Rush (2008 TV series)

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{{Infobox television

| image = Rush 2008.jpg

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| genre = Police procedural

| creator = John Edwards
Christopher Lee

| writer =

| director =

| developer =

| starring = Rodger Corser
Callan Mulvey
Claire van der Boom
Josef Ber
Nicole da Silva
Ashley Zukerman
Jolene Anderson
Kevin Hofbauer
Antony Starr
Samuel Johnson
Catherine McClements

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| endtheme =

| theme_music_composer =

| composer = Stephen Rae

| country = Australia

| language = English

| company = Southern Star Entertainment

| num_seasons = 4

| num_episodes = 70

| list_episodes = List of Rush episodes

| editor = Rodrigo Balart

| location = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| cinematography =

| camera =

| runtime = 45 minutes

| network = Network Ten

| first_aired = {{Start date|2008|9|2|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2011|11|17|df=y}}

| related =

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Rush is an Australian television police drama that first aired on Network Ten on 2 September 2008.{{cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Airdate: Rush|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/airdate-rush.html|work=TV Tonight|date=20 August 2008|access-date=20 August 2008}} Set in Melbourne, Victoria, it focuses on the members of a Police Tactical Response team. It is produced by John Edwards and Mimi Butler for Endemol Australia, which was branded as the Southern Star Group during production of the series.

In late October 2011, text phrasing on the cover art of Entertainment One's DVD release of the fourth series first indicated Rush would not return for another series, meaning series 4 would be its last.{{cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Rush …. "axed" via DVD|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/10/rush-axed-via-dvd.html|work=TV Tonight|date=31 October 2011|access-date=31 December 2013}} Soon after, the production company, known at the time as the Southern Star Group confirmed with TV Tonight that a fifth series had not been commissioned. Network Ten did not issue any press releases stating the wrapping up of Rush. Executive Producer of Drama and Production at Network Ten, Rick Maier, issued a statement on the show's official Facebook page: "While we don't discount a return series, it is not on the cards at this stage – but we do intend to finish season four with a bang, literally."{{cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=TEN: Rush will end "with a bang."|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/11/ten-rush-will-end-with-a-bang.html|work=TV Tonight|date=9 November 2011|access-date=31 December 2013}}

Plot

Rush follows the lives of members of the prestigious Tactical Response team (TR), which is based on the real life Victoria Police Critical Incident Response Team, a highly mobile unit that fills the operational gap between general duties police and the SWAT-like Special Operations Group. The team is seen responding to violent incidents such as carjackings, suicides and armed offences.

Most of the episodes involve at least one main plot, with one or two smaller subplots throughout each episode. In some cases, they will focus on one plot, while the personal lives tend to fall into the form of smaller subplots that span over a number of episodes. Usually the team is divided into two, one team per case, with the team taking the minor subplot meeting up with the major team at some stage throughout the episode. The usual six-person team is split between two vehicles known as TR01 and TR02.

In series four, the composition of the plot was revamped with only one large and extensive arc featured throughout the 13 episodes, as opposed to the story-line structure of prior series.{{cite web |url=http://ten.com.au/rush-about-the-show.htm | title= About the show | work=ten.com.au | access-date=11 September 2011}}

Production

The pilot for Rush, originally titled Rapid Response, was filmed in 2004 and based on an earlier Police Rescue script.Knox, David. [http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/first-review-rush.html Rush – First Review], [http://www.tvtonight.com.au/ TV Tonight], 28 August 2008. The pilot featured several characters and cast who did not return for the series, including Matthew Le Nevez, Libby Tanner and Corinne Grant. The series was initially rejected but years later was picked up for production when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike affected Ten's imported shows.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/police-rescue-dna-in-rush.html | title= Police Rescue DNA in Rush | first=David | last=Knox | date=23 August 2008 |work=TV Tonight | access-date=3 September 2008}}

Sergeant Dominic "Dom" Wales, played by Josef Ber, was originally scripted to be killed in the first season, however during production Van der Boom asked to be released. Her US working visa had been approved and being a "Residency Visa", required her to move to the US. As such, the character of Grace was killed off instead.{{cite news|url=http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/claire-van-der-boom-square-interview.htm|title=Interview – Claire van der Boom|first=Sean|last=Lynch|access-date=11 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629031819/http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/claire-van-der-boom-square-interview.htm|archive-date=29 June 2010}} Jolene Anderson joined the cast for the second series, from 16 July 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/12/jolene-anderson-to-join-rush.html|title=Jolene Anderson to join Rush|date=22 December 2008 | access-date=8 May 2009|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/06/jolene-set-to-rush.html|title=Jolene Set To Rush|access-date=26 June 2010|date=12 June 2009|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight}} The series is filmed in Victoria in both regional and metropolitan areas.

