I was a big fan of the first season of Upright, a road-trip dramedy from creator Chris Taylor that didn’t reinvent the wheel but had an entertainingly haphazard narrative and an appealing blend of humour and pathos. There was also an amusingly testy dynamic between the central odd couple: Lucky, a manchild musician driving from Sydney to Perth to see his dying mother, played by Tim Minchin with a wastoid demeanour and an undercurrent of decency; Meg, a teenage girl running away from home, portrayed with in-your-face sassiness by Milly Alcock – most recently seen straddling mythical beasts in House of the Dragon.
