A Fortunate Life: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This four-part miniseries is based on A. B. Facey's best-selling autobiographical novel, which tells of the early trials and tribulations of Bert Facey. At eight years old, he was forced by economic circumstances to start the backbreaking, dawn to dusk life of a farm laborer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigors of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody First World War campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula. Despite this early deprivation, he finds happiness in his marriage in 1915 to his wife of nearly sixty years, Evelyn. A Fortunate Life is an inspirational tale of one man's struggle against seemingly overwhelming barriers to achieve peace and contentment.

Series details

• Title: A Fortunate Life
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1986-03-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1986-03-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Nine Network
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 56937
• IMDb ID: tt0129681
• TVDB ID: 263014

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-03-09; final listed air date 1986-03-12; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from A Fortunate Life on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.