Rain Shadow is an Australian television drama series created by Tony Morphett and Jimmy Thomson about a cranky district vet and her new assistant who work and live in the fictional district of Paringa, a dry land farming area in a rain shadow.
The series originally aired in Australia on ABC from 7 October 2007 to 18 November 2007. There are six one-hour episodes in the series.
Rain Shadow premiered in South Africa on DStv's Hallmark channel on Monday 18 February 2008, at 20h00. Episodes air daily at 20h00, from Monday to Friday.
Repeats
Monday - Friday: 11h15
Synopsis
Country vet Kate McDonald is battling to keep her community afloat in the face of an unrelenting drought. Forced by necessity Kate hires a new veterinary assistant Jill Blake.
Kate is cranky, difficult to get along with, and to date, has gone through a string of assistants. Jill is her last chance of getting the help she needs.
Feisty, defiant and with a passion to get to the truth, Jill has set herself the task of succeeding under any conditions.
Faced with silence and suspicion, she soon realises the Paringa farming community has a secret which Kate and the Paringa farmers are anxious to keep hidden.
However, Paringa needs the services of both Kate and Jill, and somehow these opinionated women must find a way to work together to battle against the conditions that threaten the very way of life of their community.
In doing so, Jill becomes aware that Kate has a dark secret of her own.