Luke's Kingdom is a 1976 Australian TV series set in colonial Australia. Directors included Peter Weir and writers included Elisabeth Kata and Tony Morphett.[1] It was co-produced with Trident Television, the then owners of Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television, and aired in 1976 on Nine Network in Australia and ITV in the United Kingdom.

Luke's Kingdom
StarringOliver Tobias
Helen Morse
Gerard Maguire
Country of originAustralia / United Kingdom
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkNine Network / ITV
Release1976 (1976) (31 March – 23 June in the UK)

In 1975, Trident Television acquired the series co-producer, Australia Pty Ltd. Filming completed in 1974.

The series starred Oliver Tobias as an Englishman who, in 1829, emigrates to Australia with his father and siblings to settle on a land grant in New South Wales. It was based on the novel Pages From A Squatter's Diary, by E. V. Timms.[2]

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  1. ^ ""LUKE'S KINGDOM"". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 22 May 1974. p. 24. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Luke's Kingdom (A Titles & Air Dates Guide)".
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