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Film Details - BBC Worldwide , 2015
Producers:
Roxy Spencer, Sita Williams, and Jimmy McGovern (executive producers).
Sita Williams (producer).
Production Companies:
BBC Worldwide Australia and New Zealand.
RSJ Films.
See-Saw Films.
Cast:
David Wenham (Governor Arthur Phillip), Joseph Millson (Major Ross), Myanna Buring (Elizabeth Quinn), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Tommy Barrett), Russell Tovey (James Freeman), Ryan Corr (Private MacDonald), Adam Nagaitis (Private Buckley), Ewen Brenmer (Reverend Johnson), Genevieve O'Reilly (Mrs Johnson), Brooke Harman (Deborah), Orla Brady (Anne Meredith), Joanna Vanderham (Katherine McVitie).
Release Dates:
Broadcast in the UK between 5 March 2015 and 16 April 2015.
To be aired on BBC First in Australia and UKTV in New Zealand in June 2015.
Location:
- To be filmed in Manchester (UK) and Sydney (Australia) in April 2014.
Settings:
- New South Wales,
- 1788
