Picnic at Hanging Rock is an Australian mystery romantic drama television series that premiered on Foxtel's Showcase on 6 May 2018.

[2] The series was adapted from Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel of the same name about a group of schoolgirls who, while on an outing to Hanging Rock, mysteriously disappear.

Their disappearance leaves a devastating impact on students, staff, their enigmatic and formidable headmistress and the township at large.

Theories abound, secrets are exposed and hysteria sets in, until eventually, the lives of the characters unravel.

The website's consensus reads: "Natalie Dormer charms in Picnic at Hanging Rock, a stylish retelling of an Australian classic -- though convoluted sub-plots at times distract from its otherwise tantalizing delights.