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Friday 15 July 2022

Darby and Joan - Coming to Acorn TV

Emmy-winning actress Greta Scacchi (The Player, Emma) and Emmy-nominated actor Bryan Brown (Cocktail, Breaker Morant) star in the lively original Australian road trip drama Darby and Joan, which gets its world premiere on Monday, August 8 on Acorn TV.

Two episodes will premiere weekly on Mondays through August 29.

Retired Australian homicide detective Jack Darby (Brown) has taken to the open road with his dog Diesel to flee his past, while recently widowed English nurse Joan Kirkhope (Scacchi) is on a reluctant pilgrimage to find answers about her husband's mysterious death. They couldn't be more different: the low key, ruggedly charming Aussie, and the tightly-wound, yet warm, witty and determined Englishwoman, but when they collide in the Australian outback, and become drawn into a series of unexpected mysteries, this unlikely investigative duo soon realise the most intriguing puzzle they face is each other.

Exploring the world of the real-life phenomenon of "grey nomads" – retirees who leave behind their comfortable homes to set out for adventure on the endless roads of Australia – Darby and Joan shines a light on fascinating and often unseen areas of the continent from isolated, sweeping coastlines to lush hinterland to small communities in the Outback, and a myriad of fascinating characters moving through a world where everyone seems to be searching for something – or trying to escape it. Danger and secrets lurk for those who bother to look. The series asks: can you find yourself in the middle of nowhere?

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