I watched this tv series when it first came out on good old ABC and found it addictive to watch. This is the show that the now world famous Jackman met his wife while making and the sexual tension between them (in the few scenes they actually had together) makes the scenes in the Sopranos between Tony Soprano and his psychiatrist look like a bad soap opera.
Having read the comments, which are very favourable, it would be nice to see this on our own TV - as we have with other Australian series.I can only imagine how good he was.
This show was completely character driven, dependent on the depth brought to the characters by its two leads and the chemistry between them.The performances are brilliant, showing both the reality of prison life and the slow build from attraction to friendship to impossible love between Kevin Jones (Jackman) and Louisa Correlli (Furness).
I recently acquired the DVD set showing all 10 episodes of this Australian Prison Drama starring Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman (in his first role after finishing Drama School).Each of the 10 episodes has an individual story, whilst other continual stories and characters thread throughout the episodes, allowing you to build an interest in these prisoners stories and how their lives have unravelled.
Very interesting prison drama, with strong stories, and many great character portrayals.It is mature and often ugly, realistic and very surprising for television.
