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Rake (Australian TV series)

Australian television series (2010-2018)

Summary

Australian television series (2010-2018)

FieldValue
imageRake title.jpg
genreComedy drama
creatorPeter Duncan
Richard Roxburgh
Charles Waterstreet
writerPeter Duncan
Andrew Knight
starringRichard Roxburgh
Adrienne Pickering
Matt Day
Russell Dykstra
Danielle Cormack
Caroline Brazier
Keegan Joyce
Kate Box
Damien Garvey
theme_music_composerJohann Strauss II / David McCormack
open_themeThe Blue Danube
composerMichael Lira
David McCormack
Antony Partos
countryAustralia
languageEnglish
num_series5
num_episodes40
executive_producerMiranda Dear
producerPeter Duncan
Richard Roxburgh
Ian Collie
locationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
cinematographyMartin McGrath
runtime60 minutes
companyBlow by Blow Productions
Essential Media and Entertainment
channelABC TV
first_aired
last_aired
relatedRake (US version)

Richard Roxburgh Charles Waterstreet Andrew Knight Adrienne Pickering Matt Day Russell Dykstra Danielle Cormack Caroline Brazier Keegan Joyce Kate Box Damien Garvey David McCormack Antony Partos Richard Roxburgh Ian Collie Essential Media and Entertainment

Rake is an Australian television program, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the ABC TV in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as the rakish Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister, defending a usually guilty client. The fifth and final series went into production in October 2017 and premiered on 19 August 2018.

Cast

Main cast

  • Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defence barrister. The character is loosely based on colourful Sydney barristers Mervyn Ward and Charles Waterstreet, and was named after Cleaver Bunton. At the end of the fourth series, he is elected to a seat as an independent senator. At the end of the fifth series, he is appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.
  • Russell Dykstra as Barney "Barnyard" Meagher, one of Cleaver's instructing solicitors and his best friend. After Cleaver sleeps with his wife Scarlet, Barney feels betrayed and his relationships with both Cleaver and Scarlet are disrupted. In the second series, Barney begins an affair with Cleaver's secretary, Nicole. At the start of the third series, it is revealed that Barney and Nicole are having a child together, and that Barney is receiving treatment for testicular cancer.
  • Danielle Cormack as Scarlet "Red" Engles SC, Barney's wife, a criminal prosecutions barrister. In the second series, she works part-time for Cal McGregor, the Attorney General, before returning to the bar as a criminal defence barrister in the third series. In addition to this, during the third series she has a short-lived affair with David Potter, another barrister with political ambitions, who is prosecuting Cleaver for non-payment of taxes. Scarlet succeeds in being promoted to Senior Counsel.
  • Matt Day as David "Harry-Sorry, David" Potter, a tax lawyer prosecuting Cleaver Greene and attempting to get into politics with the help of Attorney General Joe Sandilands. In series 2, Potter is a member of the Parliament of New South Wales and of the Australian Labor Party and is Shadow Attorney General. In the third series, he has become the Leader of the NSW Australian Labor Party, and is having a secret affair with Scarlet. In the fourth series, he runs as a Senator for the Australian Greens. David is nicknamed "Harry-Sorry, David" as a joke on his surname and the fact that he wears Harry Potter-styled glasses.
  • Adrienne Pickering as Melissa "Missy" Partridge, a former prostitute turned law student, caught between being Potter's girlfriend and helping Greene, a former client for whom she has developed feelings. By the end of the first series, she reveals her true identity as Jane Tanner (Turner) to Cleaver and David, and leave to travel around Europe. In series 2, she has written a book based on her life in prostitution under the name of "J.M. Doolan". In series 3, the book based on her life is made into a film. In series 4, she returns to Australia after a hiatus in America; she is addicted to a multitude of drugs and has to go through the process of removing the addiction of ice. In the end of series 4 she is pregnant with Finnegan Greene's child.
  • Caroline Brazier as Wendy Greene, Cleaver's ex-wife, who is a psychologist in a hospital psychiatric ward. At the end of the second series, she starts dating Roger, an osteopath, and at the beginning of the third series she and Roger are engaged.
  • Keegan Joyce as Finnegan "Fuzz" Greene, Cleaver and Wendy's teenage son, who often has sexual relationships with older women. By the end of the second series, he has started dating Tara, an evangelical Christian, and during the third series is planning on doing aid work in the Congo.
  • Kate Box as Nicole Vargas, Cleaver's long-suffering secretary, who has a drunken one-night stand with Barney, days before her marriage. In the third series, she and Barney have a child out of wedlock.
  • Damien Garvey as Cal McGregor, the successor of Joe Sandilands as Attorney General of New South Wales. He is corrupt and is sent to jail. He hates Cleaver because of an affair Cleaver had with Cal's ex-wife and former NSW Premier, Claudia McGregor, played by Toni Collette. Cal is released on parole at the start of the third series, and becomes a current affairs journalist and popular bombastic TV pundit.
  • Geoff Morrell as Joe Sandilands, Labor Party Attorney General of New South Wales. After reports of himself being a regular customer of the brothel in which Missy worked, he commits suicide, and is replaced by corrupt Liberal politician Cal McGregor.
  • Robyn Malcolm plays Kirsty Corella, wife of imprisoned crime boss Mick Corella, whom Cleaver defended. Cleaver owes huge gambling debts to Mick and then to Kirsty, who takes over as boss while Mick is in prison. During the second series, she briefly dates Cleaver, before falling in love with Col, her "enforcer," who frequently pays Cleaver visits to "persuade" him to pay his gambling debts.
  • Steve Le Marquand as Col Mancusi, Mick and Kirsty's henchman. He is in love with Kirsty and eventually enters a relationship with her, thanks to Cleaver's encouragement.
  • Rhys Muldoon as Lincoln Lincoln, an incompetent solicitor who occasionally instructs on matters for Cleaver and Scarlet.

Guest cast

EpisodeActor, role
1.1Hugo Weaving as Professor Graham Murray
Sacha Horler as Murray's wife
1.2Lisa McCune as Lucy Marx
Ryan Johnson as Marty
1.3Lech Mackiewicz as George Dana
Roy Billing as Judge Jordan
1.4David Field as Denny Lorton
Noah Taylor as Stanley Shrimpton
1.5Heather Mitchell as Jan Chandler
Sam Neill as Dr Bruce Chandler
1.6Rachel Griffiths as Eddie Langhorn
Jonathan Biggins as Martin
Barry Crocker as Errol Greene, Cleaver's father
1.7Victoria Thaine as Fiona McReady
1.8Damon Herriman as Detective Maraco
Richard Carter as Mick Corella
Robyn Malcolm as Kirsty Corella
Paul Gleeson as Nigel
Steve Le Marquand as Col
2.1Toni Collette as Premier Claudia Marshall
2.2Don Hany as Damien Tengrove
Garry McDonald as Lawrence Fenton
Jacinta John as Agatha
Jack Thompson as Justice Beesdon
2.3Marshall Napier as Prosecution
2.4Angie Milliken as Therese Faulkner
Martin Henderson as Joshua Floyd
Rhys Muldoon as Lincoln Lincoln
Ben Oxenbould as Alistair Emery
2.5Mary Coustas as Judge Ben
Chris Haywood as Prosecution
2.6Jacqueline McKenzie as Alannah Alford
Martin Sacks as Roger Evans
Stephen Curry as Alex Alford
2.7Bille Brown as Dominic
Sonia Todd as Jane
2.8Maeve Dermody as Polly Nesbitt
3.1Dan Wyllie as Malcolm Finnane
Bruce Spence as George Corella
Emil Wolk as Justice Kieran Webster
3.2John Noble as Clayton Post
Genevieve Lemon as Tikki Wendon
Simon Westaway as Gordon Martin
Marta Kaczmarek as Maria Vargas
Gary Waddell as Harley
3.3Jane Allsop as Felicity Finnane
Aden Young as Joshua (in film)
Elizabeth Debicki as Missy (in film)
Cate Blanchett as Cleaver (in film)
Magda Szubanski as Helen
Jerome Ehlers as Maitre d'
3.4Lex Marinos as Spiro
Ben Lawson as Craig
John Flaus as Vernon
3.5Paul Sonkkila as Father Bobby
3.7Sibylla Budd as Ms. Guilfoyle QC
3.8Josh Quong Tart as Detective Sando
4.1John Waters as Edgar Thompson
Rachael Blake as Ruth Rogers
Sara Wiseman as Caitlin
4.2Justine Clarke as Alli Franklin
Ryan Johnson as Raymond
Kate Fitzpatrick as Judith
4.3Miriam Margolyes as Huntley-Brown QC
Ryan Johnson as Raymond
4.5Kym Gyngell as Reggie
Ewen Leslie as Bevan Leigh
Harriet Dyer as Star Mannix
Alex Cubis as Kyle Mannix
Huw Higginson as Malcolm Hammill
Nick Tate as Julian Tallow
4.6Tasma Walton as Jack
Michael Denkha as Roy
4.7Barry Otto as Judge Cowper
Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Mandel
5.1Jacek Koman as Jakub
Helen Thomson as PM Angela Way
Tony Briggs as Greg Peters
Mark Mitchinson as Joe McGregor
William McInnes as Gareth Morrow
Jane Turner as Penny Evans
Anthony LaPaglia as Linus
Jim Daly as Frank O'Brien
Wayne Pigram as PM Ryland Webster
5.4Tasneem Roc as Li-Ming Wu

Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

Season 2 (2012)

Meanwhile, Cleaver's roving eye has led him to stray again, this time with Michelle (Lily Sullivan), who tells him she's making a short film for Tropfest. He discovers she's not yet 16, and is horrified, but it's too late. Michelle is soon charged with accidentally killing a fellow actor while filming a scene, and blackmails Cleaver into defending her.

Meanwhile, Cleaver, having been ditched by Barney, is lamenting the lack of briefs coming his way, especially when Nicole is constantly reminding him about the cases Barney used to bring in.

Cleaver tries to help his son Fuzz, who is still in anguish over his latest failed romantic endeavour, and they both end up in the confessional. But for Cleaver, there's no relief. He's under pressure to meet the emotional and physical needs of his sugar mummy, Kirsty (Robyn Malcolm), and he's being cleverly outplayed in his defamation case. But then Joshua shocks Cleaver and the Sydney bar by inviting Cleaver to represent him in the case of the decade.

Cleaver now has a lucrative brief, secures his own chambers, and is mentioned in America Today as "leading Australian civil rights lawyer". Barney's back on board and things seem poised to go right – moments before something goes terribly, terribly wrong...

Kirsty is furious that Cleaver is spending so much time with Missy, but when standover man Col threatens to express that disapproval in the usual manner, Cleaver recognises that Col has a secret.

Delirious with a broken arm, Barney confesses to Scarlet that he's met someone else. Hurt and confused, Scarlet allows an innocent lunch with Harry to progress down a primrose path that, with some help from Cal McGregor, will lead to perdition. Cal asks Scarlet to provide an alibi for his skipped meeting with the Premier. She does, believing it will also cover her indiscretion with David, but Cal has a darker purpose.

Some of Joshua's personal secrets are revealed in court and Missy is horrified, not only by his betrayal, but that there is now a motive for murder. Can Cleaver maintain professional standards long enough to get Missy off?

Barney and Nicole have failed in their attempts to end their affair, despite Nicole's approaching wedding. And even incurious Cleaver works out that the emotional rollercoasters of both Nicole and Barney are moving in sync. Only one thing could worsen their situation... Cleaver deciding to help.

