Mystery Road (TV series)

*Mystery Road*
Mystery Road
	Promotional poster for Series One featuring Aaron Pedersen and Judy Davis
Genre	Crime; Mystery; Neo-noir; Drama;
Written by	Michaeley O'Brien; Steven McGregor; Kodie Bedford; Timothy Lee;
Directed by	Rachel Perkins (Season 1); Warwick Thornton (Season 2); Wayne Blair (Season 2);
Starring	Aaron Pedersen; Tasma Walton; Tasia Zalar; Season 1 Judy Davis; Deborah Mailman; Colin Friels; Wayne Blair; Anthony Hayes; Ernie Dingo; John (Russell) Waters; Aaron McGrath; Madeleine Madden; Kris McQuade; Meyne Wyatt; Ningali Lawford Wolf; Season 2 Jada Alberts; Callan Mulvey; Rob Collins; Gary Sweet; Ursula Yovich; Sofia Helin;
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Ivan Sen; Sally Riley; Kym Goldsworthy;
Producers	David Jowsey; Greer Simpkin;
Production locations	Wyndham, Kununurra, Western Australia
Running time	57 minutes
Production companies	Bunya Productions; Golden Road Productions;
Original release
Network	ABC TV
Release	3 June 2018 –; 24 May 2020
Related
	Mystery Road; Goldstone; Mystery Road: Origin
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Mystery Road is an Australian television crime mystery series whose first series screened on ABC TV from 3 June 2018. The series is a spin-off from Ivan Sen's feature films Mystery Road and Goldstone. Aboriginal Australian detective Jay Swan, played by Aaron Pedersen, is the main character and actor in both the films and in the first two TV series, each of six episodes. Mystery Road: Origin, in which Mark Coles Smith plays a younger version of Swan, is a prequel series, which aired from 3 July 2022.

Season 1 was directed by Rachel Perkins. Swan is brought in to solve a murder, with the local police officer played by Judy Davis. In Season 2, directed by Warwick Thornton and Wayne Blair, which began airing on the ABC on 19 April 2020, Swan is brought in to solve a murder in a different location, with the "local copper" this time played by Jada Alberts. Both series were shot in northern Western Australia.