A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life (1986)

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.

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  • First Air Date: 1986-04-27
  • Last Air Date: 1986-04-30
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 4
  • Episode Runtime: 90 min.
  • Network: Nine Network
  • Directors: Marcus Cole, Henri Safran.

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Seasons

  • Season 1

    4 Episodes

Trailer

Cast

  • Dorothy Allison

    Grandma Carr

  • Dale Randall

    Roy Facey

  • John Ley

    Eric Facey

  • Anthony Richards

    Bert (9 Years)

  • Benedict Sweeney

    Bert (14 Years)

  • Dominic Sweeney

    Bert

  • Pat Bishop

    Alice McCall

  • Paul Sonkkila

    Archie McCall

  • Jeffrey Rhoe

    Jock McKay

  • Maurie Ogden

    Cop

  • Leslie Wright

    Jack Lander

  • Raelene Hughes

    Young Alice McCall

  • Val Lehman

    Bert's Mother

  • Ray Meagher

    Bad Bob

  • Bill Hunter

    Charlie Bibby

  • Bill Kerr

    Narrator (voice)

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