Hit, run, oh sh#t: NITV and SBS get RECKLESS with filming underway in Western Australia
NITV, SBS, Screen Australia and Screenwest are thrilled to announce that production has commenced in Western Australia on BBC Studios Productions Australia’s RECKLESS, a darkly comic thriller set in and around Fremantle.
Leading a powerhouse Australian cast is acclaimed actress Tasma Walton (The Twelve, Mystery Road) and AACTA Award winner Hunter Page-Lochard (The Newsreader, Critical Incident) as two feuding siblings who are forced to work together to get away with an accidental hit and run death that spirals wildly out of control in their hometown of Fremantle.
The fearless creative vision behind Reckless is led by Executive Producer and writer, Kodie Bedford (Return to Paradise, Mystery Road), who returns home to WA to make the four-part series.
Joining Tasma and Hunter on Reckless is a stand out cast featuring Jessica De Gouw (The Couple Next Door, The Survivors), Clarence Ryan (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Mystery Road: Origin), Jane Harber (Offspring, Limbo) and Tracy Mann (The Twelve, Top End Bub) as well as Duncan Fellows (Deadloch, The Letdown), Perry Mooney (Population:11, Gold Diggers), Kelton Pell (Mystery Road: Origin, Redfern Now), Matthew Dyktynski (Japanese Story, Offspring), Paul Tassone (The Twelve, Pokerface), Peter Rowsthorn (Kath and Kim, Three Summers), Steve Le Marquand (The Twelve, Mystery Road: Origin), and newcomer Maddie Young.
Executive Producer and writer, Kodie Bedford said: “From day one, I wanted to make a bold show with audacious characters that felt unapologetically Western Australian. I’m so bloody happy to be home telling this yarn with a team of creatives who have all shared the vision and taken it somewhere even wilder than I ever imagined.”
Directed by Beck Cole (Deadloch S1 and S2, High Country, Wentworth), the series is produced by Andy Walker (Deadloch, The Survivors) and Executive Produced by Kylie Washington (Ghosts Australia, The Office) and Kodie Bedford (Return to Paradise, Mystery Road). Co-Executive Producers are Megan Palinkas (Heartbreak High, The Heights) and Beck Cole with Fiona McConaghy (Bay of Fires S2, NCIS Sydney) serving as co-producer. The series is written by Kodie Bedford and Stuart Page (Total Control, Cleverman).
NITV Head of Indigenous Commissioning and Production, Dena Curtis and SBS Head of Scripted, Nakul Legha said: “NITV and SBS are thrilled to introduce Reckless, a tense and darkly funny thriller packed with sharp twists and unforgettable characters. We are so proud that writer and Executive Producer Kodie Bedford is returning home to Australia and to the SBS network to lead her first series. The stellar cast**,** creative team and incredible support of our partners at BBC Studios, Screen Australia and Screenwest is testament to the ambition of this series. It marks a new chapter for the SBS network, pushing boundaries with bold, human stories. We look forward to Reckless thrilling and delighting audiences later this year.”
EVP and General Manager, Global Entertainment Australia, BBC Studios Australia and New Zealand, Kylie Washington said: “We’re elated to be bringing Reckless to life with such an exceptional team of creatives and talent. This series is a perfect example of BBC Studios’ ambition to craft and share the world’s most compelling stories – unapologetically Western Australian, darkly funny, and deeply human. We can’t wait for audiences to experience the wild ride at the heart of this story, and we’re proud to be partnering with SBS, NITV, Screen Australia and Screenwest to bring this story to screens throughout Australia and beyond.”
Screen Australia First Nations Department Development and Investment Manager Jorjia Gillis said:“Kodie Bedford is a prolific screenwriting talent who has cut her teeth on some of Australia’s most distinctive dramas. Reckless presents an exciting opportunity for her to lead a wickedly funny drama that is unapologetically Western Australian mob. Working alongside such a dynamic creative team in Stuart Page, Andy Walker, with Beck Cole at the helm, I’ve no doubt audiences here and around the world are going to be hooked by this laugh out loud funny and engrossing crime drama.”
Screenwest Chief Executive Officer, Rikki Lea Bestall said: “We are so excited to see Reckless kick off production in Perth this week, led by the uber talented Western Australian First Nations Writer-Executive Producer Kodie Bedford and starring Western Australians Tasma Walton and Jessica De Gouw. This production continues a strong pipeline of television series being produced in WA showcasing the amazing creative talent we have in our State.”
Reckless is an adaptation of the Scottish mystery thriller TV series Guilt, written by Neil Forsyth, which premiered on both BBC Two and BBC Scotland in 2019.
Reckless is a BBC Studios Productions Australia production for SBS. Major production investment from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department, SBS and Screenwest and The Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive, in association with Screen NSW. International sales by Federation Studios. Post, digital and visual effects supported by Screen NSW.
Reckless will premiere on NITV, SBS and SBS on Demand later this year.
RECKLESS – Tasma Walton as JUNE and Hunter Page-Lochard as CHARLIE – Photograph by David Dare Parker
