Rake (Australian TV series)

Rake
GenreComedy drama
Created byPeter Duncan
Richard Roxburgh
Charles Waterstreet
Written byPeter Duncan
Andrew Knight
StarringRichard Roxburgh
Adrienne Pickering
Matt Day
Russell Dykstra
Danielle Cormack
Caroline Brazier
Keegan Joyce
Kate Box
Damien Garvey
Theme music composerJohann Strauss II / David McCormack
Opening themeThe Blue Danube
ComposersMichael Lira
David McCormack
Antony Partos
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producerMiranda Dear
ProducersPeter Duncan
Richard Roxburgh
Ian Collie
Production locationsSydney, New South Wales, Australia
CinematographyMartin McGrath
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesBlow by Blow Productions
Essential Media and Entertainment
Original release
NetworkABC TV
Release4 November 2010 (2010-11-04) 
7 October 2018 (2018-10-07)
Related
Rake (US version)

Rake is an Australian television program, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the ABC TV in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as the rakish Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister, defending a usually guilty client. The fifth and final series went into production in October 2017 and premiered on 19 August 2018.