A powerful lineup of Australian talent, the exciting ensemble cast of Significant Others includes newcomer Zoë Steiner and rising star Gulliver McGrath (Hugo) as Sarah’s children, alongside Rachael Blake (Lantana), Alison Bell (The Letdown) and Kenneth Moraleda (Janet King) as Sarah’s siblings and Jacqueline McKenzie (Savage River) as Sarah. Rounding out the ensemble are Todd McKenney (Strictly Ballroom), Rarriwuy Hick (Cleverman), Diana Popovska (Rake), Alan Dukes (Operation Buffalo) and Fayssal Bazzi (Stateless).
Leading TV and Film director Tony Krawitz collaborated with award-winning screenwriter and playwright Tommy Murphy who drew on personal experience to create the moving and powerful series.
Catastrophe strikes when Sarah (Jacqueline McKenzie), the single mother of two teenagers, vanishes on her regular morning swim. Her teenage kids, Ciaran (Gulliver McGrath) and Hanna (Zoë Steiner), reluctantly call on their missing mother’s estranged siblings. Ursula (Rachael Blake), Den (Kenneth Moraleda) and Claire (Alison Bell) arrive to discover the family home partially demolished, while a destructive inheritance dispute still looms over it. Could their shambolic sister’s disappearance be her latest stunt?
This entangled family takes on life in the rubble and attempt to parent the two teenagers who struggle to keep hope that their mum will return.
Production Credit: A Fremantle Production for the ABC. Major production investment from Screen Australia in association with the ABC and financed with support from Screen NSW. Created by Tommy Murphy. Series Director Tony Krawitz. Produced by Matt Reeder. Executive Producers Justin Davies, Brett Popplewell and Carly Heaton. ABC Executive Producers Louise Smith and Sally Riley. Distribution by Fremantle International.
Premieres on Sunday 16th October at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview
