The Cry: S01E01

TX DATE:
SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2018

TX TIME:
21:00

NETWORK:
BBC One

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Writer: Jacquelin Perske
Director: Glendyn Ivin
Executive Producer: Claire Mundell
Series Producer: Brian Kaczynski

A Synchronicity Films Ltd production for ABC and the BBC.

CAST

Jenna Coleman as Joanna
Ewen Leslie as Alistair
Sophie Kennedy Clark as Kirsty
Alex Dimitriades as Detective Peter Alexiades
Shareena Clanton as Detective Lorna Jones
Billierose Cachia as Police Officer Woods
Asher Keddie as Alexandra
Markella Kavenagh as Chloe
Stella Gonet as Elizabeth
Kim Adis as Air Hostess
Moyo Akande as Defence Lawyer
Kate Dickie as Morven Davis
David Elliot as Henry McCallum
Nicholas Farrell as David Fossery
Amanda Labonte as Local Woman
Shauna MacDonald as Dr. Wallace
Ollie Ivin Poole as Checkout Kid
Sue Jones as Mrs. Wilson
​Anneika Rose as Jean-Louise Talbot
Amanda Walker as Mrs. Amery
Emma King as Jane
Michael Morley as Fish and Chip Shop Owner
Nicholas Farrell as David Fossery

Drama series about a couple who travel from Scotland to Australia to fight for custody of the husband's daughter.  Joanna is struggling with life as a new mum, and the flight to Melbourne is a huge additional strain on her.  Baby son, Noah, cries the whole way, to the very apparent dismay of their fellow travellers.  Exhausted and emotional from the journey, the couple finally arrive in Australia, where unforeseen events - and the white light of public scrutiny - change their lives forever.


​Joanna (Jenna Coleman) and Alistair (Ewen Leslie) are a young couple forced to face unthinkable circumstances under the white light of public scrutiny, changing their lives and their relationship forever.

Joanna and Alistair travel from Scotland to Australia with their baby son, Noah.  They’re going to Melbourne, Australia to see Alistair’s mother, Elizabeth, and to fight for custody of Alistair’s 14-year-old daughter, Chloe, from his previous marriage to Alexandra.

Joanna is struggling with life as a new mum and the flight to Melbourne, Australia is a huge additional strain on her.  Noah cries the whole way, to the very apparent dismay of their fellow travellers.

Exhausted and emotional from the journey the couple finally arrive in Australia, where unforeseen events change their lives forever.