Water Rats (TV series)

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Water Rats was an Australian TV police drama broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fought crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney Harbour.

Water Rats premiered on 12 February 1996 and ran for six seasons and 173 episodes. Colin Friels and Catherine McClements were the original stars of the series and were instrumental in the show's early success. They both departed the show in 1999. In later seasons, Steve Bisley, Aaron Pedersen and Dee Smart became the show's main stars.

For the sixth and final season in 2001, the show concentrated more on the cops' personal lives rather than just focusing on the crimes committed. The Nine Network cancelled the show after six seasons. Executive Producer Kris Noble blamed escalating costs for the cancellation. However, Bisley and Smart had also just quit the show, and the series had already been suffering a ratings battle following the departure Friels and McClements in 1999.

The final episode was broadcast on 7 August 2001.

1 Cast
- 1.1 Supporting Cast
2 Trivia
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Cast

Colin Friels as Det Snr Constable Frank Holloway (1996-1999)
Catherine McClements as Det Snr Constable Rachel Goldstein (1996-1999)
Steve Bisley as Det Sgt Jack Christey (1999-2001)
Aaron Pedersen as Det Snr Constable Michael Reilly (1999-2001)
Dee Smart as Det Snr Constable Alex St. Claire (2000-2001)

[edit] Supporting Cast

Peter Bensley as Chief Insp Jeff Hawker (1996-2001)
Jay Laga'aia as Snr Constable Tommy Tavita (1996-2001)
Brett Partridge as Snr Constable Gavin Sykes (1996-2001)
Toni Scanlan as Snr Sgt Helen Blakemore (1996-2001)
Scott Burgess as Sgt Dave McCall (1996-2000)
Aaron Jeffery as Constable Terry Watson (1996-1998)
Sophie Heathcote as Constable Fiona Cassidy (1996-1997)
Raelee Hill as Constable Tayler Johnson (1997-1999)
Allison Cratchley as Constable Emma Woods (1998-2001)
Diarmid Heidenreich as Constable Matthew Quinn (2000-2001)
Brooke Satchwell as Sophie Ferguson (2000-2001)
Rebecca Smart as Constable Donna Janevski (2000-2001)

[edit] Trivia

There was a 2003 ScreenSound, Canberra exhibition on Australian police dramas (1950-Present) that featured some scripts from the show, as well as a plastic corpse used in one episode.