A 'rites of passage' mini-series based on the novel by Maureen McCarthy, exploring the tangle of emotions and experiences that accompany the first year of university for three Australian country girls.

Carmel, Jude and Katarina come from the same Australian country town, but they couldn't be more different. Carmel comes from a large Irish-Catholic farming family and is a talented musician and singer, but awkward and painfully shy. Jude lives with her artistic mother and is a passionate idealist still coming to terms with the death of her revolutionary Chilean father. And Katarina, blueblood daughter of the local surgeon, well let's just say she's not called Queen Kat for nothing. So when these three 18-year-olds move into the same inner-city Melbourne house in their first year at university, lives are ready to change and sparks are ready to fly. For this year is a time to reinvent themselves, a time to square up to the world. A time to get a life. "Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude" is about friendship and families, betrayal and love, and a tumultuous year in the lives of three unforgettable young women.