BINGE today released the official trailer, key art, and premiere date for gripping new mystery series HIGH COUNTRY starring award-winning actress Leah Purcell (Wentworth, Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson), internationally acclaimed actor Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones, Derry Girls), celebrated actors Sara Wiseman (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, A Place to Call Home) and Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road, Jack Irish). The series will premiere with a double episode on Tuesday 19 March 2024 on BINGE, with new episodes weekly.
HIGH COUNTRY is an 8-part mystery 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 suspenseful long form trailer offers a glimpse into the epic, remote and rarely seen on screen landscape where people and their secrets vanish without a trace along with the complex, intriguing characters that inhabit the high country, where the lost will be found.
Production credit: HIGH COUNTRY is a Curio Pictures production, commissioned by the Foxtel Group for BINGE. Major production investment from Screen Australia and Foxtel Group in association with VicScreen.
HIGH COUNTRY is produced by Curio Pictures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television (SPT), worldwide distributor for the series, in association with Rage Media. Created by Marcia Gardner and John Ridley. 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. Commissioned by Brian Walsh for the Foxtel Group. Major production investment from Screen Australia and Foxtel Group in association with VicScreen.