Crops are bad at Jonathan's farm and the military want to take advantage of this and buy the crops off his farm. Jonathan finally has no choice but to sell. Later he finds out the payment is only given out in rum.
Aired: Sep 12, 1978In 1796 Ireland, the Mulvanes are oppressed by British laws and taxes. Daught...
Aired: Sep 12, 1978Mary now a convicted criminal, boards the convict ship 'Britania' for the ard...
Aired: Sep 19, 1978Mary and Polly survive the sea voyage and are assigned on their arrival in Sy...
Aired: Sep 19, 1978Mary and Polly begin to settle into their various situations in the new colon...
5. An Agreement Between Officers and Others
Aired: Sep 26, 1978Time passes in the colony. Jonathon begins to have genuine feelings for Mary,...
Aired: Oct 3, 1978Mary, who had originally planned to return to Ireland, decides to stay in the...
Aired: Oct 10, 1978Work on the land is hard and there is talk of an uprising among the convicts ...
8. When Kings Go Forth to Battle
Aired: Oct 17, 1978The uprising has begun but the convicts are tricked and betrayed. The British...
Aired: Oct 17, 1978Dinny, although wounded, escapes the slaughter and hides at Jonathan's house....
10. A Matter of Life and Death
Aired: Oct 24, 1978Dinny finds an Aboriginal wife and, as he is a wanted man, has to live rough ...
Aired: Oct 24, 1978Crops are bad at Jonathan's farm and the military want to take advantage of t...
Aired: Oct 30, 1978Jonathan and Will, Polly's husband, start their own illegal distillery. But w...
Aired: Oct 10, 1978Jonathan is sentenced to six months jail for writing a letter to the Governor...
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