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Police Rescue
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Written byChristopher Lee
Debra Oswald
Philip Cornford
Directed byPeter Fisk (1989-1993)
Michael Carson (1991–1993)
Scott Hartford-Davis (1995–1996)
StarringGary Sweet
Sonia Todd
Steve Bastoni
John Clayton
Tammy MacIntosh
Belinda Cotterill
Jeremy Callaghan
Doug Scroope
Steve Bisley
Frank Holden
Marshall Napier
Tim McKenzie
Peter Browne
Ada Nicodemou
Salvatore Coco
Leah Purcell
ComposersMartin Armiger
Garry Hardman
Country of originAustralia
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes61 + pilot
Production
Executive producersPenny Chapman
Kim Williams
Errol Sullivan
ProducersJohn Edwards
Sandra Levy
Production locationsNew South Wales, Australia
CinematographySteve Arnold
Russell Bacon
Stephen Windon
EditorVarious
Running time50 minutes
90 minutes (pilot)
Production companiesAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
British Broadcasting Corporation
Southern Star Xanadu
Release
Original networkABC
Picture formatPAL (576i)
Audio formatStereophonic
Original release15 March 1989 (1989-03-15) –
22 November 1996 (1996-11-22)

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Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC.[1]

Apart from the 61 episodes, there was a 90-minute pilot episode (first screened in 1989) as well as a feature film in 1994, starring Zoe Carides.

The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes. The show was very well received for the first four series, however a decline in ratings by the commencement of the 1996 series saw the cancellation of the show, following an almost epitaph in the final three episodes.

Police Rescue was shown in the United Kingdom first on BBC1 and later on Sky One, in the Czech Republic as Záchranáři on TV Nova, in South Africa as "Noodroep" (dubbed in Afrikaans), in parts of Italy as Polizia Squadra Soccorso on T9, in France on TF1 as Sydney Police, in Germany on VOX as Police Rescue – Gefährlicher Einsatz, in Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark on the United Kingdom-based TV3, and in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ.

Major cast[]

  • Sergeant Steve "Mickey" McClintock - (Gary Sweet) (1989–1996)
  • Senior Constable/Sergeant Georgia Rattray - (Sonia Todd) (1989–1996)
  • Constable/Senior Constable Yiannis "Angel" Angelopoulos - (Steve Bastoni) (1990–1996)
  • Senior Sergeant Peter "Ridgy" Ridgeway - (Tim McKenzie) (1989–1990)
  • Inspector Bill Adams - (John Clayton) (1989–1996)
  • Sergeant Fred "Frog" Catteau - (Marshall Napier) (1989–1992)
  • Constable Trevor "Sootie" Coledale - (Peter Browne) (1989–1990)
  • Constable Percy "Ptomaine" Warren - (Doug Scroope) (1989–1993)
  • Senior Sergeant Kevin "Nipper" Harris - (Steve Bisley) (1992–1995)
  • Sharyn Elliott - (Belinda Cotterill) (1992–1994, 1996)
  • Constable Kathy Orland - (Tammy MacIntosh) (1992–1995)
  • Constable Brian Morley - (Jeremy Callaghan) (1992–1995)
  • Senior Sergeant Glenn "Spider" Webb - (Frank Holden) (1994–1996)
  • Anastasia Skouras - (Ada Nicodemou) (1994–1995)
  • Constable Joe Cardillo - (Salvatore Coco) (1995–1996)
  • Constable Tracy Davis - (Leah Purcell) (1995–1996)
  • Constable Lorrie "Flash" Gordon (Zoe Carides) (1994 feature film)

Recurring minor cast[]

  • Bronwyn Catteau (Deborah Kennedy) (1990–1992)
  • Des McClintock (Kerry Armstrong) (1990–1991)
  • Maria Mellick (Debbie Byrne) (1990–1992)
  • Tony Fuller (NARC detective) (Harold Hopkins) (1990–1992)
  • Helena Angelopoulos (Gia Carides) (1992–1993)
  • David Goldberg (Lani John Tupu) (1992)
  • Constable Lohmeier (Daniel Rigney) (1993)

In mid-1989, Southern Star Xanadu broadcast the pilot episode of Police Rescue via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The 90-minute telemovie established the background of the protagonist of the series, Sergeant "Mickey" McClintock. Several issues were raised in the pilot, such as women's discrimination, sexism and street violence. The plot evolved around the entrance of the first woman member to the Police Rescue Squad, Constable Georgia Rattray and then the search for a missing boy in Sydney's sewer system.[2]

The telemovie was well received and spawned the series of Police Rescue, which carried on shortly after the pilot.

Episodes[]

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Season 1[]

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Season 2 (1992)[]

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Police Rescue: The Movie (1994)[]

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Home media[]

DVD[]

DVD name Ep # Discs Region 4 (Australia) DVD special features
Season one 13 4 November 26, 2006 90-minute pilot episode
Season two 13 4 April 9, 2007 None
Season three 13 4 April 9, 2007 None
Season four (DVD name: Season 4 – Part 1 & 2) 11 3 July 9, 2007 None
Season five (DVD name: Season 4 – Part 2) 11 3 July 9, 2007 None

VHS[]

In 1993, ABC Television released selected episodes from Series 1 and Series 2 on VHS format. The 1989 pilot episode was released the previous year.

VHS name Ep # Taps Region 4 (Australia) VHS special features
Mates and Hostages Series 1, Episode 1&10 1 1993 None
Mad Dog and By The Book Series 1, Episode 5&13 1 None
Judgement Day and Reasons to Live Series 2, Episodes 5&9 1 None
Police Rescue: The Movie Film 1 None

References[]

  1. "Police Rescue – By the Book". AustralianScreen.com.au.
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, "Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995", Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p130.

External links[]

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