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Two of the five major streamers have quietly reduced their Australian commissioning, and the local production sector has not yet said the word 'contraction' out loud.

Minchin plays a Kings Cross nightclub owner in the 1980s, and the show has the good sense to let him be charming before it lets him be dangerous.

Katherine Parkinson plays a divorced lawyer who tracks her sexual encounters on a spreadsheet, and the show is funnier than the premise has any right to be.