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Murder in the Outback

Genres: Made-For-TV Movie

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Murder in the Outback (also known as Joanna Lees: Murder in the Outback) is an Australian made-for-TV movie based on a true story and produced by Channel Ten and ITV Productions, about the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio and the traumatic ordeal faced by his girlfriend Joanne Lees, first in the Australian Outback and then at the hands of the international press.

The film originally aired in Australia on Channel Ten on 18 March, 2007. It was written by Kate Brooke and directed by Tony Tilse, and is 100 minutes long.

Murder in the Outback premiered in South Africa on DStv's Hallmark channel on Friday 12 September 2008, at 21h00.

Repeats

Saturday 13 September: 01h10
Sunday 14 September: 22h40
Monday 15 September: 02h00

Synopsis

The story of British backpacker Peter Falconio's murder and his girlfriend Joanne Lees' attempted abduction has kept the world enthralled since the media frenzy around the case exploded in 2001.

Filmed entirely on location in Australia, this single film explores the traumatic ordeal Joanne Lees faced first in the outback and then at the hands of the world's press, and the extraordinary legal battle to put a killer behind bars.


Season 1 Cast

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Anne

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Bradley John Murdoch

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Grant Algie

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Joanne Lees

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Peter Falconio

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Rex Wild

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Tony Elliot


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