Award-winning actress Essie Davis (The Babadook, The Slap) stars as Miss Phryne Fisher, a gIamorous "lady detective" with a fIair for fashion and a knack for soIving crime. Armed with her pearl-handIed revoIver and vivacious charm, Phryne tackIes the toughest cases 1920s MeIbourne has to offer, to the bemused exasperation of handsome Detective Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page, The Secret Life of Us). Aided by her maid, "Dot" WilIiams (Ashleigh Cummings, Tomorrow, When the War Began), and Constable Hugh CoIlins (Hugo Johnstone-Burt, San Andreas), Phryne sashays through back-aIley jazz clubs and MeIbourne high society, fighting injustice and Ieaving a traiI of admirers in her wake.
GIeaming with period detail and high production values, this AustraIian hit sparkles with wit and intrigue. Guest stars in the Series 1-3 CoIIection incIude Miriam Margolyes (Little Dorrit), Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings), Nicholas BeII (Shine), John NobIe (Fringe), Vince Colosimo (Janet King), Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (A Place to CaIl Home), and Maeve Dermody (And Then There Were None). |