The Cry is a 2018 mystery psychological drama[1] television series written by Jacquelin Perske and adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name by Helen FitzGerald, which was broadcast on the ABC in Australia and BBC One in the UK.

The series stars Jenna Coleman as Joanna Lyndsay, a schoolteacher whose four-month-old baby Noah disappears while she and her fiancé, Alistair (Ewen Leslie), are visiting family in Australia.

On the drive from Melbourne to the coastal town of Wilde Bay, their baby son Noah goes missing.

[2][3] In the aftermath of the tragedy, under public scrutiny, their relationship collapses and her psychological state disintegrates.

The series is produced by Synchronicity Films, directed by Glendyn Ivin and written for television by Jacquelin Perske.