The secrets of three generations of a family are unearthed when an outsider inherits their property on a remote island.
The Last Anniversary is a comedy-drama with a tangled web of lies to be unravelled.
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty and from the producers of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, the BBC One show stars Teresa Palmer and Miranda Richardson and has been executive produced by Nicole Kidman.
Sue Deeks, head of BBC Programme Acquisition, said: “The Last Anniversary is an entertaining drama full of vivid characters, comedy and romance, with a compelling mystery at its heart – I’m sure BBC viewers will thoroughly enjoy their visit to beautiful Scribbly Gum Island.”
The Last Anniversary is a celebration of family, motherhood and women (Photo: Mark Rogers/BBC/IFC Films)The Last Anniversary is a comedy drama about family, motherhood and the women who define the generations that come after them.
At the heart of the story is also a mystery about an abandoned baby and their parents, who apparently disappeared.
Sophie Honeywell (Teresa Palmer) is a young woman who finds herself drawn into a complex web of family secrets after inheriting a house on a remote island from her ex-boyfriend’s great-aunt Connie.
Set on Scribbly Gum Island, it is a place of many secrets, including one which made it famous – the disappearance of a young couple decades earlier.
It made the island a destination for true crime tourists.
For Sophie, single and approaching 40, the house is the fresh start she’s been craving, despite the unwelcome reception she receives on arrival.
She is particularly intrigued by something else Connie left her – a promise that she may finally find the man of her dreams.
Who is in the cast of The Last Anniversary?
Teresa Palmer stars as Sophie Honeywell (Photo: Mark Rogers/BBC/IFC Films)
Teresa Palmer leads the cast as Sophie Honeywell, a young woman who inherits a house on a remote island.
Australian actress Palmer, 39, will be known to television audiences for her main roles in A Discovery of Witches and The Clearing.
The former model has also starred in a number of major films including The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Ever After, Point Break, The Choice, Ride Like a Girl and The Fall Guy.
Miranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson plays Rose (Photo: Mark Rogers/BBC/IFC Films)Miranda Richardson plays Rose, who is the sister of Connie the woman who bequested her house to Sophie.
British actress Richardson, 67, has starred in films such as Empire of the Sun, The Hours, Sleepy Hollow, The Crying Game, Made in Dagenham, Enchanted April and Damage, for which she won a Bafta.
She will be best known to television audiences as Queenie from the comedy series Blackadder but has also appeared in The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle and An Inspector Calls.
Danielle MacDonald appears as Veronika (Photo: Mark Rogers/BBC/IFC Films)
Danielle MacDonald appears as Veronika, the granddaughter of Connie.
Australian actress MacDonald, 34, starred in the BBC One series The Tourist as police officer Helen Chambers and in the Netflix series Unbelievable.
On film, she has appeared in Patti Cakes, Lady Bird, Bird Box, Dumplin’, I Am A Woman and French Exit.
Claude Scott-Mitchell
Claude Scott-Mitchell stars as Grace (Photo:: Mark Rogers/BBC/IFC Films)Claude Scott-Mitchell plays Grace, a new mum struggling with postnatal depression and the daughter of Enigma.
Australian actress Scott-Mitchell, 28, stars as Rose Drummond-Ward in the British period drama Hotel Portofino.
She has appeared in Baptiste, Brassic and The Dry.
The cast of The Last Anniversary also includes:
Helen Thomson as Enigma (Colin from Accounts, Elvis) Uli Latukefu as Callum (Last King of the Cross, Young Rock) Susan Prior as Margie (Aftertaste, Puberty Blues) Jeremy Lindsay Taylor as Ron (Home and Away and Puberty Blues) Angela Punch McGregor as Connie (Troppo, All Saints) Charlie Garbor as Thomas (Sisters, Spirited) Leon Ford as Ian (Ten Pound Poms, The Letdown) Nikki Shiels as Deborrah (Ten Pound Poms, Prosper, Neighbours) Elizabeth Cullen as Young Connie (Last King of the Cross, The Bureau of Magical Things) Josephine Blazier as Young Rose (Audrey, The Gloaming) Ines English as Alice (Last Days of the Space Age, Harmony) Jacob Warner as Billy Thrumm (Sexy Nails, Hacksaw Ridge) Ellie Lang as Young Enigma (Pieces of Her)Filming for The Last Anniversary took place in Australia, on the insistence of the author of the original book Liane Moriarty, according to producer Jodi Matterson.
The book is set on the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, which forms part of the character of the stor, and so filming took place there in late 2023 and early 2024.
McDonald, who grew up in Clareville in the region, told Australian broadcaster ABC: “We were filming right across the water from where I’m from, so it was kind of amazing.”
Filming took place on location in the Hawkesbury River region of New South Wales (Photo: Mark Rogers/BBC/IFC Films)Some location filming was also done in Sydney, around the harbour near the Sydney Opera House.
Indoor and underwater sequences were filmed at Disney Studios at Moore Park in Sydney.
When is The Last Anniversary on and how many episodes are there?
The Last Anniversary starts this weekend on BBC One on Saturday 24 May at 9pm.
The first two episodes will be shown in succession on Saturday night, with the remaining four airing weekly on Saturdays.
All six episodes will also be available to stream on the BBC iPlayer.
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