Wildside (TV series)

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This article is about the 1990s Australian series. For the 1985 American series, see Wildside (U.S. TV series).

Wildside
Format	Drama
Starring	Rachael Blake Tony Martin Richard Carter
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	60
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC TV
Picture format	4:3
Original run	1997 – 1999

Wildside is an Australian police procedural television series broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to 1999.

The show consisted of a one hour format that followed police interactions in inner Sydney. It starred Rachael Blake, Tony Martin, Richard Carter and Alex Dimitriades. Mary Coustas joined the series in a regular role late in its run, appearing in the last ten episodes.

The series was filmed in Sydney. It was characterised by its use of ad lib dialogue and hand held camera work. It won several Logie Awards, including Silver Logies for outstanding work by Rachael Blake and Tony Martin for acting, as well as the Most Outstanding Miniseries Logie in 1998. It was also nominated for several Australian Film Institute Awards.^[1]

A rerun of the series began in Australia on ABC1 in the early hours of Friday mornings, starting in September 2008.

Cast and characters

Wildisde featured several regular characters from the police force as well as social workers and a medical drop in centre.

The regular cast includes Tony Martin, Rachael Blake, Aaron Pedersen, Jessica Napier and Alex Dimitriades. Martin starred as Detective Bill McCoy with Dimitriadis joining him in the second series as his partner, Detective Charlie Coustos. Pedersen, Napier & Blake made up the staff at the drop in centre which often created tension with the police investigations carried out by McCoy & Coustos.^[2] Richard Carter appeared in several episodes as a fellow officer critical of Coustos.^[3]

The recurring cast includes:

Tony Martin as Detective Bill McCoy
Alex Dimitriades as Detective Charlie Coustos
Rachael Blake as Dr Maxine Summers
Aaron Pedersen as Vince Cellini
Jessica Napier as Gerry Davis

DVD release

The series has been released by ABC on DVD in three volumes, each containing 20 episodes across 5 discs.^[4]

Trivia

Tony Martin & Rachael Blake married during the shows run.

References

↑ Awards for Wildeside at the Internet Movie Database
↑ "Wildside". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
↑ Full cast and crew for Wildside at the Internet Movie Database
↑ "Wildside (1997) - Volume 1: Episodes 1-20 (5 Disc Set)". EzyDVD. Retrieved 2013-03-17.

External links

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Home and Away/Wildside (1998)
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