Devil's Playground
Series Overview
The year is 1988. It is 35 years after the events of Fred Schepisi’s classic film, The Devil’s Playground. Tom Allen, now in his 40s and recently widowed, is a respected Sydney psychiatrist and father of two children. A practicing Catholic, Tom accepts an offer by the Bishop of Sydney to become a counselor of priests. During these sessions, he will uncover a scandal and become embroiled in the Church’s attempts to cover it up. Tom’s quest for justice will push him to his limits, and reveal a side of Church power and official corruption he could never have imagined.
Show Cast
Simon Burke
Tom Allen
Don Hany
Bishop Quaid
Jarin Towney
Elliot Darcy
John Noble
Bishop John McNally
Morgan Davies
Bridie Allen
James Fraser
David Allen
Toni Collette
Margaret Wallace
Jack Thompson
Cardinal Neville
Andrew MacFarlane
Father Andrassi
Anna Lise Phillips
Alice Kelly
