A Fortunate Life

Apr 27, 1986 (en) Drama [90] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 27, 1986
  • Production
    PBL Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    40%
  • Original title
    A Fortunate Life
  • Release
    Apr 27, 1986
  • en
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Dorothy Allison

    Grandma Carr

  2. Dale Randall

    Roy Facey

  3. John Ley

    Eric Facey

  4. Anthony Richards

    Bert (9 Years)

  5. Benedict Sweeney

    Bert (14 Years)

  6. Dominic Sweeney

    Bert

  7. Pat Bishop

    Alice McCall

  8. Paul Sonkkila

    Archie McCall

  9. Jeffrey Rhoe

    Jock McKay

  10. Maurie Ogden

    Cop

  11. Leslie Wright

    Jack Lander

  12. Raelene Hughes

    Young Alice McCall

  13. Val Lehman

    Bert's Mother

  14. Ray Meagher

    Bad Bob

  15. Bill Hunter

    Charlie Bibby

  16. Bill Kerr

    Narrator (voice)

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 16 / Crews : 4

Miniseries ( 1986-04-27)

Starting Out (1897-1905)

Episode: 1

Bush Schooling (1905-1908)

Episode: 2

Journey (1908-1914)

Episode: 3

Providence (1914-1916)

Episode: 4
Apr 27, 1986 (en)
Drama
[90] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 27, 1986
  • Production
    PBL Productions
  • Rotten tomato 40%
Original Title A Fortunate Life
en

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer