

Wildside
“Which Side Are You On?”
Wildside is an Australian police procedural television series broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to 1999. The show consisted of a one hour format that followed police interactions in inner Sydney. It starred Rachael Blake, Tony Martin, Richard Carter and Alex Dimitriades. Mary Coustas joined the series in a regular role late in its run, appearing in the last ten episodes. The series was filmed in Sydney. It was characterised by its use of ad lib dialogue and hand held camera work. It won several Logie Awards, including Silver Logies for outstanding work by Rachael Blake and Tony Martin for acting, as well as the Most Outstanding Miniseries Logie in 1998. It was also nominated for several Australian Film Institute Awards. A rerun of the series began in Australia on ABC1 in the early hours of Friday mornings, starting in September 2008.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
23-11-199750mA ram-raid on a clothes store by a group of homeless teenagers results in a high-speed police chase. Two officers end up dead but the teenagers escape. When two of them seek help f...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
23-11-199750mWith the aid of Maxine, Bill McCoy continues to search for his missing son, only to find a second mutilated body. Bill shows a video Joe gave him to Maxine, Gerry and Vince. With a...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
24-11-199750mBill tracks Candy to a strip bar where she works as an exotic dancer. From here Bill's search will take on a new light. After endless searching, Bill McCoy finds what appears to be...
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
24-11-199750mBill McCoy tries to help Joe turn his life around but his sudden disappearance pushes Bill to locate the man responsible for the young boys' murders before he claims another victim...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
04-02-199850mWhile Bill wrestles with his doubts over Reilly who has been accused of corruption, Maxine deals with Ralph, an elderly man with Alzheimer's who shows up at the crisis centre not b...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
11-02-199850mMaxine searches for Debbie, a prostitute working Canterbury Road. She's HIV positive and is possibly passing the infection on. Meanwhile, Bill faces his first day back on the polic...
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
18-02-199850mWhile partnered with Kim Devlin, Bill investigates the gang rape of a prostitute and discovers that one of the culprits may be the son of an MP who has been trying to rid the distr...
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
25-02-199850mWhen a single mother is brutally killed outside her home, McCoy has 48 hours to find her killer before having to turn the case over to Homicide. The woman's teenage son, a suspect...
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
04-03-199850mWith his father after him to find a more lucrative job, Vince takes on the case of an illegal Iraqi refugee caught up in Bill's investigation of a stolen car racket. Vince fights a...
- Ep 10
10.Episode 10
11-03-199850mDetectives McCoy and Devlin investigate the shooting of a robbery suspect by a young and inexperienced security guard. Maxine takes on the delicate case of an alleged sexual abuse...
- Ep 11
11.Episode 11
18-03-199850mMaxine is called out to a Rave party to attend the drug overdose of a teenage school girl. Despite Maxine's efforts, she is unable to save the girl, and has to break the news to th...
- Ep 12
12.Episode 12
18-03-199850mWhen a bikie gang war erupts in massacre, Bill McCoy is under pressure to make arrests and lay charges. On arrival at the scene it is discovered that one of the victims is Dean Tap...
- Ep 13
13.Episode 13
25-03-199850mMaxine, recovering from her gunshot wound, is full with the love of life. She feels invincible, having escaped death, and is in the mood to take risks. So daring she manages to del...
- Ep 14
14.Episode 14
01-04-199850mWhen a high-profile activist doctor is murdered in his home, Bill is not surprised when Virginia assigns him the investigation. However he is surprised when she tells him to take C...
- Ep 15
15.Episode 15
08-04-199850mBill and Charlie become involved in the investigation of a petrol station robbery where one of the victims turns out to be the son of a man Bill put away years before. The family b...
- Ep 16
16.Episode 16
15-04-199850mBill and Charlie pick up a young heroin addicted prostitute, Laurel Williams, at a Kings Cross porn shop owned by Half [ep 6 previously], Laurel's pimp. Laurel is an intelligent gi...
- Ep 17
17.Episode 17
22-04-199850mBill and Charlie investigate the horrific murder of a taxi driver. Maxine discovers the involvement in the murder of three street kids, Greg, Mitch and Mandy while overhearing thei...
- Ep 18
18.Episode 18
29-04-199850mBill and Charlie are called to the train station where they find seventeen-year-old Luke, naked and bound to a train carriage. Luke claims it was a buck's night prank, but Charlie...
- Ep 19
19.Episode 19
06-05-199850mMaxine has taken her sister, Nina, under her wing to help sort out her domestic crisis, and Bill and Charlie wrestle with racial violence on a housing estate.
