceedings

Jul 12, 1976

John West hires an expensive barrister to represent his men who are facing gaming charges. Fortunately, the man's ethics are in line with John's and he suggests paying off the police's main witness.

A Remedy Against Sin
S01E05 · A Remedy Against Sin

Jul 19, 1976

Rumours give Nellie some last-minute doubts about her marriage to John and she seeks Father O'Tool's advice.

Stalwarts of Labour
S01E06 · Stalwarts of Labour

Jul 26, 1976

With pending gaming legislation that could shut down his tote, John shifts his focus to politics and backs an independent candidate in the local by-election.

Law and Order
S01E07 · Law and Order

Aug 02, 1976

Sgt O'Flaherty, now running the Gaming Squad, steps up his pursuit of John West, a freshly minted millionaire.

An Honourable Estate
S01E08 · An Honourable Estate

Aug 09, 1976

With the closure of the Tote, John has severed his ties with Carringbush and shifted his focus to horse racing and winning the Victoria Cup.

Life Goes On
S01E09 · Life Goes On

Aug 16, 1976

John makes the difficult decision to cut ties with a longtime friend and colleague by promoting him to an out-of-the-way job.

Borrowed Time
S01E10 · Borrowed Time

Aug 23, 1976

Nellie continues her affair with brick layer Bill Evans but breaks things off out of fear of being caught.

Marching as to War
S01E11 · Marching as to War

Aug 30, 1976

John backs the government's effort to enact conscription but the issue divides his men just as it does the country.

Divine Intervention
S01E12 · Divine Intervention

Sep 06, 1976

John reestablishes ties with the Catholic church when Archbishop Malone visits him to express his regrets for the way John was treated by his priest.

Peacetime Manoeuvres
S01E13 · Peacetime Manoeuvres

Sep 13, 1976

Eddie Corrigan is among those wanting to unite the country's Socialist parties into an official Communist Party of Australia linked to the international movement.

Back to the Shadows
S01E14 · Back to the Shadows

Sep 20, 1976

Archbishop Malone returns from the Vatican with a warning for John about the danger of the Socialisation of the Labor Party.

Musical Chairs
S01E15 · Musical Chairs

Sep 27, 1976

Frank Ashton in the running for the leader of the Labor party much to the dismay of John and Archbishop Malone.

Polite Society
S01E16 · Polite Society

Oct 04, 1976

Sugar Renfrey is in line to be the next mayor of Carringbush. Snoopy Tanner is bootlegging booze into the United States for John West but their business association ends when Snoppy's gang steals from John's warehouse.

Foreign Affairs
S01E17 · Foreign Affairs

Oct 11, 1976

Marjorie West returns home and introduces her family to the man - the German man - the non-Catholic German man - she met while studying overseas.

Rough and Tumble
S01E18 · Rough and Tumble

Oct 18, 1976

John and Frank Ashton are called to testify before a Royal Commission in connection to John paying Frank to vacate his seat for Ted Thurgood.

Solidarity Forever
S01E19 · Solidarity Forever

Oct 25, 1976

Labor's election victory has made Jimmy Summers the nation's new PM. A letter from Marjorie announces the birth of John and Nellie's first grandchild but it's not enough to soften John's heart and accept her back into his house.

Hard Times
S01E20 · Hard Times

Nov 01, 1976

The Depression has hit the country hard, although some are affected more than others, a fact made increasingly clear to Mary as she continues to live her lavish lifestyle.

Reason in Revolt
S01E21 · Reason in Revolt

Nov 08, 1976

Frank Ashton is driven from the stage while speaking before a meeting of the Unemployed Workers Movement. Disheartened, he resigns his seat in Parliament and retires for politics.

Lest We Forget
S01E22 · Lest We Forget

Nov 15, 1976

John drops his support for the current mayor of Melbourne amidst allegation of corruption but he won't go quietly. At the behest of her Communist friends, Mary convinces her father to provide his stadium for a rally against fascism.

Confound Their Politics
S01E23 · Confound Their Politics

Nov 22, 1976

John, a milk marketer, is upset by allegations in the newspaper about his influence over the Victorian parliament in efforts to prevent passage of the Milk Supply Bill.

Fallen Heroes
S01E24 · Fallen Heroes

Nov 29, 1976

A letter arrives from Germany with unsettling news from Marjorie - Andreas has left her and the children. Nellie wants to help her daughter come home but John won't do anything unless his daughter asks him for help herself.

War Damage
S01E25 · War Damage

Dec 06, 1976

The war is over but it's still business as usual for John West who is championing a new candidate for the state by-election. However, a new challenger poses a problem.

This, the Servant
S01E26 · This, the Servant

Dec 13, 1976

Mary is living in London with Marjorie's children. Marjorie's fate remains unknown.

About

Power Without Glory Season 1 (1976) is released on Jun 21, 1976. Watch Power Without Glory online - the English Drama TV series from Australia. Power Without Glory is directed by Douglas Sharp,Keith Wilkes,David Zweck,Oscar Whitbread and created by Frank Hardy with Martin Vaughan and Rosalind Speirs.

As know as:

Power Without Glory, Poder sin gloria

Countries:

Australia

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Paradine Productions

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