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Do Not Resuscitate

Episode 1
UK: Mon, February 10, 2020 (Sky Atlantic)
Australia: Tue, February 02, 2021 (Fox Showcase)
Written by Samantha Strauss
Directed by Jessica M. Thompson

A suicide attempt throws an estranged mother and daughter back together.

Recently widowed Edie tries and fails to kill herself at home in Surrey. Edie's estranged daughter, Kate, flies her out to Australia to live closer to her long-emigrated family.

Cast (in order of appearance):

  • Harriet Walter as Edie
  • Ben Anthony as Paramedic
  • Frances O'Connor as Kate
  • Morgan Davies as Oberon
  • Ingrid Torelli as Persephone
  • Sharnee Tones as Flight Attendant
  • David Simpson as Business Man
  • Roy Billing as Art
  • Brendan Cowell as Christopher
  • Uli Latukefu as Greg the Nurse
  • Gosia Dobrowolska as Mrs. Bogdanowicz
  • Jacy Lewis as Bogdanowicz Daughter
  • Ian McFadyen as Mr. Bogdanowicz
  • Kate Peters as Mary
  • Robyn Nevin as Dawn
  • Diana McLean as Iris
  • Lorraine Miller as Barb
  • Leslie Miller as Robert
  • John Waters as Henry
  • Brooke Satchwell as Beth
  • Luke Arnold as Josh
  • Tony Barry as Willie
  • Noni Hazlehurst as Pamela
  • Katie Anderson as Aerobics Instructor