Wendy is falling for Roger, the husband of Fuzz's ex-lover, while Fuzz has a surprise new girlfriend. When Cleaver attempts to cure Missy's depression at a dinner with his family, he ends up being everyone's target.

Scarlet and David are firmly on Cal McGregor's hook, but David's colleagues push him to sacrifice Scarlet to save himself. Poised between political oblivion and the dangled promise of the Opposition leadership, David, typically, prevaricates. Cal will happily fire a bullet at Scarlet in the hope it also takes out David, even better if he can wing Cleaver too. Scarlet realises there is only one lawyer devious and unethical enough to get her out from under the 'sword of Damocles'.

Season 3 (2014)

Season 4 (2016)

Season 5 (2018)

Production

The series was created by Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh, and Charles Waterstreet, and written by Peter Duncan and Andrew Knight. Cinematography was by Martin McGrath, and the series was executive produced by Miranda Dear.

Ratings

Season 1 (2010)

Season 2 (2012)

Season 3 (2014)

Season 4 (2016)

Season 5 (2018)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2011Equity AwardsMost Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesCast
AWGIE AwardsTelevision – SeriesSeries 1, episode 5 'R v. Chandler' – Peter Duncan
ASSG AwardsBest Achievement in Sound for a Tele-Feature or Short Run SeriesSeries 1 – Chris Alderton, Todd Kirkness, Sue Kerr, Peter Hall, Trevor Harrison, Olivia Monteith, Ian Donato, Natalie Choo and Michol Marsh
2012AACTA AwardsBest Television Drama SeriesRake
2013AACTA AwardsBest Television Drama SeriesSeason 2 – Ian Collie, Peter Duncan and Richard Roxburgh
Best Lead Actor in a Television DramaRichard Roxburgh
Australian Screen Music AwardsBest Music for a Television Series or SerialSeason 2, episode 8 'Greene' – Michael Lira, David McCormack and Antony Partos
AWGIE AwardsTelevision – SeriesSeries 2: "R v. Floyd" – Andrew Knight
2014AWGIE AwardsTelevision – SeriesSeries 3 "Their Lordships v. Finnane" – Peter Duncan
Australian Directors Guild AwardsBest Direction in a TV Drama SeriesSeries 2, episode 2 – Peter Duncan
Australian Screen Music AwardsBest Music for a Television Series or SerialSeries 3, episode 1 – David McCormack, Antony Partos and Michael Lira
ASSG AwardsBest Sound for a Television Drama SeriesSeries 3 – Guntis Sics, Gerry Nucifora, Aron Dyer, Peter Hall, Leon Horrocks, Evan Horton and Michol Marsh
2015AACTA AwardsBest Television Drama SeriesSeason 3 – Ian Collie, Peter Duncan and Richard Roxburgh
Best Screenplay in TelevisionSeries 3, episode 1 – Peter Duncan
Best Lead Actor in a Television DramaRichard Roxburgh
Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television DramaDan Wyllie
Best Editing in TelevisionSeries 3, episode 1 – Henry Dangar ASE
Logie AwardsMost Outstanding Drama SeriesRake
Most Outstanding ActorRichard Roxburgh
Australian Directors Guild AwardsBest Direction in a TV Drama SeriesSeries 3, episode 1 – Jessica Hobbs
Series 3, episode 5 – Rowan Woods
2017Logie AwardsMost Outstanding Drama SeriesRake
Most Outstanding ActorRichard Roxburgh
Logie Award for Best ActorRichard Roxburgh

American remake

The Fox Network in the US commissioned an American version, starring Greg Kinnear as the lead character, renamed Keegan Deane for American audiences. It aired between January and April 2014. Richard Roxburgh was a producer on the American version alongside Kinnear.

Soundtrack

Original music for the show was composed and performed by David McCormack (of Custard), Antony Partos and Michael Lira, at Sonar Music in Sydney. A soundtrack album Rake: Music from the TV Series was released through ABC Music in July 2016.

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