Rush
Genre	Police procedural
Created by	John Edwards Christopher Lee
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
Composer	Stephen Rae
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	70 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locations	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Editor	Rodrigo Balart
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Southern Star Entertainment
Original release
Network	Network Ten
Release	2 September 2008 (2008-09-02) – 17 November 2011 (2011-11-17)

Rush is an Australian television police drama that first screened on Network Ten in September 2008.^[1] 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 four would be its last.^[2] 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."^[3]

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.^[4]

Production

The pilot for Rush, originally titled Rapid Response, was filmed in 2004 and based on an earlier Police Rescue script.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] Jolene Anderson joined the cast for the second series, from 16 July 2009.^[8][9] 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.^[10]

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".^[11] Filming for the fourth season began on 6 May 2011.^[12]

Cast

First series characters (from left to right): Leon Broznic, Dominic Wales, Grace Barry, Brendan Joshua, Lawson Blake, Stella Dagostino, Michael Sandrelli and Kerry Vincent

Episodes

Home media

Awards and achievements

International broadcasters

Country	Channel	Year	Dubbed or Subtitled?
India	FOX Crime	2009 –	Dubbed
Ireland	RTÉ One	2009 –
Norway	TV2	2009 –	Subtitled
Czech Republic	AXN	2009 –	Dubbed
Serbia	AXN	2009 –	Subtitled
Slovakia	AXN	2009 –	Subtitled
Hungary	AXN	2009 –	Dubbed
Poland	AXN, TV4	2009 –	Voice-over
Belgium	vtm	2009 –	Subtitled
Hong Kong	FOX Crime	2009 –	Subtitled
South Africa	MNET	2009 –
Saudi Arabia & the Arab World	MBC 4	2009 –	Subtitled
	MBC Action		Subtitled
Romania	AXN	2009 –	Subtitled
Portugal	AXN	2009 (Pilot) 2010 (Regular broadcast) –	Subtitled
Tuvalu	Television Tuvalu	2010 –
Spain	Nitro Cuatro	2010	Dubbed
New Zealand	TV One	2010 –
Italy	IPTV di Telecom Italia	2010 –	Dubbed
	Rai Premium	2012 –
Estonia	Fox Crime	2010 –	Subtitled
Finland	YLE TV2	2010 –	Subtitled
Bulgaria	AXN	2011 –	Dubbed
Israel	IBA 3	2011 –	Subtitled
Philippines	GMA News TV	2012 –	Dubbed
Taiwan	PTS Main Channel HiHD	2012 –	Subtitled
Iran	IRIB 1	2013 –	Subtitled
United States	Hulu, Tubi TV	2013	Entire series available for streaming on Tubi TV
France	Numéro 23	2014 –	Both
Germany	AXN	2015 –	Dubbed
United Kingdom	Alibi	2019 –	Series 1–4 shown consecutively, daily, at 5:00pm from 4 February 2019 to 15 May 2019

See also

• List of Australian television series

References

External links

• Rush at the Australian Television Information Archive
• Official website
• Rush at IMDb