Rescue: Special Ops
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Rescue: Special Ops is an Australian television drama series that first screened on the Nine Network
in 2009. Filmed in and around Sydney
, the program is produced by Southern Star Entertainment with the assistance of Screen Australia
and the New South Wales Government.
This drama series focuses on a team of experienced professional paramedics who specialise in rescue operations. It premiered on Sunday 2 August 2009, and the season finale of the first season aired on Sunday 25 October. A second season screened from 28 June 2010. The third and final season consisting of 22 episodes screened from 30 May 2011.
The job brings them face to face with life and death situations every day but just like anyone else, they juggle life, love and career. Brothers Dean Gallagher and Chase Gallagher are competitive alpha males who are part of the Special Ops team.
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
in 2009. Filmed in and around Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, the program is produced by Southern Star Entertainment with the assistance of Screen Australia
Screen Australia
Screen Australia is the Federal Government’s key funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Its functions are to support and promote the development of a highly creative, innovative and commercially sustainable industry....
and the New South Wales Government.
This drama series focuses on a team of experienced professional paramedics who specialise in rescue operations. It premiered on Sunday 2 August 2009, and the season finale of the first season aired on Sunday 25 October. A second season screened from 28 June 2010. The third and final season consisting of 22 episodes screened from 30 May 2011.
Synopsis
Rescue: Special Ops follows the work of a team of experienced paramedics involved in complex search and rescue operations.The job brings them face to face with life and death situations every day but just like anyone else, they juggle life, love and career. Brothers Dean Gallagher and Chase Gallagher are competitive alpha males who are part of the Special Ops team.
Cast and Characters
Regular cast
- Libby TannerLibby Tanner-Career:Tanner played Zoe Marshall in the short lived Channel 9 soap Pacific Drive from 1996 to 1997. Having appeared in the hospital drama All Saints playing Bronwyn Craig for five years, a role for which she won two Logie Awards, she left to star in the short lived television series Fireflies,...
as Michelle LeTourneau (Station Manager) - Peter PhelpsPeter PhelpsPeter Phelps is an Australian actor, singer and writer. He is notable for his role of Peter Church in the television drama, Stingers and Trevor Cole, in Baywatch...
as Vince Marchello (Station Coordinator) - Les HillLes HillLes Hill is an Australian actor. The first of two children born in the Hill family.-Acting career:Hill is best known for his role as Blake Dean on the television soap opera Home and Away from 1990–1993 and as underworld figure Jason Moran in the 2008 series Underbelly...
as Dean Gallagher (Unit Leader) - Gigi EdgleyGigi EdgleyGigi Edgley is an Australian actress and recording artist. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue: Special Ops.-Early life:...
as Lara Knight (Unit Officer) - Daniel AmalmDaniel AmalmDaniel Amalm is an Australian actor and musician.-Early life:Daniel's mother is Maltese and his father is Swedish. Daniel's Father introduced Daniel to Guitar from an early age...
as Jordan Zwitkowski (Unit Officer) - Katherine Hicks as Heidi Wilson (Unit Officer)
- Andrew LeesAndrew Lees (actor)Andrew Lees is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Chase Gallagher on television series Rescue: Special Ops.-Early life:...
as Chase Gallagher (Unit Officer) - Luke McKenzie as Lachie Gallagher (Unit Officer)
Recurring cast
- Wil TravalWil TravalWilliam "Wil" Traval is an Australian actor most known for his work as Dr. Jack Quade on All Saints, an Australian hospital drama.Traval was born on a strawberry farm near Colac in country Victoria. He graduated from high school at the age of 16. His passion for acting began in high school when he...
as Hamish McIntyre - Tim McCunn as Ian Johnson
- Jessica NapierJessica NapierJessica Napier is a New Zealand born actress. She has been working consistently in Australian film and television for the past 15 years...
as Nicole (Season 1) - Simmone Jade MackinnonSimmone Jade MackinnonSimone Jade Mackinnon is an Australian actress.-Early life:Mackinnon was born Simone Jade Mackinnon in Mount Isa, Queensland in 1973 to Ian and Annette Mackinnon. She has a brother and a sister, Robbie and Kym. She and her family later uprooted to Coffs Harbour in New South Wales...
as Fiona Charlton (Season 1) - Gary SweetGary SweetGary Sweet is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project , Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers....
as Shane Gallagher (Season 1) - Martin Dingle Wall as Jake Hudson (Season 1)
- Luke PeglerLuke PeglerLuke Pegler is an Australian actor. He has starred in two WWE Films productions: The Condemned with Stone Cold Steve Austin, and See No Evil with Kane. Pegler joined the cast of Rescue: Special Ops in season 2 as Bingo. Pegler's character died when he got hit by a car...
as Bingo (Season 2) - Vanessa Gray as Renae Daltry (Season 2)
- Todd LasanceTodd LasanceTodd James Lasance is an Australian actor and is best known for his role as Aden Jefferies in the Australian soap opera Home And Away.-Personal life:...
