Airdate: Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

The good news is Miss Phryne Fisher is back on ABC.

The bad news is, the movie Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears will screen in two halves across two Sundays.

The film, which leant upon crowd-funding from fans, was released in early 2020.

After freeing a young Bedouin girl – Shirin Abbas – from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Miss Fisher begins to unravel a wartime mystery concerning a priceless jewel, ancient curses, and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin’s forgotten tribe.

Episode 1:

Jerusalem, 1929. In a daring rescue, Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) saves Shirin Abbas (Izabella Yena), a young Bedouin woman, from unjust imprisonment. Shirin is traumatised by memories of seeing her village massacred as a child – before a sandstorm buried everything – and is determined to prove it. Phryne promises to help Shirin seek justice, but their dangerous escape separates them, and Phryne is presumed dead. Phryne’s estranged admirer, Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page), travels to her memorial service at Lofthouse Manor in the English countryside, but his mourning is interrupted by Phryne’s surprise arrival, prompting Jack to depart in angry
confusion.

Phryne stays at the Manor with Lord and Lady Lofthouse (Daniel Lapaine and Jacqueline McKenzie), the Lord’s younger brother Jonathon (Rupert Penry-Jones), and Shirin and her uncle Sheikh Kahlil (Khaled Naya), who is in business with Lord Lofthouse. When Phryne tries to discover the truth about Shirin’s village during the Great War, Lofthouse and Jonathon (former soldiers), along with the Sheikh, deny the massacre. However, when Phryne and Jack witness the murder of Wilson (Lee Mason), an army deserter who gives Phryne an ancient, encrypted pendent moments before
his death, they are convinced there is more to the story.

Sunday, 19 June and Sunday 26 June, 8.30pm on ABC.