For the Term of His Natural Life

Overview

In 1830s England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Diemen's Land where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the Warden's daughter. Meanwhile, back in England, an imposter lays claim to the young man's inheritance.

Created by Wilton Schiller, Patricia Payne

Network

• Nine Network

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Colin Friels

  Richard Devine / Rufus Dawes

  3 eps

• 

  Anthony Perkins

  Reverend James North

  3 eps

• 

  Patrick Macnee

  Major Vickers

  3 eps

• 

  Samantha Eggar

  Mrs. Vickers

  3 eps

Themes

• based on novel or book
• mutiny
• forced labour
• australia
• miniseries
• wrongful imprisonment
• convict
• penal colony
• literary adaptation
• tasmania
• disinheritance

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