Back Roads: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Back Roads transports audiences to some of the nation's most remote and inspiring communities that highlight rural Australia's trademark grit, generosity, humour and innovation. Each week award-winning ABC journalist, Heather Ewart, who grew up on a sheep and wheat farm in Victoria, uncovers corners of Australia where misfortune has brought some to their knees, but imagination, faith and fun has lifted them back up.

Series details

• Title: Back Roads
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Travel
• Premiere date: 2015-11-30
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: ABC iview
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 11007
• IMDb ID: tt9460582
• TVDB ID: 303849

Cast and credited roles

• Heather Ewart — Presenter
• Lisa Millar — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-11-30; final listed air date 2016-01-18; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-11-28; final listed air date 2017-01-30; episode order: 9.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-11-27; final listed air date 2018-01-29; episode order: 9.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-06-11; final listed air date 2019-02-11; episode order: 16.
• Season 5: premiered 2019-06-17; final listed air date 2020-02-10; episode order: 16.
• Season 6: premiered 2020-06-08; final listed air date 2020-07-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 7: premiered 2021-02-04; final listed air date 2021-05-27; episode order: 16.
• Season 8: premiered 2022-01-03; final listed air date 2022-08-29; episode order: 16.
• Season 9: premiered 2023-01-02; final listed air date 2023-08-21; episode order: 16.
• Season 10: premiered 2024-01-09; final listed air date 2024-11-12; episode order: 26.
• Season 11: premiered 2025-01-09; final listed air date 2025-10-09; episode order: 24.
• Season 12: premiered 2026-03-05; final listed air date 2026-07-16.

Source and licence

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