The incestual overtones are a bit creepy and apparent almost from the word go, but are intitially so brief you wonder if you are imagining them. Future Hollywood actor Robert Shaw (The Sting, Jaws) made his small screen debut as ex- pirate Dan Tempest, the leader of a small band of freebooters who roamed the Caribbean Seas in the 1720's on their ship The Sultana.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Archive TV fans may also like to know that the series was produced by Tony Essex of 'Follyfoot' fame. All articles are copyright © Television Heaven or their individual authors where stated and may not be reproduced without permission. then this fits in well with the other Network DVD releases of 'Arthur of the Briton's', 'Smuggler' and 'The Adventurer'. Little aired since that date, it's a surprisingly lavish affair with a large cast, huge scope, and plenty of production value.Other regular characters included Moll the innkeeper (Shirley Cameron), Kate Bell (Helen Morse), a former inmate of the notorious Female Factory at Parramatta, and former comic Willie Fennell as a shepherd who the Firbeck family befriends. It's 1829, Jason Firbeck, a retired naval Leiutenant, recently widowed arrives with his family - Samuel, his elder son, Luke, his second son and Jassy his daughter - in NSW, where land granted by influential friends, supposedly awaits him. my daughter was just a few mth old when i first watched it,shes now 38 and i still enjoy watching it. Light reading creases, some shelf and edge wear, small sticker tear to front cover, light foxing to inside covers and endpapers. This co-production between Yorkshire Television and the Nine Network (Australia) was based on the novel Pages From a Squatter’s Diary by E.

Used to like this programme years ago and bought it to see if it was as good as I remembered, I was not disappointed but thought it was a longer series than it actually is.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Tobias is excellent as the determined,violent and very flawed 'hero'(you'll see why) who will stop at nothing to protect his family's land,but all the cast are good and the stories are well written and filmed, you will get frustrated at Luke's father, who just does not get it!

To begin with, these opposing views cause great tension as it is unclear who will be the eventual patriarch. Jason Firbeck, a retired naval lieutenant recently widowed, takes sons Samuel and Luke and daughter Jassy to New South Wales to claim land bequeathed to them by a wealthy friend. V. Timms, a dramatic exploration of early Australian settlement and the tremendous hardships that helped to shape the nation. Though this may have more in common with 'Rawhide' than 'Pride and Prejudice', the show is clearly historical drama nonetheless, and there is much to be learned about the early colonisation of Oz. It was co-produced with Trident Television, the then owners of Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television, and aired in 1976 on Nine Network in Australia and ITV in the United Kingdom.Their journey was not meant to be a speculative one, as the father, former naval lieutenant Jason Firbeck (James Condon), set out to claim land bequeathed to them by an old friend.

Nostalgia Central covers the period 1950 to 1999 and contains some words and references which reflect the attitudes of those times and which may be considered culturally sensitive, offensive or inappropriate today. Luke’s illegal activities in establishing a squatter’s ranch allow plenty of opportunity for conflict with the penal colony’s governing body who refuse to recognise his claim to the land.The recently widowed and retired naval lieutenant James Firbeck takes his family, sons, Samuel and Luke and daughter Jassy to New South Wales to claim a grant of land.