A third season of Rush was announced by Channel Ten on 25 September 2009. It premiered in the time-slot of 8:30pm on 22 July 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.throng.com.au/good-news-week/ten-season-return-rush-melbourne-international-comedy-festival-great-debate-2010|title=Season return of Rush...|date=3 July 2010|access-date=11 September 2011|author=AndrewB|work=Throng}}

A thirteen-episode fourth season was confirmed by Channel Ten's Executive Producer of Drama and Production, Rick Maier on 12 November 2010. He stated "Rush continues to deliver great stories, great stunts and some of the best performances on TV".{{cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Renewed: Rush|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/11/renewed-rush.html|date=12 November 2010|access-date=26 November 2008|work=TV Tonight}} Filming for the fourth season began on 6 May 2011.{{cite web|url=http://film.vic.gov.au/www/html/59-in-production.asp|title=In Production|work=Film Victoria}}

Cast

=Main cast=

class="wikitable"
Actor/actress

! Character

! Rank

! Past rank/s

! Tenure

! Episodes

Rodger Corser

| Lawson Blake

| Senior Sergeant

|

| 2008–2011

| 01–70

Callan Mulvey

| Brendan 'Josh' Joshua

| Sergeant

|

| 2008–2011

| 01–70

Claire van der Boom

| Grace Barry

| Senior Constable

|

| 2008

| 01–11

Josef Ber

| Dominic 'Dom' Wales

| Sergeant

|

| 2008–2010

| 01–51

Nicole da Silva

| Stella Dagostino

| Senior Constable

| Constable

| 2008–2011

| 01–70

Ashley Zukerman

| Michael Sandrelli

| Senior Constable

| Constable

| 2008–2011

| 01-65

Samuel Johnson

| Leon Broznic

| Intelligence Officer

|

| 2008–2011

| 01-70

Catherine McClements

| Kerry Vincent

| Superintendent

| Inspector

| 2008–2011

| 01-70

Jolene Anderson

| Shannon Henry

| Sergeant

| Senior Constable

| 2009–2011

| 14–70

Luke Arnold

| Elliot Ryan

| Constable

|

| 2009

| 34–35

Kevin Hofbauer

| Christian Tapu

| Constable

|

| 2010–2011

| 36–70

Antony Starr

| Charlie Lewis

| Senior Sergeant

|

| 2011

| 58–70

=Recurring=

  • Asher Keddie as Jacinta Burns; journalist and love interest of Lawson Blake (Season 2, 7 episodes)
  • Camille Keenan as Audrey Khoo; police intelligence officer (Season 3, 15 episodes)
  • Elena Mandalis as Anna Vargis; police minister (Season 4, 8 episodes)
  • Ella-Rose Shenman as Minka Button; daughter of Tash Button (Seasons 3–4, 6 episodes)
  • Emily Wheaton as Amber Cushing; niece and assistant of Leon Broznic (Seasons 4, 9 episodes)
  • Ian Meadows as James Vincent; drug addict and son of Kerry Vincent (Seasons 3–4, 5 episodes)
  • Jane Allsop as Tash Button; love interest of Brendan Joshua (Seasons 3–4, 12 episodes)
  • Justin Rosniak as Tompkinson 'Tommo' (Seasons 3 & 4, 2 episodes)
  • Kate Jenkinson as Nina Wise; love interest of Leon Broznic (Seasons 1–2, 4 episodes)
  • Maia Thomas as Sandrine Wales; wife of Dominic Wales (Seasons 1–2, 4 episodes)
  • Malcolm Kennard as Col Rainey; son of Doug Rainey (Season 4, 3 episodes)
  • Mark Leonard Winter as Liam Rainey; son of Doug Rainey and brother of Col Rainey (Season 4, 3 episodes)
  • Nathaniel Dean as Andrew Kronin; career criminal and nemesis of Lawson Blake (Seasons 2–3, 5 episodes)
  • Nikki Shiels as Cleo Temple; journalist and love interest of Stella Dagostino (Season 4, 3 episodes)
  • Paul Ireland as Boyd Kemper; brother of hit-and-run victim and love interest of Kerry Vincent (Season 2, 5 episodes)
  • Peter Hardy as Doug Rainey; head of a notorious crime family (Season 4, 4 episodes)
  • Rohan Nichol as Napthorn (Season 2, 3 episodes)
  • Todd MacDonald as Connor Barry; husband of Grace Barry (Season 1, 6 episodes)
  • Zed Ledden as Brian Marshall (Seasons 1–2, 3 episodes)

