Rescue: Special Ops

Rescue: Special Ops is an Australian television drama series that first screened on the Nine Network in 2009. Filmed in and around Sydney, the program is produced by Southern Star Group with the assistance of Screen Australia and the New South Wales Government.

The series focuses on a team of experienced professional paramedics who specialise in rescue operations. It premiered on Sunday 2 August 2009, and the season finale of the first season aired on Sunday 25 October. A second season screened from 28 June 2010. The third and final season consisting of 22 episodes screened from 30 May 2011. The Nine Network has confirmed it will not be renewing Rescue: Special Ops for a fourth season.

Synopsis
Rescue: Special Ops follows the work of a team of experienced paramedics involved in complex search and rescue operations.

The job brings them face to face with life and death situations every day but just like anyone else, they juggle life, love and career. Brothers Dean Gallagher and Chase Gallagher are competitive alpha males who are part of the Special Ops team.

Regular cast

 * Libby Tanner as Michelle LeTourneau (Station Manager)
 * Peter Phelps as Vince Marchello (Station Coordinator)
 * Les Hill as Dean Gallagher (Unit Leader)
 * Gigi Edgley as Lara Knight (Unit Officer)
 * Daniel Amalm as Jordan Zwitkowski (Unit Officer)
 * Katherine Hicks as Heidi Wilson (Unit Officer)
 * Andrew Lees as Chase Gallagher (Unit Officer)
 * Luke McKenzie as Lachie Gallagher (Unit Officer) (Season 3)

Recurring cast

 * Wil Traval as Hamish McIntyre
 * Tim McCunn as Ian Johnson
 * Jessica Napier as Nicole (Season 1)
 * Simmone Jade Mackinnon as Fiona Charlton (Season 1)
 * Gary Sweet as Shane Gallagher (Season 1)
 * Martin Dingle-Wall as Jake Hudson (Season 1)
 * Luke Pegler as Gary 'Bingo' Bing (Season 2)
 * Vanessa Gray as Renae Daltry (Season 2)
 * Todd Lasance as Cam (Season 3)
 * Lincoln Lewis as Sam Marcello (Season 2)
 * Annabelle Stephenson as Freya Morley
 * Craig McLachlan as Hayden Bradley
 * Petra Yared as Zoe Hulme

Guests

 * Adam Demos as Gilligan (2 episodes)
 * Alex Dimitriades as Guy Hewitt (1 episode)
 * Alin Sumarwata as Brooke Henley (1 episode)
 * Amy Mathews as Claire Newell (2 episodes)
 * Anna McGahan as Tegan Reid (1 episode)
 * Anthony Hayes as Jack Weston (1 episode)
 * Ashleigh Cummings as Britney (1 episode)
 * Brian Rooney as Jim Jones (1 episode)
 * Bridie Carter as Stephanie Rouse (1 episode)
 * Clayton D. Moss as Motorcyclist (1 episode)
 * Damian de Montemas as Jim Tucker (1 episode)
 * Dan Ewing as Jack Gardener (1 episode)
 * Daniel Henshall as Trevor Slezack (1 episode)
 * Danny Adcock as Graham Starkey (1 episode)
 * Danny Roberts as Graham Cooper (1 episode)
 * David Field as Sidney Carter (1 episode)
 * David Harris
 * Dieter Brummer as Nathan Pearl (1 episode)
 * Eamon Farren as Arrow (1 episode)
 * Felicity Price as Wendy Schmidt (1 episode)
 * Gabrielle Scollay as Kate Marchello
 * Georgina Haig as Emma Griffiths (3 episodes)
 * Geraldine Hakewill as Shona Lankford (1 episode)
 * Gyton Grantley as Willo (1 episode)
 * Hanna Mangan-Lawrence as Tamsyn Taylor (1 episode)
 * Isabelle Cornish as Lily Regan (1 episode)
 * James Mackay as Saxon Blake (1 episode)
 * Jessica Tovey as Caitlin Kelly (1 episode)
 * John McNeill
 * Jonny Pasvolsky as Karl Stevenson (1 episode)
 * Krew Boylan as Greta (1 episode)
 * Laura Brent as Katrina Whitney (1 episode)
 * Luke Arnold as Rick Jones (2 episodes)
 * Madeleine West as Annika Ehrenberg
 * Martin Sacks as Charles Howard (1 episode)
 * Michael Dorman as Will Pike (1 episode)
 * Paul Tassone as Glen Collins (1 episode)
 * Ria Vandervis as Jasmin (1 episode)
 * Sarah Aubrey as Silva
 * Shareena Clanton as Prisoner 1 (1 episode)
 * Simon Burke as Warren Thompson (1 episode)
 * Stephen Hunter as Kenny Whaley

Series three

 * Note: Nightly rank for episodes 1 and 2, and 20 and 21 are combined.

Home Media
The Universal Studios DVD Releases of Rescue Special Ops are now out of print and no longer available. Via Vision Entertainment/Madman Entertainment will release "Rescue Special Ops: The Complete Collection" on 26 August 2020.