PEACOCK ANNOUNCES STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER OF DRAMA "IRREVERENT"

· Peacock has announced today a straight-to-series, 10-episode order for IRREVERENT. The drama comes from Matchbox Pictures, which is part of NBCUniversal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, and will be a co-production between Peacock and Netflix Australia.

· IRREVERENT, created by Paddy Macrae ("Wanted"), will be set and filmed in Australia.

· A criminal from Chicago bungles a heist and is forced to hide out in a small Australian reef town in Far North Queensland posing as the new church Reverend.

· The series will be executive produced by Debbie Lee ("Hungry Ghosts") and Andrew Knight ("Rake"). Tom Hoffie ("Clickbait") and Paddy Macrae will serve as producers.

· Paddy Macrae ("Wanted"), Andrew Knight ("Rake"), Andrew Anastasios ("Wentworth") and Angela McDonald ("Operation Buffalo") will serve as writers on the series.

· Filming in Australia has been made possible with the support of the Federal Governments Location Incentive program. Screen Queensland is supporting IRREVERENT through the Queensland government's Production Attraction Strategy.