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Produced by Lingo Pictures

Creator: Chris Taylor
Executive Producers: Morwenna Gordon, Tim Minchin, Helen Bowden; Penny Win, Carly Heaton
Producers: Jason Stephens, Melissa Kelly, Chris Taylor
Writers: Tim Minchin, Chris Taylor, Kate Mulvany, Leon Ford
Director: Matthew Saville

Aired: 2019, 2022 (Fox Showcase)

A down-and-out musician has to drive a piano from one side of Australia to the other in order to honour his mother’s dying wish. That’s the easy bit. His real problems begin when he’s joined by a fugitive teenage girl who soon proves to be even heavier baggage than the piano. What are the odds they’ll all make it out of the desert intact? (16x30min)