Banished

The story

Banished is a British period drama television serial created by Jimmy McGovern. The seven-part serial first aired on BBC Two from 5 March to 16 April 2015. It received mixed reviews, with most of the criticism for its perceived inaccuracies to the depicted events.

Though 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

I Isabelle Estelle CorbusierMiley Mathers O Orla BradyAnne Meredith E Ewen BremnerReverend Johnson M MyAnna BuringElizabeth Quinn R Ryan CorrCorporal MacDonald D David DawsonCaptain Collins N Ned DennehyLetters Molloy B Brooke HarmanHousekeeper Deborah C Cal MacAninchSgt Timmins J Joseph MillsonMajor Ross N Nicholas MossSpragg A Adam NagaitisPrivate Buckley

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G Genevieve O'ReillyMrs. Mary Johnson R Russell ToveyJames Freeman J Julian Rhind-TuttTommy Barrett J Joanna VanderhamKitty McVie D David WalmsleyWilliam Stubbins D David WenhamGovernor Arthur Phillip J Jordan Patrick SmithPrivate Mulrooney B Bianca RudmanSarah Parkinson R Rory McCannMarston A Ayesha FraserLaurie McVitie T Tim McCunnJefferson