Packed to the Rafters season 2

The second season of Packed to the Rafters, an Australian drama television series, began airing on 30 June 2009 on the Seven Network. The season concluded on 24 November 2009 after 22 episodes. The second season aired Tuesdays at 8:30 pm in Australia and averaged 1,881,000 viewers. The season was released on DVD as a six disc set under the title of Packed to the Rafters: The Complete Season 2 on 3 November 2010.

The second season follows Julie and Dave Rafter through comic highs and soul-searching lows as they prepare for the unplanned but no-less welcome addition to their family of their new baby. We also explore the heart warming arrival into the Rafters world of Dave's birth mother Chel, opening in the process the door to further family revelations. We follow the tumultuous upheavals in the lives of all three Rafter children. Rachel embarks on a promising if-at-first feisty relationship with the cute young electrician who's begun working with her dad. Ben continues his determined pursuit of housemate Melissa's hand in marriage. Nathan, in seeking new career challenges in the music business, struggles to resist strong temptations that may well signal the end of his young marriage.

Regular

 * Rebecca Gibney as Julie Rafter
 * Erik Thomson as Dave Rafter
 * Jessica Marais as Rachel Rafter
 * Angus McLaren as Nathan Rafter
 * Hugh Sheridan as Benjamin "Ben" Rafter
 * Jessica McNamee as Samantha "Sammy" Rafter
 * Michael Caton as Ted Taylor

Recurring and guest

 * George Houvardas as Carbo Karandonis
 * Zoe Ventoura as Melissa Bannon
 * James Stewart as Jake Barton
 * Caroline Brazier as Chrissy Merchant
 * Justin Rosniak as Stuart "Warney" Warne
 * Luke Pegler as Daniel Griggs
 * Sarah Chadwick as Trish Westaway
 * Kate Fitzpatrick as Marjorie Stevens
 * George Spartels as Theo Karandonis
 * Dina Panozzo as Rita Karandonis
 * Belinda Bromilow as Libby Sanders
 * Craig McLachlan as Steve Wilson
 * Michael Booth as George Spiteri
 * Ria Vandervis as Layla Soubrani
 * Geoff Morrell as Tim Connelly
 * Peter Bensley as Derek
 * Christian Barratt-Hill as Don Barrett
 * Pedro Virgil as Dane
 * Gillian Jones as Rachel "Chel" Warne
 * Sophia Katos as Artie
 * Hannah and Sebella Storey as Ruby Rafter
 * Mercia Deane-Johns as Grace Barton
 * Kristian Schmid as Alex Barton
 * Denise Roberts as Bonnie Bright
 * Phoebe Tonkin as Lexi
 * Kim Lewis as Toni (The older woman)

Ratings

 * 1 Viewer numbers are based on preliminary OzTAM data for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth combined.
 * 2 Episode 1 of season 2 was aired in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth on 30 June to an audience of 1,520,000. Episode 1 was shown to Melbourne a week later to an audience of 665,000 taking the total viewers for episode 1 to 2,185,000
 * 3 Episode 2 was played at 9:30 in Melbourne as part 2 of a 2-hour season premiere.