#SUMMER-BINGE-FEST - The Cry

The ABC has over delivered in the drama department of late, Mystery Road has a monster year in 2018 winning a pile of awards, Glitch has also been a critical dream, Harrow, Pine Gap and Jack Irish all rounded off a solid list of Aussie dramas on Australian TV.

So in 2019 the ABC is out of the gate first with The Cry. A co pro with the BBC, hitting the airwaves and iView (to binge all four parts) ahead of Bad Mothers and Ms Fisher's latest outing on Seven was a bold and smart movie.

Only SBS on Aussie TV like the idea of a four part series, so this was a nice move for the ABC to venture into a mini series/self contained story.

The Cry stars some of Australia's most loved stars including Alex Dimitriades, leading male Ewen Leslie, Asher Keddie, Shareena Clanton (best known as Doreen from Wentworth, also screening past seasons now on Aunty) and English leading lady Jenna Coleman.

The Cry is captivating and on a quiet, cold (weird for summer) and wet Saturday it was an easy watch in one day. Yes I did all four episodes in one outing.

The show reminds me of The Bodyguard, leaving you waiting till the last very episode to figure out what is going on and what happened to baby Noah.

The Cry, it's decent viewing on a wet Summer's day and streams now all four hour long episodes on Australia's premier catch up service iView.