"Water Rats" (1996)TV series 1996-2001

Creators:

John Hugginson
Tony Morphett

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

12 February 1996 (Australia)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, a place of illicit rubbish dumps. pollution hazards...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Harbor Patrol | Detective | Sydney Australia

Awards:

5 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Peter Bensley	...	Chief Inspector Jeff Hawker / ... (176 episodes, 1996-2001)
Toni Scanlan	...	Senior Sergeant Helen Blakemore / ... (176 episodes, 1996-2001)
Brett Partridge	...	Senior Constable Gavin 'Sykesy' Sykes / ... (169 episodes, 1996-2001)
Jay Laga'aia	...	Senior Constable Tommy Tavita (149 episodes, 1996-2001)
Scott Burgess	...	Senior Sergeant Dave McCall (132 episodes, 1996-2000)
Catherine McClements	...	Detective Senior Constable Rachel 'Goldie' Goldstein (114 episodes, 1996-2000)
Allison Cratchley	...	Senior Emma 'Woodsy' Woods / ... (114 episodes, 1998-2001)
Colin Friels	...	Detective Senior Constable Frank Holloway (113 episodes, 1996-1999)
Steve Bisley	...	Det. Sgt. Jack Christey / ... (96 episodes, 1998-2001)
Raelee Hill	...	Constable Tayler Johnson (89 episodes, 1997-1999)
Aaron Pedersen	...	Detective Senior Constable Michael Reilly / ... (85 episodes, 1999-2001)

Runtime:

Australia:60 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Goat Island, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

9 Network

Trivia:

While underwater filming usually takes place in special tanks, all the exteriors for the series were filmed in the port of Sydney and also off-shore.

Quotes:

Det. Sr. Constable Rachel 'Goldie' Goldstein: [after a night of heavy drinking] Hey would you drive today?
Det. Sr. Constable Frank Holloway: Me? Drive?

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"Water Rats" has been one of my small guilty viewing pleasures these past few years. It plays at 1500 hrs each weekday, a time I am rarely home. I don't tape it, prefering to accidently stumble across it on the few occasions I might be home in the afternoon. Aside from the great characters and the magnificent Sydney harbour, what I most enjoy is the view, hopefully reflective of the lives of Australians, of the city, the lives of the people, and the similarity to what I imagine many Canadian lives are like. Well, without the amazing amount of crime they seem to have. This has been a very satisfying show to occasionally glimpse. Like many, the sudden passing of the Rachel Goldstein character a couple of years ago was a challenge to this soap opera patron's emotional equilibrium. As a final note, I would like to suggest that this show would do well in Canuck prime time.