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1976 Australian TV series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luke's Kingdom is a 1976 Australian TV series set in colonial Australia. Directors included Peter Weir and writers included Elisabeth Kata and Tony Morphett.[1] It was co-produced with Trident Television, the then owners of Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television, and aired in 1976 on Nine Network in Australia and ITV in the United Kingdom.
Luke's Kingdom | |
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Starring | Oliver Tobias Helen Morse Gerard Maguire |
Country of origin | Australia / United Kingdom |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Nine Network / ITV |
Release | 1976 | (31 March – 23 June in the UK)
In 1975, Trident Television acquired the series co-producer, Australia Pty Ltd. Filming completed in 1974.
The series starred Oliver Tobias as an Englishman who, in 1829, emigrates to Australia with his father and siblings to settle on a land grant in New South Wales. It was based on the novel Pages From A Squatter's Diary, by E. V. Timms.[2]
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