''Tidelands'' is an Australian
streaming television
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series. The eight-part series is written and created by
Stephen M. Irwin and Leigh McGrath, and is produced by Hoodlum Entertainment.
It was released on 14 December 2018 on
Netflix
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. Series 1 left some issues unresolved, but as of 2021, no plans have emerged to film a second series.
Overview
''Tidelands'' follows the story of Cal McTeer, who served ten years in prison for an alleged murder while a teenager. She returns home to the small fishing village of Orphelin Bay. She encounters a group of dangerous
siren
Siren or sirens may refer to:
Common meanings
* Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies
* Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology
Places
* Siren (town), Wisconsin
* Siren, Wisc ...
–human
hybrid
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two dif ...
s called "Tidelanders", the result of occasional sexual relations between sirens and marine fishermen, while exploring the mysterious appearance of a fisherman's corpse.
Filming for the series began in Brisbane and continued through southeastern Queensland.
The plotlines pit the Tidelanders, who largely occupy a communal settlement ruled by a matriarch, Adrielle Cuthbert, with the Orphelin Bay townspeople, many of whom are well aware of the Tidelanders' origins and power over centuries, and of the existence of the secretive and rarely-glimpsed sirens. The townsfolk are paid off or choose to keep their knowledge to themselves, since the Tidelanders are dangerous, and the local fishing cooperative benefits from a lucrative drug trade, recuperating and selling drugs imported and hidden offshore by the Tidelanders' dealers. Relationships between sirens and men, Tidelanders and humans, and some of the other central characters complicate the story of Adrielle's search for fragments of an ancient magical horn made by sirens which, if sounded, would bring destruction on the human world. Cal McTeer's arrival back in Orphelin Bay upsets power dynamics, and she emerges as a powerful challenger to Adrielle, after Cal's origins and identity are questioned and she realises she too has siren powers, including breathing underwater, longevity, seduction, and manipulating fluids.
Locations
Much of the filming took place in and around
Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...
, close to Brisbane in South East Queensland, Australia. Aerial shots of the fictional Orphelin Bay were filmed further north in
Dunwich
Dunwich is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB around north-east of London, south of Southwold and north of Leiston, on the North Sea coast.
In the Anglo-Saxon period, Dunwich was t ...
, North
Stradbroke Island
Stradbroke Island, also known as Minjerribah, was a large sand island that formed much of the eastern side of Moreton Bay near Brisbane, Queensland until the late 19th century. Today the island is split into two islands: North Stradbroke Islan ...
. Cal and Augie's house is at 153 Palm Ave in
Shorncliffe a coastal suburb of Brisbane, Devil's Tail bar is the Old Courthouse Restaurant at
Raby Bay
Raby Bay is a bay within Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, created by the Cleveland Point headland. It forms the coastline of the suburbs of Cleveland and Ormiston in the City of Redland.
History
The bay was named by the surveyor James War ...
, and the Orphelin Bay Fishing Cooperative facilities are in
Steiglitz.
Cast
Main
*
Charlotte Best
Charlotte Elise Best (born 16 January 1994) is an Australian actress and model. She is best known for her role in the show ''Home and Away'' as the young girl in the Campbell family, Annie Campbell.
Biography
Best grew up in the suburb of Po ...
as Calliope "Cal" McTeer
*
Aaron Jakubenko
Aaron Jakubenko (born 8 December 1988) is an Australian actor. He is known for playing Yuri in ''Conspiracy 365'' and Augie McTeer in ''Tidelands''.Marco Pigossi
Marco Fábio Maldonado Pigossi (born 1 February 1989) is a Brazilian actor and producer. He is known for playing Dylan on the Australian television series ''Tidelands,'' and for playing Eric in the Brazilian series '' Invisible City''.
Career
P ...
as Dylan Seager
*
Richard Davies as Colton Raxter
* Dalip Sondhi as Lamar Cloutier
* Mattias Inwood as Corey Welch
*
Jacek Koman
Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish actor and singer.
Early life
Koman was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, to actors Halina Koman (née Dobrowolska; born 3 January 1923) and Adam Koman (24 December 1922 – 1 December 2005), and ca ...
as Gregori Stolin
*
Elsa Pataky
Elsa Lafuente Medianu (; born 18 July 1976), known professionally as Elsa Pataky, is a Spanish-Australian model and actress. Pataky is known for her role as Elena Neves in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. She has appeared in the films ''Snakes ...
as Adrielle Cuthbert
Recurring
*
Alex Dimitriades
Alex Dimitriades (born 28 December 1973) is an Australian actor and DJ. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Nick Polides in the 1993 romantic comedy film '' The Heartbreak Kid'', and Nick Poulos in the 1994 television teen drama spin-off ' ...
as Sgt. Paul Murdoch
*
Peter O'Brien as Bill Sentelle
*
Madeleine Madden
Madeleine Madden (born 29 January 1997) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Egwene al'Vere in the Amazon Prime series ''The Wheel of Time''.
Early life
Madden grew up around Redfern, a Sydney inner city suburb, and attended ...
as Violca Roux
* Jet Tranter as Leandra
*
Caroline Brazier
Caroline Brazier is an Australian actress who is best known for the role of Chrissy Merchant in ''Packed to the Rafters'' and the starring roles of Veronica Johnson and her twin sister Betti in the children's television series '' Parallax''. Bra ...
as Rosa
*
Hunter Page-Lochard
Hunter Djali Yumunu Page-Lochard is an Australian stage and screen actor of both Aboriginal Australian and African-American descent. He is known for his roles in the films '' The Sapphires'' (2012), '' Around the Block'' (2013) and '' The Djarn ...
as Jared
*
Annabelle Stephenson
Annabelle Stephenson is an Australian actress. She began her career playing Miriam Kent in '' H2O: Just Add Water''. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Stephenson moved to Los Angeles, where she filmed a pilot for MTV. ...
as Laura Maney
* Cate Feldmann as Genoveva
* Finn Little as Gilles
* Chloe De Los Santos as Bijou
*
Alex Andreas
Alex Andreas (formerly Alex Andrea) (born 9 September 1970) is an English actor/singer. He trained at the London School of Musical Theatre (LSMT), and is probably best known for his portrayal on stage of The Big Bopper in ''The Buddy Holly Story ...
as Lev Nuyland
Episodes
References
External links
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{{Netflix original ended series (2012–2018)
2018 Australian television series debuts
2018 Australian television series endings
English-language Netflix original programming
Mythology in popular culture
Mermaids in television
Television shows set in Queensland