Tangle (TV series)
Tangle is an Australian drama series for the Showcase subscription television channel. It focuses on the tangled lives of two generations of two families.[1] Tangle was filmed in Melbourne and first screened on 1 October 2009.[2][3] It is written by Fiona Seres, Tony McNamara and Judi McCrossin, and directed by Jessica Hobbs, Matthew Saville and Stuart McDonald.[4] There were three seasons.
| Tangle | |
|---|---|
Current intertitle for Tangle. | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | John Edwards Imogen Banks Fiona Seres |
| Written by | Fiona Seres Tony McNamara Judi McCrossin |
| Directed by | Jessica Hobbs Matthew Saville Stuart McDonald Emma Freeman Michael James Rowland |
| Starring | Justine Clarke Ben Mendelsohn Catherine McClements Matt Day Kat Stewart Joel Tobeck Don Hany Eva Lazzaro Blake Davis Lincoln Younes Kick Gurry |
| Theme music composer | Bryony Marks |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Hugh Marks (Southern Star) Kim Vecera (Showtime) |
| Producers | John Edwards Imogen Banks |
| Production locations | Melbourne Kew, Abbotsford, Collins Street, Melbourne |
| Editors | Steve Evans Peter Carrodus |
| Running time | 50–55 minutes |
| Production company | Southern Star |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showcase |
| Release | 1 October 2009 – 29 April 2012 |
Plot edit
Season 1 edit
Tangle revolves around the intertwined lives of the Kovac and Williams families and their network of friends and extended family in and around Kew in Melbourne. Nat Manning (Kat Stewart) returned to her home town of Melbourne after ten years in the United Kingdom on the minor celebrity circuit. She created ripples and then waves in the lives of two clans already struggling under the weight of their myriad secrets. Ally (Justine Clarke) is the devoted wife of an aggressive and arrogant builder Vince (Ben Mendelsohn), mother of Romeo and Gigi (Lincoln Younes and Eva Lazarro), who is happy to have her sister Nat back. Politician Tim (Joel Tobeck), now a rising star in the State Parliament of Victoria, had an affair 15 years ago with Nat, and as a result, Nat became pregnant and gave birth to Max, now 15. Tim and his wife Christine (Catherine McClements) patched up their marriage and successfully fought for custody of Max (Blake Davis) and do not welcome her return to their lives. Meanwhile Ally’s husband Vince is having a torrid affair with divorcee Em, and his friend, a doctor Gabriel (Matt Day) has a secret lust for Ally. Gigi finally informs her mum Ally of Vince's affair, which had become an open secret due to numerous slipups by Vince. Ally confronts Vince in the Windsor Hotel. Vince tries to patch up his relationship with his family. A major property deal on a hospital site had been scuppered by Tim, and he had lost his friendship with Gabriel after the latter declared his love for Ally. Vince is unexpectedly killed in a random auto accident at the end of the series, leaving a cliffhanger.
Meanwhile, the older children, who all attend the same school in Melbourne's affluent Eastern Suburbs, are bound together when Max finds the dead body of a runner, who we see stumbling off the road at Yarra Bend in Melbourne and fatally hitting his head. Rather than report the death to the police, Max texts a photo to his friends, and they take the man's wallet and keys. Romeo and his friend, also the son of a state politician, cut off one of the man's fingers as a trophy, and Romeo hides it. His little sister finds it, informs on her brother, thus implicating the parents in the coverup. The friends, egged on mainly by Romeo, locate and visit his house (where he lived alone) over several nights, until they are found there by the police and heavily questioned and cautioned. A scandal is not what parent Tim needs, as he becomes a prominent public figure as State Minister for Health (he displaces a predecessor and terminally ill friend Pat, who commits suicide). The teenagers suffer less major setbacks in the second half of the series, which focuses on Max's growing relationship with his mother, Nat, the discovery of teen sex and young love, and how to deal with their parents whose lives are falling apart.
Season 2 edit
With Vince now gone, Vince’s secretive brother Joe Kovac (Kick Gurry) returns hoping to become a part of a family he was never allowed into. Spiros Georgiades (Don Hany) is recruited by the party as a political adviser to Tim, and develops an attraction to Christine. Tim makes a bid for the top job of Premier, but is kicked out of the party after an honest press conference. Ally and her children, Romeo and Gigi, make a fresh start in a new house. Nat meets a young, successful man and Gabriel's new outgoing girlfriend Sophie looks a lot like Ally (according to Nat).
