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The series 'follows Constable Jay Swan, a charismatic young officer who arrives at his new station. Fresh from the city and tipped for big things, Jay might be the new copper, but he’s not new to this town. His estranged father Jack lives here, as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary.'

Positioned as the third series of Mystery Road, it is set some twenty years earlier and acts as an 'origin story' for protagonist Jay Swan.

'Following two Indigenous Australian hunters to battle the last colony of vampires in the South-Australian desert.' (Production summary)

'In a survival-of-the-fiercest, two twenty-something black millennials decide it's time to call the racists out. They think it could cause a revolution, instead it causes a downgrade in lifestyle.'

Source: ABC iView.

'Bernadette hasn’t been home to Geraldton for a while. Her siblings are mad as cut snakes, the oldies are worse – even a simple conversation ends up a cyclone of screaming. But Nan’s leaving the world, and this mixed-up family returns to the roost; a brother living a big lie, a daughter swimming in little lies, and a mum who can’t tell the truth to save herself. Are they cursed? Or can they change the way they see themselves, and how the world sees them?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'[A] re-imagination of the classic tale Robin Hood…Indigenous style. Set in outback Alice Springs, the 6 x 10 minute series will follow Robbie and his gang of pre-teen mischief masters.'

Source: Mumbrella (https://mumbrella.com.au/new-dramas-for-ten-sbs-and-stan-after-one-off-investment-by-screen-australia-529924). (Sighted: 22/11/2018)

'Kidnapped and subjected to degrading abuse, Scout has finally had enough. Scout wants out.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Series one:

'Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) is assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of two young farm hands on an outback cattle station. One is a local Indigenous footy hero, and the other a backpacker. Working with local cop Emma James (Judy Davis), Jay’s investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.'

Source: Screen Australia (https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2017/07-12-mystery-road-series). (Sighted: 13/07/2017)

Series two:

'A headless corpse is found floating by the shore in a remote outback town. As if this weren’t mysterious enough, Detective Swan and his colleague Fran have to contend with protests against the excavation of an Indigenous site. And then another body turns up.'

Source: Berlinale program (Sighted: 13/02/2020)

'A lonely jazz singer and a troubled Indigenous soldier find solace in an underground speak easy where the rules of the outside world don't apply.'

Source: Screen Australia.

'The revival of Australia's first ever Aboriginal Brass Band brings healing and hope to a divided community.'

Source: Screen Australia.