Wildside

Name: Wildside
Genre: Drama
Rating: 4.25
Cast: Rachael Blake, Tony Martin, Aaron Pedersen, Alex Dimitriades, Abi Tucker

1997

★★☆☆☆ 4.3/10

📺 3 Seasons

🎬 60 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 50 min/episode

Drama

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

Seasons

Season 1

1997 • 40 Episodes

A ram-raid on a clothes store by a group of homeless teenagers results in a high-speed police chase. Two officers end up dead but the teenagers escape. When two of them seek help for their injuries at the crisis centre, the police from the station next door come knocking, clashing with Maxine as she tries to protect her young clients' interests.

Season 2

1999 • 20 Episodes

Bill and Nick are slowly rebuilding their relationship when Nick becomes a suspect in a break-and-enter and is questioned about his friend, Jack Reeves, who he knows is probably responsible, but is reluctant to give him up.