Rafferty's Rules
1987
📺 4 Seasons
🎬 86 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 50 min/episode
DramaCrimeComedy
Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network.
Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
Seasons
Season 1
Michael Aloysius Rafferty starts his new job as Stipendiary Magistrate of Manly Local Court.
Season 2
Work pressures get to much for Paulyne and a love affair seems the answer.
Season 3
Michael wrestles with the concept of possession after the discovery of Aboriginal remains creates a conflict of ownership between the state and the Indigenous community.
Season 4
Michael sees the law from another perspective after he becomes the key witness in Flicker's prosecution against an arsonist.
Cast
Network
Seven Network
Production
Seven Network, Amalgamated Television Services
Keywords
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