Secret City (2016)

Genre

drama film, political thriller

Country

Australia

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 138 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist in Canberra uncovers a conspiracy involving government secrets and foreign powers. The show follows her as she navigates political corruption and personal risk to expose the truth.

suspensefulpolitically chargedintriguingconspiratorialtenseslow-burnseriouscerebral

What happens

Secret City is an Australian political thriller television series based on the best-selling novels The Marmalade Files, The Mandarin Code, and The Shadow Game by Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis. It premiered on Foxtel's Showcase on 5 June 2016 and on Netflix internationally on 26 June 2018. The series is produced by Matchbox Pictures and Foxtel. A sequel to the series called Secret City: Under the Eagle was green-lit in February 2018. It aired on 4 March 2019 in Australia and launched worldwide on Netflix on 6 March 2019. It was later removed from Netflix in March 2026. The sequel storyline is a departure from the books written by Uhlmann and Lewis, who joined the series as story consultants. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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