=Guests=

Episodes

{{Main|List of Rush episodes}}

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style="padding: 0 8px;" colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Series

! style="padding: 0 8px;" rowspan="2"| Episodes

! colspan="2"| Originally aired

Series premiere

! Series finale

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|1

|13

|style="padding: 0 8px;"| {{Start date|2008|09|2|df=y}}

|style="padding: 0 8px;"| {{End date|2008|11|25|df=y}}

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|2

|22

|{{Start date|2009|07|16|df=y}}

|{{End date|2009|11|26|df=y}}

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|3

|22

|{{Start date|2010|07|22|df=y}}

|{{End date|2010|12|16|df=y}}

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|4

|13

|{{Start date|2011|09|1|df=y}}

|{{End date|2011|11|17|df=y}}

Home media

=Home media=

class="wikitable"
Title||Format||Date released||# of episodes||# of discs||Special features||Distributors
Season 01align="center" |DVD30 July 2009{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/806348 |title=Rush (2008) - Series 1 (4 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD |accessdate=2011-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216023641/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/806348 |archivedate=16 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}134Behind the scenesHopscotch Entertainment
Season 02: Volume Onealign="center" |DVD3 December 2009{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/808731 |title=Rush (2008) - Series 2: Volume 1 (3 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD |accessdate=2011-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312055650/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/808731 |archivedate=12 March 2010 |df=dmy-all }}123NoneHopscotch Entertainment
Season 02: Volume Twoalign="center" |DVD1 April 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/811182 |title=Rush (2008) - Series 2: Volume 2 (3 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD |accessdate=2011-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312054454/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/811182 |archivedate=12 March 2010 |df=dmy-all }}103NoneHopscotch Entertainment
Season 03: Volume Onealign="center" |DVD2 December 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/816458 |title=Rush (2008) - Series 3: Volume 1 (3 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD |accessdate=2011-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125151955/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/816458 |archivedate=25 November 2010 |df=dmy-all }}123NoneHopscotch Entertainment
Season 03: Volume Twoalign="center" |DVD3 March 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/818037 |title=Buy Rush (2008) - Series 3: Volume 2 (3 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD |accessdate=2011-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407152517/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/818037 |archivedate=7 April 2011 |df=dmy-all }}103NoneHopscotch Entertainment
Season 04align="center" |DVD15 December 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/rush-tv-series-series-4/dp/6107018 |title=Rush (2008) - Series 4 |website=www.ezydvd.com.au |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731144945/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/rush-tv-series-series-4/dp/6107018 |archive-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}133NoneHopscotch Entertainment
The Complete Series 1–4align="center" |DVD5 December 20127019Behind the scenes (Series 1 only)Hopscotch Entertainment
The Complete Collectionalign="center" |DVD4 August 20217019Behind the scenes (Series 1 only)Via Vision Entertainment

= Online Streaming=

Original Broadcast on Tenplay (2008-2012)

Re-Release Broadcast On Tenplay (2019–Present)

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Title

!Format

!Episodes #

!Release date

!Streaming Status

!Web Extras

!Distributors

Rush: The Complete Season 01

| Streaming

| style="text-align:left;"| 13

| September - November 2008

6 September 2019 (Re-Release)

| Expired 2012

Current

| Behind The Scenes (Webisodes)

Rush Premiere Party (Ten News Video)

Photo Gallery

| Tenplay

Rush: The Complete Season 02

| Streaming

| style="text-align:left;"| 22

| July - November 2009

6 September 2019 (Re-Release)

| Expired 2012

Current

| Behind The Scenes (Webisodes)

Photo Gallery

| Tenplay

Rush: The Complete Season 03

| Streaming

| style="text-align:left;"| 22

| July - December 2010

6 September 2019 (Re-Release)

| Expired 2012

Current

| Behind The Scenes (Webisodes)

Photo Gallery

| Tenplay

Rush: The Complete Season 04

| Streaming

| style="text-align:left;"| 13

| September - November 2011

6 September 2019 (Re-Release)

| Expired 2012

Current

| Behind The Scenes (Webisodes)

Photo Gallery

| Tenplay

Note: The Rush Web Extras were NOT add back with The Re-Release on 10play.

