S01 Episode 1
Starting Out (1897-1905)
Impoverished eight-year-old Bert Facey is forced to live the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer after his father dies.
1 h 32 mins · Sun, 9 Mar 1986
S01 Episode 2
Bush Schooling (1905-1908)
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.
1 h 30 mins · Mon, 10 Mar 1986
S01 Episode 3
Journey (1908-1914)
Now twenty, Bert is reunited with his mother twelve years after she abandoned him; he moves north to seek more work.
1 h 34 mins · Tue, 11 Mar 1986
S01 Episode 4
Providence (1914-1916)
After becoming a champion prize fighter, World War I breaks out and Bert decides to enlist; he later survives the nightmare of Gallipoli.
1 h 31 mins · Wed, 12 Mar 1986
