Fields of Fire (TV series)

Fields of Fire
Based on	novel Cane by Robert Donaldson.
Written by	Miranda Downes Robert Marchand
Directed by	Robert Marchand
Starring	Todd Boyce Melissa Docker Kris McQuade Nicholas Hammond
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s)	David Elfick Steve Knapman
Budget	$4 million
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	14 June – 15 June 1987

Fields of Fire II
Based on	storyline by David Elfick Robert Marchand
Written by	Patricia Johnson
Directed by	Robert Marchand David Elfick
Starring	Todd Boyce Melissa Docker Anne Louise Lambert Joseph Spano Nicholas Hammond
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s)	David Elfick Irene Korol
Budget	$3.75 million
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	22 May 1988

Fields of Fire III
Written by	Patricia Johnson
Directed by	David Elfick Irene Korol
Starring	Peta Toppano Noni Hazlehurst Nicholas Hammond
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	16 July 1989

Fields of Fire is a 1987 Australian mini series about cane cutters in Queensland just prior to and during World War Two.

In 1938 Englishman Bluey arrives in the north Queensland town of Silkwood. Two sisters are interested in him, Kte and Dusty. Their mother is Sikwood's matriarch.

The budget was $4 million, $150,000 of which came from the Queensland Film Corporation. It was shot in Ulmarra, Yamba and Clarence River.

Fields of Fire II is a 1988 sequel set in the late 1940s.

In 1946 Franco becomes a black marketeer and marries Gina. Bluey marries Dusty after the war.

There was a third Fields of Fire in 1988 which dealt with the story in the 1950s.

In 1951 Gina and her brother Paolo are successful cane growers. Gina is attracted to Rinaldo. The Menzies government holds an anti-communist referendum.

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