TV series
Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes.
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Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes.
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Episode 1
Brian bonds with a traumatised woman after they are both trapped in a collapsed parking structure. There's conflict at the base when Brian decides he can no longer take the morbid on the job humour of Angel and Mickey and considers his future in Rescue.
Directed by Ken CameronWritten by Debra OswaldGuest stars Miranda Otto, Liz Crosby, Sophie Wiesner, Philip Joseph, Damian de Montemas, Arthur Angel, John Kearney, Anthony Russell
Episode 2
Nipper find's his Police shirt somewhat pink because his daughter put her red top in the wash at the last minute. Nipper walks around work with his jumper on despite the warm weather. Later on that day Rescue gets a call about a siege at a bank in Chatswood, one cop dead and at least ten hostages. The gunman is desperate for drugs. A young unexperienced journalist crosses the press line and begins snooping around. Nipper's three daughters ring him at work, as mum hasn't picked them up from ballet. The kid's end up at the rescue head quarters. Mickey is given the task of taking the gunman in some methadone, the hostage there to collect in Nippers wife Michelle. When Nipper is told he heads straight to the scene but doesn't tell the children. It is revealed that the gunman has a TV inside the bank as the young reporter reveals in a special bulletin against a news blackout that a Police Rescue officer's wife is one of the hostages after he overheard a conversation by Rescue squad members.
Directed by Julie MoneyWritten by Elizabeth ColemanGuest stars Jeremy Sims, Robert Alexander, Shayne Foote, Kerry-Ella McAullay, Gabrielle Hammond, Delta Goodrem, Jessie Bullions, Ron Falk
Episode 3
Mickey and Nipper help the survivors of a bus crash. Mickey is determined to prove the bus driver is not at fault and Nipper decides to foster a boy orphaned in the crash.
Directed by Paul FaintWritten by Debra OswaldGuest stars Danny Nash, Julie Macken, Stephen Shanahan, John Sheerin, Georgina Fisher, Judith McGrath, Jan Langford Penny, Edward Garth
Episode 4
In search of a change, Georgia applies for Nipper's job. To Georgia's surprise she doesn't get it. Instead someone from head office gets the job. Sergeant Webb arrives in Rescue and quickly lays down the law with a series of new rules and procedures. As he sstruggles to earn the respect of the squad, Webb must deal with personal demons and professional problems. Angel shows signs of stress, both on and off the job. A series of high platform rescues change the squad and offers Webb a change at redemption.
Directed by Scott Hartford-DavisWritten by Elizabeth ColemanGuest stars William Upjohn, Charlotte Alexander, Sally Cahill, Haydon Samuels, Kristy Wright, Joel Booty, Mark Bower, Andrew James Mead
Episode 5
After a young boy helps Angel in the rescue of a mechanic at closed Luna Park, he befriends Angel and tries to fix Angel up with his mother. Brian is concerned about an elderly man who is apparently seeking attention with a series of apparant nuisance calls. Mickey tries to help Angel sort out his life after his breakup with Helena.
Directed by Julie MoneyWritten by Mary MorrisGuest stars Fiona Corke, Jamie Croft, Justin Gaffney, Cathy Campbell, Peter Collingwood, Dawn Benson, Tula Tzoras, Chris Herden
Episode 6
A natural gas explosion leaves three people trapped two stories under ground. The squad tries to provide rescue but with time running out, a second gas explosion traps them as well. With a rapidly diminishing air supply and cyanide gas leaking into the cellar, Mickey, unwilling to abandon the trapped workers, disobeys an order from Inspector Adams to leave the scene.
Directed by Paul FaintWritten by Phillip CornfordGuest stars Susan Lyons, Alan Cinis, Kim Knuckey, Tom Richards, Peter Harvey-Wright, Stan Kouros, Harold Kissin, Nan Vernon
Episode 7
After the rooftop rescue of a child left alone by a single mother, Georgia decides to give the drug addicted woman a second chance and doesn't report the violation to community services. When the mother disappears and is later picked up for theft, the children hide out in a train yard. A driver sues Angel for the damage incurred to his car during a rescue.
Directed by Shirley BarrettWritten by Chris RoacheGuest stars Sharyn Hodgson, Melissa Jaffer, Sebastian Huber, Harold Hopkins, Douglas Hedge, Emily Smith, Natalie Smith, Saviour Sammut
Episode 8
Kathy comforts a dying man. After he is given tranquilizers to deal with his pain, he mistakes Kathy for his wife and she must then pass on his last messages to his wife. Georgia revives a drowned swimmer who remains in a coma. Kathy comes to the aid of a pregnant woman trapped in an elevator.
Directed by Scott Hartford-DavisWritten by Debra OswaldGuest stars Deborah Galanos, Allan McFadden, Gail Watson, Zachery McKay, Ramsey Everingham, Maeve Germaine, Gilda Proietti, Robyn Austin
Episode 9
Called to prevent two suicides, the squad helps arrest a woman and her brother who are BASE jumpers. Later, Mickey, who is intrigued by the pair, tries skydiving with them. A man asks Georgia for a copy of her accident report about an incident at an unsafe factory.
Directed by Julie MoneyWritten by Greg MillinGuest stars Nicola Primaro, Lucia Mastrantone, John Jarratt, Tony Barry, Paul Moore, Patrick Davies, Anthony Zaarour, Sven Hansen
Episode 10
Angel tries to help his friend, a towie, who is suspected of taking money from a bookmaker after he's involved in an accident. Angel rescues a young girl after a fall at an oil depot.
Directed by Paul FaintWritten by Martin Connor, Rick MaierGuest stars Simon Bossell, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Faggetter, Bill Young, Melissa Ippolito, Leanne Bundy, Genevieve Sulway, Barnaby Gilbert
Episode 11
There's an explosion in a building that's being prepared for demolishing. When Rescue arrives, one of the workers is already dead and the other two are trapped and badly wounded.
Directed by Scott Hartford-DavisWritten by Phillip CornfordGuest stars Graeme Blundell, Steven Vidler, Bradley Byquar, Elizabeth Chance, Philip Dodd, Anthony Grey, Ray Manser
Episode 12
Georgia tries to help the daughter of an old friend deal with her brother's death. Angel learns more about his father after his death.
Directed by Paul FaintWritten by Mary MorrisGuest stars Arianthe Galani, Joseph Caruana, Marnie Reece-Wilmore, Lynn Hamilton-McLeod, Brian Langsworth, Raj Sidhu, Mick Innes, Alan Lock
Episode 13
When Mickey is forced to shoot one of two brothers involved in a violent robbery of a videostore, he becomes the target of the surviving brother who is looking for revenge. When his threats turn into actions and the lives of the squad are put in danger and Mickey is taken off active duty. Angel and Georgia grow closer after he asks her to be his date to a cousin's wedding.
Directed by Scott Hartford-DavisWritten by Debra OswaldGuest stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Peter Damien Hayes, Gerry Tacovsky, Sam Wilcox, Garry Scale, Dane Butcher, Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Gary SweetSteve 'Mickey' McClintock
Tim McKenziePeter "Ridgy" Ridgeway
Steve BastoniYiannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos
Sonia ToddGeorgia Rattray
Peter BrowneTrevor "Sootie" Coledale
Doug ScroopePercy "Ptomaine" Warren
John ClaytonInspector Bill Adams
Ada NicodemouAnastasia Skouras
ABC TVAustralia
BBCUnited Kingdom
Australian Broadcasting CorporationAustralia
