A Place to Call Home: Season One

January 14, 2021 6:48 AM - Season 1 (Full Season)

When nurse Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorp) returns home to 1950s Australia after 20 years in Europe, she quickly becomes entangled in the lives of the wealthy Bligh family.

Available streaming in the US via Acorn TV, for digital rental on Amazon Prime/Google Play/iTunes/YouTube, and airing in some areas on PBS affiliates.

posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

This is a top shelf period romantic drama with all of the trimmings. Being able to look forward to watching this is a rare bright spot for us. It's got that sweeping, melodramatic, but vaguely anodyne reassuring vibe of Downton Abbey.

My spouse lives for this. It's the only thing she wants to watch ever. Glad there are six seasons.

We've been watching on Acorn TV, which we get free via our library.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:51 AM on January 14, 2021 [1 favorite]

We love Roy. Comrade Doll being One of Those Outlander People, she clocked James Bligh as a closeted character almost instantly, given that David Berry plays another closeted upper crust man as Lord John on that show.

The reveal about Sarah having been in Ravensbrueck was a punch to the gut.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:54 AM on January 14, 2021

I’ve started watching this series inspired by this post...and I’m little stressed out that there appear to be spoilers in the front page for the subsequent seasons.
posted by roger ackroyd at 9:00 PM on January 17, 2021 [1 favorite]