Season 1 • Episode 3
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Recreated 1974 Darwin with terrifying authenticity on ABC budget.
Acting
Chris Haywood's Steve Parry carries the weight of a broken city.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI cyclone destruction that still looks brutal.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in Adelaide and Melbourne because Darwin still hadn't fully recovered twelve years later. The '70s aesthetic required importing period cars from collectors.
The real Cyclone Tracy killed 71 and destroyed 80% of Darwin on Christmas Eve 1974. This series aired during the 1986 wet season—Darwin residents reportedly found it traumatic.
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