Banished is a British period drama television serial created by Jimmy McGovern. The seven-part serial first aired on BBC Two from 5 March to 16 April 2015. It received mixed reviews, with most of the criticism for its perceived inaccuracies to the depicted events. Though set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. Rather, it is a tale of love, faith, justice and morality played out on an epic scale in a confined community where the stakes are literally life and death.

Cast & crew

Jimmy McGovern

Creator

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Isabelle Estelle Corbusier

Miley Mathers

Orla Brady

Anne Meredith

Ewen Bremner

Reverend Johnson

MyAnna Buring

Elizabeth Quinn

Ryan Corr

Corporal MacDonald

David Dawson

Captain Collins

Ned Dennehy

Letters Molloy

Brooke Harman

Housekeeper Deborah

Cal MacAninch

Sgt Timmins

Joseph Millson

Major Ross

Nicholas Moss

Spragg

Adam Nagaitis

Private Buckley

Genevieve O'Reilly

Mrs. Mary Johnson

Russell Tovey

James Freeman

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Tommy Barrett

Joanna Vanderham

Kitty McVie

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David Walmsley

William Stubbins

David Wenham

Governor Arthur Phillip

Jordan Patrick Smith

Private Mulrooney

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Bianca Rudman

Sarah Parkinson

Seasons

7 episodes

Miniseries2015 · 7 episodes