PREMIUM 8-PART SERIES

Fourteen commandos. One fishing boat. A hell of a way to pick a fight.

In 1943, a small crew of Australian and British raiders led a strike into Japanese-held Singapore. Armed with explosives, canoes and an outrageous plan, they pull off the most successful covert raid in history.

Led by mission commander Ivan Lyon, a team of highly trained Allied operatives journey from Exmouth to Japanese-held Singapore harbour in the most dangerous and audacious covert raid of World War II. When the ‘Fortress of Singapore’ fell in February 1943, Lyon vowed to use his knowledge of the surrounding islands to one day return and exact revenge. On a chance encounter with Australian master mariner Bill Reynolds, they conceived a plan to use a fishing boat to stealthily enter Japanese-held waters - 2,000 miles behind enemy lines - and deploy fold-up canoes to strike at the heart of the enemy. It was codenamed Operation Jaywick.

THE WORLD
Invasion, savagery & fear.

The year is 1943. The world tears apart under the savagery of global conflict, but for Australia, the war has become terrifyingly intimate.

The Tiger's Revenge combines the cultural depth of Shōgun, the battlefield immediacy of Saving Private Ryan and the close-quarters intensity of Gangs of London. The action is fast, physical and visceral: small boats crossing hostile seas, men moving through darkness with murderous intent, violence that arrives explosively and without warning.

THE CHARACTERS

Two worlds. One fight.

Major Ivan Lyon

Elizabeth Choy

Donald Davidson

Gabrielle Lyon

Bill Reynolds

Allan Warren

Lorraine Stumm

Major Ivan Lyon

Elizabeth Choy

Donald Davidson

Gabrielle Lyon

Bill Reynolds

Allan Warren

Lorraine Stumm

ORIGIN STORY
Z Special Unit

Before the SAS became a national icon, there was Z Special Unit: a secret wartime force built for missions no conventional army could attempt.

Formed in the darkest days of the Pacific War, its sailors, soldiers and intelligence operatives pioneered covert insertion, sabotage, reconnaissance and survival deep behind enemy lines, helping shape the doctrine and culture of Australia’s commandos and later the SAS. Operation Jaywick was their defining early success: fourteen men, a commandeered fishing boat and a raid on Singapore Harbour that struck at the heart of the Japanese occupation. More than a military legend, it is an essential Australian story of courage, ingenuity and a new partnership with the peoples of Southeast Asia.

TONE & STYLE
Descent into darkness.

The Tiger’s Revenge is a visceral, character-driven war thriller: cinematic in scale, intimate in emotion and propelled by an impossible mission.

SEASON OUTLINE

Eight episodes. One impossible mission.

EPISODE ONE: IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS

As Singapore, Britain’s supposedly ‘impregnable’ fortress, crumbles under the Japanese onslaught in WWII, a resourceful British Captain, Ivan Lyon, endures a harrowing escape by sea, witnessing the depths of human desperation, only to forge a pact in exile to return and exact revenge.

EPISODE TWO: SELECTING THE TEAM

Haunted by the fall of Singapore, Ivan Lyon arrives in Australia seeking high-level approval for a perilous return mission, while elsewhere, the brutal reality of defeat, forces difficult choices of surrender, escape, and survival under occupation.

EPISODE THREE: TRAINING & BETRAYAL

As brutal training for a clandestine mission intensifies in the Australian bush, a lifeline of contraband connects a Singaporean canteen with Allied POWs, while a seemingly disastrous setback threatens to derail a vital operation before it even begins.

EPISODE FOUR: SCHEMATICS OF REVENGE

A successful but bittersweet victory fuels a daring mission deep into enemy territory, while in the brutal confines of a POW camp, a defiant act of resistance is met with deadly consequences, setting the stage for unimaginable risks.

EPISODE FIVE: SIGHTING THE ENEMY

As our clandestine team navigate enemy-infested waters towards a seemingly impossible target, the brutal realities of war are brought into stark focus, while in a POW camp, a hidden act of defiance ignites a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

EPISODE SIX: INTO THE TIGER'S MOUTH

A daring but ultimately flawed raid on Singapore Harbour yields explosive results, but a critical miscalculation leaves a team members stranded behind enemy lines, facing a perilous journey home while their comrades escape.

EPISODE SEVEN: SEIZE THE NIGHT

Stranded behind enemy lines after a successful but delayed raid, a desperate team battles exhaustion and heightened patrols to reach their escape, while in Singapore, a brutal crackdown follows the harbor explosions, forcing a harrowing choice within the POW camp and setting a collision course for the returning raiders.

EPISODE EIGHT: RETURN FROM THE SHADOWS

A hair’s-breadth escape marks the bittersweet return of a successful but silenced mission, while the brutal repercussions of their actions shatter lives in Singapore, setting the stage for new clandestine operations and the fate of a forgotten hero.

COMPS
A proven market.
A story only this series can tell.

The Tiger’s Revenge crosses British, Southeast Asian and Australian worlds in a way few war stories can. At its centre is Operation Jaywick: a rare, unmitigated Allied success that helped forge Australia’s commandos and the SAS tradition, yet has never received its defining screen treatment. The result is a propulsive ensemble thriller with the grit and scale of premium war cinema, told through an Australian and Southeast Asian lens built to travel across all three markets.