Murder mystery thriller on sat at 9 and e2 follows
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The Last Anniversary:
Plot
The series is set in sunny Australia and the plot is as follows, "Moriarty’s story is set on Scribbly Gum Island, a place of many secrets.
The one that made it famous – the disappearance of a young couple decades ago – might have made the island a destination for true crime tourists, but when it comes to secrets, the three generations of women that call Scribbly Gum home, hold far more.
"When Sophie Honeywell (Teresa Palmer) inherits a house on the island, left to her by her ex-boyfriend’s great-aunt Connie, it’s the fresh start she’s craving
But despite the unwelcome reception she receives on arrival.
Single and approaching 40, Sophie is intrigued by something else Connie left her – a promise that she might finally find the man of her dreams.
" Exciting!
The Last Anniversary: Cast
There is a seriously star-studded cast set to appear on our screens for this new series alongside some fresh talent, and they are as follows:
• Teresa Palmer
• Miranda Richardson
• Danielle Macdonald
• Helen Thomson
• Susan Prior
• Claude Scott-Mitchell
• Charlie Garber
As expected, this six-part series is full of mystery, family drama and rich people hiding secrets. But it’s also surprisingly nuanced, thanks to its A-game performance
It’s mostly based on the fictitious Scribbly Gum island, a picturesque location situated close to Sydney, where property presumably costs more than the gross GDP of several countries and almost all its tiny population belong to the same family.
Like every family they conceal secrets, but given this is a mystery-thriller – executive produced by Nicole Kidman (https://www.theguardian.com/film/nicolekidman), no less
– those secrets are particularly big and juicy.
Across the show’s six-part arc, various skeletons are pried from the closet by a protagonist whose task is to interrupt the status quo and act as an agent of change.
This is Sophie (Teresa Palmer), a likable journalist in her late 30s who inherits a property not from the bank of mum and dad, but from a rather less common depository: the bank of an ex-boyfriend’s relative who barely knew her.
The reason the now-deceased Connie (Angela Punch McGregor) bequeathed it to her is one of several key mysteries, slowly and tastefully revealed.
Another mystery concerns the disappearance many moons ago of a young couple whose baby was found and raised by Connie and her sister Rose (Miranda Richardson).
The baby grew up to be Enigma (Helen Thomson), who, like the rest of the family, has cashed in on the mystery, using it to attract tourists to the island, where they’re welcomed with a pre-rehearsed spiel.
There’s quite a few characters to keep track of, each vividly written and performed.
Assisting Sophie in her investigations is the initially hostile Veronika (Danielle Macdonald, recently great in The Tourist (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/30/the-tourist-review-jamie-dornan-is-intense-in-explosively-entertaining-outback-thriller)), whose parents are Ron (Jeremy Lindsay Taylor) and Connie’s daughter Margie (Susan Prior).
Enigma’s daughter is Grace (Claude Scott-Mitchell), who’s married to Callum (Uli Latukefu), and has recently experienced a traumatic birth.
There’s also Sophie’s ex Thomas (Charlie Garber), who’s faffing about on the island, having been kicked out of his home by his wife.