A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life Season 1 episodes

2. 01

   S01 E0127 April 1986

   Starting Out (1897-1905)

   1 h 32 mins · Sun, 9 Mar 1986

   Impoverished eight-year-old Bert Facey is forced to live the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer after his father dies.

3. 02

   S01 E02

   Bush Schooling (1905-1908)

   1 h 30 mins · Mon, 10 Mar 1986

   With a deceased father and a mother who abandoned him, Bert decides to go to work for the Phillips, a childless couple who treat him like family.

4. 03

   S01 E0329 April 1986

   Journey (1908-1914)

   1 h 34 mins · Tue, 11 Mar 1986

   Now twenty, Bert is reunited with his mother twelve years after she abandoned him; he moves north to seek more work.

5. 04

   S01 E0430 April 1986

   Providence (1914-1916)

   1 h 31 mins · Wed, 12 Mar 1986

   After becoming a champion prize fighter, World War I breaks out and Bert decides to enlist; he later survives the nightmare of Gallipoli.