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Australian psychological thriller drama

The Secrets She Keeps
Genre	Drama Psychological thriller
Created by	Michael Robotham
Based on	The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
Written by	Sarah Walker Jonathan Gavin
Directed by	Catherine Millar Jennifer Leacey
Creative director	Jason Stephens
Starring	Laura Carmichael Jessica De Gouw Michael Dorman Ryan Corr Michael Sheasby Cariba Heine Eva Greenwood
Theme music composer	Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis
Opening theme	Can't Get You Out of My Head by Juice Webster
Composer	Amanda Brown
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Jason Stephens Rick Maier
Producers	Paul Watters Helen Bowden
Production locations	Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	43 minutes
Production company	Lingo Pictures
Original release
Network	Network 10 (season 1) Paramount+ (season 2)
Release	22 April 2020 (2020-04-22) – 16 August 2022 (2022-08-16)

The Secrets She Keeps is an Australian psychological thriller drama television series that premiered on Network 10 on 22 April 2020 at 8:45 pm. The series is written by Sarah Walker and Jonathan Gavin, based on the psychological thriller novel by Michael Robotham.

The first season was given a special release on 10Play on 4 April 2020 as a part of the streaming website's "10 shows in 10 days" promotion during the COVID-19 pandemic. A second season premiered on streaming service Paramount+ on 12 July 2022.

Premise

The series is set in Sydney and is about two women from vastly different backgrounds with explosive secrets that could destroy everything they hold dear.

Cast

Laura Carmichael as Agatha Fyfle
Jessica De Gouw as Meghan Shaughnessy
Michael Dorman (season 1) and Todd Lasance (season 2) as Jack Shaughnessy
Ryan Corr as Simon Beecher
Michael Sheasby as Hayden Cole
Cariba Heine as Grace
Jenni Baird as Rhea Bowden
Elizabeth Alexander as Renee Cole
Hazem Shammas as Cyrus Haven
Mansoor Noor as Jeremy Clay
Eva Greenwood as Lucy Shaughnessy
Jonny Pasvolsky as Crown Prosecutor
Sonia Todd as Judge
Gosia Dobrowolska as Anna Nowak
Guy Edmonds as Detective Poulos
Ling-Hsueh Tang as Jocelyn
Heather Mitchell as Jenny

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
1	6	22 April 2020 (2020-04-22)	27 May 2020 (2020-05-27)	Network 10
2	6	12 July 2022 (2022-07-12)	16 August 2022 (2022-08-16)	Paramount+

Season 1 (2020)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Australian metro viewers (millions)
1	Episode 1	Catherine Millar	Sarah Walker	22 April 2020 (2020-04-22)	359917-1	0.54
Heavily pregnant supermarket shelf-stacker Agatha is obsessed with Meghan Shaughnessy's seemingly perfect life. But is there more to her covetous gaze than simply admiration?
2	Episode 2	Catherine Millar	Sarah Walker	29 April 2020 (2020-04-29)	359917-2	0.57
Meghan's explosive secret comes to light. With Meghan's due date brought forward, Agatha must step up her plans.
3	Episode 3	Jen Leacey	Jonathan Gavin	6 May 2020 (2020-05-06)	359917-3	0.39
A scarring trauma in Agatha's past is revealed. Meghan heads to the hospital to have her baby, unaware that she might be in danger.
4	Episode 4	Jen Leacey	Jonathan Gavin	13 May 2020 (2020-05-13)	359917-4	0.42
Agatha has created her perfect family with her baby and Hayden. But an old flame of Agatha's threatens to thwart her plans.
5	Episode 5	Catherine Millar	Jonathan Gavin	20 May 2020 (2020-05-20)	359917-5	0.51
Meghan and Agatha come face to face. Agatha panics over baby Rory's deteriorating health.
6	Episode 6	Catherine Millar	Sarah Walker	27 May 2020 (2020-05-27)	359917-6	0.55
Agatha is on the run with baby Rory. Will Meghan get her baby boy back?

Season 2 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Australian metro viewers (millions)
7	1	Episode 1	Unknown	Unknown	12 July 2022 (2022-07-12)	TBA	N/A
Two years after Agatha kidnapped Meghan’s baby Ben, it is time for Agatha to be tried in court. Meghan, Jack and their entire family have attempted to move on as best they could, but their lives have remained deeply affected by the trauma. A young investigative journalist, hungry to report on Agatha’s side of the story, hounds Meghan for information.
8	2	Episode 2	Unknown	Unknown	19 July 2022 (2022-07-19)	TBA	N/A
Old secrets threaten to re-emerge and ruin lives once again, as Jack’s former affair with Rhea comes back to haunt him, while Grace’s and Simon’s blossoming relationship makes Meghan uncomfortable in more ways than one. Agatha orchestrates subterfuge while in prison, playing dangerous power games with guards, fellow inmates and the prison’s authorities.
9	3	Episode 3	Unknown	Unknown	26 July 2022 (2022-07-26)	TBA	N/A
As Lorelei’s podcast about Agatha’s story becomes a success, Meghan continues to shun the ambitious young journalist. But Lorelei persists with her investigations and eventually comes face to face with Agatha. Meanwhile, Agatha fights to hold on to her baby as the authorities attempt to identify the prison officer who fathered it. Grace and Simon decide to make their relationship known to Grace’s sister Meghan, but Meghan’s past with Simon has a potentially destructive secret at its core.
10	4	Episode 4	Unknown	Unknown	2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)	TBA	N/A
Tensions erupt, with Meghan and Jack's marriage in tatters. Meanwhile, Lorelei finds she's gone a step too far, but will a visit from the police be enough to deter her? Everyone is all out to salvage what they value most from the wreckage.
11	5	Episode 5	Unknown	Unknown	9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)	TBA	N/A
Meghan finds herself in jail with the last person she would have wanted to encounter. Meanwhile, Lorelei is out of control, and it’s those who are closest to her who are able to spot the early signs.
12	6	Episode 6	Unknown	Unknown	16 August 2022 (2022-08-16)	TBA	N/A
Agatha and Meghan face their hardest trials yet, but neither can predict what's coming.

International broadcast

In Ireland, the series was broadcast on RTÉ One from 9 June 2020 and made available to stream on RTÉ Player. Season 2 was broadcast from 2 August 2022 on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.

In the United Kingdom, the series is broadcast through the BBC. The first season was allocated a primetime slot on BBC One in July 2020, and all episodes were concurrently available on BBC iPlayer.

The show screens on streaming service Sundance Now in the United States.