制作人Jude Troy在2023年8月于Tullamarine机场乘坐优步时丢失了一个装有笔记本电脑和手机的行李包[1]。她随后与机场牧师Martyn Scrimshaw一起展开了"两小时、25000步的冒险"，深入机场内部寻找失物[1]。这段经历给Troy留下了深刻印象，当她将故事讲述给编写合作者Elise McCredie后，后者当即提议："我们要拍一部电视剧"[1]。
这一想法最终成为现实。SBS电视台委托制作了首季8集的电视剧《机场牧师》[1]，由Hugo Weaving主演虚构人物Tobias Wallace（机场牧师一角），Shabana Azeez饰演新任航站楼经理Mira Ansari-Cole[1]。该剧于2024年8月26日晚上8:30在SBS和SBS On Demand首映[1]。创作者希望会有更多季数[1]。
A misplaced piece of luggage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport has become the unlikely genesis of an original television series. In August 2023, producer Jude Troy lost a bag containing her laptop and phone while traveling by Uber, prompting a two-hour, 25,000-step search through the airport's inner workings alongside the facility's chaplain, Martyn Scrimshaw [1]. That chance encounter proved serendipitous; when writing partner Elise McCredie heard Troy's account of the adventure, the creative duo resolved to transform it into dramatic form [1].
The result is "The Airport Chaplain," an eight-episode first season commissioned by SBS [1]. The series stars Hugo Weaving as Tobias Wallace, a fictional airport chaplain, alongside Shabana Azeez—known for her role in "The Pitt"—as Mira Ansari-Cole, a newly appointed terminal manager [1]. The show will premiere on August 26, 2024, at 8:30 p.m. on SBS and SBS On Demand [1]. The creators hope for additional seasons beyond this initial run [1].