Police Rescue

50min

Action & Adventure

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Southern Star Xanadu

BBC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Episodes

Cast

Mates

1. Mates

50min

14th Feb 1991

A highly successful businessman who threatens suicide makes Mickey realise how lucky he really is.

Angel After Hours

2. Angel After Hours

50min

14th Feb 1991

A police psychiatrist rides with Mickey and Angel while Angel tries to cope with the return of his alcoholic and abusive father.

L.P.G.

3. L.P.G.

50min

21st Feb 1991

A liquidified petroleum gasoline tanker crashes with another truck, endangering a suburb and a nearby gas factory.

The Cosmic Lightbeam

4. The Cosmic Lightbeam

50min

28th Feb 1991

After Mickey and Angel have an argument, they are trapped in a collapsed mine that served as a munitions storage dump during WWII.

Mad Dog

5. Mad Dog

50min

7th Mar 1991

Rescue is called in to provide security at a prison while the staff is on strike. Angel tries to help an old friend he finds incarcerated in the prison while Rescue later participates in the search for an escaped prisoner.

Saturday Night

6. Saturday Night

50min

14th Mar 1991

Rescue holds a party for Inspector Adam's birthday. Ridgy encounters difficulities when he goes fishing.

Reunion With Snake

7. Reunion With Snake

50min

21st Mar 1991

Sootie and Angel work to free a man trapped under a house by a gas explosion. The rescue is complicated by the presence of a potentially poisonous snake.

Raid

8. Raid

50min

28th Mar 1991

In an attempt to gather evidence against a money launderer, SOG asks Rescue to lead the penetration against his secure estate.

One for Dad

9. One for Dad

50min

11th Apr 1991

Rescue participates in the search for a child lost in the wilderness. Working on her rescue, Frog and Mickey spend the night in a swamp.

Hostage

10. Hostage

50min

18th Apr 1991

Bank robber hold two women hostage in a house; outside, Mickey and Georgia struggle to free a pregnant woman in labor from a car.

Up a Tree

11. Up a Tree

50min

25th Apr 1991

A young environmentalist holds a sit-in on a treetop to protest the building of a high-speed road through the wilderness and Mickey balks when politicians try to use Rescue to evict her. Georgia and Mickey rescue a puppy. Mickey attempts to strengthen his bond with his son, Sam.

Saving the Princess

12. Saving the Princess

50min

2nd May 1991

A worker and two runaways in demolished building; meanwhile, an injured man is trapped in theatre scaffolding while a play continues beneath him. Sootie is attracted to the new cleaning lady.

By the Book

13. By the Book

50min

16th May 1991

Mickey temporarily runs the squad. Georgia is put on restricted duties at the station after she decides to give priority to the rescue of a criminal trapped in a wrecked police car.

First air date

14th Feb 1991

Last air date

22nd Nov 1996

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks