| Rafferty's Rules | |
|---|---|
| Format | Magistrate, Court, Law |
| Created by | Bob Lewin |
| Starring | John Wood Simon Chilvers Arky Michael Terry Serio Andrew McFarlane Catherine Wilkin Katy Brinson Lisa Crittenden |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 86 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Seven Network |
| Original run | 12 February 1987 – 1990 |
Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network.
The producers of the series were Posie Graeme-Evans (1987–1988), and Denis Phelen. The directors were Graham Thorburn, Mike Smith and Russell Webb. The writers were David Allen, John Upton, Tim Gooding and David Marsh.[1]
The series was also shown in the UK on Satellite channel Lifestyle in 1991. It was shown daily at 14.00.
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Both John Wood and Catherine Wilkin received TV Week Logie Awards for their work on Rafferty's Rules.
Michael Rafferty, who is a Stipendiary Magistrate, drives to work in an old blue VW Kombi van. He owns a cat named Rhubarb.
Rafferty is separated from his wife, with whom he had two children (a son and a daughter).
Rafferty also has an older daughter, Rebecca Browning, who is in her early twenties — and of whose existence he was unaware until she contacted him after she had grown up (Rebecca's mother is a woman who Michael Rafferty had known before he met his wife, and who he had not seen since his marriage).
Rafferty also has a brother, Patrick Rafferty, who is a State Member of Parliament.
The series is based at a Magistrates' Court in Manly (a Sydney beachside suburb), over which Michael Rafferty presided.
"Rafferty's Rules" is also an Australian and New Zealand colloquialism which means "No rules".