Season 3 edit
Ally sheds some of love's illusions and begins to see life possibilities beyond her family and Gabriel. Both Romeo and Gigi need her less than she'd imagined, but in different ways, as they build their own lives. When Max moves away, Christine flirts with a parallel life at odds with all previous certainties. Gabriel and Ally finally get together as Nat reconnects with the sinister Michael Chubbievsky, a suspected drug dealer. Nat's chaos is the one constant.[5]
Cast edit
Main cast edit
| Actor | Role | First Episode | Last Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justine Clarke | Ally Kovac | 1.01 | 3.06 |
| Kat Stewart | Nat Manning | 1.01 | 3.06 |
| Catherine McClements | Christine Williams | 1.01 | 3.06 |
| Joel Tobeck | Tim Williams | 1.01 | 3.06 |
| Matt Day | Gabriel Lucas | 1.02 | 3.06 |
| Don Hany | Spiros Georgiades | 2.01 | 3.06 |
| Blake Davis | Max Williams | 1.01 | 3.06 |
| Lincoln Younes | Romeo Kovac | 1.01 | 3.06 |
| Eva Lazzaro | Gigi Kovac | 1.01 | 3.06 |
| Georgia Flood | Charlotte Barker | 1.01 | 3.06 |
| Kick Gurry | Joe Kovac | 2.01 | 3.06 |
| Ben Mendelsohn | Vince Kovac | 1.01 | 1.10 |
| Lucia Mastrantone | Em Barker | 1.01 | 1.09 |
Supporting cast edit
- Tony Rickards – Billy Hall
- Jane Allsop – Tanya Hicks
- Lucia Emmerichs – Ophelia Hicks
- Reef Ireland – Ned Dougherty
- Madeleine Jay – Kelly
- Alison Whyte – Nicky Barnham
- Maude Davey – Agatha
Season 1 edit
- John Brumpton – Bryan Dougherty
- Frank Gallacher – Pat Mahady
- Alicia Banit – Leah
- Simon Maiden – Stan/Voice of Yuri
Season 2 edit
- Adam Zwar – Huey Moss
- Leah Vandenberg – Elle Rosenthal
- Todd MacDonald – Paul
- Tim Draxl – Conrad
- Fiona Harris – Sophie
- Ryan Corr – Isaac
Season 3 edit
- Dan Wyllie – Michael Chubievsky
- Michael Clarke-Tokely – Luke Wintle
- Elle Mandalis – Miss Papas
- Nicholas Bell – Sean Roscoe
- Ben Schumann – Harvey
Notable guest cast edit
- Luke Hemsworth – John (2 episodes, 2009)
- Kate Jenkinson – Melanie (5 episodes, 2009–12)
- Lliam Amor – Robert Barker (2 episodes, 2009)
- Tony Nikolakopoulos – Gordon (3 episodes, 2009–10)
- Richard Sutherland – Jason (1 episode, 2009)
- Marta Kaczmarek – Psychic (1 episode, 2010)
- Alin Sumarwata – Julie (1 episode, 2010)
- Kevin Harrington – Ian (1 episode, 2012)
- John Flaus – Cemetery Keeper (1 episode, 2012)
- Jason Agius - Romeo Fighter Mate (1 episode, 2012)
Production edit
Showcase renewed Tangle for a third series on 12 December 2010 and production began in June 2011, ending in August.