- Ep 20
20.Episode 20
13-05-199850mMaxine is convinced that her sister was murdered by her husband but Bill and Charlie play it by the evidence. Bill reluctantly agrees to wire Maxine up, to get the confession they...
- Ep 21
21.Episode 21
20-05-199850mMcCoy's plans to nail a Vietnamese drug importer are complicated when a crusading Chinese mayor is gunned down.
- Ep 22
22.Episode 22
27-05-199850mMcCoy plays a waiting game using 80 million dollars worth of heroin as bait for "Mr. Big" while also continuing to look into the murders of Mayor Henry Li and Tran, a kid caught up...
- Ep 23
23.Episode 23
03-06-199850mBill and Deakin are searching for three escaped female prisoners, one of whom, Debbie, is a past client of the Centre. Debbie seeks Gerry's help to get money for a car and treatmen...
- Ep 24
24.Episode 24
10-06-199850mBill investigates a threat made against Carol Wilson, a State MP who has outrageous views on Aboriginals. He must offer her protection in the midst of an election rally in which sh...
- Ep 25
25.Episode 25
17-06-199850mFour Tongans are shot dead in the 180 Club which is a known Islander hangout. McCoy and Deakin investigate the crime scene where they run into Charlie Coustas, who's working on att...
- Ep 26
26.Episode 26
24-06-199850mIn a story about need to belong, Joe, Bill's son, is out on the edge and alone — an addict, and Bill knows that the only person who can save him is his dad. That means getting Tony...
- Ep 27
27.Episode 27
01-07-199850mCharlie finds himself faced with a conflict of interest when a childhood friend is charged with aggravated assault. Peter Simms, ex-con and junkie, violently bashes Sam Farmer, who...
- Ep 28
28.Episode 28
08-07-199850mVirginia becomes involved in helping her lover, Alan Sharkey, when his house is shot at in a driveby. She discovers Sharkey was targeted by a crooked cop, Ron Anders because he kno...
- Ep 29
29.Episode 29
15-07-199850mCharlie's gambling addiction leads him into the clutches of loan sharks and into temptation. Charlie can't lose, he's on a roll. So he borrows ten grand from loan sharks. And loses...
- Ep 30
30.Episode 30
22-07-199850mBill and Charlie investigate the murder of the publisher of a fashion magazine but Charlie is distracted by an attractive witness.
- Ep 31
31.Episode 31
29-07-199850mWith Charlie still sin-binned to desk work, Deakin and Bill have teamed up. Bill and Deakin find themselves in the middle of a tow-truck war after attend a stabbing at a road accid...
- Ep 32
32.Episode 32
05-08-199850mThe evil crime of paedophilia rears its ugly head in a powerful and moving episode of Wildside. Bill and Charlie become involved in searching for a missing hearing impaired child —...
- Ep 33
33.Episode 33
12-08-199850mBill and Charlie are called to a domestic. Bill witnesses a father, Sean O'Connor, hit his son and gets emotionally involved to the point where he has a complaint laid against him...
- Ep 34
34.Episode 34
19-08-199850mAn aborigine is mistaken for a wanted man and shot during a police raid. McCoy is left to pick up the pieces. Vince's experience with Naomi, the victim's wife, allows him to discov...
- Ep 35
35.Episode 35
26-08-199850mCharlie goes undercover in attempt to crack a drugs and extortion racket operated by a collusion of three people: a Greek Australian property developer — George Kasoulis, ex stand...
- Ep 36
36.Episode 36
02-09-199850mCharlie finds himself under pressure on three fronts — his promotion, his relationship with Maxine and his deepening involvement with the criminals he is investigating.
- Ep 37
37.Episode 37
09-09-199850mMcCoy takes on a new partner as he investigates a series of mutilation murders. Bill is quick to set his sights on a suspect but he is determined to prove the man's girlfriend was...
- Ep 38
38.Episode 38
16-09-199850mAfter a murder at a male brothel, a colleague of McCoy's comes under suspicion.
- Ep 39
39.Episode 39
23-09-199850mMcCoy and Charlie pursue an ex-cop they suspect of being a major cocaine importer. While dealing with the news of his ex-wife's death, McCoy is unaware his son has resurfaced at th...
- Ep 40
40.Episode 40
30-09-199850mBill is furious with Maxine for not telling him his son is back. Bill meets with Nick and discovers the truth about his reasons for returning. Bill is investigated by Internal Affa...
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