Jack Irish - Season 2
From Sunday 8 July at 8:30pm
Emmy Award-winner Guy Pearce reprises his iconic role as Jack Irish, former criminal lawyer, and part-time debt collector, with a penchant for getting wrapped up in things he shouldn’t.
Returning to Jack’s world are Marta Dusseldorp as journalist Linda Hillier, Roy Billing as horse racing identity Harry Strang, Aaron Pedersen as Harry’s trusted offsider Cam Delray, Shane Jacobson as old-school detective Barry Tregear, Kate Atkinson as IT-guru Simone, Damien Richardson as Jack’s former legal partner Drew Greer, Damien Garvey as Stan, the Prince of Prussia publican, and the inimitable Fitzroy Youth Club, Terry Norris and John Flaus.
The series has an all-star line-up of guests including Danielle Cormack (Rake, Wentworth), Tiarnie Coupland (Sunshine, Love Child), Jacek Koman (Jack Irish Series 1, Seven Types of Ambiguity), Leah Vandenberg (The Letdown, Sunshine) and Tom Gleeson (Hard Quiz, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering).
The bluebird of happiness has stopped warbling and Jack’s life has hit a new low. His body broken from too many beatings, Linda has left him, the racing world is in turmoil, his local – the Prince of Prussia – may never be the same again and Jack has returned to the law in the form of mundane
conveyancing.That is, until he learns of foreign students at a disreputable private college dying in bizarre circumstances. His investigation leads him down a rabbit hole – and Linda to India – to unveil a corrupt and complicit government in bed with a homegrown global enterprise engaged in the literal pursuit of happiness and its very lucrative benefits.
The six-part series was once again written by 2017 Australian Writers’ Guild (AWGIE) Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Andrew Knight (Ali’s Wedding, Hacksaw Ridge, Rake), Matt Cameron (Sunshine, Secret City, Molly) and Andrew Anastasios (The Water Diviner, Wentworth) and Elise McCredie (Sunshine, Nowhere Boys).
Series directors are Mark Joffe (Jack Irish Series 1, The House of Hancock), Kriv Stenders (Red Dog, The Principal) and Fiona Banks (Wentworth, Mustangs).
Inspired by the Jack Irish novels by Peter Temple, Jack Irish is an Easy Tiger Production for ABC in association with Film Victoria, produced by Ian Collie, Andrew Knight and Matt Cameron. Jack Irish Season 2 is dedicated to Peter Temple who sadly passed away in March 2018.