| Rake | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy/drama |
| Created by | Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh, Charles Waterstreet |
| Written by | Peter Duncan, Andrew Knight |
| Directed by | Peter Duncan (episodes 1, 2) Rachel Ward (episodes 3, 4) Jeffrey Walker (episodes 5, 6) Jessica Hobbs (episodes 7, 8)[1] |
| Starring | Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene Matt Day as David Potter Adrienne Pickering as Missy (Melissa) Russell Dykstra as Barney Danielle Cormack as Scarlett Caroline Brazier as Wendy Geoff Morrell as Joe Sandilands, NSW Attorney General |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 (as of November 2010[update]) |
| No. of episodes | 8 (as of November 2010[update]) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Miranda Dear |
| Producer(s) | Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh, Ian Collie |
| Location(s) | Sydney, Australia |
| Distributor | ABC Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC1 |
| Picture format | 720p HDTV Directv |
| Original airing | 4 November 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive barrister,[2][3][4] a rake. In the United States, the show airs on DirecTV's Audience Network.
Each episode entails Greene defending a different (usually guilty) client.
Contents |
| Episode | Actor, role |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Weaving as Professor Graham Murray Sacha Horler as Murray's wife |
| 2 | Lisa McCune as Lucy Marx |
| 3 | Lech Mackiewicz as George Dana Roy Billing as Judge Jordan |
| 4 | David Field as Denny Lorton Noah Taylor as Stanley Shrimpton |
| 5 | Heather Mitchell as Jan Chandler Sam Neill as Dr Bruce Chandler |
| 6 | Rachel Griffiths as Eddie Langhorn Jonathan Biggins as Martin Barry Crocker as Errol Greene, Cleaver's father |
| 7 | Victoria Thaine as Fiona McReady |
| 8 | Damon Herriman as Detective Maraco Richard Carter as Mick Corella Robyn Malcolm as Kirsty Corella Paul Gleeson as Nigel Steve Le Marquand as Col |
| Series # | Episode # | Title | Director(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "R v Murray" | Peter Duncan | 4 November 2010 |
| Cleaver Greene defends Professor Murrary against the charge of murder after Murrary is found to be a cannibal.[5] | ||||
| 1 | 2 | "R v Marx" | Peter Duncan | 11 November 2010 |
| Cleaver Greene attempts to badly defend Lucy Marx so that she may go to prison for jury tampering after her daughter is found guilty of murder, but things go wrong when he finds that she actually is guilty.[6] | ||||
| 1 | 3 | "R v Dana" | Rachel Ward | 18 November 2010 |
| Cleaver Greene defends George Dana after he is found out to have been married twice. | ||||
| 1 | 4 | "R v Lorton" | Rachel Ward | 25 November 2010 |
| Cleaver Greene defends Denny Lorton against a charge of murder of a 15 year old boy in a lane, only to later find that he was actually guilty of murder for the sake of art. | ||||
| 1 | 5 | "R v Chandler" | Jeffrey Walker | 2 December 2010 |
| Dr. Chandler is accused of having non-consensual sex with the family dog and Cleaver Greene defends him. | ||||
| 1 | 6 | "R v Langhorn" | Jeffrey Walker | 9 December 2010 |
| Cleaver Greene defends Eddie Langhorn for inciting a race riot on her afternoon radio program. | ||||
| 1 | 7 | "R v Tanner" | Jessica Hobbs | 16 December 2010 |
| Cleaver is hit over the head during a botched robbery at a pharmacy, along with one of the robbers who is accidentally hit by his accomplice. Missy reveals her true identity to Greene just before the trial where she acts as a witness to save her brother (the accused), and tension increases between all characters after Mr. Sandilands commits suicide. | ||||
| 1 | 8 | "R v Corella" | Jessica Hobbs | 23 December 2010 |
| Cleaver Greene defends Mick Corella, a man who he owes much money from his gambling debts to, on the charge of murder of Nigel who was getting involved with his wife Kirsty after he hosted a swingers social party. Mick concocts a story that Nigel fell on his own knife and was a dangerous man after Nigel's body is found under concrete at his construction site with DNA evidence. Missy reveals all the details of her past to David and decides to leave him and Cleaver and go on a vacation. Greene finds his assistant has been stealing money from him and fires her, but promptly attempts to re-hire her after she was injured by a falling Gargoyle. Fuzz becomes depressed and anxious after Fiona left him for a younger boy at her new school. David Potter wins his seat in parliament but is consigned to the opposition as the Labor government is not returned, and becomes intent on destroying Greene after he realises that he was one of Missy's clients. | ||||
ABC has confirmed it has commissioned another series, to begin production in late 2011;[7] it will be produced by the same production team.
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