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The Bad Seed

Produced by South Pacific Pictures & Jump Film and Television

Producer: Robin Scholes
Executive Producers: Kelly Martin, Chris Bailey
Directors: Helena Brooks, Mike Smith, Caroline Bell-Booth
Writers: Sarah-Kate Lynch, Joss King, Michael Beran

Aired: April 14 - 18, 2019 (TVNZ1)

Based on a series of books by award-winning New Zealand author, Charlotte Grimshaw, The Bad Seed tells the story of two brothers from the same dysfunctional family who, having escaped the desperate days of their early childhood, find their newly ordered lives falling apart when one becomes a suspect in a murder. (5x45min)