Wakefield is an eight-part Australian television drama series that premiered on ABC iview on 2 April 2021 and was shown on ABC TV in weekly episodes from Sunday 18 April.[1]
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Kristen Dunphy |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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Network | ABC |
Release | 2 April 6 June 2021 | –
At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the music was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.[2] Hallmark of said soundtrack are the remarkedly different variations of Dexys Midnight Runners' Come On Eileen (used with brio to vehiculate the protagonist's own deteriorating mental health).
Wakefield is a psychological mystery revolving around the staff and patients who populate Ward C of a psychiatric hospital in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, centred on psychiatric nurse Nik.[3]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [4] | Australia viewers |
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1 | "Episode 1" | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Kristen Dunphy | 2 April 2021(ABC iView) 18 April 2021 (ABC) | 309,000[5] |
2 | "Episode 2" | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Kristen Dunphy | 2 April 2021(ABC iView) 25 April 2021 (ABC) | N/A |
3 | "Episode 3" | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Sam Meikle | 2 April 2021(ABC iView) 2 May 2021 (ABC) | N/A |
4 | "Episode 4" | Kim Mordaunt | Joan Sauers | 2 April 2021(ABC iView) 9 May 2021 (ABC) | N/A |
5 | "Episode 5" | Kim Mordaunt | Sam Meikle | 2 April 2021(ABC iView) 16 May 2021 (ABC) | N/A |
6 | "Episode 6" | Kim Mordaunt | Cathy Strickland | 2 April 2021(ABC iView) 23 May 2021 (ABC) | N/A |
7 | "Episode 7" | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Kristen Dunphy | 2 April 2021(ABC iView) 30 May 2021 (ABC) | N/A |
8 | "Episode 8" | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Kristen Dunphy | 2 April 2021(ABC iView) 6 June 2021 (ABC) | N/A |
The eight-part series was filmed in 2020, at a number of locations in Australia: Sydney; the Blue Mountains; a New South Wales (NSW) northern rivers cane farm near Murwillumbah with Mt. Warning as a backdrop; and Southern Highlands of NSW. Wakefield is created by Kristen Dunphy, who is also the showrunner with Sam Meikle. The series is written by Kristen Dunphy, Sam Meikle, Joan Sauers and Cathy Strickland. It is directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and Kim Mordaunt.[6]
Showtime acquired the U.S. broadcast rights for the series, which premiered on 18 October 2021.[7][8]