Banished

7.4
2015 Drama

At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. Rather, it is a tale of love, faith, justice and morality played out on an epic scale in a confined community where the stakes are literally life and death.

  • Cast:
    Russell Tovey , MyAnna Buring , Nicholas Moss , Adam Nagaitis , David Walmsley , David Wenham , Orla Brady , David Dawson , Ewen Bremner , Ned Dennehy

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