Orange Roughies
| Orange Roughies | |
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| Genre |
Action Crime Thriller |
| Created by |
Rod Johns & Scott McJorrow |
| Starring |
Nicholas Coghlan Zoe Naylor Mark Ruka Caroline Craig Stephen Hall Nick Kemplen |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 19 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Screenworks |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV One |
| Original release | May 25, 2006 – February 11, 2008 |
Orange Roughies is a New Zealand television drama created by Auckland-based film company Screenworks, the first season of which was screened on TV ONE from May to July 2006. The second season was due to be shown some time between October 2006 and January 2007, but due to poor ratings the programme was taken off the air.
An orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus. is a type of fish.
Each episode concerns a police or customs enquiry carried out by the taskforce, often of a high-risk nature.
The first episode deals with child trafficking from China. Jane decides to adopt one of the trafficked children, Tao Li, but several episodes later Tao is taken back to China, leaving Jane once again childless. There is also a romance that gradually develops between Danny and Jane, culminating in a kiss discovered by Maddock.
The first season ends with Jane being taken hostage by a homosexual Greek criminal and being shot in the stomach. It is uncertain whether she survives. Danny manages to track down the shooter in Melbourne and kills him.
The soundtrack for Orange Roughies was composed mostly by Don McGlashan, who also wrote the music for Screenworks' other major television series, Street Legal. However, the opening credits are accompanied by the song Long White Cross performed by an from Auckland band, Pluto.
Orange Roughies was shot in the central business district of Auckland CBD. Locations included:
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