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Sweat

TV·1996–1996·1 season, 26 episodes·10·Drama·30m·Created by John Rapsey

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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.

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Episodes by season

Season0126Episodes1996AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01PilotApril 20, 1996Tom, the swimmer who never loses, has to come to terms with the fact that over-confidence lost him the race. He learns his lesson, but it da
  2. S01E02Episode 2April 20, 1996Tom challenges new boy Noodle to a race. He wins and his confidence and honour is restored. What Tom doesn't realise is that Noodle delibera
  3. S01E03Episode 3April 27, 1996Monique's temporary coach allows her to believe that he is in love with her and her diving improves radically. When she realises that it was
  4. S01E04Episode 4April 27, 1996The kids are holding a secret party to celebrate Stewie's birthday. Noodle covers up for everyone when their curfew-breaking party is nearly
  5. S01E05Episode 5May 4, 1996Sandy's old school friend, Robyn, now a major soap star, turns up at the Academy to film an episode. Sandy is forced to come to terms with t
  6. S01E06Episode 6May 4, 1996Stewie's dad Ted, an ex-professional footballer, is enlisted to help persuade him to specialise. But Ted has his own agenda and Stewie finds
  7. S01E07Episode 7May 11, 1996Danny is forced to confront the fact that he and his parents have neglected his younger brother Raph when Raph starts stealing from the Acad
  8. S01E08Episode 8May 11, 1996Tom and Jenny are teamed up for the Academy's orienteering exercise. Disaster strikes when the two compete rather than cooperate and Jenny f
  9. S01E09Episode 9May 18, 1996Snowy goes on a disastrous date with Sandy. Not only has he jeopardised his friendship with her, but when Danny finds out his best friend is
  10. S01E10Episode 10May 19, 1996When Danny tells the other kids Snowy's gay, Snowy thinks his life at the Academy is over. It's a painful experience, but he discovers that
  11. S01E11Episode 11May 25, 1996When 10-year-old Leila is tricked into revealing Tats' most intimate secrets on television she comes to the painful realisation that a top-c
  12. S01E12Episode 12May 25, 1996When Sandy's father is arrested for defrauding a children's charity Sandy feels that, somehow, she's to blame. In learning to come to terms
  13. S01E13Episode 13June 1, 1996After receiving a suspension for cheating on an exam, Evie's future at the academy is in doubt when she contemplates leaving school entirely
  14. S01E14Episode 14June 8, 1996Tom performs brilliantly when he stands in for an injured member of the elite Aussie swim team. The Academy kids are thrilled for him — unti
  15. S01E15Episode 15June 15, 1996Sandy makes a stand against sexploitation on the track by refusing to wear the sexy new running gear the Academy sponsors have supplied.
  16. S01E16Episode 16June 22, 1996It's coming up to a crucial meet and Snowy is behaving totally out of character. Neither Chris, his coach, nor Danny can understand it. Tom
  17. S01E17Episode 17June 29, 1996Don is very smug about his latest coup. He's managed to secure the services of a former Russian Olympic track and field coach.
  18. S01E18Episode 18July 6, 1996Danny and Snowy are competing in a prestigious amateur bike race. Riding in a tightly-packed bunch, Danny pulls ahead of his main rival, Bre
  19. S01E19Episode 19July 13, 1996Tom has hit a plateau — the dreaded 'wall'. His times are constant but they're not improving. Tom lets off steam to his friend Jake who offe
  20. S01E20Episode 20July 20, 1996Tats and Tom are having problems again. Tom is acting weird and incredibly nervy and Tat can't understand it. Danny and Stewie's new girlfri
  21. S01E21Episode 21July 27, 1996Evie's unable to hide the fact that she's been fired from the Advocate. But her failure as a journalist is more than compensated for by a br
  22. S01E22Episode 22November 12, 1996Tats is devastated when Leila beats her in the state open-age competition — an event Tats has dominated for years. Tats is forced to face th
  23. S01E23Episode 23November 13, 1996Danny is over the moon when his hero, Australian two-time Tour de France stage winner Mark Novac, arrives to coach them — until Danny's beat
  24. S01E24Episode 24November 14, 1996Noodle meets a beautiful art student and decides art school has a lot more to recommend it than a sporting career — until Sid proves to him
  25. S01E25Episode 25November 18, 1996Sandy is sure she's pregnant and has to decide whether she wants to have the baby and give up her career or have an abortion. Tats is offere
  26. S01E26Episode 26November 19, 1996Tom takes the gold and Noodle the silver in the Nationals. Everyone's thrilled until Tom produces a positive drug test result. With her care

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