Wild Boys
| Wild Boys | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Period drama |
| Starring |
Daniel MacPherson Zoe Ventoura Michael Dorman David Field Nathaniel Dean Alex England Anna Hutchison Christopher Stollery Jeremy Sims Krew Boylan Mathew Burn |
| Composer(s) | Michael Lira and David McCormack |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Julie McGauran Sarah Smith |
| Production company(s) | Southern Star Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 4 September – 20 November 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Wild Boys is an Australian television period drama series that began airing on the Seven Network on 4 September 2011. It is produced by Julie McGauran and Sarah Smith from Southern Star and John Holmes. The series is set in and around the fictional town of Hopetoun and principally filmed in Wilberforce on the Hawkesbury, Nelson, and Glenworth Valley on the New South Wales Central Coast. The series premiered in the UK on TCM UK on 3 March 2013.
The series was not renewed for a second season due to low viewership.
The pilot episode establishes the character of Jack Keenan (Daniel MacPherson) and his friend Dan Sinclair (Michael Dorman), bushrangers in 1860s' colonial New South Wales. Their robberies target those travelling by horse and cart as they usually carry with them a large amount of valuables. One such robbery attempt proves to be unsuccessful and another bushranger, Hogan, (who is usually at heads with the morals of Jack and Dan) assists them but lets his identity slip.
One of the victims of this robbery is the new Police Superintendent of Hopetoun, Francis Fuller (Jeremy Sims) and he wants to kill Jack and Dan at any cost. Jack returns to the town and stays at the inn owned and run by Mary Barrett (Zoe Ventoura) with whom he has a relationship. Mary however is angry at Jack as he hasn't been back for about three months. Fuller searches the town for Jack and Dan and almost catches them at the inn, but does catch and kills Hogan who he recognised from the robbery. Fuller ambushes Jack and Dan on another robbery attempt and they are captured.
On the way to their trial at court Fuller plans to kill Jack, Dan and an innocent farrier Conrad Fischer (Alex England) who is arrested under the pretence that he stole a horse. He wishes to eliminate Conrad as he knows that Emelia Fife (Anna Hutchison), the mayor's daughter has feelings for Conrad and Fuller too likes her. When the three men realise that they are about to be killed, they escape from the cart, hijack the horses and ride off. In order to pay for new guns they decide to rob the Hopetoun police station of the police payroll.
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