High Country is a new Australian mystery-drama series that will be airing on BBC One very soon, but what's it all about?
Described as a "fictional story inspired by true events" it follows Detective Andrea 'Andie' Whitford who is transferred to the Victorian High Country.
Once there she is thrust into a case involving five missing persons who have vanished into the wilderness.
The BBC website adds: "Through an edge-of-the-seat, high-stakes investigation, Andie uncovers a complex web involving murder, deceit and revenge."
Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, says: ‘With its eerie setting and tense atmosphere, High Country is a gripping new take on Australian rural noir’.
High Country was filmed predominantly on location in the Victorian Alps, with lead star Leah Purcell saying it offered a side to Australia you don't usually see.
Speaking to Concrete Playground she said: "Normally it's the reds and the brown and the heat. I fell in love with the high country when I did Jindabyne and Somersault in that area. And I just went 'gee, we don't utilise this landscape enough'.
"Then when I got the idea to pursue The Drover's Wife, I said 'we've got to do it in the high country and have that beautiful big sky, and the blues and the greens that we don't see'.
"Even when I was selling the project overseas, people said 'what, there's snow and green in Australia?'. And I thought 'yes, there is'."
BBC High Country full cast
- Leah Purcell as Andrea 'Andie' Whitford
- Ian McElhinney as Sam Dyson
- Sara Wiseman as Helen Hartley
- Aaron Pedersen as Owen Cooper
- Linda Cropper as Rose De Vigny
- Geoff Morrell as Bryan Harris
- Henry Nixon as Damien Starc
- Nathaniel Dean as Nash Mason
- Leah Vandenberg as Tammy Samson
- Luke McKenzie as Brett Sweet
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When will High Country be on TV?
The first episode of High Country will air at 9.10pm on BBC One on Saturday, July 13.
After the BBC News, the second episode will then follow in the same evening at 10.20pm.
The remaining episodes will then air in the same timeslots over the coming weeks.
Alternatively, all eight episodes are available to watch on the BBC iPlayer right now.
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