Tangle is filmed in and around the city of Melbourne, usually set within the more affluent suburbs of the city. The new house in which Ally and her children move to in season three is in Black Rock, and Tim and Christine's house is in Kew. Some other locations that have been used to film throughout the series are:
- Studley Park
- Yarra Bend Park
- Prahran
- Abbotsford Convent
- Parliament House
- Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
- Spring Street
- Carlton
- Abbotsford
- North Melbourne
- Malvern East (Ally's house in Series 1)
- Camberwell (Nazareth House, Cornell St Camberwell - Romeo's school)
Broadcast edit
Australia
Republic of Ireland
Asia Pacific (numerous countries)
New Zealand
Poland
Canada
United Kingdom
- Amazon Prime Video (available from 5 April 2019),[7] and STV Player.[8]
United States
- Amazon Prime Video[9]
- Netflix Australia (2023)
DVD Releases edit
| DVD title | Date Released | Episodes | Discs | ACB rating | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | 15 April 2010[10] | 10 | 3 | M | 534 minutes |
| Series 2 | 18 November 2010[11] | 6 | 2 | MA15+ | 303 minutes |
| Series 3 | 3 October 2012[12] | 6 | 2 | MA15+ | 317 minutes |
| Series 1–3 | 5 December 2012[13] | 22 | 7 | MA15+ | 1154 minutes |
| Seasons 1–3 (repackaged) | 21 April 2021[14] | 22 | 7 | MA15+ | 1154 minutes |
Awards and nominations edit
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AACTA Awards | ||||
| 2010 | Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama | Catherine McClements | Won | [15] |
| Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama | Justine Clarke | Nominated | ||
| AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series | Tangle (Season 2) | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay in Television | Fiona Seres (for 2x5) | Nominated | ||
| Best Direction in Television | Emma Freeman (for 2x6) | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Best Television Drama Series | Tangle (season 3) | Nominated | [16] |
| ASTRA Awards | ||||
| 2010 | Most Outstanding Drama | Tangle (Season 1) | Nominated | [17] |
| Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor: Male | Ben Mendelsohn | Won | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor: Female | Justine Clarke | Won | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor: Male | Matt Day | Nominated | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor: Female | Catherine McClements | Nominated | ||
| Best New Talent | Eva Lazzaro | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | Most Outstanding Drama | Tangle (Season 2) | Nominated | [18][19] |
| Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor: Male | Don Hany | Nominated | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor: Female | Justine Clarke | Nominated | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor: Female | Catherine McClements | Won | ||
| 2013 | Most Outstanding Drama | Tangle (Season 3) | Won | [20] |
| Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor: Male | Lincoln Younes | Won | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor: Male | Dan Wyllie | Nominated | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor: Female | Justine Clarke | Nominated | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor: Female | Catherine McClements | Won | ||
| Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor: Female | Eva Lazzaro | Nominated | ||
| Australian Director' Guild Awards | ||||
| 2010 | Best Direction in a Television Drama Series | Stuart McDonald (for 1x9) | Won | [21] |
| IF Awards | ||||
| 2010 | "Out of the Box" Award | Eva Lazzaro | Nominated | |
| 2011 | "Out of the Box" Award | Blake Davis | Nominated | |
| Logie Awards | ||||
| 2010 | Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie | Tangle (Season 1) | Nominated | [22] |
| Most Outstanding Actor | Ben Mendelsohn | Nominated | ||
| Most Outstanding Actress | Justine Clarke | Nominated | ||
| Most Outstanding New Talent | Eva Lazzaro | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | Most Outstanding Actress | Justine Clarke | Nominated | [23] |
| Most Popular Actor | Don Hany (also for Offspring) | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Most Outstanding Drama Series | Tangle (Season 3) | Nominated | [24] |
| Most Outstanding Actress | Catherine McClements | Nominated | ||
| NSW Premier's Literary Awards | ||||
| 2010 | Script Writing | Fiona Seres (for 1x1) | Nominated | |
| Screen Music Awards | ||||
| 2010 | Best Television Theme | Bryony Marks | Nominated | |
| Best Music in a Television Series or Serial | Bryony Marks (for 1x1) | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | Best Music in a Television Series or Serial | Bryony Marks (for 2x6) | Nominated | |
References edit
- ^ Knox, David (24 July 2008). "Star cast ready to Tangle". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ Premieres on Showcase MCN
- ^ Airdate: Tangle TV Tonight
- ^ Knox, David (26 June 2008). "New Aussie drama series for Showtime". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ Season Three Showtime
- ^ http://sohotv.com.au/whats-on/series/55/tangle
- ^ "Tangle - Season 1". amzprime.maft.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Tangle". player.stv.tv. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Tangle - Season 1". Amazon. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Tangle - Series 1. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via Booktopia.
- ^ Tangle Series 2. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via Booktopia.
- ^ Tangle Series 3. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via Booktopia.
- ^ Tangle The Complete Series 1 - 3 (7 Discs). Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via Booktopia.
- ^ Tangle Seasons 1-3. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via Booktopia.
- ^ "AACTA Awards 2010". aacta.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Goodacre, Kate (4 December 2012). "AACTA Awards 2013 nominees: The Voice Australia, The Sapphires, more". digitalspy.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Knox, David (14 May 2010). "ASTRA Awards 2010: Nominees". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Knox, David (30 May 2011). "ASTRA Awards 2011: Nominees". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Knox, David (22 July 2011). "LifeStyle Channel dominates 2011 ASTRA Awards". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Knox, David (29 April 2013). "ASTRA Awards 2013: Nominees". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Australian Directors Guild unveils 2010 award winners". if.com.au. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2010 Logie Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2011 Logie Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2013 Logie Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
External links edit
- Tangle at IMDb
- Tangle on 7plus
- Tangle on 10Play