Fields of Fire (TV series)

Fields of Fire
Format mini-series
Directed by Robert Marchand
Produced by David Elfick
Steve Knapman
Written by Miranda Downes
Robert Marchand
Based on novel Cane by Robert Donaldson.
Starring Todd Boyce
Melissa Docker
Kris McQuade
Budget $4 million[1]
Country Australia
Language English
Original channel Nine Network
Original run 14 June 1987 – 15 June 1987
No. of episodes 2 x 2 hours

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, Kte and Dusty. Their mother is Sikwood's matriarch.

Production

The budget was $4 million, $150,000 of which came from the Queensland Film Corporation.[2] It was shot in Ulmara, Yamba and Clarence River.[1]

Fields of Fire II

Fields of Fire II
Directed by Robert Marchand
David Elfick
Produced by David Elfick
Irene Korol
Written by Patricia Johnson
Based on storyline by David Elfick
Robert Marchand
Starring Todd Boyce
Melissa Docker
Anne Louise Lambert
Joseph Spano
Budget $3.75 million[1]
Original channel Nine Network
Original airing 22 May 1988
No. of episodes 2 x 2 hours

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
Directed by David Elfick
Irene Korol
Written by Patricia Johnson
Starring Peta Toppano
Noni Hazlehurst
Original channel Nine Network
Original airing 16 July 1989
No. of episodes 2 x 2 hours

There was a third Fields of Fire in 1988 which dealt with the story in the 1950s.

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.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p193-194
  2. ↑ Roan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2

External links