Police Rescue (1991)
Synopsis
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.
Network
ABC TV
Episodes
Mates
A highly successful businessman who threatens suicide makes Mickey realise how lucky he really is.
Angel After Hours
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.
A liquidified petroleum gasoline tanker crashes with another truck, endangering a suburb and a nearby gas factory.
The Cosmic Lightbeam
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
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
Rescue holds a party for Inspector Adam's birthday. Ridgy encounters difficulities when he goes fishing.
Reunion With Snake
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
In an attempt to gather evidence against a money launderer, SOG asks Rescue to lead the penetration against his secure estate.
One for Dad
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
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
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
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
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.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Police Rescue
Status
Ended
Seasons
5
Episodes
61
Production
Southern Star Xanadu, BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
