A Remarkable Place to Die

A Remarkable Place to Die
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Philly de Lacey
Written by	John Banas Philly de Lacey
Directed by	Peter Burger Caroline Bell Booth Joshua Frizzell Charlie Haskell
Starring	Chelsie Preston Crayford Matt Whelan Rebecca Gibney
Country of origin	New Zealand Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Philly de Lacey Henning Kamm Sibylle Stellbrink
Producers	Bridget Bourke Charlie Haskell
Running time	90 mins
Original release
Network	TVNZ 2 Nine Network[1]
Release	3 November 2024 (2024-11-03)[2] – present

A Remarkable Place to Die is a New Zealand-Australian crime drama series created by Philly de Lacey and written by Lacey and John Banas. It follows Detective Anais Mallory (Chelsie Preston Crayford) on the homicide beat in Queenstown and as she also uncovers more about her sister's mysterious death.

It was first broadcast in 2024 on TVNZ 1 in New Zealand and on the Nine Network in Australia.

Plot summary

Anais Mallory (Preston Crayford) leaves behind her high-flying career as a homicide detective in Sydney to return to her hometown of Queenstown on New Zealand's South Island. She is reunited with her grief-stricken mother, Veronica (Gibney), following the mysterious road accident death of Anais' sister, Lynne. As Anais works through new cases with Detective Delaney (Whelan) as a local detective she also begins to unravel more of the mysteries surrounding her sister's death. She is also forced to confront her former fiancé, Luke (Terrier), now married to her former best friend, Maja (Evans).[3][1]

Cast

• Chelsie Preston Crayford as Anais Mallory, a detective that returns to her hometown of Queenstown[4]
• Matt Whelan as Simon Delaney, Anais' detective colleague[5]
• Rebecca Gibney as Veronica Mallory, Anais' mother
• Charles Jazz Terrier as Luke Staunton, former fiancé of Anais
• Indiana Evans as Maja Staunton, an Australian, and Anais' former best friend and Luke's wife[6]
• Alex Tarrant as Ihaka, a pathologist[7]
• Tara Canton as Lynne Mallory, deceased sister of Anais

Recurring

• Michala Banas as Kylie Shorrock, a pyrotechnician[8]

Guest cast

• Nathalie Boltt as Marijke Van Heusen, a wealthy expat from South Africa
• Mike Edward as Stus van Huysen, Marijke's wealthy husband, also from South Africa

References

1. The many mysteries of A Remarkable Place to Die The Spinoff. 8 November 2024
2. Airdate: A Remarkable Place to Die TV Tonight. 31 October 2024
3. New Zealand Detective Series ‘A Remarkable Place to Die’ Launched by Banijay Variety. 28 February 2024
4. Exclusive: Chelsie Preston Crayford on taking centre stage in new thriller A Remarkable Place to Die nine.com.au. 20 November 2024
5. A Remarkable Place to Die star Matt Whelan on returning home after playing American playboy Hugh Hefner nine.com.au. 1 December 2024
6. Home and Away star Indiana Evans on her role in the gripping new TV thriller A Remarkable Place to Die nine.com.au. 2 December 2024
7. Alex Tarrant heads home for new local series A Remarkable Place To Die Stuff. 29 October 2024
8. Exclusive: Michala Banas reveals mischief her and Rebecca Gibney got up to on the set of A Remarkable Place To Die nine.com.au. 20 November 2024

External links

• A Remarkable Place to Die at IMDb