History Series / TheDayOfTheRoses

* Foreshadowing: When the train is being prepared to go on its journey, the driver passes a cabinet marked "CAUTION – L.P. GAS BOTTLE INSIDE." After the train derails, gas bottles like these would rupture, creating a fire hazard that would make rescue efforts all the more challenging.

* BraveScot: PlayedWith with paramedic Micheal "Scotty" McInally, as he's shown to pull out all the stops in helping victims of Granville after the crash, but is also shown to be dealing with trauma from his experiences.

On the morning of January 18th, 1977, a commuter train derails and collides with a bridge in Granville, a suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. 84 people are killed and countless more are injured. Later that year, as Coroner Tom Weir prepares to hold an inquest into the disaster, he starts getting pressure from the New South Wales government (which owns the railway) to wrap up his investigation quickly and uncontroversially. Weir soon calls upon the expertise of engineer Boris "B.O." Osman, who feels that the inquiries done up to this point are missing some key pieces of evidence, and that a more thorough investigation is in order.

** The Granville wreck wasn't actually the first time that that particular locomotive had derailed…
** …or even the ''second'' time that particular bridge had been struck by a train.

On the morning of January 18th, 1977, a commuter train derails and collides with a bridge in Granville, a suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. 84 people are killed and countless more are injured. Later that year, as Coroner Tom Weir prepares to hold an inquest into the disaster, he starts getting pressure from the New South Wales government (which owns the railway) to wrap up his investigation quickly and uncontroversially. Weir soon calls upon the expertise of engineer Boris "B.O." Osman, who feels that the inquiries done up to this point are missing some key pieces of evidence, and feels a more in-depth investigation is in order.

On the morning of January 18th, 1977, a commuter train derails and collides with a bridge in Granville, a suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. 84 people are killed and countless more are injured. Later that year, as Coroner Tom Weir prepares to hold an inquest into the disaster, he starts getting pressure from the New South Wales government (which owns the railway) to wrap up the investigation quickly and uncontroversially. Weir soon calls upon the expertise of engineer Boris "B.O." Osman, who feels that the inquiries done up to this point are missing some key pieces of evidence, and feels a more in-depth investigation is in order.

* NoOSHACompliance: Osman points out a number of instances of this trope:

** Not to mention, when the bridge was built, it was found to be too short, so the builders put a heavy layer of concrete on top of it, making it ''much'' heavier than it needed to be.

On the morning of January 18th, 1977, a commuter train derails and collides with a bridge in Granville, a suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. 84 people are killed and countless more are injured. Later that year, as Coroner Tom Weir prepares to hold an inquest into the disaster, he starts getting pressure from the New South Wales government (which owns the railway) to wrap up the investigation quickly and uncontroversially. Weir soon calls upon the expertise of engineer Boris "B.O." Osman, who feels that the inquiries done up to this point are missing some key pieces of evidence, and feels a more in-depth investigation is warranted.

On the morning of January 18th, 1977, a commuter train derails and collides with a bridge in Granville, a suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. 84 people are killed and countless more are injured. Later that year, as Coroner Tom Weir prepares to hold an inquest into the disaster, he starts getting pressure from the New South Wales (who owns the railway) to wrap up the investigation quickly and uncontroversially. Weir soon calls upon the expertise of engineer Boris "B.O." Osman, who feels that the inquiries done up to this point are missing some key pieces of evidence, and feels a more in-depth investigation is warranted.

On the morning of January 18th, 1977, a commuter train derails and collides with a bridge in Granville, a suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. 84 people are killed and countless more are injured. Later that year, as Coroner Tom Weir prepares to hold an inquest into the disaster, he starts getting pressure from the government of New South Wales (who owns the railway) to wrap the investigation quickly and uncontroversially. Weir soon calls upon the expertise of engineer Boris "B.O." Osman, who feels that the inquiries done up to this point are missing some key pieces of evidence, and feels a more in-depth investigation is warranted.

On the morning of January 18th, 1977, a commuter train derails and collides with a bridge in Granville, a suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. 84 people are killed and countless more are injured. Later that year, as Coroner Tom Weir prepares to hold an inquest into the disaster, he starts getting pressure from the government of New South Wales (who owns the railway) to wrap the investigation quickly and uncontroversially. Weir soon calls upon the expertise of engineer Boris Osman, who feels that the inquiries done up to this point are missing some key pieces of evidence, and feels a more in-depth investigation is warranted.

* MistakenForServant: The Justice Department agent sent to lean on Weir at the beginning of the first part bumps into Weir and mistakes him for a paper-pusher, telling him to "get stuffed" when Weir asks him for a hand with the (literal) truckloads of paperwork he's trying to tote in.

On the morning of January 18th, 1977, a commuter train derails and collides with a bridge in Granville, a suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. 84 people are killed and countless more are injured. Later that year, as Coroner Tom Weir prepares to hold an inquest into the disaster, he starts getting pressure from the government of New South Wales (who owns the railway) to wrap the investigation quickly and uncontroversially. Weir soon brings in engineer Boris Osman to assist with the inquiry.

* TrackTroubles: Part of the reason the train derailed was because the tracks it was running on were badly worn.

''The Day of the Roses'' is a 1998 Australian two-part DocuDrama miniseries surrounding the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_rail_disaster Granville rail disaster of 1977]] and the resulting investigation.

It's 1977 in Sydney. Coroner Tom Weir is confronted with a major train wreck that killed 84 people. Weir soon brings in engineer Boris Osman to assist with the inquiry. No sooner does this happen than the State government (who owns the railway) begins to lean on Weir to wrap the investigation up quickly and uncontroversially.

* CorruptBureaucrat: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Farquhar Murray Farquhar]] is portrayed as one, being the closest thing the series has to an outright villain. The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue notes that he was later jailed over an unrelated matter.

* FightToSurvive: The scenes shortly after the wreck feature first responders dealing with the challenginge

-->-- '''''Ray Williams''''', Police Rescue Squad

* CorruptBureaucrat: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Farquhar Murray Farquhar]] is portrayed as one, with the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue noting that he was later jailed over an unrelated matter.
* HopeSpot: After the train derails, it grinds to a halt. The passengers are relieved, but they don't know that [[FromBadToWorse the bridge over their heads is about to collapse…]]

The series soon flips back and forth between Weir and Osman navigating political meddling in their investigation and the resulting coroner's inquest., and a recap of the disaster and its aftermath from the perspective of survivors and first responders.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Gerry Buchtmann nearly loses his job because he helped out with the rescue operations while on sick leave.

** Not to mention, when the bridge was built, it was found to be too short, so the builders put a heavy layer of concrete on top of it, making it **much** heavier than it needed to be.

* SquashedFlat: A ''horrifying'' example in the derailment. After the bridge loses its supports, it takes a good while, but then it collapses onto the train, resulting in the bulk of the casualties.