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- TV comedy drama
- Sky Atlantic / Sky Comedy
- 2019 - 2022
- 16 episodes (2 series)
Comedy drama following a pair of strangers on a road trip across Australia with a battered upright piano. Stars Tim Minchin, Milly Alcock, Heather Mitchell, Daniel Lapaine and Ella Scott Lynch
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Series 1, Episode 5
Further details
Lucky wakes up to find that Meg has taken off with the ute and the piano, leaving him all alone in the scorching Nullarbor heat. He contemplates giving up and going home, but a potentially poisonous snakebite causes him to have a vision of his mother, who urges him to find the piano and keep going.
Notes
This episode is dedicated to the memory of Ningali Lawford-Wolf.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 12th December 2019
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Sky Atlantic
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Tim Minchin | Lucky Flynn |
| Milly Alcock | Meg Adams |
| Heather Mitchell | Jen Flynn |
| Daniel Lapaine | Toby Flynn |
| Ella Scott Lynch | Suzie Flynn |
| Ningali Lawford-Wolf | Danni |
| Samson Hyland | Young Toby |
| Dan Minchin | Dad |
| Jude Hyland | Young Lucky |
| Felino Dolloso | Joselito |
| Syd Brisbane | Barry |
| Joshua Orpin | Matty Adams |
| Kate Mulvany | Writer |
| Tim Minchin | Developer |
| Kate Mulvany | Developer |
| Leon Ford | Developer |
| Chris Taylor | Developer |
| Niki Aken | Script Producer |
| Matthew Saville | Director |
| Jason Stephens | Producer |
| Melissa Kelly | Producer |
| Chris Taylor | Producer |
| Morwenna Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Tim Minchin | Executive Producer |
| Helen Bowden | Executive Producer |
| Penny Win | Executive Producer |
| Carly Heaton | Executive Producer |
| Ally Henville | Line Producer |
| Peter McLennan | Associate Producer |
| Tess Novak | Associate Producer |
| Stewart Dean | Post Producer |
| Deborah Peart | Editor |
| Jo Ford | Production Designer |
| Nathan Lloyd | Casting Director |
| Emma Dockery | Casting Director |
| Katie Milwright | Director of Photography |
| Anita Seiler | Costume Designer |
| Fiona Rees-Jones | Make-up Designer |
| Tim Minchin | Composer |
| Jackson Milas | Composer |
| Antony Partos | Composer |
| Peter McLennan | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
Tim Minchin's odd sadcom continues - not always convincingly, but with enough big-hearted eccentricity to make perseverance worthwhile. Tonight, Lucky awakes to discover that Meg has vanished, along with his ute and piano. But just as he is contemplating giving up, a revelation comes.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 12th December 2019