''The Beach'' is an Australian television documentary series on
SBS TV and
NITV. The six-part documentary series first screened as a special three-hour TV event on 29 May 2020. It was created, directed by Aboriginal filmmaker
Warwick Thornton who also stars in it and is filmed by his son
Dylan River
Dylan River is an Australian film director, writer, and cinematographer.
Early life and family
River was born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. His father, Warwick Thornton, is a filmmaker and his mother, Penelope McDonald, is a producer ...
for Exile Productions.
Filmed in Jilirr,
Dampier Peninsula
The Dampier Peninsula is a peninsula located north of Broome and Roebuck Bay in Western Australia. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean to the west and north, and King Sound to the east. It is named after the mariner and explorer William Damp ...
, on the north-west coast of
Western Australia, ''The Beach'' was filmed over a month at a lone beachside shack that was constructed for the documentary. The series has a focus on food; Thornton forages and fishes around his camp, using an ancient Toyota
Jeep
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(which earlier appeared in an episode of
''Mystery Road'').
See also
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River Cottage
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References
External links
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Special Broadcasting Service original programming
2020 Australian television series debuts
2020s Australian documentary television series