Secret City (Seasons 1–2)

Secret City (2016) is an Australian political thriller series you can watch online on iFILM. Beneath the calm surface of Canberra, with China and the United States circling each other, journalist Harriet Dunkley pulls a single thread — and unravels a conspiracy big enough to topple a government.

Harriet (Anna Torv) starts with the body of a student activist washed up by the lake and knows at once it was no accident. The deeper she digs, the clearer it gets that the capital runs on a hidden network of politicians, spies and security chiefs trading state secrets and human lives for leverage. Her sources, her ex-husband and eventually Harriet herself all end up in the crosshairs.

Adapted from the novels of Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis, the show pairs Torv with Jacki Weaver as a ruthless defence minister. This is grown-up, low-key political drama where the weapons are a leak, a threat, and the right phone call at the right moment rather than gunfire. One for fans of House of Cards and tightly plotted Nordic investigations. Stream every episode of Secret City (2016) online on iFILM.