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Country of origin
  
Australia

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
5 June 2016

Language
  
English

7.3/10
IMDb

Starring
  
See cast

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
6

Network
  
Foxtel

Cast
  
Anna Torv, Damon Herriman

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Based on
  
The Marmalade Files and The Mandarin Code by Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis

Awards
  
AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama

Similar
  
The Kettering Incident, Mindhunter, The Code, Deadline Gallipoli, The Beautiful Lie

Secret City is an Australian drama television series that aired on Foxtel's Showcase. The six-part miniseries is based on the novels The Marmalade Files and The Mandarin Code by Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis. The series is written by Belinda Chayko, Matt Cameron, Marieke Hardy, Alice Addison, Tommy Murphy, Kris Mrksa, and Greg Waters. It is produced by Joanna Werner.

Contents

Secret city trailer


Synopsis

Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.

Cast

  • Anna Torv as Harriet Dunkley, political journalist
  • Damon Herriman as Kim Gordon, ASD senior analyst
  • Daniel Wyllie as Mal Paxton, Minister of Defence
  • Alex Dimitriades as Charles Dancer, ASIO officer
  • Jacki Weaver as Senator Catriona Bailey, Australian Attorney-General and Australian Labor Party power broker
  • Alan Dale as Martin Toohey, Australian Prime Minister
  • Mekhi Phifer as US Ambassador Moreton
  • Sacha Horler as Ludie Sypek, the PM's Chief of Staff
  • Marcus Graham as Andrew "Griff" Griffiths, political correspondent
  • Miranda Tapsell as Sasha Rose, Canberra journalist
  • Eugenia Yuan as Weng Meigui, wife of the Chinese ambassador
  • Benedict Samuel as Felix Crawford, ANU tutor
  • Justin Smith as William Vaughn, ASD Director
  • Brenna Harding as Cassie, ANU student
  • Matt Zeremes as Sean Brimmer, Senior Constable
  • Chris Haywood as Lloyd Rankin, former Head of Mission in China
  • Ronald Falk as Les Gordon, Kim's father
  • Huw Higginson as Gus Reardon, Editor of The Nation Newspaper
  • Max Brown as Kevin Dang, ANU student
  • Kimie Tsukakoshi as Ivy Chen

    • Reception

    The series premiere was watched by an average of 80,000 viewers upon its first airing.

    References

    Secret City (TV series) Wikipedia
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