"McLeod's Daughters" (2001) TV series 2001-????

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Creators:

Posie Graeme-Evans
Caroline Stanton

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

2 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Five women run a cattle station, "Drover's Run", in the outback of South Australia.

Plot Keywords:

Limp | Character Name In Title

Awards:

8 wins & 27 nominations

Cast

Aaron Jeffery	...	Alex Ryan (193 episodes, 2001-2008)
Rachael Carpani	...	Jodi Fountain / ... (179 episodes, 2001-2009)
Simmone Mackinnon	...	Stevie Hall / ... (154 episodes, 2003-2009)
Bridie Carter	...	Tess Silverman McLeod / ... (135 episodes, 2001-2006)
Myles Pollard	...	Nick Ryan (124 episodes, 2001-2006)
Michala Banas	...	Kate Manfredi (112 episodes, 2004-2008)
Sonia Todd	...	Meg Fountain (107 episodes, 2001-2009)
Brett Tucker	...	Dave Brewer / ... (100 episodes, 2003-2006)
Doris Younane	...	Moira Doyle / ... (93 episodes, 2002-2009)
John Jarratt	...	Terry Dodge (93 episodes, 2001-2006)
Marshall Napier	...	Harry Ryan (79 episodes, 2001-2006)
Luke Jacobz	...	Patrick Brewer (78 episodes, 2005-2009)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

"Kingsford", Gawler, South Australia, Australia

Trivia:

The "ute" frequently referred to is a popular, uniquely Australian vehicle combining the body of a sedan with the back end of a pickup truck. It was first produced in 1934 by Ford Australia in response to a customer complaint that they wanted a vehicle for both social and farming functions.

Quotes:

Becky Howard: Men! You can't live with em, you can't shoot em.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Postcards: (#8.15)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

McLeod's Daughters Theme

McLoed's Daughters Is Unique & Wonderfully Done

Thanks to the WE television network, Americans have been able to fall in love with this well made and unique dramatic television series. The relationship that grows between the step sisters Tess and Claire after their father dies is realistic and wonderful to watch.

Then there's the addition of Becky the neighborhood "bad girl" who comes from a truly horrible home and is raped by her employer, a "respected" shop owner... She escapes to Dovers Run and works beside the sisters, Meg the house keeper, cook, and friend of Claire, and Meg's flighty spoiled daughter Jodi.

I actually found some parts of this series extremely difficult to watch because it portrays life on a ranch so realistically... cattle dieing from disease or poisoning. Sheep bought cheap because they are so skinny and bedraggled many die along the road when they are forced to walk back to the ranch after the livestock truck breaks down, and the most heart wrenching, their fathers horse is diagnosed with a cancer mass that is causing the animal a great deal of pain... Claire takes him back to where she found him standing beside her father who had died of a massive heart attack. You see her crying and pointing a rifle at the horses head, she says she is sorry, and... well you get the picture...

I had to watch Series 1 twice before I could get passed the realism and enjoy the interweaving of personalities both male and female.

Now that hasn't been hard to watch... There are some gorgeous men to look at on this show! Nor has it been hard to watch these 5 women become a team who do what they were told could not be done... successfully keep the ranch solvent and eventually profitable.

I hope you get to see this nearly perfect television series. It is not a waste of time... indeed it's quite the opposite. Now if they will just release the series on DVD in the US, I'll be in Auz heaven!