Hillary - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2016

It's an amazing sight, isn't it sir.
– Sixteen-year-old Edmund Hillary (Simon Mead) takes in the beauty of Mt Ruapehu

You know nothing about war, Ed. War is an exercise in futility and barbarity . . . war is against the teachings of Jesus Christ.
– Percy Hillary (Mick Rose) scolds his son about his desire to sign up and fight

... because young lady, you're frivolous enough already without listening to propaganda and mindless radio serials. You're better than that —you all are. The Hillarys read.
– Percy (Mick Rose) explains to his daughter June why the Hillary family don't have a radio

Hillary's father is a hard task master and the short-trousered Ed and his baby brother Rex spend all their spare time keeping the humble family beekeeping business going ... This first episode, freighted with a deeper currency than the familiar face on the back of a bank note, is more than a promising start...
– Jane Bowron reviews this episode, Stuff, 16 August 2016

I'm not happy with the direction my life's taking . . . I'm leading this godawful existence trying to keep dad happy . . . and I'm having serious doubts about passivism.
– Ed Hillary (Andrew Munro) to his pacifist brother Rex (Sam Mannering)