The BBC has picked up the new Australian mystery series ‘High Country‘ for BBC iPlayer and TV channels, from Curio Pictures and Sony Pictures Television, starring ‘Wentworth’s Leah Purcell.
A fictional story inspired by true events, ‘High Country’ is an eight-part thriller that revolves around detective Andrea “Andie” Whitford (Purcell), who is transferred to the Victorian High Country and thrust into a baffling mystery of five missing persons who have vanished into the wilderness. Through an edge-of-the-seat, high-stakes investigation, Andie uncovers a complex web involving murder, deceit and revenge.
The series stars Leah Purcell (Wentworth, Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson), Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones, Derry Girls), Sara Wiseman (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, A Place to Call Home) and Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road, Jack Irish).
“With its eerie setting and tense atmosphere, High Country is a gripping new take on Australian rural noir,” said Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition.
Created by Marcia Gardner & John Ridley (‘Wentworth’, ‘Stingers’), ‘High Country’ is produced by Curio Pictures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television (SPT), the worldwide distributor for the series, in association with Rage Media. Executive Producers are Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner (Curio Pictures), Lana Greenhalgh and Penny Win (Foxtel Group), Marcia Gardner and John Ridley (Rage Media), with Producers Pino Amenta and Sue Edwards.
‘High Country‘ does not yet have a premiere date but will air in the UK on BBC iPlayer and TV channels. If you want to keep track of this or any other shows, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they get a UK premiere date.
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