We're watching a show on Acorn TV called Darby and Joan. It's about a woman (Greta Sacchi) who travels to Australia from England looking for her husband (John Waters). She meets up with a retired policeman (Bryan Brown) and they travel in a Winnebago along the Far North Queensland coast.
John Waters is listed as one of the 'stars' but we've only seen him, briefly, in the distance wandering across a desert, and we're already up to Episode 5. Maybe he'll make a splash in the last few episodes.
Greta is looking good for her age but Bryan Brown is a wreck. He was born in 1947, which makes him younger than me but his wrinkled, crepey skin and his gaunt appearance makes him look ten years older. He took his shirt off in one scene and his purple heart operation scar looked terrible. He's obviously tagged as the love interest for Greta but he looks like her grandfather.
Still, the stories are interesting: old-fashioned, Australian, see-a-problem, solve-it, put the crook in gaol. And the NQ scenery is spectacular. It won't win any International awards but it's good fun.
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