Stories collide in Aussie drama.

Time to party with the parade Inside the world of dog styling Stories from regional Australia In the fast lane with Formula 1 A web-slinging movie marathon Stateless, ABC, Sunday at 8.30pm CATE Blanchett, Jai Courtney, Marta Dusseldorp, Asher Keddie and The Handmaid Tale's Yvonne Strahovski (pictured) star in this timely series about four strangers whose lives collide at an immigration detention centre in the middle of the Australian desert.

Strahovski plays an airline hostess Sofie Werner, who is on the run from a dangerous cult.

Ameer (Fayssal Bazzi) is a bright, optimistic Afghan man who is fleeing persecution with his wife and two daughters. No longer able to live safely in their home country and desperate to find sanctuary in another, they arrive in Indonesia to seek passage to Australia.

Courtney plays Cam, a young father escaping a dead-end job who finds his morals tested.

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