The second season of the Australian drama television series Wonderland, began airing on 15 October 2014 on Network Ten and will conclude on 19 November 2014. The season airs on Wednesdays at 8:30pm.
Production On 22 January 2014, it was announced that Network Ten had ordered another 22 episodes of Wonderland to air in 2014 and 2015.
Rick Maier, the head of Drama at Ten stated, "All power to the cast and crew who delivered such a fun show for us last year. We are looking forward to more stories of love, lust and intrigue from the busiest and most romantic block of flats in the country." Filming for the second season began in March 2014.
Of the second season, Jo Porter, the director of Drama at Fremantle Media stated, "We will be building on the strengths of the warmth, romance and humour of our Wonderland residents. In season two viewers will share unexpected twists and turns, fast-paced storylines and dramatic cliff hangers that will test all our characters. We are looking forward to viewers getting to know Australia's favourite flatmates even better as they face love affairs, break-ups and revelations of deep secrets within the Wonderland building. We all can't wait to get started."
Plot Set in an apartment building on the doorstep of one of Australia's most beautiful beaches, Wonderland is a warm, light-hearted and engaging relationship drama revolving around four very different couples as they navigate the pitfalls of love, meet the challenges life presents head on, and pursue their dreams.
With an idyllic beachside as the backdrop, the residents of Wonderland show that holding down a dream relationship, an attractive career and maintaining solid friendships is sometimes anything other than plain sailing.
Cast
Main cast Anna Bamford as Miranda Beaumont Michael Dorman as Tom Wilcox Emma Lung as Collette Riger Tracy Mann as Maggie Wilcox Glenn McMillan as Carlos Dos Santos Ben Mingay as Rob Duffy Tim Ross as Steve Beaumont Brooke Satchwell as Grace Barnes Jessica Tovey as Dani Varvaris
Recurring cast Les Hill as Max Saliba (9 episodes) Ewen Leslie as Nick Deakin (8 episodes) Martin Sacks as Callan Beaumont (7 episodes) Simone Kessell as Sasha Clarke (7 episodes) Michael Booth as Harry Hewitt (6 episodes) Elise Jansen as Ava McGuire (5 episodes) Peter Phelps as Warwick Wilcox (4 episodes) Maggie Dence as Ruth MacPherson (2 episodes) Roy Billing as Peter Varvaris (2 episodes) Joy Smithers as Felicity Philips (2 episodes)
Guest cast Heloisa McMillan as Mama (2 episodes) Claire Lovering as Rebecca Morris (2 episode) Sandy Winton as Liam (2 episodes) Helen Dallimore as Bianca Deakin (1 episode) Lydia Sarks as Leigh Burrows (1 episode) Renee Lim as Song Luu (1 episode) Daniel Krige as Alex (1 episode) Mirko Grillini as Trent Morris (1 episode) Christie Whelan Browne as Kristen (1 episode)
Casting Former Rescue Special Ops actor, Les Hill and former Blue Heelers actor, Martin Sacks both joined the supporting cast as Max Saliba and Cal Beaumont, respectively. Christie Whelan Browne will reprise her character of Kristen in one episode.
Episodes
Ratings EpisodeTitleOriginal airdateOvernight ViewersConsolidated ViewersNightly RankAdjusted Rank 2–1 "Relationship Status" 13 August 2014 0.519 0.606 Not in Top 20 – 2-2 "Standing in Line" 20 August 2014 0.532 0.642 20 – 2–3 "Fear of Missing Out" 27 August 2014 0.501 0.625 Not in Top 20 – 2–4 "First World Problems" 3 September 2014 0.532 0.633 Not in Top 20 – 2–5 "Monogamy" 10 September 2014 0.478 0.565 Not in Top 20 – 2–6 "Full Disclosure" 17 September 2014 0.458 0.573 Not in Top 20 – 2–7 "Narcissism" 24 September 2014 0.418 0.529 Not in Top 20 – 2–8 "Liking" 1 October 2014 0.458 0.582 Not in Top 20 – 2–9 "Milestones" 8 October 2014 0.443 0.578 Not in Top 20 – 2-10 Home 15 October 2014 0.458 0.534 Not in Top 20 – 2-11 Secrets 22 October 2014 0.447 0.571 Not in Top 20 – 2-12 Sex 29 October 2014 0.463 0.589 Not in Top 20 – 2-13 Burn 5 November 2014 0.452 0.558 Not in Top 20 – 2-14 Haunted 12 November 2014 0.455 0.588 Not in Top 20 – 2-15 Blind 19 November 2014 0.429 0.538 19 15 Figures are OzTAM Data for the 5 City Metro areas. Overnight – Live broadcast and recordings viewed the same night. Consolidated – Live broadcast and recordings viewed within the following seven days.
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