Fields of Fire (miniseries)

Fields of Fire III
Written by	Patricia Johnson
Directed by	David Elfick; Irene Korol
Starring	Peta Toppano; Noni Hazlehurst ; Nicholas Hammond
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	16 July 1989

Fields of Fire II
Based on	storyline by David Elfick; Robert Marchand
Written by	Patricia Johnson
Directed by	Robert Marchand; David Elfick
Starring	Todd Boyce; Melissa Docker; Anne Louise Lambert; Joseph Spano ; Nicholas Hammond
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s)	David Elfick; Irene Korol
Budget	$3.75 million[1]
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	22 May 1988

Fields of Fire
Based on	novel Cane by Robert Donaldson.
Written by	Miranda Downes; Robert Marchand
Directed by	Robert Marchand
Starring	Todd Boyce; Melissa Docker; Kris McQuade ; Nicholas Hammond
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s)	David Elfick; Steve Knapman
Budget	$4 million[1]
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	14 June –; 15 June 1987

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, Kate and Dusty. Their mother is Silkwood's matriarch.

Production

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

Fields of Fire II

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

There was a third Fields of Fire in 1988 which dealt with the story in the 1950s.[3]

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.

Main cast list

Character	Actor	Series
Character	Actor	Fields of Fire	Fields of Fire II	Fields of Fire III
Bluey	Todd Boyce
Dusty	Melissa Docker
Elsie	Kris McQuade
Kate	Anna Hruby
Kate	Anne-Louise Lambert
Tiny	Ollie Hall
Jacko	John Jarratt
Whacker	Harold Hopkins
Chook	Patrick Ward
Acreman	Paul Bertram
Dave	Ken Radley
Albie	Philip Quast
Red	Jack Mayers
Lofty	Bill Young
Franco	Terry Serio
Franco	Joseph Spano
Gina	Peta Toppano
Paolo	Robert Ruggiero
Shorty	Dan Simmonds
Shorty	Danny Ruggiero
Dawn	Noni Hazlehurst
Rinaldo	Martin Sacks
Basia	Gosia Dobrowolska
Iris	Michele Fawdon

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References

Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p193-194
Roan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2
"THE GUIDE". The Canberra Times. 63 (19, 633). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 July 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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[scott-1] 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

[3] "THE GUIDE". The Canberra Times. 63 (19, 633). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 July 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.