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.
GenreDrama
Created byJohn Edwards
Imogen Banks
Fiona Seres
Written byFiona Seres
Tony McNamara
Judi McCrossin
Directed byJessica Hobbs
Matthew Saville
Stuart McDonald
Emma Freeman
Michael James Rowland
StarringJustine Clarke
Ben Mendelsohn
Catherine McClements
Matt Day
Kat Stewart
Joel Tobeck
Don Hany
Eva Lazzaro
Blake Davis
Lincoln Younes
Kick Gurry
Theme music composerBryony Marks
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes22 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersHugh Marks (Southern Star)
Kim Vecera (Showtime)
ProducersJohn Edwards
Imogen Banks
Production locationsMelbourne
Kew,
Abbotsford, Collins Street, Melbourne
EditorsSteve Evans
Peter Carrodus
Running time50–55 minutes
Production companySouthern Star
Release
Original networkShowcase
Original release1 October 2009 (2009-10-01) 
29 April 2012 (2012-04-29)

Plot

Season 1

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

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

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

Main cast

ActorRoleFirst EpisodeLast Episode
Justine ClarkeAlly Kovac1.013.06
Kat StewartNat Manning1.013.06
Catherine McClementsChristine Williams1.013.06
Joel TobeckTim Williams1.013.06
Matt DayGabriel Lucas1.023.06
Don HanySpiros Georgiades2.013.06
Blake DavisMax Williams1.013.06
Lincoln YounesRomeo Kovac1.013.06
Eva LazzaroGigi Kovac1.013.06
Georgia FloodCharlotte Barker1.013.06
Kick GurryJoe Kovac2.013.06
Ben MendelsohnVince Kovac1.011.10
Lucia MastrantoneEm Barker1.011.09

Supporting cast

  • 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

Season 2

Season 3

Notable guest cast

Production

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:

Broadcast

Australia

Republic of Ireland

Asia Pacific (numerous countries)

New Zealand

Poland

Canada

United Kingdom

United States

  • Amazon Prime Video[9]
  • Netflix Australia (2023)

DVD Releases

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

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

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  2. Premieres on Showcase MCN
  3. Airdate: Tangle TV Tonight
  4. Knox, David (26 June 2008). "New Aussie drama series for Showtime". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  5. Season Three Showtime
  6. http://sohotv.com.au/whats-on/series/55/tangle
  7. "Tangle - Season 1". amzprime.maft.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  8. "Tangle". player.stv.tv. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  9. "Tangle - Season 1". Amazon. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  10. Tangle - Series 1. Retrieved 27 June 2021 via Booktopia.
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  12. Tangle Series 3. Retrieved 27 June 2021 via Booktopia.
  13. Tangle The Complete Series 1 - 3 (7 Discs). Retrieved 27 June 2021 via Booktopia.
  14. Tangle Seasons 1-3. Retrieved 27 June 2021 via Booktopia.
  15. "AACTA Awards 2010". aacta.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  16. Goodacre, Kate (4 December 2012). "AACTA Awards 2013 nominees: The Voice Australia, The Sapphires, more". digitalspy.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  17. Knox, David (14 May 2010). "ASTRA Awards 2010: Nominees". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  18. Knox, David (30 May 2011). "ASTRA Awards 2011: Nominees". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  19. Knox, David (22 July 2011). "LifeStyle Channel dominates 2011 ASTRA Awards". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  20. Knox, David (29 April 2013). "ASTRA Awards 2013: Nominees". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  21. "Australian Directors Guild unveils 2010 award winners". if.com.au. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  22. "2010 Logie Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  23. "2011 Logie Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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