By SAT News Desk
MELBOURNE, 13 March 2021: The 8 parts TV drama “Wakefield’ is all set to premiere on ABC iview from April 2. Directed by Each episode is 55 minutes each by Jocelyn Moorhouse and Kim Mordaunt, is produced by Jungle Entertainment Pty Ltd. supported by Screen Australia and ABC.
The cast is – Rudi Dharmalingam, Geraldine Hakewill, Mandy McElhinney, Harriet Dyer, Harry Greenwood, Ryan Corr, Felicity Ward, Kim Gyngell, Dan Wyllie, Sam Simmons, and Bessie Holland.
Synopsis posted by screenaustralia.gov.au:
Nikheel Katira is a gifted Indian-Australian nurse working at Wakefield – a psychiatric hospital in the haunting and majestic Blue Mountains. In the first episode, a series of events trigger song-stickage in Nik and he begins to unravel. The question is: why? This is the psychological mystery that drives eight compelling episodes. A long-repressed trauma from Nik’s past is coming back, whether he likes it or not. A rich ensemble of staff and patients surround him, each with their own desires, stories, and emotional baggage. Wakefield is an intriguing puzzle set in the hidden world of mental illness. It explores the fine line between sanity and madness, between humour and pathos, bringing Nik to a shattering emotional reckoning – and the audience to a deeper understanding and compassion.
Wakefield was shot in Sydney, the Southern Highlands, and the Blue Mountains.
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