Bite Club (TV series)

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.

Bite Club
GenreCrime thriller
Written byJohn Ridley
Sarah Smith
Directed by
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Andy Ryan
  • Jo Rooney
  • David Maher
  • David Taylor
  • Sarah Smith
Producer(s)Sue Seeary
Production location(s)Sydney, Australia
Running time44 minutes[1]
Production company(s)Playmaker Media
Release
Original networkNine Network
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatStereo
Original release15 August (2018-08-15) –
3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

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 5Wayne Blair12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)306489-5469,000[15]
6Episode 6Wayne Blair19 September 2018 (2018-09-19)306489-6449,000[16]
7Episode 7Peter Andrikidis26 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]

Ratings
No. Title Air date Overnight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers		 Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1 Episode 1 15 August 2018 509,0001790,00015599,000 [11][20]
2 Episode 2 22 August 2018 443,00019105,00017548,000 [12][21]
3 Episode 3 29 August 2018 490,00017104,00013594,000 [13][22]
4 Episode 4 5 September 2018 456,00017108,00013564,000 [14][23]
5 Episode 5 12 September 2018 469,00017104,00016573,000 [15][24]
6 Episode 6 19 September 2018 449,00020103,00017552,000 [16][25]
7 Episode 7 26 September 2018 435,00018124,00014559,000 [17][26]
8 Episode 8 3 October 2018 505,000163,00016508,000 [18][27]

Home media

The Complete Series of Bite Club is available on 9now.

You can also stream Bite Club Season 1 on Stan in Australia

Title Format Ep # Release Date Expiry Date Special Features Distributors
Bite Club Streaming 08 2019 Interviews With Cast

Best Moments

9 Now
gollark: A useful combinator:```haskells :: t1 -> (((t2 -> t2 -> t3 -> t4) -> t2 -> (t2 -> (t2 -> t2 -> t3 -> t4) -> t3) -> t4) -> t1 -> (IO a -> a) -> t5) -> t5s x k = k z x unsafePerformIO```
gollark: servant-generic:```This package has been merged into servant 0.14.1, please use that instead if available.```
gollark: *magic*
gollark: I think that it'd basically create the following lists:0 1 1 21 1 2 3 (shifted ahead by one)and then sum them to1 2 3 5
gollark: You know, given the existence of the automatic pointfree-izer thing... we need a thing to automatically run this on entire projects.

References
  1. "Killer cast for Nine's new crime thriller Bite Club". Screen Australia. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. Knox, David (4 October 2017). "Bite Club drama coming to Nine". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. Knox, David (11 October 2017). "Renewals underpin Nine's 2018 Slate". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. "Entertainment On Nine In 2018". Nine Entertainment co. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. King, Jacqui (12 October 2017). "Home And Away star Pia Miller starring in new crime thriller". TV Week. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. Knox, David (2 August 2018). "Airdate: Bite Club". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  7. "Everything we know so far about Bite Club". TV Week. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. Knox, David (17 January 2018). "Vale: Jessica Falkholt". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. Swain, Sarah (6 December 2017). "Manly will be the star of new TV show Bite Club, as filming wraps". Manly Daily. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  10. Knox, David (7 December 2017). "Filming wraps on Bite Club". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  11. Knox, David (16 August 2018). "Wednesday 15 August 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  12. Knox, David (23 August 2018). "Wednesday 22 August 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  13. Knox, David (30 August 2018). "Wednesday 29 August 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  14. Wednesday 5 September 2018 - TV Tonight
  15. Wednesday 12 September 2018 - TV Tonight
  16. Wednesday 19 September 2018 - TV Tonight
  17. Wednesday 26 September 2018 - TV Tonight
  18. Wednesday 3 October 2018 - TV Tonight
  19. Knox, David (11 August 2018). "Bite Club". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  20. Timeshifted: Wednesday 15 August 2018
  21. Timeshifted: Wednesday 22 August 2018
  22. Timeshifted: Wednesday 29 August 2018
  23. Timeshifted: Wednesday 5 September 2018
  24. Timeshifted: Wednesday 12 September 2018
  25. Timeshifted: Wednesday 19 September 2018
  26. Timeshifted: Wednesday 26 September 2018
  27. Timeshifted: Wednesday 3 October 2018
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