{"id":13988,"date":"2020-10-27T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T09:12:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:12:04","slug":"mystery-roads-greer-simpkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mystery-roads-greer-simpkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview with Mystery Road\u2019s Greer Simpkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bunya Productions\u2019 Greer Simpkin, producer on <\/em>Mystery Road<em>, spoke to <\/em>TV Drama<em>\u2019s Anna Carugati via video conference about some of the themes at the heart of the Australian crime drama.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\r\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6204792353001\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\r\n                    loop autoplay\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The hit Aussie crime drama <em>Mystery Road\u00a0<\/em>is back for a second season on Acorn TV. Season two sees the return of Aaron Pedersen (<em>Jack Irish<\/em>, <em>A Place to Call Home<\/em>) as Jay Swan, the reserved yet sharp and very dedicated Indigenous homicide police detective who\u2019s moved on to the coastal town of Gideon, where he takes on a grisly new case to unearth a drug-trafficking ring and to be closer to family. In this small coastal community where the desert meets the ocean, Swan must reconcile the law and deep lore, and confront a dangerous enemy in a world where deception is king.<\/p>\n<p>The series is a spin-off from Ivan Sen\u2019s internationally acclaimed and award-winning films <em>Mystery Road<\/em> and <em>Goldstone<\/em>. It is filmed in Western Australia\u2019s picturesque Dampier Peninsula and Broome. 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