A Place to Call Home
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 8/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Marta DusseldorpNoni HazlehurstBrett ClimoCraig HallAbby EarlFrankie J. Holden
Written by
Bevan Lee
Starring
Marta DusseldorpNoni HazlehurstBrett ClimoCraig HallAbby EarlFrankie J. Holden
Written by
Bevan Lee
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A Place to Call Home Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
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| S1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | |
| S2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.6 | ||||
| S3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.4 | ||||
| S4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.7 | ||
| S5 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 | ||
| S6 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.9 |
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About
"Lush period melodrama with a quietly radical heart"
Set in 1950s Australia, the series follows Sarah, a nurse returning home after years abroad, whose path collides with the wealthy, secretive Bligh family. What unfolds is a slow-burn saga of class tension, prejudice, forbidden love and buried family scandal, told with the sweep of a proper period melodrama. It's unhurried and emotionally rich rather than plot-twisty, carried by strong performances and a genuine sense of place and era. Best approached as a long, immersive character drama rather than something to binge for shocks.
Watch it for
the slow-burn family secrets and richly drawn characters set against 1950s Australia.
Maybe skip if
you dislike slow-paced, multi-season melodrama built on long-simmering family secrets.
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All Seasons
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Series 12013
8.32K139h 37m
The first season of the Seven Network television series A Place to Call Home, consisting of 13 episodes, premiered on 28 April 2013 and concluded on 21 July 2013.
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Series 22014
8.31K107h 10m
As season two begins, momentous changes await indomitable nurse Sarah Adams and the wealthy Bligh family. Sarah and dashing George Bligh contend with the machinations of his mother to drive them apart. George’s daughter, Anna, is determined to prove her love for the unsuitable Gino, while son James and his pregnant wife, Olivia, face fierce challenges to their marriage.
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Series 32015
8.11K108h 2m
As Australia faces internal and external threats to its way of life so too do the people of Inverness, and previous alliances and relationships are tested. Sarah's dilemma between her feelings for George and her duty to her husband Rene is exacerbated by a heartbreaking secret. James and Olivia’s relationship is under pressure by the desire of physical fulfilment, while the true parentage of baby George is threatened with exposure. Elizabeth Bligh’s decision to leave Ash Park to explore a life of her own proves more difficult than she thought. The difference between the fairy tale romance of Anna and Gino and the reality of married life threatens to tear them apart.
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Series 42016
8.51K129h 59m
As season four begins, nurse Sarah Nordmann and the wealthy Bligh family face new challenges amid sweeping social change in 1950s Australia. Villainous Regina has finally ensnared Bligh patriarch and political aspirant George in marriage, but she continues to plot against Sarah, exploiting the rising fear of Communism to target her rival. As Sarah teams up with formidable dowager Elizabeth to expose Regina, James and his estranged wife, Olivia forge a fragile peace, and Anna strives to advance her literary career.
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Series 52017
8.31K129h 47m
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Series 62018
8.01K108h 12m
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Marta Dusseldorp Sarah Nordmann, Sarah Adams, Sarah Bligh
Noni Hazlehurst Elizabeth Bligh, Elizabeth Goddard
Brett Climo George Bligh
Craig Hall Jack Duncan
Abby Earl Anna Bligh, Anna Poletti
Frankie J. Holden Roy Briggs
Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood Olivia Bligh, Samantha Swanson
Deborah Kennedy Doris Collins
Sara Wiseman Carolyn Bligh, Carolyn Duncan
David Berry James Bligh
Crew
Bevan Lee
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