Rush

Rush

Rush was an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1974 and 1976. The first 13 episodes were produced in 1974 and filmed in black and white. In 1976, 13 more episodes were produced, in colour, in conjunction with French production company Antenne 2. Each series featured a different cast with the exception of John Waters.

DramaAction & Adventure

Seasons

1. Of All The Crowd That Assembled There

Air Date: 1974-08-20

2. They'll Yet Regret

Air Date: 1974-08-27

3. They Faced All The Dangers, Those Bold Bushrangers

Air Date: 1974-09-03

Hard working miner Mick Draper has done well at the diggings, and plans to form a partnership with his friend Jim Hill.

4. Toe The Scratch And Never Say Die

Air Date: 1974-09-10

5. There's A Change From The Old To The New

Air Date: 1974-09-17

6. For That New Promised Land

Air Date: 1974-09-24

7. Three Cheers For Her Gracious Majesty

Air Date: 1974-10-01

8. Lament The Days That Are Gone By

Air Date: 1974-10-08

When a fever epidemic sweeps Crockers Gully, young Jessie Smith's father dies, and Sarah takes the girl to see the Reverend Mr. Fisher.

9. Poor John Chow Chow

Air Date: 1974-10-15

10. Manners Maketh Man

Air Date: 1974-10-22

11. There's A Good Time Coming

Air Date: 1974-10-29

A badly wounded Aboriginal girl, Werowey, is brought to Dr. Woods. Sarah offers to care for her, and Williams is sympathetic and worried for Werowey, but Lansdowne and Fitzalan consider all Aboriginals are savages.

12. There's Only You, Mate, And I

Air Date: 1974-11-05

1. Welcome Back Sergeant McKellar

Air Date: 1976-03-01

The O'Halloran brothers dig a well in a lore belonging to the Great Eastern Mining Company. Some company men intervene and a fight breaks out. Patsy O'Hollaran is killed...

2. The Great Eastern Bubble

Air Date: 1976-03-08

Widow Melanie Parker owns five acres of land which Farrar desperately needs to appease his shareholders, so he hires security man Henry de Witt to apply pressure - but he goes too far, and kills her friend Billy Adams.

3. Romany Gold

Air Date: 1976-03-15

A gypsy family is a convenient scapegoat when rioting miners seek vengeance on an unknown police informer.

4. The New Golden Mountain

Air Date: 1976-03-22

Sgt. McKellar confronts Farrar over the mystery of a skeleton and a gold earring found by two miners in a bush grave on Great Eastern land.

5. La Belle France

Air Date: 1976-03-29

Farrar has a rival when the Chevalier de Vaucluse arrives in Turon Springs and sets up a major new mining venture, with many miners leaving the Great Eastern to work for the new concern.

6. Farrar's Pride

Air Date: 1976-04-12

McKellar competes against Farrar in a horse race to win back money intended for a young orphan girl.

7. Live to Fight Another Day

Air Date: 1976-04-19

Sgt. McKellar and Supt. Kendall clash over Farrar's treatment of the Curran family who have settled on crown land he uses for sheep.

8. I'll See You Dead McKellar

Air Date: 1976-04-26

In pursuit of the notorious bushranger Jack Jessop, Sgt. McKellar captures his girlfriend and shoots dead one of his brothers. Jessop seeks revenge, and McKellar faces a shootout in the main street of Turon Springs.

9. You Just Can't Win

Air Date: 1976-05-03

Sgt. McKellar and Supt. Kendall both become involved when a kleptomaniac comes to Turon Springs to visit his estranged wife.

10. The Kadaitcha Man

Air Date: 1976-05-10

McKellar is on the trail of an Aboriginal fugitive, who is feared to be a kadaitcha man by his tracker.

11. McKellar R.I.P.

Air Date: 1976-05-17

Sgt. McKellar is seriously injured when a bank robbery is attempted while Turon Springs is deserted due to surrounding bushfires.

12. The Second Oldest Trade

Air Date: 1976-05-24

Three inexperienced bushrangers attempt to hijack a large gold nugget en route to Bathurst.

13. A Shilling a Day

Air Date: 1976-05-31

McKellar becomes personally involved when Tim Thomas leads the miners in direct action against the Great Eastern in support of a pay rise.

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Rating

5.0/10

Release Date

1974-08-20

Episodes

25 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast