Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestSara rejects her newborn baby girl; rum corps rebels overrun Australia.
Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit.
Production
Lavish 1982 Australian locations, surprisingly cinematic for TV.
Acting
Juliet Jordan's steel-eyed determination carries every frame.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Catherine Gaskin's novel, the series reflects 1980s Australia's wrestling with its convict origins and colonial guilt.
Juliet Jordan largely disappeared from screens after this; her performance remains a fascinating one-career-wonder of Australian television.
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