Adapted from the detective novels by author Peter Temple, Jack Irish began life as three feature-length movies before being adapted into an ongoing series. Two six-episode blocks of the series have been broadcast thus far.
Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing have worked together on a number of projects: Mystery Road (2013) Jack Irish (2016) Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) Jack Irish: Black Tide (2012) Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)
"Black Tide" was watched by an average of 851,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the thirteenth most watched programme of the week.