Down the Road I Go

Down the Road I Go is an Australian teen drama miniseries. It aired on SBS from April 2 to April 16, 2022.

Plot
Taking place in Melbourne, the series revolves around Brooke, a teenage girl who was abandoned when she was a newborn baby. After bouncing between foster homes, she was finally adopted by a loving woman. Despite this, she still has burning questions about who she is and where she came from, and with the help of her two close friends, she goes off in search of her past and her mother.

Characters

 * Brooke Stokes (Savannah Clarke, Ariel Donoghue young, Betty Campbell younger)-The main character and series narrator. She is a troubled but kind fifteen-year-old girl, in search of who she is.


 * Susan Turner (Kate Box)-Brooke's foster mother who adopted her when she was ten years old. She is a kind, nurturing woman and is supportive in Brooke's journey to find out where she came from.


 * Saddiq "Sid" Hassan (Vrund Rao)-One of Brooke's close friends, having known her since they started high school. He is a kind if somewhat snarky boy who helps Brooke on her journey to find her mother. He is from a large Pakistani family.


 * Joe Sutton (Ethan Lamb-Kelly)-Brooke's other best friend, having known her since kindergarten. Like Sid, he aids her on her journey to find her mother, and has a supportive nature.


 * Maria Turner (Rachel Griffiths)-A woman who runs a foster home, she took Rachel in when she was a newborn, and looked after her until she was three years old. She is a gentle, and loving woman.


 * John Perry (Josh Lawson)-Brooke's foster father. He and his wife adopted Brooke when she was three. He was prone to violent fits of rage, and was unfaithful, ultimately walking out to live in England with a woman he met at his work.


 * Sarah Perry (Isabel Lucas)-Brooke's foster mother. She suffered from depression and alcoholism, which she did to cope with the violence she suffered at John's hands, and died sometime after Brooke was taken from her.


 * Laila Bhandari (Shabana Azeez, Kavitha Anandasivam young)-A former friend of Brooke's when she was taken into Summergrove, the last foster home she was in before Susan adopted her. Of Indian descent, she was something of a big sister figure to Brooke, and works as a youth counsellor.


 * Ellie (Anna Cookie)-Brooke's best friend at Summergrove. She is a sweet girl who loves animals.


 * Sarah (Chika Yasamura)-Ellie's best friend. She is of Chinese descent.


 * Kate (Harriet Dyer)-One of the two head careworkers at Summergrove. She is tough but ultimately fair, caring and loving.


 * Carolyn (Teresa Palmer)-Brooke's estranged mother, who abandoned her as a baby due to being homeless. She works with Laila as a youth worker after turning her life around, and has a son called Jack-Brooke's half-brother-.