Television

For the Term of His Natural Life 1983

Created by Wilton Schiller, Patricia Payne

  • Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
  • 120 min episodes
  • 1 season
  • 3 episodes
  • Ended

Justice will not be held prisoner.

In 1830s England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Diemen's Land where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the Warden's daughter. Meanwhile, back in England, an imposter lays claim to the young man's inheritance.

Action & AdventureDramaCrimebased on novel or bookmutinyforced labouraustraliaminiserieswrongful imprisonmentconvictpenal colonyliterary adaptationtasmaniadisinheritanceNine Network

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