Rake (Australian TV series)
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by |
Peter Duncan Richard Roxburgh Charles Waterstreet |
| Written by | Peter Duncan Andrew Knight |
| Starring |
Richard Roxburgh Matt Day Adrienne Pickering Russell Dykstra Danielle Cormack Caroline Brazier Geoff Morrell |
| Theme music composer | Johann Strauss II / David McCormack |
| Opening theme | The Blue Danube |
| Composer(s) |
Michael Lira David McCormack Antony Partos |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 32 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Miranda Dear |
| Producer(s) | Peter Duncan Richard Roxburgh Ian Collie |
| Location(s) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Blow by Blow Productions Essential Media and Entertainment |
| Distributor | ABC Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC1 |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 4 November 2010 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Rake (US version) |
| External links | |
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Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC1 in 2010. The fourth series started on ABC TV on 19 May 2016. It stars Richard Roxburgh as rake Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister, defending a usually guilty client. The show airs in the United States on DirecTV's Audience Network and is available on Netflix in the UK, Ireland, Canada, the United States (seasons 1 and 2 only), and Australia.
The Fox Network in the US commissioned an American version, starring Greg Kinnear as the lead character, renamed Keegan Deane for American audiences which aired between January and April 2014.
Missy's novel based on her life as a prostitute has caused a sensation. At her book signing she reveals to David that she's now engaged to the infamous founder of an on-line leaks site.
Missy and Joshua are Australia's most newsworthy couple: she is a bestselling author, and he is facing treason charges.
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.
Missy is on trial for murdering her fiancé, but Cleaver plans to expose the conspiracy to murder Joshua by the security set-up he humiliated. Assisted by a mysterious smoking man, he follows the trail to ASIO, the CIA, and information that may bring down the international banking system and several governments. But he needs to find the evidence.
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