Series 1 of police drama Rush

Rush (2008 TV series)

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premiered on 2 September 2008 on Network Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

. The series was commissioned paritlally due to the shortage of series caused by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike

2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike

The 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, more commonly referred to as simply the Writers' Strike, was a strike by the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West ....

. It followed the lives of two teams employed with the prestigeous Tactical Response Unit in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

The series first pilot was fimed in 2004 and had the working title of Rapid Response, additionally using a old Police Rescue

Police Rescue

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....

 script.

Regular

• Catherine McClements
  Catherine McClements
  Catherine McClements is an Australian actress.-Early life:Catherine is the third of four children, and after acting with the St Martin's Youth Arts Centre in Melbourne for a couple of years, she successfully auditioned for the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art when she was 17...
  
   as Inspector Kerry Vincent
• Rodger Corser
  Rodger Corser
  Rodger Corser is an Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Owen in the Nine Network crime mini-series Underbelly, based on the Melbourne gangland killings, and Senior Seargent Lawson Blake in the Network Ten police drama series Rush.-Early...
  
   as Senior Sergeant Lawson Blake
• Callan Mulvey
  Callan Mulvey
  Callan Francis Mulvey is an Australian actor.-Biography:Mulvey was born in New Zealand and is of Maori heritage. His family moved to Sydney, Australia when he was eight years old...
  
   as Sergeant Brendan "Josh" Joshua
• Josef Ber
  Josef Ber
  Josef Ber is an Australian actor best known for his role as Sergeant Dominic Wales in the television series Rush.-Early Life:He graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art with a degree in Performing Arts in 1997....
  
   as Sergeant Dominic "Dom" Wales
• Samuel Johnson
  Samuel Johnson (actor)
  Samuel Johnson is an Australian actor, radio presenter and voiceover artist.He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne and is best known for his role as Evan Wylde in the television series The Secret Life of Us.-Starting out:At the age of 14, Johnson performed in his first school play, cast in a...
  
   as Intelligence Officer Leon Broznic
• Ashley Zukerman
  Ashley Zukerman
  Ashley Zukerman is an actor best known for his role as Senior Constable Michael Sandrelli in Rush, an Australian TV series in which he was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent in 2009. He was born in Santa Monica, California and moved to Melbourne with his family...
  
   as Constable Michael Sandrelli
• Nicole da Silva
  Nicole da Silva
  Nicole da Silva is an Australian actress, who is best known for her television roles on Rush , Carla Cametti PD, East West 101, All Saints and Dangerous In 2008, Nicole was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Logie Award for ‘Most Outstanding New Talent’ for her role in Dangerous...
  
   as Constable Stella Dagostino
• Claire van der Boom
  Claire van der Boom
  Claire van der Boom is a Logie Award winning Australian film and television actress of Dutch ancestry. Internationally, she is best known for her appearance as Stella in the third episode of the HBO miniseries The Pacific, and her recurring role playing the ex-wife of Det...
  
   as Senior Constable Grace Barry (until episode 11)
• ((hocus pocus)) as senior constable shanon henry (not until seson 2)

Recurring

• Todd MacDonald
  Todd MacDonald
  Todd MacDonald is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles on the soap opera Neighbours and the drama series The Secret Life of Us and Rush....
  
   as Connor Barry
• Kate Jenkinson
  Kate Jenkinson
  Kate Jenkinson is an Australian actress, best known for her various roles on the Network Ten comedy The Wedge.Kate graduated from WAAPA in 2004 winning the Nigel Rideout Award and has since been working constantly in drama and comedy on both stage and screen.In 2005 Kate was nominated for the Best...
  
   as Nina Wise
• Maia Thomas as Sandrine Wales
• Zen Ledden as Brian Marshall
• Adam Zwar
  Adam Zwar
  Adam Zwar is a multi award-winning Australian actor, voice artist, and writer. He is best known for co-creating the Australian comedy series Lowdown and Wilfred...
  
  as Marty Gero

Episodes

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