in the ten year since wildside air and nothing have really come close to it quality in local production . this include the two series of the enjoyable but overrate underbelly and which have bring to life event in the recent criminal history of both sydney and melbourne . the miniseries blue murder ( which also star tony martin and but a someone on the other side of the law ) may be the exception . wildside be currently be repeat late at night on the abc . have not watch the show in quite a while and i be still impress by it uncompromising story line and very human character . the cast be excellent represent tony martin a a detective haunt by the disappearance of his son and rachael blake ( who later hook up with martin in real life ) a a community worker struggle with alcoholism and and alex dimitriades a a young cop whose vice be gamble . equally good support role be provide by aaron pederson and jessica napier and mary coustas ( yes and effie herself ) and and a young abbie cornish . the abc inexplicably release only the first three episode on dvd a couple of year ago . the logic of this sort of marketing be beyond me and but i be guess it may have something to do with licensing disagreement with the original producer . a great series which have age remarkably well . here hop the abc dvd department get it act together . ( accord to a moderator on an abc message board and some sort of further dvd release be due in december 2009 ) .