The read
The series ran 1 season across 4 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
3 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Miniseries | 4 ep1986 |
Key crew
- Marcus ColeDirector
- Ken KelsoWriter
- Henri SafranDirector
Cast
- Dorothy AllisonGrandma Carr
- Dale RandallRoy Facey
- John LeyEric Facey
- Anthony RichardsBert (9 Years)
- Benedict SweeneyBert (14 Years)
- Dominic SweeneyBert
- Pat BishopAlice McCall
- Paul SonkkilaArchie McCall
- Jeffrey RhoeJock McKay
- Maurie OgdenCop
- Leslie WrightJack Lander
- Raelene HughesYoung Alice McCall