The Secrets She Keeps

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.^[2] The series is written by Sarah Walker and Jonathan Gavin, based on the psychological thriller novel by Michael Robotham.^[3]

The Secrets She Keeps
Genre	Drama Psychological thriller[1]
Based on	The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
Developed by	Sarah Walker
Directed by	Catherine Millar Jennifer Leacey
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	Rick Maier Jason Stephens Sara Richardson Pilar Perez Nicky Davies Williams
Producers	Paul Watters Helen Bowden Diane Haddon
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 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^[4] during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5][6] A second season premiered on streaming service Paramount+ on 12 July 2022.^[7]

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.^[1][8]

Cast

• Laura Carmichael as Agatha Fyfle
• Jessica De Gouw as Meghan Shaughnessy
• Michael Dorman (season 1) and Todd Lasance (season 2)^[7] 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
• Zac Drayson as John Jones
• Lucy Bell as Belinda
• CJ Bloomfield as Brent Scicluna

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	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 release date	Prod. code	Australian metro viewers (millions)
1	Episode 1	Catherine Millar	Sarah Walker	22 April 2020 (2020-04-22)	359917-1	0.54[9]
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[10]
Meghan's explosive secret comes to light. With Meghan's due date brought forward, Agatha must step up her plans.
3	Episode 3	Jennifer Leacey	Jonathan Gavin	6 May 2020 (2020-05-06)	359917-3	0.39[11]
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	Jennifer Leacey	Jonathan Gavin	13 May 2020 (2020-05-13)	359917-4	0.42[12]
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[13]
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[14]
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 release date [15]	Prod. code	Australian metro viewers (millions)
7	1	Episode 1	Jennifer Leacey	Sarah Walker	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	Jennifer Leacey	Sarah Walker	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	Jennifer Leacey	Sarah Walker	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	Jennifer Leacey	Michael Robotham	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	Jennifer Leacey	Sarah Bassiunoi	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	Jennifer Leacey	Sarah Walker	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.^[16] Season 2 was broadcast from 2 August 2022 on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.^[17]

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.^[18]

The show screens on streaming service Sundance Now in the United States.^[7]