Overview
Exclusive! Brimming with passion, romance, and intrigue, this compulsively watchable drama has all the right ingredients: an aristocratic family, a country estate, a powerful widowed matriarch, buried secrets, sprawling cast, period costumes, and a great soundtrack. Set in Australia against the social change of the 1950s, it stars Marta Dusseldorp (
Jack Irish, Janet King) as nurse Sarah Adams, who has returned home after 20 years in Europe and the horrors of WWII. Collector's set includes all 6 seasons of this "down-under 'Downton'" (
Fort Worth Star-Telegram), plus 6 drink coasters and cocktail stirrers, a stationery set with 6 note cards and envelopes, and an 8-page booklet featuring an interview with series creator and writer Bevan Lee. 67 episodes, 54 ½ hrs, 20 DVDs, SDH.
DVD Extras
• Behind-the-scenes interviews (70 min.)
• Clips about the characters (20 min.)
• Original Season 2 cliffhanger ending (4 min.)
• Photo gallery for Season 3
• Q&A with Jenni Baird for Season 5 (22 min.)
Plus Exclusive Extras
• Set of 6 drink coasters and cocktail stirrers
• Stationery set with 6 note cards and envelopes
• 8-page booklet featuring an interview with series creator and writer Bevan Lee
Details
Packaging: Boxed
Run Time: 54 ½ hours
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 20
Language: English
Foreign Language Subtitles: No
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Audio Format: Stereo
Rating: NR
Contains violence, sexual situations, and nudity
Cast
• Marta Dusseldorp (Jack Irish, Janet King)
• Brett Climo (Snowy River: The McGregor Saga)
• Noni Hazlehurst (Little Fish)
• Craig Hall (King Kong)
• Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (Underbelly)
• David Berry (Outlander)
• Abby Earl (The Great Mint Swindle)
• Sara Wiseman (Mercy Peak)
• Frankie J. Holden (Something in the Air)
• Jenni Baird (The 4400)
Press
"This series is the poster child for binge-watchingit's almost impossible to stop once you've started." — The New York Times
"Beautifully crafted series…a uniquely addictive romantic drama" — Parade
"Brilliantly inventive" — The Wall Street Journal
"Australia's sexiest period soap" — Entertainment Weekly
"The cast is terrific…A-grade period drama" — The Guardian (UK)
