13 Interesting Facts About The Kettering Incident

1. #001

   For most of The Kettering Incident, Dr. Anna Macy (Elizabeth Debicki) wears an old "The Saints" T-shirt belonging to Fergus (Henry Nixon). The Saints were a pioneering Australian punk rock band formed in Brisbane in 1973. In real life, Nixon's father, a recording engineer, engineered, mixed and co-produced the band's fourth album, "The Monkey Puzzle."

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2. #004

   In May 2017 a second season was in development, but in June 2018 creator Vicki Madden confirmed on Twitter that it was ultimately not picked up by Foxtel.

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3. #005

   The shoot ran for eighteen weeks, from late August to December 2014. Nearly two years passed between the start of filming and the series' television premiere.

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4. #006

   In 2016 it won the prestigious Special Jury Prize at the international Series Mania festival in Paris. More than eighty series from over twenty countries were considered at the festival.

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5. #008

   While filming in Tasmania's contemplative, gothic landscape, creator Vicki Madden was influenced by Scandinavian noir series such as The Killing (2007) and The Bridge (2011). She also drew inspiration from the popular British series Life on Mars (2006) for the story's supernatural side.

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6. #010

   Most film productions come to Tasmania in the winter months because of the low light, but the temperatures can push people out of their comfort zones. The series was shot over eighteen weeks from August to December and, according to location manager Brendan Shanley, not a single day was lost to weather. The crew adapted to the changing and variable conditions and did what they could.

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7. #011

   The Kettering Pub seen in the series is actually the Lewisham Tavern, located a little more than an hour's drive from the town of Kettering.

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8. #012

   The series was filmed in and around the town of Kettering and Bruny Island in Tasmania, as announced by then-Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings at a press conference in Kettering in February 2014. The series was a Porchlight Films and Sweet Potato Films co-production developed with the help of Foxtel and Screen Tasmania.

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9. #014

   Because the series was not renewed for a second season, the fates of some characters were left unconfirmed, such as Matilda Russell (abducted by the killer and never seen again) and Det. Brian Dutch (shot and gravely wounded in the forest). Some subplots also went unresolved, such as Dutch's drug dealing and the small owl-like bird that visits certain characters.

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10. #016

    Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive US rights to the series' first season from BBC Worldwide North America. It was made available to Amazon subscribers on 30 September 2016, only three months after its Australian premiere.

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11. #017

    Although it is set in Kettering and filmed entirely in Tasmania, most of the series was not shot in the actual town. The scenes set in and around the forest where Gillian Baxter and later Chloe (Sianoa Smit-McPhee) disappear were filmed in Mount Field National Park, about 160 kilometres northwest of the real Kettering; the rock formation shown throughout the series can be found on the Tasman Peninsula, a long drive to the south; the scenes involving logging were filmed around the Norske Skog paper mill near New Norfolk, a long drive to the northwest; and the hospital scenes were shot in Hobart.

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12. #024

    Elizabeth Debicki (Dr. Anna Macy) and lead actor Kevin MacIsaac, who played Travis Kingston, would appear in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) a few years later. The former reprises the role of Mopsy in the sequel to the 2018 live-action and computer-animated adaptation, while MacIsaac has a small role as one of the Pet Shoppies.

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13. #025

    The Kettering Incident (2016) was promoted as the first adult drama to be shot in Tasmania.

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