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The Secrets She Keeps
The Secrets She Keeps “When a pregnant well-heeled woman
  meets a struggling mother-to-be working
  in her local supermarket, they bond
  over their expected new arrivals, but
  one has a sinister hidden agenda and
  both have closely-kept secrets in the
  tense Australian psychological thriller
  The Secrets She Keeps...”

ACCIDENTALLY PREGNANT WITH HER THIRD CHILD, a boy, Meghan O'Shaughnessy (Jessica de Gouw: The Crown; Vienna Blood) runs a successful blog called Mucky Kids. Her husband Jack (Michael Dorman: Patriot; The Invisible Man) is a high-flying television executive and they have just moved into a new luxury home in an affluent Sydney suburb.

While shopping at the local supermarket, Meghan meets shelf-stacker Agatha "Aggie" Fyfle (Laura Carmichael: Downton Abbey; The Spanish Princess), a young Englishwoman who tells her she is also expecting a baby boy and around the same date. Although they come from vastly different backgrounds, they bond.

“An edgy and highly
watchable psychological
series with
well-imagined characters
developing in a finely-
tuned plot.
Keeping up a good
pace, the series never
falters...”
Meghan does not have the perfect life it appears she has. She is getting alarming sinister messages on her blog, is hiding a potentially explosive secret and Jack is not as attentive as he once was; he is not happy to be having a third child as he feels they are already financially over-committed.

Jack's best friend Simon Beecher (Ryan Corr: Cleverman; Hacksaw Ridge) is attracted to Meghan and is Godfather to their daughter Lucy (Eva Greenwood). Lucy's younger brother Lachlan (Henry McWilliam) had, Jack felt, completed his family.

Unknown to Meghan, Aggie has had a traumatic life that has impacted on her in a bad way. Her former boyfriend Hayden Cole (Michael Sheasby: The Luminaries; A Place To Call Home), away in the Navy, has reluctantly reconnected with her since hearing she is expecting their child and she has been welcomed by his family.

Aggie is stalking Meghan; watching her at home in what Aggie perceives as Meghan's perfect house, with her perfect husband and perfect family. Jack is keeping a secret and so is Meghan. Just how far will Aggie go in her attempts to find a life like Meghan's? Aggie's secrets are about to come tumbling out in a terrifying and potentially tragic way…

The Secrets She Keeps is an edgy and highly watchable psychological series with well-imagined characters developing in a finely-tuned plot. Keeping up a good pace, the story never falters.

The Secrets She Keeps also features: Cariba Heine as Grace; Jenny Baird as Estate Agent Rhea Bowden; Ling Cooper Tang as Jocelyn; Hazem Shammas as Cyrus Haven; Mansoor Noor as Jeremy Clay; Heather Mitchell as Jenni; Emily Havea as Detective Lisa-Jayne Soussa; Richard Sydenham as Nicky Fyfle; Liz Alexander as Renee Cole; Ryan Carter as Regan Cole; Bandon Burke as Gerald Cole; Candice Storey as Jules Safford; and Texas Carbone as Leo Safford.

Music is by Amanda Brown; Director of Photography is Roger Lanser; Written by Sarah Walker and Jonathan Gavin; Producers are: Rick Maier, Paul Watters and Helen Bowden; and Directed by Catherine Miller and Jen Leacey.

* The Secrets She Keeps is released in the UK by Acorn Media International on Digital on 8 July and on DVD 10 August 2020. Certificate: 15 | Running Time: 270 Minutes on 2 Discs | Catalogue Number: AV3602 | RRP: £24.99.

"The Secrets She Keeps is an edgy and highly watchable psychological series with well-imagined characters developing in a finely-tuned plot. Keeping up a good pace, the series never falters" — **** Maggie Woods, MotorBar

"Psychologically tense, thrilling drama… Laura Carmichael is particularly exceptional" — The Guardian

"Hugely enjoyable and suspenseful thriller… great script and powerful performances… a terrifying treat" — Pick of the Day, The Sun TV Magazine

"Tense enough to have you shouting at your TV… Oh boy, are you in for a treat" — Refinery 29 **** Pick of the Day, Daily Mail
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