John Waters fought bushrangers in B&W, then came back for color gold. Same badge, new chaos.
Season 2 • Episode 13
LatestMcKellar becomes personally involved when Tim Thomas leads the miners in direct action against the Great Eastern in support of a pay rise.
Rush was an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1974 and 1976. The first 13 episodes were produced in 1974 and filmed in black and white. In 1976, 13 more episodes were produced, in colour, in conjunction with French production company Antenne 2. Each series featured a different cast with the exception of John Waters.
Production
That bonkers B&W-to-color, cast-swap, Franco-Aussie evolution
Acting
John Waters anchoring two completely different shows
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rush 1976 emerged from a desperate ABC need for color content and French co-production cash—explaining the bizarre tonal whiplash and European storylines invading the Victorian goldfields.
John Waters is the ONLY continuous thread; every other actor vanished between series, making his McKellar a kind of supernatural constant in an otherwise rebooted universe.
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