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 Australia
/ Channel 10-powcorp / 2x120 minute episodes / 2005 30-31 October @
8.30pm
Writer: Peter
Berry / Executive Producers: Peter Berry, Justin Bodle, Andy Harries, Sue Masters,
Des Monaghan / Director: Peter Andrikidis
Period drama,
mini series. With
its budget hitting some $15 million dollars The Incredible Journey of
Mary Bryant is a true epic in every sense of the word and in the classic
vein of such legendary mini series as Against The Wind and Sara Dane.
Romala Garai plays the title of Mary Bryant, a young woman who has to
fight for her freedom of not just herself but her young family in the
earliest days of Australian history. Hugely
emotional the story charts Mary's tale from being sentenced in England
to transportation to Australia through incredible hardships (Mary gives
birth whilst on board the boat having been raped in prison) to marriage
and more children before an escape plan sends her bound to hang on a
ship back to England. Heart racing stuff and even more so knowing that
its all true, Mary Bryant is a well known figure from the days of the
first fleet, not just in Australia but also back in England where the
public outcry about her story was major.
cast
Romola Garai as Mary Broad/Bryant / Jack Davenport as Lt Ralph Clarke / Alex O'Lachlan as Will Bryant / Sam Neill as Governor Arthur Phillip / Tony Martin as Martin / David Field as Thomas / Garry McDonald as Reverend Johnson / Dan Spielman as Cox / Stephen Curry as Allen / Abe Forsythe as Sam / Alice McConnell as Elizabeth / Linal Haft as Sgt. Ryan / Genevieve O'Reilly as Allcia / Leo Jampinjinpa Wayne as Woollarawarre Bennelong / Jacek Koman as Wanjon
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