Awards and achievements

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! colspan=5 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Awards and nominations

align="center"

! style="background: #f9f9f9;" | Year

! style="background: #f9f9f9;" | Award

! style="background: #f9f9f9;" | Category

! style="background: #f9f9f9;" | Nominee(s)

! style="background: #f9f9f9;" | Result

rowspan=5|2011

|rowspan=4|Logie Awards

|Most Popular Actor

|Callan Mulvey

|{{nom}}

Most Outstanding Actress

|Catherine McClements

|{{nom}}

Most Outstanding Drama

|Rush

|{{nom}}

Most Popular Drama

|Rush

|{{nom}}

Screen Music Awards

|Best Music in a drama series or serial

|Stephen Rae (for episode 3.16)

|{{nom}}

rowspan=1|2010

|AFI Awards

|Best Television Drama Series

|Rush – John Edwards and Mimi Butler

|{{Won}}

rowspan=5|2009

|rowspan=1|AWGIE Awards

|Television Series

|John O'Brien and Christopher Lee (for episode 1.04)

|{{Won}}

rowspan=4|Logie Awards

|Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent

|Ashley Zukerman

|{{nom}}

Most Outstanding Actor

|Callan Mulvey

|{{nom}}

Most Outstanding Actress

|Claire van der Boom

|{{nom}}

Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie

|Rush

|{{nom}}

rowspan=2|2008

|rowspan=2|AFI Awards

|Best Television Drama Series

|Rush – John Edwards and Mimi Butler

|{{nom}}

Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama

|Callan Mulvey

|{{nom}}

International broadcasters

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Country

! Channel

! Year

! Dubbed or Subtitled?

{{flagcountry|India }}FOX Crime2009 –Dubbed
{{flagcountry|Ireland }}RTÉ One2009 –
{{flagcountry|Norway }}TV22009 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Czech Republic }}AXN2009 –Dubbed
{{flagcountry|Serbia }}AXN2009 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Slovakia }}AXN2009 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Hungary }}AXN2009 –Dubbed
{{flagcountry|Poland }}AXN, TV42009 –Voice-over
{{flagcountry|Belgium }}vtm2009 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Hong Kong }}FOX Crime2009 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|South Africa }}MNET2009 –
rowspan=2 | {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia }} & the Arab WorldMBC 4
rowspan=2 | 2009 –Subtitled
MBC ActionSubtitled
{{flagcountry|Romania }}AXN2009 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Portugal }}AXN2009 (Pilot)
2010 (Regular broadcast) –
Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Tuvalu }}Television Tuvalu2010 –
{{flagcountry|Spain }}Nitro
Cuatro
2010Dubbed
{{flagcountry|New Zealand }}TV One2010 –
rowspan=2 | {{flagcountry|Italy }}IPTV di Telecom Italia2010 –rowspan=2| Dubbed
Rai Premium2012 –
{{flagcountry|Estonia }}Fox Crime2010 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Finland }}YLE TV22010 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Bulgaria }}AXN2011 –Dubbed
{{flagcountry|Israel }}IBA 32011 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Philippines }}GMA News TV2012 –Dubbed
{{flagcountry|Taiwan }}PTS Main Channel
HiHD
2012 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|Iran }}IRIB 12013 –Subtitled
{{flagcountry|USA }}Hulu, Tubi TV2013Entire series available for streaming on Tubi TV
{{flagcountry|France }}Numéro 232014 –Both
{{flagcountry|Germany }}AXN2015 –Dubbed
{{flagcountry|United Kingdom }}Alibi2019 –Series 1–4 shown consecutively, daily, at 5:00pm from 4 February 2019 to 15 May 2019

See also

References

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