This two-part Aussie miniseries followed two lines: the strained relationships that surface in a large extended family during its annual gathering to visit great-aunt Alice (Phyllis Burford) and help pick her apple crop, and the mystery surrounding the seemingly accidental death of Damien (Brian Vriends), which is found to have been a murder.
Naturally, the two are connected.
The solid cast included Max Cullen as the scruffy, bumbling detective and Liddy Clark as “Birdie”, the yuppy freelance researcher and sometime-solicitor who takes over the investigation with bright-eyed, bespectacled enthusiasm.
The Agatha Christie-style whodunit was based on a novel by Jennifer Rowe. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation, the episodes aired on the Australian Nine Network.
The director was Ric Pellizzeri.
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Lorraine Bayly Verity ‘Birdie’ Birdwood
Liddy Clark Inspector Toby
Max Cullen Kate
Catherine Wilkin Wilf Tender
Neil Fitzpatrick Susie
Rosey Jones Jeremy
David Cameron Anna
Eva Hamburg Aunt Alice
Phyllis Burford Jill
Helen O’Connor Nick
Stuart McCreery Chris
Scott Higgins Theresa Sullivan
Lynda Gibson Detective Constable McClinchy
Tony Harvey Damien
Brian Vriends Zoe
Caroline Winnall
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Naturally, the two are connected.
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