TV series
Jackson's Wharf
1999–2001 · 2 seasons
A slow, salty small-town drama where old family wounds surface over pub counters and everyone knows everyone's business. Quietly absorbing rather than flashy.
- Created by
- Gavin Strawhan, Rachel Lang
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Joel Tobeck, Paul McLaughlin, Sara Wiseman
- Overview
- Jackson's Wharf was a New Zealand television series created by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang. Set in a fictional coastal town, the series told the story of a sibling rivalry between brothers Frank, the town cop, and Ben Jackson, a big-town lawyer. After inheriting the local pub from his recently deceased father, Ben returns to the small town with his family, with his arrival bringing its fair sheer of drama and conflict to the small township.
- How it feels
- Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, betrayal, grief, identity
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Gavin Strawhan, Rachel Lang
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Joel Tobeck, Paul McLaughlin, Sara Wiseman
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