Upright

2022

5.0

4 reviews

Rating

Eligible

Upright: Series 1 episodes (8)

1 Day 1

9/1/19

When he learns that his mother is dying, self-destructive musician Lucky packs up his battered old piano for a 4,000-mile road trip across Australia to be with his estranged family.

2 Day 2

9/1/19

Lucky struggles without his anxiety medication. Meanwhile, Meg picks a fight with bikers at the pub while waiting for a chemist to open.

3 Day 3

9/1/19

Meg is beside herself when she loses all of her's and Lucky's money. To make matters worse, they then run out of petrol.

4 Day 4

9/1/19

Meg and Lucky join a campground party, but the night takes a horrible turn when Lucky discovers a suicide note.

5 Day 5

9/1/19

Lucky contemplates giving up when Meg runs away with the ute and the piano, but a potentially poisonous snakebite makes him change his mind.

6 Day 6

9/1/19

Lucky decides to transform his attitude and his appearance, but it's not long before some devastating news sends him spiralling into despair.

7 Day 7

9/1/19

After dropping Meg off at her mother's house, Lucky gets a phone call from Meg's father, worried sick about his daughter's whereabouts. Realising that Meg doesn't have a mother, Lucky frantically drives back to town to find her.

8 Day 8

9/1/19

Lucky has a touching reunion with his mother, but his homecoming gets a much frostier reception from his brother Toby.

About this show

Written by and starring multi award-winning Tim Minchin, 'Upright' is a raw, heart-warming drama which follows two misfits, Lucky (Minchin) and Meg (Milly Alcock), who, thrown together by chance in the middle of the Australian desert, forge a bond in a quest to transport a precious piano from one side of the country to the other.

Ratings and reviews

5.0

4 reviews

Yoyo Llama

January 3, 2021

It's a mystery, a road journey, funny, and heart wrenching at times. You will love it. The Outback is a great backdrop. Superb photography.

Iain Logan

May 21, 2022

Loved this show and keen to watch it again. Both sombre and laugh out loud hilarious. My humps.

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