The Real Housewives of Sydney was cancelled for going too far. Now it’s back – and I’m hooked

‘A phoenix has spread its wings’: The Real Housewives of Sydney cast Krissy Marsh, Victoria Montano, Sally Obermeder, Kate Adams, Terry Biviano, Caroline Gaultier and Nicole O’Neil. Photograph: James Gourley/Shutterstock

In the reality TV history books, few shows manage the feat of being both treasured and cancelled after one season.

My own personal list of “one-season wonders” is brief but every Bravo-holic – the name for devotees of the US network that’s home to a universe of reality TV – has their own. (OK, fine: mine includes Gallery Girls, a show about deluded twentysomethings trying to stake a claim in Manhattan’s competitive art scene; NYC Prep, the ill-advised real-life take on Gossip Girl; and High Society, a series that opens with future-Real Housewife Tinsley Mortimer greeting Harvey Weinstein at a party and only goes downhill from there – thanks for asking.)