# A Place to Call Home (2013)

> A mysterious nurse arrives in 1950s rural Australia and becomes entangled with the complicated Bligh pastoralist family and their secrets.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/42753

## Facts

- Seasons: 6
- Episodes: 67
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance
- Created by: Bevan Lee
- Network: Seven Network, SoHo, showcase
- Cast: Marta Dusseldorp, Noni Hazlehurst, Brett Climo, Craig Hall, David Berry, Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Abby Earl, Aldo Mignone
- TMDB rating: 8.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2258904/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Tone: sweeping, romantic, melodramatic, wistful, nostalgic

## What critics say

Viewers broadly embraced the sweeping romantic melodrama of its 1950s Australian setting, though audience ratings varied considerably from season to season.

## Synopsis

A Place to Call Home (2013-2018) is an Australian period soap opera series created by Bevan Lee for Seven Network. Set in 1950s rural New South Wales, the show follows Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorp), a mysterious woman who arrives in the country carrying the weight of the postwar years and seeking a fresh start. Her path crosses that of the wealthy, complicated Bligh family, whose pastoral estate in Inverness is held together by Elizabeth Bligh (Noni Hazlehurst) and tested by the rivalries and secrets of her sons and daughters. Sarah's own history and her growing attraction to Jack Duncan (Craig Hall) pull her deeper into the family's tangled affairs, while a nurse's work and the small-town gossip around her keep the stakes personal. The engine of each season is romance colliding with secrets, deceit and the prejudices of a conservative era. Told across six seasons in a continuing serialized story, the series blends lush countryside imagery with melodramatic twists and emotional confrontations. Its tone is sweeping and romantic, with a wistful nostalgia for a postwar Australia in transition. Fans of The Thorn Birds, Downton Abbey and Wentworth will find resonance in its blend of family saga, period glamour and forbidden love.

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