Safe Harbour (TV series)


Safe Harbour is a four-part Australian thriller drama series, devised by Belinda Chayko, that first broadcast on SBS on 7 March 2018. Produced by Matchbox Pictures, directed by Glendyn Ivin and written by Belinda Chayko, Matt Cameron and Phil Enchelmaier, the series which is based on an original idea of Phil Enchelmaier and Simon Kennedy, follows a group of friends who travel from Brisbane on a sailing holiday of a lifetime to Indonesia, who cross paths with a fishing boat overloaded with asylum seekers en route to Australia, which alters their lives forever.
The series was produced Stephen Corvini, with Sue Masters as executive producer. The critically acclaimed show was also nominated for an International Emmy in 2019. Outside Australia, the series was made available for streaming on Hulu in the United States, and was broadcast on BBC Four in the United Kingdom from 2 February 2019. The series was released on Region 4 DVD on 18 April 2018.
It aired on television in Ireland on RTÉ2 from July 2019.

Reception

Luke Buckmaster of Guardian Australia described the series as "deeply compelling". Mama Mia's entertainment editor Laura Brodnik praised the series, claiming that it left viewers asking one nagging question: "What would you do?".
Wenlei Ma of news.com.au described the series as "unmissable", writing; "When Australian TV is seemingly filled, wall-to-wall, with one same-same reality franchise after another, it can be hard to find quality Australian stories that offer you something new. This is one, and you best not miss it."
In 2019, the series was nominated for an International Emmy.

Cast