Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestAward-winning historical drama series which traces the life of John West from his impoverished youth in the depression of the 1890s, to his death as a multi-millionaire some sixty years later.
Acting
Martin Vaughan's decades-long transformation is genuinely unsettling.
Production
Painstaking period recreation across 60 years of Australian history.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Frank Hardy's controversial novel, banned for libel—West is a thinly veiled portrait of real Melbourne media baron John Wren.
Martin Vaughan was so committed he reportedly refused to break character between takes during the later 'corrupt' episodes, alienating the crew.
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