as Cam (Season 3)
Reception
| Season | Episodes | Series Timeslot |
Series Premiere |
Series Final |
Peak Audience |
Average Audience |
Average Nightly Rank |
Average Weekly Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 2009 in Australian television This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred in 2009. The year 2009 is the 54th year of continuous operation of television in Australia... |
13 | Sunday 8:30pm | 2 August | 25 October | 1,227,000 | 1,005,000 | #10 | #40 |
| 2010 2010 in Australian television This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or are scheduled to occur, in 2010. The year 2010 will be the 55th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.-Events:... |
13 | Monday 8:30pm | 28 June | 20 September | 1,148,000 | 966,846 | #13 | #42 |
| 2011 2011 in Australian television This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or are scheduled to occur, in 2011. This year will be the 56th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.- Events :... |
22 | Monday 8:30pm | 30 May | 5 September | 919,000 | 772,545 | #15 | #50 |
Series one
| # | Title | Original airdate | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) |
Nightly rank |
Weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Blue Mountains" | Sunday – | 1.142 | 8 | 25 | |
| 2 | "Thrillseekers" | Sunday – | 1.155 | 7 | 32 | |
| 3 | "Fire in the Cross" | Sunday – | 1.227 | 7 | 24 | |
| 4 | "Deathbed Confessional" | Sunday – | 0.877 | 12 | 56 | |
| 5 | "Ferry Disaster" | Sunday – | 0.916 | 12 | 51 | |
| 6 | "Building Site Conspiracy" | Sunday – | 0.915 | 10 | 50 | |
| 7 | "Luna Park" | Sunday – | 0.998 | 11 | 43 | |
| 8 | "ATM Bandits" | Sunday – | 0.903 | 12 | 57 | |
| 9 | "Rave" | Sunday –\ | 0.942 | 12 | 45 | |
| 10 | "Eco-warriors" | Sunday – | 0.879 | 10 | ||
| 11 | "Bride in the Balloon" | Sunday – | 1.027 | 11 | 43 | |
| 12 | "Episode Twelve" | Sunday – | 1.021 | 11 | 40 | |
| 13 | "Episode Thirteen" | Sunday – | 1.058 | 7 | 36 | |
| Series average | 1.005 | 10 | 40 | |||
Series two
| # | Title | Original airdate | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) |
Nightly rank |
Weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Enemy Mine" | Monday – | 0.968 | 13 | 41 | |
| 2 | "A Day In The Death of Dean Gallagher" | Monday – | 1.085 | 27 | ||
| 3 | "Locked In" | Monday – | 1.148 | 21 | ||
| 4 | "Jordan's Choice" | Monday – | 0.910 | 18 | 40 | |
| 5 | "Shock Jock" | Monday – | 1.017 | 14 | 43 | |
| 6 | "Thicker than Water" | Monday – | 0.988 | 13 | 41 | |
| 7 | "Find My Baby" | Monday – | 1.057 | 32 | ||
| 8 | "Street Legal" | Monday – | 0.977 | 11 | 41 | |
| 9 | "Out of the Ashes" | Monday – | 0.942 | 18 | 52 | |
| 10 | "Rock Stars" | Monday – | 0.833 | 19 | 63 | |
| 11 | "Off The Rails" | Monday – | 0.848 | 17 | 52 | |
| 12 | "One For The Money" | Monday – | 0.850 | 16 | 56 | |
| 13 | "Crazy Love" | Monday – | 0.946 | |||
| Series average | 0.967 | 13 | 42 | |||
Series three
| # | Title | Original airdate | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) |
Nightly rank |
Weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ambushed" | Monday – | 0.805 | 17 | 47 | |
| 2 | "Fearless" | Monday – | 0.667 | 17 | 65 | |
| 3 | "True Romance" | Monday – | 0.744 | 15 | 52 | |
| 4 | "Secrets and Lies" | Monday – | 0.726 | 17 | 54 | |
| 5 | "Him or Me" | Monday – | 0.673 | 21 | 61 | |
| 6 | "Demon Days" | Monday – | 0.598 | 26 | 82 | |
| 7 | "Man in the Machine" | Monday – | 0.680 | 19 | 60 | |
| 8 | "The Game" | Monday – | 0.666 | 20 | 64 | |
| 9 | "It's Not The Fall That Kills You" | Monday – | 0.835 | 13 | 40 | |
| 10 | "Stolen" | Monday – | 0.891 | 12 | 38 | |
| 11 | "In Deep" | Monday – | 0.830 | 14 | 45 | |
| 12 | "Break Out" | Monday – | 0.876 | 13 | 36 | |
| 13 | "The Dunes" | Monday – | 0.919 | 10 | 35 | |
| 14 | "Chemical Brothers" | Monday – | 0.817 | 15 | 51 | |
| 15 | "The Carter Redemption" | Monday – | 0.789 | 16 | 53 | |
| 16 | "Storm Chaser" | Monday – | 0.800 | 13 | 45 | |
| 17 | "Art Attack" | Monday – | 0.755 | 12 | 54 | |
| 18 | "Missing Pieces" | Monday – | 0.864 | 11 | 39 | |
| 19 | "Class of Their Own" | Monday – | 0.820 | 10 | 39 | |
| 20 | "The Intervention" | Monday – | 0.729 | 15 | 47 | |
| 21 | "Bad Company" | Monday – | 0.681 | 15 | 54 | |
| 22 | "Two Fires" | Monday – | 0.831 | 11 | 37 | |
| Series average | 0.773 | 15 | 50 | |||
- Note: Nightly rank for episodes 1 and 2, and 20 and 21 are combined.
DVD Releases
| Season | Date Released | # Of Episodes | # Of Discs | Special Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 29 September 2010 | 13 | 4 | Behind the scenes with cast and crew |
| Season 2 | 2 March 2011 | 13 | 4 | TBA |