A Fortunate Life

All Episodes 1986

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  • 1986-04-26T13:30:00Z
  • 1h 30m
  • 4h 30m (3 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • PBL Productions
  • Drama
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.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

1986-04-26T13:30:00Z

1x01 Starting Out (1897-1905)

Series Premiere

1x01 Starting Out (1897-1905)

  • 1986-04-26T13:30:00Z1h 30m

Bert Facey's tormented early years through his father's death and harsh economic depression

Bert goes to work for the Phillips, a childless couple who treat him as one of the family.

1986-04-28T13:30:00Z

1x03 Journey (1908-1914)

1x03 Journey (1908-1914)

  • 1986-04-28T13:30:00Z1h 30m

Reunited with his mother after 12 years, Bert soon moves north to seek work.

1986-04-29T13:30:00Z

1x04 Providence (1914-1916)

1x04 Providence (1914-1916)

  • 1986-04-29T13:30:00Z1h 30m

A champion prize fighter, Bert enlists when WWI breaks out, surviving the nightmare of Gallipoli.

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