A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life (1986)


  • Genre: Drama
  • First Air Date: 1986-04-27
  • Last Air Date: 1986-04-30
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 4
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 90 min.
  • Production Company: PBL Productions
  • Networks: Nine Network
  • Directors: Henri Safran, Marcus Cole.
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: world war i, biography, australia, miniseries, colonialism, 18th century, historical drama, gallipoli campaign
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    A Fortunate Life Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1986-04-27
    4 Episodes

    A Fortunate Life Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Starting Out90 min
    Season 1Episode 2Bush Schooling90 min
    Season 1Episode 3Journey90 min
    Season 1Episode 4Providence90 min
    • Dorothy Allison

      as Grandma Carr
    • Dale Randall

      as Roy Facey
    • John Ley

      as Eric Facey
    • Anthony Richards

      as Bert (9 Years)
    • Benedict Sweeney

      as Bert (14 Years)
    • Dominic Sweeney

      as Bert
    • Pat Bishop

      as Alice McCall
    • Paul Sonkkila

      as Archie McCall
    • Jeffrey Rhoe

      as Jock McKay
    • Maurie Ogden

      as Cop
    • Leslie Wright

      as Jack Lander
    • Raelene Hughes

      as Young Alice McCall
    • Val Lehman

      as Bert's Mother
    • Ray Meagher

      as Bad Bob
    • Bill Hunter

      as Charlie Bibby
    • Bill Kerr

      as Narrator (voice)
    Directing Henri Safran Director
    Writing Ken Kelso Writer
    Writing A.B. Facey Book
    Directing Marcus Cole Director

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