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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Rescue Special Ops
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Film Details - Southern Star Entertainment ; Nine Network , 2009-2011

Producers:

Jo Horsburgh and Hugh Marks (executive producers).
Sarah Smith and Julie McGauran (producers and co-creators).

Production Companies:

Southern Star Entertainment (for the Nine Network).

Finance Organisations:

Screen Australia.

Director of Photography:

Including Joseph Pickering, Russell Bacon, and Henry Pierce.

Editors:

Including Nicole LaMacchia, Mark Perry, Antonio Mestres, Stafford Wales, Eric Seaburn, and Simon Martin.

Production Designers:

Including Tim Ferrier and Sam Hobbs.

Music:

Nerida Tyson-Chew.

Cast:

Primary cast members included Daniel Amalm (Jordan Zwitkowski), Gigi Edgley (Lara Knight), Katherine Hicks (Heidi Wilson), Les Hill (Dean Gallagher), Andrew Lees (Chase Gallagher), Peter Phelps (Vince Marchello), and Libby Tanner (Michelle Letourneau).

Release Dates:

Episode one aired in Australia on 2 August 2009.

Location:

  • Set in Sydney and its environs (especially the Blue Mountains).

Awards:

  • Logie Award, Most Popular New Talent (nominated [Katherine Hicks]), 2010.
  • New York Festivals, Gold Medal (Drama Miniseries) (won), 2010.

Notes:

Story and script producer: Fin Edquist.

Script editors: Timothy Lee, David Ogilvy, Gary Newell, and Fiona Kelly.

List of episodes

Series one

1. (Written by Michaeley O'Brien)

2. (Written by Sarah Smith & Dave Warner)

3. (Written by Jeff Truman & Michaeley O'Brien)

4. (Written by John Ridley)

5. (Written by Sarah Smith & Dave Warner)

6. (Written by John Ridley)

7. (Written by Dave Warner)

8. (Written by Chris Hawkshaw)

9. (Written by John Ridley)

10. (Written by Liz Doran & David Ogilvy)

11. (Written by Michaeley O'Brien)

12. (Written by Dave Warner)

13. (Written by John Ridley)

Series two

1. Enemy Mine (Written by John Ridley)

2. A Day in the Life of Dean Gallagher (Written by John Ridley)

3. Locked In (Written by Michaeley O'Brien)

4. Jordan's Choice (Written by Sarah Smith)

5. Shock Jock (Written by Dave Warner)

6. Thicker Than Water (Written by Michaeley O'Brien)

7. Find My Baby (Written by Dave Warner)

8. Street Legal (Written by Tim Dylan Lee)

9. Out of the Ashes (Written by John Ridley)

10. Rock Stars (Written by Michaeley O'Brien)

11. Off the Rails (Written by Sam Meikle)

12. One for the Money (Written by Dave Warner)

13. Crazy Love (Written by Sarah Smith)

Series three

1. Ambushed (Written by Michaeley O'Brien)

2. Fearless (Written by John Ridley)

3. True Romance (Written by Sam Meikle)

4. Secrets and Lies (Written by Giula Sandler)

5. Him or Me (Written by Dave Warner)

6. Demon Days (Written by Tim Dylan Lee)

7. Man in the Machine (Written by Dave Warner)

8. The Game (Written by John Ridley)

9. It's Not the Fall That Kills You (Written by Sam Meikle)

10. Stolen (Written by Fin Edquist)

11. In Deep (Written by Catherine Ferla)

12. Break Out (Written by Giula Sandler)

13. The Dunes (Written by John Ridley)

14. Chemical Brothers (Written by Sam Meikle)

15. The Carter Redemption (Written by Tim Dylan Lee)

16. Storm Chaser (Written by Fiona Kelly)

17. Art Attack (Written by Dave Warner)

18. Missing Pieces (Written by Andrew Kelly & Tim Dylan Lee)

19. Class of Their Own (Written by Chris Hawkshaw)

20. The Intervention (Written by Dave Warner)

21. Bad Company (Written by Fin Edquist)

22. Two Fires (Written by Sam Meikle)


Subjects:
Settings:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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