The wildly popular 90s teen series was known for its grittiness and honesty, tackling storylines involving sex, drugs, domestic violence and racism
“Don’t worry, we won’t fuck it up,” Que Minh Luu, Netflix’s director of originals in Australia, said upon the announcement that her first secured commission for the local production arm of the streaming giant was a reboot of 1990s teen hit Heartbreak High.
Set in
Sydney, Heartbreak High was Australia’s answer to Degrassi: a high school-based TV drama distinctive for its grittiness and honesty, and its apparent fearlessness in tackling storylines for teenagers that included sex, drugs, domestic violence,
racism, politics, body image and much more.