Satisfaction (Australian TV series)

Satisfaction
Logo for the series
Genre	Drama
Created by
Starring	Kestie Morassi Alison Whyte Madeleine West Diana Glenn Peta Sergeant Bojana Novakovic Dustin Clare Camille Keenan Renai Caruso
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer
Producers	Andy Walker
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	Showcase
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	5 December 2007 (2007-12-05) – 9 February 2010 (2010-02-09)

Satisfaction is an Australian television drama series which screened on the subscription television channel Showcase. It also screens in the Republic of Ireland on free-to-air channel TV3 and its sister channel 3e, and in New Zealand on free-to-air channel TV2 respectively.

The series was filmed in Melbourne, and was created by writer/producer Roger Simpson with producer Andy Walker and executive producer Kim Vecera. It centres on the lives and loves of a group of women who are sex workers in a high class brothel.

Production for the third season began in June 2009 and commenced screening in December 2009.^[1]

On 31 December 2010, it was revealed by TV Tonight that Satisfaction was officially cancelled, and that season 3 was the last season in production.^[2]

Synopsis[]

Satisfaction is set in and around '232', an up-market city brothel. The show is centred on five high class escorts and their manager as they juggle the pressures of their private lives with their profession. Chloe (Diana Glenn) tells her 14-year-old daughter that she works in a casino, but realises that she will fairly soon learn the truth. Mel (Madeleine West) is being pursued by Nick (Robert Mammone), the owner of '232', whose daughter, Natalie (Kestie Morassi), is the manager. Tippi (Bojana Novakovic), a beautiful and vivacious young blonde, is taking classes in creative writing. Heather (Peta Sergeant), a dominatrix, is a lesbian whose partner, Ally, is desperate to have a baby. And Lauren (Alison Whyte), an older woman who works as receptionist, is toying with the idea of moving away from the desk and becoming a sex worker.

Cast[]

season one main cast members from left to right, Diana Glenn as Chloe, Madeleine West as Mel, Kestie Morassi as Natalie, Peta Sergeant as Heather, Bojana Novakovic as Tippi, and Alison Whyte as Lauren

Main[]

Recurring[]

Episodes[]

Reception[]

The series received very positive reviews from critics in Australia. The West Australian gave the show rave reviews, saying "the characters are fleshed out, the drama is feasible and the script is sophisticated enough to side-step the obvious clichés of the sex industry. While the setting and characters are glamorous and gorgeous, there are no Pretty Woman-style illusions about the job...". TV Tonight also thought the series was quite good, noting that "for all its empathy Satisfaction is like dipping your toes into a warm bath and sipping on the best champagne. It skews consciously toward the high end of prostitution to ample success. But like their wealthy clients, you’ll need to be a high-class customer of Foxtel to slip off your shoes first, an irony some programmers may have missed."

In 2014, an American series titled Satisfaction debuted. Although it shared a title with the Australian series, and also dealt with the topic of escorting, the series is not related to this one.

Awards and nominations[]

Awards[]

The APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards are issued by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) at an annual ceremony.^[3][4]

International broadcasters[]

After its 2008 Australian release, Satisfaction was sold to over 20 countries across the world.

• Argentina on I.Sat
• Belgium on vtm
• Brazil on HBO and GNT
• Bulgaria on AXN
• Canada on Super Écran and Super Channel
• Chile on HBO and I.Sat
• Colombia on HBO
• Costa Rica on HBO
• Czech Republic on AXN and TV Barrandov
• Denmark on TV2 Zulu
• Estonia on Kanal 2
• Finland on MTV3
• Hungary on AXN
• Ireland on TV3 and 3e
• Israel on HOT3
• Italy on Fox Life and Cielo
• Japan on Fox Life
• Mexico on HBO
• New Zealand on TV2 (New Zealand)
• North Macedonia on Kanal 5
• Norway on TV Norge
• Paraguay on HBO and HBO Plus
• Poland on AXN and TVN Style
• Portugal on SIC Mulher and AXN Black
• South Africa on M-Net
• Russia on MZTV and SONYENTERTEIMENT

Series^[5]

• France on Paris Première
• United Kingdom on ITV2
• Venezuela on HBO
• Greece on Makedonia TV Makedonia TV

See also[]

• List of Australian television series

References[]

External links[]

• Satisfaction at IMDb