One Night is the latest Paramount+ local title. With an all star cast including Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker, Nicole da Silva, Yael Stone, George Mason, Erroll Shand, Noni Hazlehurst, Tina Bursill, Damien Strouthos and Jillian Nguyen.
The series follows Tess, Simone and Hat, three friends whose lives have been changed by the traumatic events of one night in their home town twenty years previously.
After that night, only Hat remained in the town, but they all reunite when Simone comes back to look after her father with dementia, and Tess brings her wife and kids from the UK to spend a year in Sydney.
Without telling the other two, Simone has written a novel, One Night, about what happened to them. As it becomes a bestseller, the women relive the painful memories and discover old secrets.
Filming started this year, in Sydney. Particularly around the Illawarra region of New South Wales, while also having a city scene at Parramatta Square. I could tell the new library/council building a mile off with that red roof.
So was One Night any good against all the current Aussie dramas streaming/airing. Right now we have RFDS, Home and Away on Network Seven. The Newsreader and Mother & Son on the ABC. Five Bedrooms on free to air after also streaming on Paramount+.
That is up against recent Amazon titles Deadloch and The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. Netflix is about to launch the second season of Surviving Summer, while Stan have a bevy of upcoming titles. The Tourist season two moves abroad, Bump will return for another season (after being bumped from the US TV schedule), C*A*U*G*H*T is coming as is the second season of Wolf Like Me.
So there is plenty of competition right now.
However One Night, is a well acted, beautifully shot, masterclass in a six part series. Big names, the beautiful South Coast makes One Night an enjoyable, easy watch. I think I had it all done and dusted amongst all my weekly week-to-week shows in only a week.
Paramount+ need a special mention for all the good work they are doing telling local stories, even bringing Sydney into the NCIS mix. That also lands soon.
So if you are not already a subscriber, do a free trial on Paramount+., I don't think you'll be disapointed.
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