Rush series 1

*Rush*
Rush
Series 1
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Original release	2 September –; 25 November 2008
Series chronology
	Next →; Series 2
	List of episodes

Series 1 of Australian police drama Rush premiered on 2 September 2008 on Network Ten. The series was commissioned paritlally due to the shortage of series caused by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.^[1] It followed the lives of two teams employed with the prestigious Tactical Response Unit in Victoria, Australia.

The series first pilot was filmed in 2004 and had the working title of Rapid Response, additionally using an old Police Rescue script.^[2]

Cast

Regular

Rodger Corser as Senior Sergeant Lawson Blake
Callan Mulvey as Sergeant Brendan "Josh" Joshua
Claire van der Boom as Senior Constable Grace Barry (until episode 11)
Josef Ber as Sergeant Dominic "Dom" Wales
Nicole da Silva as Constable Stella Dagostino
Ashley Zukerman as Constable Michael Sandrelli
Samuel Johnson as Intelligence Officer Leon Broznic
Catherine McClements as Inspector Kerry Vincent

Recurring

Todd MacDonald as Connor Barry
Kate Jenkinson as Nina Wise
Maia Thomas as Sandrine Wales
Zen Ledden as Brian Marshall
Adam Zwar as Marty Gero

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Australian viewers^[3] (million)	Rank^[3] (weekly)	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	Andrew Prowse	Christopher Lee	1.161	37	2 September 2008 (2008-09-02)
2	2	"Series 1 Episode 2"	Geoff Bennett	Alice Bell	0.912	63	9 September 2008 (2008-09-09)
3	3	"Series 1 Episode 3"	Geoff Bennett	Justin Monjo	1.014	51	16 September 2008 (2008-09-16)
4	4	"Series 1 Episode 4"	Erin White	John O'Brien & Christopher Lee	0.883	70	23 September 2008 (2008-09-23)
5	5	"Series 1 Episode 5"	Erin White	Alice Bell	0.871	62	30 September 2008 (2008-09-30)
6	6	"Series 1 Episode 6"	Andrew Prowse	Tim Alexander & Christopher Lee	0.833	70	7 October 2008 (2008-10-07)
7	7	"Because I Got High"	Andrew Prowse	Shelley Birse	0.927	62	14 October 2008 (2008-10-14)
8	8	"Get Lucky"	Geoff Bennet	Tony McNamara & Christopher Lee	0.969	50	21 October 2008 (2008-10-21)
9	9	"Series 1 Episode 9"	Geoff Bennett	Kylie Needham	0.941	50	28 October 2008 (2008-10-28)
10	10	"Series 1 Episode 10"	Emma Freeman	Alice Bell	0.886	55	4 November 2008 (2008-11-04)
11	11	"Series 1 Episode 11"	Emma Freeman	Justin Monjo	0.883	57	11 November 2008 (2008-11-11)
12	12	"Series 1 Episode 12"	Andrew Prowse	Christopher Lee	0.898	56	18 November 2008 (2008-11-18)
13	13	"Series 1 Episode 13"	Andrew Prowse	Christoper Lee	0.846	61	25 November 2008 (2008-11-25)

DVD Releases

The entire first series Region 4 DVD was released on 30 July 2009.^[4]

References

^ Knox, David. Rush – First Review, TV Tonight, 28 August 2008.
^ Knox, David (23 August 2008). "Police Rescue DNA in Rush". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Rush Series one: Episode guide". Australian Television Archives. 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
^ "Rush (2008) – Series 1 (4 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD". Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

External links

[TV_Tonight_first_review-1] Knox, David. Rush – First Review, TV Tonight, 28 August 2008.

[2] Knox, David (23 August 2008). "Police Rescue DNA in Rush". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 September 2008.

[ratings_S1-3] "Rush Series one: Episode guide". Australian Television Archives. 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[4] "Rush (2008) – Series 1 (4 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD". Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

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