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'Full of shocking reveals': hit Aussie mystery-drama The Family Next Door is your next 'gripping' binge watch
The new series is coming to ITV – and it's perfect for fans of Big Little Lies

Searching for your next binge watch? Look no further. Australian mystery-drama The Family Next Door is a twist-filled ride where nothing's as it seems. Critically acclaimed, the six-part series won rave reviews after debuting Down Under last year

Based on Sally Hepworth's bestselling novel, The Family Next Door follows Isabelle (Teresa Palmer), a seemingly haunted woman who moves to an idyllic cul-de-sac in Osprey Point.

Confronted with a strange mystery, Isabelle begins to suspect that her new neighbours aren't who they claim to be, unravelling a web of lies, secrets and deceptions in the process.

And rather than befriend her new neighbours, she ruffles more than a few feathers as her suspicious eye falls on everyone!

"The Family Next Door is a funny and authentic portrayal of suburban life and exploration of motherhood, underpinned by a compelling mystery," said ABC Head of Scripted, Rachel Okine (via Screen Australia (https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2024/11-21-family-next-door-abc)).

Isabelle who moves into a small seaside cul-de-sac where her obsessive drive to solve a mystery casts suspicion on four neighbouring families.

We get to know other members of the community – including Fran (Ming-Zhu Hii), Essie (Philippa Northeast), Lulu (Jane Harber) and Holly (Maria Angelico), who periodically gather on foldout chairs in the cul-de-sac to sip wine – and learn of a controversial property development project Ange is leading, which has created backlash over concerns about its environmental impact.

Early on, Ange meets a spooked investor who wants out – but she talks him around, buying herself some time.

Her quest to reunite one family will have consequences for them all."
The Family Next Door: Cast
• Teresa Palmer (The Clearing)
• Philippa Northeast (Good Cop/Bad Cop)
• Bella Heathcote (Pieces of Her)

•	Catherine McClements (The Survivors)
•	Jane Harber (Offspring)
•	Ming Zhu Hii (La Brea)
•	Daniel Henshall (Snowtown)
•	Tane Williams Accra (Fantasy Island)
•	Bob Morley (The 100)
•	Maria Angelico (Strife)
•	Dominic Ona Riki (One Lane Bridge)

Me too. I am waiting patiently!

Oh yes it’s fair game to discuss once been on tv

5&6 were think tue

Ah, I hope so. 😆

Finished it all now. It did pick up by episode 4, and was pretty good overall. (Once I realised what was going on!)

It really bugged me though, how the woman who was kidnapped as a child (Essie) always looked she was confused, annoyed, and about to burst into tears! 😂😩

Anyway, that aside, it was decent after all, but it's a shame that Isabelle (the one who went looking for her sister) didn't end up getting a relationship with her. Essie just wanted her to leave her alone.

A happy ending for no-one really. It feels like Isabelle threw a bomb into Essie's life for nothing

And her dad bless him

I don't understand why she was looking for birth certificates if young kids and where they were born?

I really thought that although it was criminal and horrific taking a baby, it was not any good for anyone to involve the police. I was surprised when they turned up at the end. I can understand the sister wanting no relationship it would have been totally confusing at this stage. Once the ‘mother’ has been prosecuted for it there would be no chance of a relationship.
This woman literally turned up in this cul de sac and blew up everyone’s lives!
Good tv tho 😂

She was ruling them out

as if had a proper birth certificate then couldn’t be her sister as hers would age been fake