

Devil's Playground
2014-09-09 · 60 min / episode · ★ 7.4
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.
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Simon BurkeTom Allen
Don HanyBishop Quaid
Jarin TowneyElliot Darcy
John NobleBishop John McNally
Morgan DaviesBridie Allen
James FraserDavid Allen
Toni ColletteMargaret Wallace
Jack ThompsonCardinal Neville
Andrew MacFarlaneFather Andrassi
Anna Lise PhillipsAlice Kelly
Leon FordBrother Warner
Uli LatukefuFather Matteo
Matt LevettBrendan Mahony
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