Bite Club (TV series)

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Bite Club
Genre Crime thriller
Written byJohn Ridley
Sarah Smith
Directed by
Starring
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Andy Ryan
  • Jo Rooney
  • David Maher
  • David Taylor
  • Sarah Smith
ProducerSue Seeary
Production location Sydney, Australia
Running time44 minutes [1]
Production company Playmaker Media
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release15 August (2018-08-15) –
3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

Bite Club is an Australian crime thriller television series which aired on the Nine Network from 15 August to 3 October 2018. The show centres around a group of shark attack survivors, named the "Bite Club", who are being targeted by a serial killer. It stars Todd Lasance and Ash Ricardo as Detectives Dan Cooper and Zoe Rawlings, along with Dominic Monaghan as Senior Constable Stephen Langley.

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Production

On 4 October 2017, the series was announced, with Dominic Monaghan set to star in a lead role. [2] On 11 October, the series was officially confirmed at Nine's upfronts set to air in 2018. [3] [4] The eight-part series began airing on 15 August 2018. [5] [6]

The show centres around a group of shark attack survivors, named the "Bite Club", who are being targeted by a serial killer. [5] Todd Lasance and Ash Ricardo play Detectives Dan Cooper and Zoe Rawlings, who are trying to catch the killer. Monaghan plays Senior Constable Stephen Langley. [7] The rest of the cast includes, Damian Walshe-Howling as psychologist Kristof Olsen, Deborah Mailman as Superintendent Anna Morton, Robert Mammone as Detective Sergeant Jim Russo, Marny Kennedy as semi-pro surfer Amber Wells, Darcie Irwin-Simpson as Detective Claire Hobson, Arka Das as Forensic Specialist Depak Chaudhary, and Pia Miller as Zoe's best friend Kate Summers. [6] [5] [7] Actress Jessica Falkholt will make a posthumous appearance, following her death on 17 January 2018. [8]

Bite Club is written by Sarah Smith and John Ridley, and directed by Peter Andrikidis, Geoff Bennett, Wayne Blair and Jennifer Leacey. [1]

Bite Club began filming on-location in the suburb of Manly in September 2017. [9] Filming took place at Dee Why, Curl Curl Beach and The Steyne pub. [9] The Manly Pavilion became the outside of a police station, while the interior rooms were built at North Head. [9] Other locations considered for the show's setting included Bondi and Maroubra. [9] Filming for the series ended on 7 December 2017. [10]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byOriginal air dateProd.
code		Aus. viewers
1Episode 1Geoff Bennett15 August 2018 (2018-08-15)306489-1509,000 [11]
2Episode 2Jennifer Leacey22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)306489-2443,000 [12]
3Episode 3Jennifer Leacey29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)306489-3490,000 [13]
4Episode 4Geoff Bennett5 September 2018 (2018-09-05)306489-4456,000 [14]
5Episode 5 Wayne Blair 12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)306489-5469,000 [15]
6Episode 6Wayne Blair19 September 2018 (2018-09-19)306489-6449,000 [16]
7Episode 7 Peter Andrikidis 26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)306489-7435,000 [17]
8Episode 8Peter Andrikidis3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)306489-8505,000 [18]

Reception

Critical reception

David Knox of TV Tonight gave the opening episode two and a half stars out of five. [19] He wrote, "Melodrama is part of the problem of this drama which needs to commit to one of the two genres it straddles. For a crime about a serial killer the travelogue shots and warm hues is pretty confusing." [19] Knox disliked Leacey's "sluggish" direction, and felt that the episode was lacking in energy. [19] He added that the first episode needed to be stronger, with "a bit more teeth to take hold." [19]

In 2020, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun included Bite Club in her feature about "long forgotten Australian TV dramas that made viewers switch off." [20] Byrne called the premise "ridiculous", but said the drama "looked good" with its location shots and the cast were "impressive." [20] She continued: "But the audience simply did not buy the storyline and did not care about the show. It came and went very quickly as a blink-and-you-miss-it one season wonder." [20]

Ratings

No.TitleAir dateOvernight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers		Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1Episode 115 August 2018509,0001790,00015599,000 [11] [21]
2Episode 222 August 2018443,00019105,00017548,000 [12] [22]
3Episode 329 August 2018490,00017104,00013594,000 [13] [23]
4Episode 45 September 2018456,00017108,00013564,000 [14] [24]
5Episode 512 September 2018469,00017104,00016573,000 [15] [25]
6Episode 619 September 2018449,00020103,00017552,000 [16] [26]
7Episode 726 September 2018435,00018124,00014559,000 [17] [27]
8Episode 83 October 2018505,000163,00016508,000 [18] [28]

Home media

The complete series of Bite Club is available on 9Now and Stan in Australia.

TitleFormatEp #Release DateExpiry DateSpecial FeaturesDistributor
Bite ClubStreaming082019Interviews With Cast
Best Moments		 9Now

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  22. ↑ Timeshifted: Wednesday 22 August 2018
  23. ↑ Timeshifted: Wednesday 29 August 2018
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  25. ↑ Timeshifted: Wednesday 12 September 2018
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