Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestTom takes the gold and Noodle the silver in the Nationals. Everyone's thrilled until Tom produces a positive drug test result. With her career as a gymnast over, Tats finds a new passion.
Sweat is an Australian drama series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in Perth. The show aired on Network Ten in 1996 and centred around students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted. Sweat was Heath Ledger's first regular role on a television series; he played Snowy Bowles, a gay cyclist. Scenes shot in & around Perth included at locations such as Challenge Stadium & the now defunct Perry Lakes Stadium, scene of the 1962 Commonwealth Games.
Acting
Baby Heath Ledger already magnetic, already gone too soon.
Production
Perth locations accidentally document demolished sporting history.
Costume
Peak mid-'90s athletic wear: unforgivable, unforgettable.
Creator
John Rapsey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Perry Lakes Stadium, featured prominently, was demolished in 2014; Sweat is now accidental archival footage of a vanished Commonwealth Games venue.
Network Ten buried Sweat in a Saturday afternoon slot and cancelled it after one season, making Ledger's 26-episode tenure both his television beginning and end.
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