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Sea Patrol (TV series)
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| Sea Patrol | |
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 2007 Sea Patrol cast |
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| Genre | crime drama action-adventure |
| Created by | Hal and Di McElroy |
| Starring | Ian Stenlake Lisa McCune Saskia Burmeister Matthew Holmes Jeremy Lindsay Taylor Kristian Schmid David Lyons John Batchelor Jay Ryan Kirsty Lee Allan |
| Composer(s) | Les Gock |
| Country of origin |  Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (as of 4 October 2007) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Hal McElroy Di McElroy Jo Horsburgh |
| Producer(s) | Julie Forster |
| Story Editor(s) | Susan Bower |
| Editor(s) | Marcus D'Arcy |
| Location(s) |  Queensland New South Wales |
| Camera setup | single camera |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nine Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original run | 5 July 2007 – present |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Sea Patrol is a television drama, set in various tropical areas of Australia onboard a fictional Royal Australian Navy Fremantle class patrol boat HMAS Hammersley, and focusing on the ship and the life of the crew. The series debuted on 5 July 2007 on the Nine Network. Sea Patrol will return to Channel Nine for a Second Season in 2008, which will be subtitled Sea Patrol: The Coup, and the third season will air in early 2009.
This series is intentionally not a follow-on to the 1979 series, Patrol Boat.[1] At least three seasons of Sea Patrol are intended to be produced, with a upgrade from the Fremantle class to a newer Armidale class boat in the Second Season.[1]
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"Every hour of every day in all weathers young men and women of the Royal Australian Navy Patrol Boat Service battle the elements and the odds to defend Australia’s borders and enforce its economic zone. They provide security, support, and relief for the world’s largest island..."[2]
This series has been said to show the gender and cultural diversity of the Navy, and deal with contemporary issues such as illegal fishing, boat people, drug-running, immigration, and people-smuggling, and have an underlying mystery that runs throughout the series.
This is a list of known locations used for filming the series
- Cairns, Queensland
- HMAS Waterhen, Navy Base, Sydney, New South Wales
- Dunk Island, Queensland
- Mission Beach, Queensland
- Cowley Beach, near Innisfail, Queensland
- Ian Stenlake
as Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Commander Mike "CO" Flynn RAN (2007 - ) - Lisa McCune
as Executive Officer, Lieutenant Kate "XO" McGregor RAN (2007 - ) - Saskia Burmeister
as Navigator, Lieutenant Nikki "Nav" Caetano RAN (2007 - ) - John Batchelor
as Chief Engineer, Chief Petty Officer Andy "Charge" Thorpe (2007 - ) - Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
as Petty Officer Bosun Pete "Buffer" Tomaszewski (2007 - ) - Matthew Holmes
as Coxswain, Petty Officer Chris "Swain" Blake (2007 - ) - Kristian Schmid
as Radio Operator, Leading Seaman Robert "RO" Dixon (2007 - ) - David Lyons
as Electronic Technician, Leading Seaman Josh "ET" Holliday (2007 - ) - Jay Ryan
as Seaman Bosun's Mate, Seaman Billy "Spider" Webb (2007 - ) - Josh Lawson
as Chef, Able Seaman Toby "Chefo" Jones (2007) - Kirsty Lee Allan
as Chef, "Bomber" Brown (2008 - )
- Sibylla Budd as Dr. Ursula Morrell
- Steve Bisley as Commander Steve Marshall
- Morgan O'Neill as Lieutenant Darryl Smith
- Christopher Stollery as Federal Agent Greg Murphy
- Martin Lynes as Rick Gallagher
- Pearl Tan as Federal Agent Alicia Turnball
- Alan Dale as Ray Walsman (2008)
The first season features two real Fremantle class patrol boats, whose appearance have been conflated to become HMAS Hammersley (PTF 202).[1] HMAS Wollongong was used for filming in Sydney, while HMAS Ipswich was used for six weeks of filming off Dunk Island in Queensland.[3] Hammersley serves under the fictional naval command structure of "NAVCOM", and was decommissioned during the final episode of season 1. A second fictional Fremantle is mentioned in several episodes and appears in the ninth episode: HMAS Kingston (PTF 205). Kingston shares her pennant number with real patrol boat HMAS Townsville.
As Sea Patrol continues into multiple seasons, Hammersley will be replaced by an Armidale class patrol boat.[1]
| Season | Ep # | Season Premiere | Season Finale |
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| Season 1 | 13 | 5 July 2007 | 4 October 2007 |
| Season 2 | 13 | 2008 | 2008 |
Nine have commissioned a second season of the drama.[4] Josh Lawson, who plays Chefo, will not return in the second season, and his replacement will be a woman.[citation needed]
The complete first season of Sea Patrol was released in Australia on Region 4 DVD on 17 October 2007. The 4-disc set is rated M, contains all 13 episodes and is distributed by Roadshow.[5]
| Sea Patrol - The Complete First 13 Episodes | ||
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- ^ a b c d Rollings, Barry. "Navy's starring role", Navy News (Volume 49, Number 18, 2006-10-05. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ Barry, Rollings. "Ipswitch switches over", Navy News, 2006-11-02. Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
- ^ "Sea Patrol: Second series in the works", Sunshine Coast Daily, 2007-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
- ^ Sea-Patrol.com - Merchandise, <http://www.sea-patrol.com/content/view/219/90/>. Retrieved on 2007-10-23
- Sea Patrol Official Website
- Sea-Patrol.com (Unofficial Site)
- Sea Patrol at The TV IV
- Away, Sea Boat : The Sea Patrol Fanlisting
- The Sea Patrol Role-Playing Game
- Lisa gets her sea legs - Herald Sun
- "The Real Sea Patrol": a web site about the activities and personnel on board the Australian patrol boat HMAS Larrakia