本剧改编自Richard Flanagan于2014年荣获布克奖的同名小说。
Dorrigo Evans是一位陆军外科医生，在二战期间一个负责修建泰缅铁路的战俘营里，勉强成为了男性囚犯的领头人。与叔叔的年轻妻子Amy的短暂婚外情，伴随着他度过了人生中最黑暗的时光。

Fourteen-year-old Charlie's life changes when Jasper takes his help to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Laura. He decides to look for the murderer and falls in love with Laura's younger sister.

Deadline Gallipoli explores the origin of the Gallipoli legend from the point of view of war correspondents Charles Bean, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Phillip Schuler and Keith Murdoch, who lived through the campaign and bore witness to the extraordinary events that unfolded on the shores of Gallipoli in 1915.