''Sweat'' is an Australian

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed ...

created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in association with the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...

in Perth. The show aired on

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...

in 1996 for one season of 26 episodes and centred on students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted. In early 1997, Ten announced that they had no plans for a second season. Scenes were shot in and around Perth including locations such as

HBF Stadium Perth Superdrome, known as HBF Stadium under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a sports complex in Perth, Western Australia. It is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS). The venue is located in the suburb of Mount Cla ...

Arena Joondalup Arena Joondalup, known as HBF Arena under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a multi-purpose sports complex in Joondalup, Western Australia, located on 35 ha of parkland approximately 25 km north of Perth. It was officially o ...

, the

Town of Cambridge The Town of Cambridge is a local government area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about west of Perth's central business district and extending to the Indian Ocean at City Beach. The Town covers ...

, the now defunct

Perry Lakes Stadium Perry Lakes Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium adjacent to Perry Lakes in Floreat, Western Australia. It was built and funded by the State Government and the City of Perth in 1962 for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and had ...

and the Perth SpeedDome.

Cast

Main cast

Martin Henderson Martin Henderson (born 8 October 1974) is a New Zealand actor. He is known for his roles on the American medical drama series '' Off the Map'' as Dr. Ben Keeton (2011), the medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'' as Dr. Nathan Riggs (2015–201 ...

as Tom Nash * Inge Hornstra as Tatyana "Tats" Alecsandri * Melissa Thomas as Sandy Fricker *

Tai Nguyen Tai Nguyen (born 25 February 1975) is a Vietnamese-Australian actor. Nguyen began his acting career and best known for his role as Jack Tran Nguyen on the 1994 Australian teen drama series '' Heartbreak High''. Early life Nguyen was born in ...

as Nhon "Noodle" Huong Tran * Tahnie Merrey as Evie Hogan * Heath Bergersen as Stewie Perkins *

Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and music video director. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to ...

as Snowy Bowles * Matt Castelli as Danny Rodriguez *

Paul Tassone Paul Tassone (born 27 October 1969) is an Australian actor most known for his work as Nelson Curtis on '' All Saints'', an Australian hospital drama. In late 2007–2008, he played a reverend who turned out to be a violent stalker as a result o ...

as Don Majors

Additional cast

* Peter Hardy as Sid O'Reilly * Frederique Fouche as Jenny Forrest * Claire Sprunt as Leila Rasheed * Louise Miller as Sophie Mills * Quintin George as Greg Rosso * James Sollis as Chris Wheeler

Recurring cast

* Gillian Berry as Norma O'Malley (15 episodes) *

Natalie Saleeba Natalie Saleeba (born 27 June 1978, in Perth) is an Australian actress of a Lebanese descent. Television Saleeba is best known for her roles as Jessica Singleton in the medical drama series '' All Saints'', Rosetta Cammeniti on ''Neighbours' ...

as Monique Bellanger (4 episodes) * Jason Colby as Alex (4 episodes)

Guest cast

* Zach Justin as Athlete #2 (1 episode) / Matt (2 episodes) * Simon Baker-Denny as Paul Steadman (1 episode) *

Mouche Phillips Mouche Phillips (born 1973) is an Australian actress and theatre producer, best known for her television roles as Aviva "Viv" Newton in ''Home and Away'' (1989–90) and Eva Sykes in police procedural series '' Water Rats'' (2000–01). Earl ...

as Robyn Barry (1 episode) *

Vivienne Garrett Vivienne Garrett is an Australian-based theatre, film and television actress. She is a theatre director, acting and voice coach and also a qualified yoga instructor and therapist. She was born in Sydney, NSW and now lives in Western Australia. ...

as Mary Rodriguez (1 episode) * Rod Nunez as Rollo (2 episodes) *

Toby Schmitz Toby Schmitz (born 4 May 1977) is an Australian actor and playwright. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, attended Perth's Scotch College and briefly studied law at the University of Western Australia. He graduated from the acting cour ...

as Cameron (2 episodes) * Michael Loney as Frank Frisker (1 episode) *

Sonia Vinci Sonia Vinci (born 1971) is a former journalist and co-anchor of ''Nine News'' in Perth. She began a journalist in 1990 at Perth radio 6PR and later became Australia's youngest female news director. During her time at 6PR, Sonia also worked at C ...

as Reporter (1 episode) *

Keagan Kang Keagan Kang (born 5 May 1976) is an Australian actor living and working in Singapore. Kang's first professional acting role was in '' Sweat''. Soon after, a theatre director invited him to star in the stage play '' Rosencrantz and Guildenste ...

as Richard (1 episode) * Michael Paget as Scott Davis (2 episodes) * Mark McAullay as

ASDA Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of Yorks ...

official (2 episodes) * Igor Sas as Kev Lindwell (1 episode) * Marta Kaczmarek as Marta (1 episode) * Robyn Cruze as Shelley (2 episodes) *

Zoe Ventoura Zoe Ventoura is an Australian actress. She played Melissa Rafter in ''Packed to the Rafters'' from 2008 to 2010. The character's death earned Ventoura a nomination for the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress in 2011. That same year, Ventoura st ...

as a dancer (1 episode)

Episodes

International broadcasts

* Ireland –

RTÉ Two (RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, whil ...

(1996–1997) * England –

CITV CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...

(1997, 2001)

References

External links

* 1996 Australian television series debuts 1996 Australian television series endings 1990s teen drama television series Australian children's television series Australian drama television series English-language television shows Network 10 original programming Television shows set in Perth, Western Australia {{Australia-tv-prog-stub