Plot Synopsis

Stretching from the spectacular red desert of Australia's outback to the cool corridors of power in Canberra, THE CODE tells the story of two very different brothers who unearth information those at the highest levels of political power will kill to keep secret. Ned Banks has spent the last ten years juggling a stalling career as an online journalist with the care of his talented but troubled brother Jesse. Ned thinks his big break has finally come after coming in contact with Alex Wisham, a local schoolteacher. Two of her students are involved in a car accident; she has phone footage of the crash. With Jesse's help, Ned is able to clean up the video. Its contents are shocking, and the decision to publish will light the wick on a story too explosive to be contained. DirecTV's Audience Network presented the U.S. premiere of THE CODE, which later had its U.S. cable TV debut on Ovation TV on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 7-8:30pm ET/4-5:30pm PT.