{"id":23684,"date":"2021-07-14T19:45:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T23:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=23684"},"modified":"2021-07-14T19:45:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T23:45:07","slug":"showtimer-to-air-drama-series-wakefield-starring-rudi-dharmalingam-series-to-make-u-s-premiere-on-monday-october-18-9pm-et-pt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/14\/showtimer-to-air-drama-series-wakefield-starring-rudi-dharmalingam-series-to-make-u-s-premiere-on-monday-october-18-9pm-et-pt\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime(R) to Air Drama Series &#8220;Wakefield&#8221; &#8211; Starring Rudi Dharmalingam, Series to Make U.S. Premiere on Monday, October 18 @ 9PM ET\/PT"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23685\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23685\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wakefeild.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wakefeild.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wakefeild-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rudi Dharmalingam as Nik Katira in WAKEFIELD. Photo Credit: Mark Rogers\/Jungle Entertainment\/ABC\/BBC Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SHOWTIME has picked up the Australian drama series WAKEFIELD, starring British actor Rudi Dharmalingam (<em>The Split, In The Shadow of The Moon<\/em>). Scheduled to premiere on Monday, October 18 @ 9PM ET\/PT on SHOWTIME with an eight-episode season, WAKEFIELD is a psychological drama that shines a comedic light on what happens when the sanest individual working in a psych ward begins to lose his grip.<\/p>\n<p>A Jungle Entertainment production, WAKEFIELD is executive produced by showrunners Kristen Dunphy and Sam Meikle. The series is directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (T<em>he Dressmaker, How To Make an American Quilt<\/em>) and Kim Mordaunt (<em>The Rocket<\/em>). The announcement was made today by Gary Levine and Jana Winograde, Presidents of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4170175171\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The series, which aired earlier this year on Australian Broadcasting Corporation and is inspired by show creator Dunphy&#8217;s personal experiences, follows Nik Katira (Dharmalingam) who after years working as psych nurse at Wakefield, is exceptionally good at his job. 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