Fields of Fire (miniseries)
Fields of Fire | |
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Based on | novel Cane by Robert Donaldson. |
Written by | Miranda Downes Robert Marchand |
Directed by | Robert Marchand |
Starring | Todd Boyce Melissa Docker Kris McQuade Nicholas Hammond |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 x 2 hours |
Production | |
Producers | David Elfick Steve Knapman |
Budget | $4 million[1] |
Release | |
Original network | Nine Network |
Original release | 14 June 15 June 1987 | –
Fields of Fire is a 1987 Australian mini series about cane cutters in Queensland just prior to and during World War Two.
Plot[]
In 1938, Englishman Bluey arrives in the north Queensland town of Silkwood. Two sisters are interested in him, Kate and Dusty. Their mother is Silkwood's matriarch.
Production[]
The budget was $4 million, $150,000 of which came from the Queensland Film Corporation.[2] It was shot in Harwood Island, Ulmarra, Clarence River.[1]
Fields of Fire II[]
Fields of Fire II | |
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Based on | storyline by David Elfick Robert Marchand |
Written by | Patricia Johnson |
Directed by | Robert Marchand David Elfick |
Starring | Todd Boyce Melissa Docker Anne Louise Lambert Joseph Spano Nicholas Hammond |
No. of episodes | 2 x 2 hours |
Production | |
Producers | David Elfick Irene Korol |
Budget | $3.75 million[1] |
Release | |
Original network | Nine Network |
Original release | 22 May 1988 |
Fields of Fire II is a 1988 sequel set in the late 1940s.
Plot[]
In 1946 Franco becomes a black marketeer and marries Gina. Bluey marries Dusty after the war.
Fields of Fire III[]
Fields of Fire III | |
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Written by | Patricia Johnson |
Directed by | David Elfick Irene Korol |
Starring | Peta Toppano Noni Hazlehurst Nicholas Hammond |
No. of episodes | 2 x 2 hours |
Release | |
Original network | Nine Network |
Original release | 16 July 1989 |
There was a third Fields of Fire in 1988 which dealt with the story in the 1950s.[3]
Plot[]
In 1951 Gina and her brother Paolo are successful cane growers. Gina is attracted to Rinaldo. The Menzies government holds an anti-communist referendum.
Main cast list[]
Character | Actor | Series | ||
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Fields of Fire | Fields of Fire II | Fields of Fire III | ||
Bluey | Todd Boyce | |||
Dusty | Melissa Docker | |||
Elsie | Kris McQuade | |||
Kate | Anna Hruby | |||
Kate | Anne-Louise Lambert | |||
Tiny | Ollie Hall | |||
Jacko | John Jarratt | |||
Whacker | Harold Hopkins | |||
Chook | Patrick Ward | |||
Acreman | Paul Bertram | |||
Dave | Ken Radley | |||
Albie | Philip Quast | |||
Red | Jack Mayers | |||
Lofty | Bill Young | |||
Franco | Terry Serio | |||
Franco | Joseph Spano | |||
Gina | Peta Toppano | |||
Paolo | Robert Ruggiero | |||
Shorty | Dan Simmonds | |||
Shorty | Danny Ruggiero | |||
Dawn | Noni Hazlehurst | |||
Rinaldo | Martin Sacks | |||
Basia | Gosia Dobrowolska | |||
Iris | Michele Fawdon |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p193-194
- ^ Roan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2
- ^ "THE GUIDE". The Canberra Times. 63 (19, 633). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 July 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
External links[]
- 1987 Australian television series debuts
- 1987 Australian television series endings
- 1980s Australian television miniseries
- English-language television shows